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The most popular action puzzle games

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
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Lemmings 95

Windows XP/98/9519944/5 DMA Design
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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.
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Arkanoid

DOS19884.1/5 Taito
Arkanoid is a classic arcade video game that was first released in 1986 by Taito. It is a breakout-style game, which means that the primary objective is to break a wall of bricks or blocks by bouncing a ball off a paddle at the bottom of the screen. The game takes its name and inspiration from Atari's Breakout, which was released in the 1970s. ...
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Lemmings

DOS19914/5 DMA Design
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DX-Ball 2

Windows XP/98/951998freeware4.3/5 Longbow Digital Arts
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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. 
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Boulder Dash

DOS19843.7/5 First Star Software
Boulder Dash is a classic action-puzzle video game that was first released in 1984 by First Star Software. In Boulder Dash, players control a character named Rockford as he digs through caves to collect diamonds while avoiding falling boulders and other hazards. The game is set in a scrolling, grid-based environment, and players must strategic...
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Diggers

DOS19944.2/5 Millennium Interactive
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Marble Cooking

DOS1994NSFW3.5/5 Negative
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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...
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3D Ultra Lionel Traintown

Windows XP/98/9520004/5 Dynamix
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Pushover

DOS19923.8/5 Red Rat software
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 SNES.In Pushover, players control a character named G.I. Ant, a marching ant with the goal of arranging a set of dominoe...
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Oxyd

DOS19923.9/5 Dongleware
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Arkanoid 2: The Revenge of Doh

DOS19894.1/5 Taito
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Rodent's Revenge

Windows 3.x19914.1/5 Microsoft
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The Humans

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Imagitec Design
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Bust-A-Move

DOS1997freeware4/5 Taito
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Night Shift

DOS19904.2/5 LucasArts
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Lemmings 3D

DOS19953.5/5 Psygnosis
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Supaplex

DOS1991freeware4.1/5 Think!Ware Development
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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.
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Weird Dreams

DOS19883.8/5 Rainbird Software
Weird Dreams is an abandoned action - puzzle game developed and released by Rainbird Software in 1988 for DOS, but also published for Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64. Weird Dreams is a surreal action game in which you have to take part in absurd activities in order to progress to the next level.
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ZZT

DOS1991freeware4.2/5 Epic MegaGames
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Airball

DOS19873.2/5 MicroDeal
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Oh no! More Lemmings

DOS19914/5 DMA Design
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Locomotion

DOS19924.2/5 Prestige Softwareentwicklung
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All New World of Lemmings

DOS19943.4/5 DMA Design
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Beauty and the Beast

DOS19924.1/5 Infogrames
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Super ZZT

DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames
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Boulder Dash 2: Rockford's Revenge

DOS19853.5/5 First Star Software
Boulder Dash II is the sequel to the original Boulder Dash game. It was released in 1985 and follows the same basic gameplay mechanics as its predecessor while introducing new levels and features.In Boulder Dash II, players once again control the character Rockford as he explores caves, collects diamonds, and avoids various hazards such as falling ...