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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.

Most popular tile-matching games

Centerfold Squares
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Pipe Dream
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Bust-A-Move
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Centerfold Squares

DOS1988NSFW3.9/5 Artworx Software
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Pipe Dream

DOSWindows 3.x19894.3/5 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

DOS1997freeware4/5 Taito
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Color Lines

DOS19923.8/5 Gamos
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Impossible Mission 2

DOS19884.2/5 Novotrade Software
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Sexy Droids

DOS1992NSFW4/5 Eleven Software
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Sherlock: The Game of Logic

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Everett Kaser Software
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Atomix

DOS19904.1/5 Softtouch
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Blue Angel 69

DOS1989NSFW3.6/5
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Dinosaur Balls

DOS19923.6/5 Amwa (HK) Computer Co.
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7 colors

DOS19913.5/5 Gamos
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Hexxagon 2

DOS19934/5 Argo Games
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Penthouse Hot Numbers

DOS1993NSFW4.1/5 reLINE Software
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Boston Bomb Club

DOS19913.9/5 Silmarils
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Puzznic

DOS19904.2/5 Taito
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Penthouse electric jigsaw

DOS1990NSFW3.7/5
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Boppin

DOS1994freeware4/5 Accursed Toys
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Mah Jongg Solitaire

DOS19874/5 Arcanum Computing
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15x15 Picture Puzzle

DOS1996freeware3.4/5
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Sarakon

DOS19913.8/5 Starbyte Software
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Logo

DOS1990NSFW3.8/5 Starbyte Software
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Thomas the Tank Engine

DOS19923.8/5 Peakstar Software
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Hexxagon

DOS19934.1/5 Argo Games
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Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac OS19903/5 Activision
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Atomino

DOS19913.9/5 Play Byte
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Ishido: The Way of the Stones

DOSMac OS19903.8/5 Publishing International
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Moraff's Morejongg

Windows XP/98/9519923.7/5 Moraffware
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Snood

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996freeware4.1/5
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Columbus Discovery

DOS19923.2/5 Gamos
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M Labyrinth

DOS19933.9/5 Gamos