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
Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex
DOS1986 trivia / quiz
Classic Concentration
DOS1988 board game
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...
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...
The Astronomy Quiz
DOS1988 trivia / quiz
Super Tetris
DOS1991 falling blocks
Xmas Lemmings
DOS1992freeware action puzzle
Never mind
DOS1989 action puzzle
Stone Age
DOS1992 sokoban
Super Solvers: Treasure Cove
DOS1992 math puzzle
Robbo
DOS1993freeware action puzzle, sokoban
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...
Dinosaur Balls
DOS1992 action puzzle, tile-matching
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...
Snood
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996freeware tile-matching
The all new Family Feud
DOS1989 word puzzle
Guldkorn Expressen
DOS1991 action puzzle
Number Munchers
DOS1990 math puzzle
Kurtan
DOS1990 sokoban
Color Buster
DOS1992 sokoban
Rescue Rover
DOS1991protected sokoban
Sarakon
DOS1991 tile-matching
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...
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...
Nyet
DOS1988freeware falling blocks
Family Feud
DOS1987 trivia / quiz
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...
Mah Jongg Solitaire
DOS1987 board game, tile-matching
Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science
DOS1992 trivia / quiz