Abandonware DOS title

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).
supertetris-3

Super Tetris

DOS1991 falling blocks
troika-title

Troika

DOS1991
wordtris-01

Wordtris

DOSMac OS1991 word puzzle
beauty-and-the-beast-02

Beauty and the Beast

DOS1992 action puzzle
This isn’t Disney’s musical fairytale—it’s a DOS game, which means Beauty and the Beast is way more "puzzle platformer" than "tale as old as time." You play as the Beast, leaping around levels, solving very...
bettlejuiceskeletons-splash

Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the Closet

DOS1992 action puzzle
Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the Closet is a video game based on the popular Beetlejuice franchise, which includes a 1988 film directed by Tim Burton and an animated television series that aired in the late 1980s and early 1990s.&nbs...
bible-builder-02

Bible Builder

DOS1992 trivia / quiz
Ever wanted to combine your love for trivia with Old Testament knowledge and 256-color DOS graphics? Bible Builder is here to test your biblical memory one verse at a time. It's like Jeopardy but with fewer cash prizes and more di...
bolo-ball-03

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-...
brix-1

Brix

DOS1992freeware falling blocks
If Tetris and a Rubik’s Cube had a weird love child, it’d be Brix. This 1992 brain-snapper is a tile-sliding puzzle game where every move counts and logic is your only weapon. You'll feel brilliant one moment, and hope...
bumpy-arcade-02

Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy

DOS1992 platform
Imagine Marble Madness had a caffeine overdose and fell into a platformer. That’s Bumpy’s Arcade Fantasy. You control a perpetually bouncing ball named Bumpy (creative, I know), who must navigate tricky levels full of ...
color-buster-03

Color Buster

DOS1992 sokoban
colorlines-3

Color Lines

DOS1992 tile-matching
columbusdiscovery-splash

Columbus Discovery

DOS1992 tile-matching, reveal the picture
contraption-zack-02

Contraption Zack

DOS1992 action puzzle
dinosaur-balls-02

Dinosaur Balls

DOS1992 action puzzle, tile-matching
facts-in-action-01

Facts in Action

DOS1992 reveal the picture
locomotion-splash

Locomotion

DOS1992 action puzzle
mariotyping-splash

Mario Teaches Typing

DOSMac OS1992 word puzzle
minesweeper-04

Minesweeper

Windows 3.x1992 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 ...
Morejongg-02

Moraff's Morejongg

Windows XP/98/951992 tile-matching, board game
oxyd-3

Oxyd

DOS1992 action puzzle
pushover-1

Pushover

DOS1992 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 ...
turbo-science-04

Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science

DOS1992 trivia / quiz
sextris-1

Sextris

DOS1992NSFW falling blocks, reveal the picture
sexy-droids-05

Sexy Droids

DOS1992NSFW tile-matching, reveal the picture
stone-age-03

Stone Age

DOS1992 sokoban
super-solvers-treasure-cove-03

Super Solvers: Treasure Cove

DOS1992 math puzzle
swap-microids-01

Swap

DOS1992 tile-matching
tetris-classic-02

Tetris Classic

DOSWindows 3.x1992 falling blocks
tinyskweeks-splash

Tiny Skweeks

DOS1992 action puzzle
xmas-lemmings-01

Xmas Lemmings

DOS1992freeware action puzzle