Abandonware DOS title

Action oriented puzzle games sorted by year, newest first

Action puzzle games require the player to manipulate game pieces in a real-time environment. Action puzzle games show features of both action games and puzzle games; it's a broad definition that can be applied to a lot of puzzle games.

Most popular action puzzle games

Lemmings 95
puzzleWindows XP/98/95
The Lost Vikings
actionDOS
Arkanoid
actionDOS
traintown-deluxe-04

3D Ultra Lionel Traintown

Windows XP/98/9520004/5 Dynamix
bit-storm-03

BitStorm

DOS19993.3/5
typing-of-the-dead-02

The Typing of the Dead

Windows XP/98/9519993.3/5 Smilebit
The Typing of the Dead is a unique video game that is essentially a typing version of the classic rail shooter arcade game The House of the Dead. It was first released in 1999 as an arcade machine and later for other platforms.In The Typing of the Dead, players use a keyboard to eliminate oncoming waves of zombies and other creatures by typing word...
dxball2-04

DX-Ball 2

Windows XP/98/951998freeware4.3/5 Longbow Digital Arts
bust-a-move-01

Bust-A-Move

DOS1997freeware4/5 Taito
clyde-revenge-04

Clyde's Revenge

DOS1995freeware3/5 Moonlite Software
extractors-01

Diggers 2: Extractors

DOS19953.3/5 Millennium Interactive
thehumans3-01

Humans 3: Evolution - Lost in Time

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Imagitec Design
3d-lemmings-3

Lemmings 3D

DOS19953.5/5 Psygnosis
zoop-03

Zoop

DOS19953.2/5 Hookstone
lemmings-chronicles-03

All New World of Lemmings

DOS19943.4/5 DMA Design
diggers-5

Diggers

DOS19944.2/5 Millennium Interactive
lemmings95-03

Lemmings 95

Windows XP/98/9519944/5 DMA Design
marble-cooking-05

Marble Cooking

DOS1994NSFW3.5/5 Negative
holidaylemmings-1

Holiday Lemmings

DOS19934.2/5 DMA Design
Lemmings was one of the most iconic puzzle games ever made. It was also one of the most inventive. The idea behind those tiny furred punk suicidal rodents is truly a stroke of genius. Not surprisingly, after the huge success of the first game a lot of sequels followed. Holiday Lemmings is just one of them.
lemmings2-2

Lemmings 2: The Tribes

DOS19934.3/5 DMA Design
Lemmings 2: The Tribes is an abandoned puzzle game part of the acclaimed Lemmings series. It was developed by DMA Design and released by Psygnosis in 1993. Lemmings 2: The Tribes runs on DOS but was also published for Acorn, Amiga, Atari ST, Game Boy, Genesis, SNES. 
litil-divil-02

Litil Divil

DOS1993protected4/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
nanotank-3x-03

Nanotank

Windows 3.x19933.7/5
robbo-02

Robbo

DOS1993freeware3.8/5 xLand Games
sink-or-swim-05

Sink or Swim

DOS19933.3/5 Zeppelin Games
thehumans-2

The Humans

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Imagitec Design
lostvikings-1

The Lost Vikings

DOS19934.2/5 Silicon & Synapse
The Lost Vikings is an old DOS platform-puzzle game, developed by Silicon & Synapse and published by Interplay Productions in 1993. In The Lost Vikings you have to solve puzzles by controlling three characters (glorious vikings!), each with a single skill of its own.
thomas-tank-engine-2-03

Thomas the Tank Engine 2

DOS19933.5/5 Peakstar Software
beauty-and-the-beast-02

Beauty and the Beast

DOS19924.1/5 Infogrames
bettlejuiceskeletons-1

Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the closet

DOS19924/5 Hi-Tech Expressions
clyde-adventure-03

Clyde's Adventure

DOS1992freeware3.5/5 Moonlite Software
contraption-zack-02

Contraption Zack

DOS19923.7/5 Presage Software
dinosaur-balls-02

Dinosaur Balls

DOS19923.8/5 Amwa (HK) Computer Co.
locomotion-4

Locomotion

DOS19924.2/5 Prestige Softwareentwicklung
oxyd-3

Oxyd

DOS19923.9/5 Dongleware