Abandonware puzzle games sorted by release date

Puzzle games are about solving logical or strategic puzzles, jigsaws, mathematical brain teasers, and quizzes. The player can control one or more characters (as in Lemmings) or interact with static or moving objects (as in Tetris).

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Oh no! More Lemmings

DOS19914/5 action puzzle

Rescue Rover

DOS1991protected3.8/5 sokoban

Rescue Rover 2

DOS1991protected3.1/5 sokoban

Rodent's Revenge

Windows 3.x19914.1/5 action puzzle

Sarakon

DOS19913.8/5 tile-matching

Sherlock: The Game of Logic

DOS1991protected4.1/5 tile-matching

Supaplex

DOS1991freeware4.1/5 action puzzle

Super Solvers: Operation Neptune

DOS19913.6/5 math puzzle

Super Solvers: Spellbound!

DOS19914.3/5 word puzzle

Super Tetris

DOS19914/5 falling blocks

Troika

DOS19913.2/5

Wordtris

DOSMac OS19913.2/5 word puzzle

Beauty and the Beast

DOS19924.1/5 action puzzle

Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the closet

DOS19924/5 action puzzle

Bible Builder

DOS19923.5/5 trivia / quiz

Bolo Ball

DOS19923.3/5 sokoban

Brix

DOS1992freeware4/5 falling blocks

Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy

DOS19924.1/5 platform

Color Buster

DOS19923.6/5 sokoban

Color Lines

DOS19923.8/5 tile-matching

Columbus Discovery

DOS19923.2/5 tile-matching, reveal the picture

Contraption Zack

DOS19923.7/5 action puzzle

Dinosaur Balls

DOS19923.3/5 action puzzle, tile-matching

Facts in Action

DOS19923.3/5 reveal the picture

Locomotion

DOS19924.2/5 action puzzle

Mario Teaches Typing

DOSMac OS19924/5 word puzzle

Minesweeper

Windows 3.x19924/5 math puzzle

Microsoft Minesweeper is an iconic puzzle game that has been included with Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows 3.1. The game's objective is to clear a rectangular board containing hidden mines without detonating any of them. The player clicks on a square to reveal what's underneath, and numbers are displayed to indicate how many mines...

Oxyd

DOS19923.9/5 action puzzle

Pushover

DOS19923.8/5 action puzzle

Pushover is a puzzle platformer video game developed by Red Rat Software and released by Ocean Software in 1992. It was initially available for the Commodore Amiga and later ported to various other platforms, including MS-DOS and SNES.In Pushover, players control a character named G.I. Ant, a marching ant with the goal of arranging a set of dominoe...