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The most popular tile-matching games

Tile-matching puzzle video games are a popular genre of games that involve manipulating and matching tiles or blocks to clear them from the game board. These games typically feature a grid-based layout where players must swap, slide, or rotate tiles to create matches of three or more identical tiles. Tile-matching puzzle games can be highly addictive and offer simple, yet challenging gameplay. 
They are often designed with colorful graphics, catchy soundtracks, and progressively difficult levels to keep players engaged and entertained.

The objective of tile-matching puzzle games is to clear the game board by making matches, which causes the matched tiles to disappear. As players progress, the difficulty usually increases, introducing obstacles such as limited moves, time constraints, or special tiles with unique properties. Tile-matching puzzle games can come in various forms and themes including match-3 games, collapse-style games, mahjong games.

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Pipe Dream

DOSWindows 3.x1989 The Assembly Line
Pipe Mania (also known as Pipe Dream is a tile-matching (sort of) puzzle game about flowing liquids developed by The Assembly Line in 1989. You must build a path made of pipe pieces to let a green liquid (sewer goo?) flow. It's simple, original and addicting, that's why Pipe Mania was cloned a number of times.
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Bust-A-Move

DOS1997freeware Taito
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Sherlock: The Game of Logic

DOS1991protected Everett Kaser Software
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Color Lines

DOS1992 Gamos
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Centerfold Squares

DOS1988NSFW Artworx Software
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Boppin

DOS1994freeware Accursed Toys
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Impossible Mission 2

DOS1988 Novotrade Software
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Boston Bomb Club

DOS1991 Silmarils
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Puzznic

DOS1990 Taito
Puzznic is a tile-matching puzzle video game originally developed and published by Taito in 1989 for arcade systems. The goal of Puzznic is to clear a series of levels by aligning matching tiles (blocks) to make them disappear. When two or more identical tiles touch, they vanish. Puzznic was ported to various platforms, including:NES, Gam...
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Hexxagon 2

DOS1993 Argo Games
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Thomas the Tank Engine

DOS1992 Peakstar Software
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Logo

DOS1990NSFW Starbyte Software
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7 colors

DOS1991 Gamos
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Loopz

DOS1990 Audiogenic
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Atomix

DOS1990 Softtouch
Atomix is a tile-based puzzle game released in 1990 by Thalion Software for platforms like Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and Commodore 64. The objective of Atomix is to assemble molecular structures by moving individual atoms around a fixed grid. Players must slide atoms into place, but they only stop when they hit an obstacle, making positioning a...
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Atomino

DOS1991 Play Byte
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Penthouse Hot Numbers

DOS1993NSFW reLINE Software
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Mah Jongg Solitaire

DOS1987 Arcanum Computing
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Hexxagon

DOS1993 Argo Games
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Dinosaur Balls

DOS1992 Amwa (HK) Computer Co.
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Columbus Discovery

DOS1992 Gamos
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Sarakon

DOS1991 Starbyte Software
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15x15 Picture Puzzle

DOS1996freeware
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M Labyrinth

DOS1993 Gamos
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Squarez Deluxe!

DOS1993freeware Adept Software
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Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac OS1990 Activision
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Swap

DOS1992 Microids
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Ishido: The Way of the Stones

DOSMac OS1990 Publishing International
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Blue Angel 69

DOS1989NSFW