Abandonware DOS title

The most popular abandonware puzzle games

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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Tetris (Academysoft)

DOS1996 falling blocks
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Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex

DOS1986 trivia / quiz
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Classic Concentration

DOS1988 board game
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BlockOut 2

Windows XP/98/95Linux2000freeware
If you’ve ever looked at Tetris and thought, “This needs to be in 3D and way harder,” then BlockOut 2 (2000) is your kind of punishment. This brain-melter takes falling blocks to the next dimension—literally—forcing you to rotate, flip, and somehow fit bizarrely shaped pieces into a deep pit like you're organizing IKEA...
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Paganitzu

DOS1991protected action puzzle, sokoban
Paganitzu is a classic puzzle-adventure game released in 1991 by Apogee Software. Set in an ancient pyramid, the game follows the exploits of its protagonist, Alabama Smith, who must navigate through a series of increasingly complex rooms filled with traps, puzzles, and enemies. The game is divided into three episodes, each one unraveling more of t...
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The Astronomy Quiz

DOS1988 trivia / quiz
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Super Tetris

DOS1991 falling blocks
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Xmas Lemmings

DOS1992freeware action puzzle
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Never mind

DOS1989 action puzzle
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Stone Age

DOS1992 sokoban
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Super Solvers: Treasure Cove

DOS1992 math puzzle
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Robbo

DOS1993freeware action puzzle, sokoban
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15x15 Picture Puzzle

DOS1996freeware tile-matching, reveal the picture
This game is either a delightful brain teaser or a slow descent into madness, depending on how patient you are. 15x15 Picture Puzzle gives you a scrambled mess of tiny square tiles and challenges you to rearrange them into a beautiful image that you’ll spend hours trying to recognize. It’s like doing a jigsaw puzzle with gloves on and a...
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Dinosaur Balls

DOS1992 action puzzle, tile-matching
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Archipelagos

DOS1989 action puzzle
Archipelagos is like a fever dream after watching too much Myst. You’re dropped onto strange, floating islands inhabited by stone monoliths and evil terrain-infecting sludge. Your job? Purify the land by destroying said monoliths - because obviously. The visuals are surreal, the soundscape unnervingly tranquil, and the gameplay strangely hypn...
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Snood

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996freeware tile-matching
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The all new Family Feud

DOS1989 word puzzle
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Guldkorn Expressen

DOS1991 action puzzle
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Number Munchers

DOS1990 math puzzle
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Kurtan

DOS1990 sokoban
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Color Buster

DOS1992 sokoban
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Rescue Rover

DOS1991protected sokoban
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Sarakon

DOS1991 tile-matching
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Bolo Ball

DOS1992 sokoban
Bolo Ball is a DOS game from the mid-1990s. It features a physics-based gameplay where the objective is to knock opponent balls out of an arena. When you start the game, you find yourself in a 2D arena set against a starry, space-like background. You control a colorful ball, which, despite being a 2D sprite, appears somewhat three-dimensional due t...
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Boulder Dash Construction Kit

DOS1987 action puzzle
Boulder Dash Construction Kit is both a full game and a level editor, built around the gameplay mechanics of the original Boulder Dash (1984). You still play as Rockford, the pixelated, googly-eyed spelunker, digging through caves, dodging falling boulders, and collecting diamonds before time runs out. But the real star here is the Construction Kit...
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Nyet

DOS1988freeware falling blocks
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Family Feud

DOS1987 trivia / quiz
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Arcade Trivia Quiz

DOS1993 trivia / quiz
Think you're smart? Arcade Trivia Quiz (1993) is here to humble you with rapid-fire questions about pop culture, history, and whatever else the developers could fit on a floppy disk. It’s like playing Jeopardy! with a host who only accepts answers in blocky text and doesn’t tolerate typos. Educational, frustrating, and a fantastic way t...
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Mah Jongg Solitaire

DOS1987 board game, tile-matching
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Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science

DOS1992 trivia / quiz