Category
Puzzle games
Browse puzzle games across all supported archive platforms.
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2048 Advance2048 Advance is a 2025 Game Boy Advance puzzle game by Basil Termini. | Game Boy Advance | 2025 | Puzzle | PLAY |
2048gbSlide every tile at once, merge matching numbers, and keep enough open space to build a 2048 tile on Game Boy. | Game Boy | 2014 | Puzzle | PLAY |
3Detris3Detris is a 3D-ish version of Tetris. The game allows you to shift the viewpoint with the arrow keys and actually manipulate the dropping pieces using the numeric keypad. | DOS | 1994 | Puzzle | PLAY |
5 mazesHelp Alice get through mazes, each one larger and more difficult! | Game Boy | 2022 | Puzzle | PLAY |
5 mazes: Master levelsHelp Alice get the ultimate set of largest mazes! | Game Boy | 2023 | Puzzle | PLAY |
5 more mazesHelp Alice get through mazes, each one larger and more difficult! | Game Boy | 2022 | Puzzle | PLAY |
AdjustrisBuild and clear falling-block lines, then create your own piece sets in a complete Game Boy puzzle game with a built-in editor. | Game Boy | 2005 | Puzzle | PLAY |
AGI TetrisThis is a fan-made Tetris variant programmed with Sierra Entertainment's Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI). The objective of each level is to clear a certain number of lines. | DOS | 2004 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Alpha ManIf you're looking for a really hard puzzle game, you've found it. Alpha Man features a 7×11 grid with the letters to a specific word located throughout the grid. | DOS | 1992 | Puzzle | PLAY |
ApotrisA Block Stacking Game for the GBA | Game Boy Advance | 2023 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Arcy 2Arcy 2 is a VGA puzzle game that might remind you a little of Kroz. You play a smiley face who must collect all of the keys in a level before you can leave. | DOS | 1994 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Atomic TetrisAtomic Tetris is a two-player competitive game of Tetris. Features the same graphics as VGATetris, and the same lack of music and minimal sound effects. | DOS | 1991 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Ball BlasterBall Blaster is an excellent clone of Bust-A-Move/Puzzle Bobble. Your objective is to clear the screen of all bubbles/balls by matching three or more of the same colour. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Balloon ChallengeBasically the opposite of Bolo Ball, Balloon Challenge is a clever puzzle game that pits you against the computer. Both sides have a row of 25 balloons at the bottom of the screen. | DOS | 1993 | Puzzle | PLAY |
BeruškyBerušky (which means "Ladybugs" in Czech) is a maze puzzle game that borrows many elements from Soko-Ban, but ultimately has different mechanics and goals. | DOS | 1999 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Big2SmallGuide an elephant, goat, and mouse through 40 compact puzzles by combining their different sizes and environmental abilities. | Game Boy | 2021 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Bit BangBit Bang is a Game Boy puzzle game. The goal of each puzzle is to translate the requested decimal number into a binary number in the minimum amount of moves, using the four buttons—increment (add 1), decrement (subtra... | Game Boy | 2024 | Puzzle | PLAY |
BlockBlock is a simple but colourful Tetris variant. At a glance, there's nothing particularly special about it except some nice mod-tracker tunes playing the background. | DOS | 1999 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Block-manBlock-man is one of those refreshingly simple, yet incredibly challenging puzzle games. | DOS | 1993 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Blocks from HellBlocks from Hell is a well-done (and small in size!) clone of the classic game Tetris. | DOS | 1992 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Bolo BallBolo Ball is basically the opposite of Balloon Challenge. Both sides have a row of 29 balls at the top of the screen. When you push one, it will fall until it hits something, or reaches the bottom of the screen. | DOS | 1992 | Puzzle | PLAY |
BricksBricks is a sliding-block puzzle game, an implementation of the board game Klotski. It is rather similar to the PC version of Klotski from the Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3. | DOS | 1998 | Puzzle | PLAY |
BrixBrix is an unofficial DOS remake of Taito Corporation's Puzznic, a puzzle game where you need to clear the playing field of all blocks by arranging them so that blocks with the same icon are adjacent to each other. | DOS | 1991 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Bubble Pop MemoryBubble Pop Memory is a simple memory/concentration game that uses graphics from Bubble Pop, an arcade game from the same developer. The player's objective is to find and open all matching tiles with the same picture. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Bubble PuzzleBubble Puzzle is a colourful game inspired by the popular Puzzle Bobble (also known as Bust-a-Move) from Taito Corporation. | DOS | 1995 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Cargo BayCargo Bay is a Sokoban clone that takes place on space station Altair-217. | DOS | 1995 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Catch the Scouting SpiritThis is a puzzle-oriented Boulder Dash clone that features a boy scout of the Norwegian Guide and Scout Association (NSF) who needs to collect NSF badges stolen by the evil Dr. Mayhem. | DOS | 1995 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Christmas MatchupChristmas Matchup is a Christian-themed Concentration game about the Bible. The cards are images relating to stories of the Bible, which the game attempts to educate the player about. | DOS | 1994 | Puzzle | PLAY |
CipherCipher is a cryptogram game. A quotation is encrypted by switching all instances of each letter to another letter. These look hard, but I have learned to really enjoy them. | DOS | 1990 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Concentration RoomFlip matching pairs across decks of up to 72 cards, clear a story campaign, or challenge another player in this NES memory game. | Homebrew | 2010 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Cool ColumnsCool Columns is a fairly straightforward Columns variant that uses the Allegro library and thus offers some nice visual effects. | DOS | 1999 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Crillion '97Crillion '97 is an excellent Crillion clone made with the Allegro library. Here, instead of the usual ball, you control a funny little dude who bounces around, breaking blocks of different colours. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
CrossConnectConnect every matching pair and fill the whole board without crossing paths in this focused Game Boy Numberlink puzzle game. | Game Boy | 2022 | Puzzle | PLAY |
CRTetrisCRTetris is a Tetris variant that runs in high resolution and features various level backgrounds, music and sound effects. | DOS | 1999 | Puzzle | PLAY |
CyberBox ForeverCyberBox Forever is a CyberBox fangame. Much like The Continuing Adventures of CyberBox, it was created out of disappointment with how Cyberbox II differed from the first game. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
DemineurDemineur is a simple but stylish Minesweeper variant by the French demo group Eclipse. The number of mines on the field may be set by the player before each session. The initial release has no sound effects or music. | DOS | 1995 | Puzzle | PLAY |
DiamondDiamond is a simple Boulder Dash like game with 15 levels. Collect a set amount of diamonds to progress to the next level, but watch out for falling boulders, out-of-control mining equipment and even nasty undead... | DOS | 1995 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Digger (Harald Winkler)Digger (no connection to Digger (Windmill Software)) is a Boulder Dash like game that originally appeared in 1988 in East Germany on KC 85 microcomputers, and this is its unofficial DOS port with high-resolution... | DOS | 1992 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Dog Discoverer 2Find your furry friend and get outta there! [GBA] | Game Boy Advance | 2023 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Enzado BricksEnzado Bricks is a block-pushing game similar to Soko-Ban or CyberBox, with elements from other games such as Boulder Dash. | DOS | 1998 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Fit UpFit Up is a Tetris variant for up to three players with several game modes. It features high-resolution graphics, smooth animations, background music and extra pieces with special abilities. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
FlooderTurn a mixed Game Boy Color board into one connected color in 25 moves or fewer by choosing each flood step carefully. | Game Boy | 2022 | Puzzle | PLAY |
FreetrisFreetris is a free, open source Tetris variant or one or two players. There is a total of five game modes, but only two are available for single-player games: normal mode and countdown. | DOS | 1999 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Fruit SaladFruit Salad is a bubble-matching game similar to Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition. The objective of each level is to clear away all fruit by matching three or more of the same colour. | DOS | 1996 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Gameboy block game but C++Gameboy block game but C++ is a 2025 Game Boy puzzle game by DaveDuck321. | Game Boy | 2025 | Puzzle | PLAY |
GB-WordylBuild five-letter guesses on a Game Boy keyboard, read the tile feedback, and solve each word in a limited number of attempts. | Game Boy | 2022 | Puzzle | PLAY |
GEMATRIXRapid Combo Gem Matching for the Game Boy Advance! | Game Boy Advance | 2024 | Puzzle | PLAY |
GeometrixSwap and rotate a two-cell cursor to connect matching shapes, build cascades, and tackle three distinct Game Boy puzzle modes. | Game Boy | 2016 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Hex AdvanceThe classic board game on GBA! | Game Boy Advance | 2025 | Puzzle | PLAY |
HEXESA puzzle shoot'em up! | Game Boy Advance | 2022 | Puzzle | PLAY |
JTrisJTris is a decent Tetris clone for one or two players, with nice backgrounds and a built-in MD music player (with a selection of catchy tunes to play to). | DOS | 1999 | Puzzle | PLAY |
KentrisA Tetris variant for two players, created by none other than Ken Silverman. Originally a QuickBASIC game, Ken rewrote it in C while adding nifty features like digitized speech and Adlib music. | DOS | 1991 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Libbet and the Magic FloorRoll and jump across a patterned floor, trace enough valid paths, and reach the exit in this compact route-planning puzzle game. | Game Boy | 2018 | Puzzle | PLAY |
MegaBlocksMegaBlocks is a fairly straightforward Tetris variant, except that it uses blocks composed of more than four pieces, which makes playing slightly more difficult, although not impossible. | DOS | 1995 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Mines SweeperMines Sweeper is a straightforward Minesweeper clone with simplistic visuals and a built-in modtracker music player. | DOS | 1996 | Puzzle | PLAY |
My Balls Have DroppedIn spite of the rather crass double entendre in the title, My Balls Have Dropped is actually a very decent Bust-a-Move/Puzzle Bobble clone for one or two players. | DOS | 1996 | Puzzle | PLAY |
NyetNyet (which means "no" in Russian, but might be a contraction of Nye Tetris "not Tetris") is a fairly straightforward clone of the original Tetris with text-mode graphics. | DOS | 1988 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Panda 2Panda 2 is a cute puzzle game of the type where the character moves in a direction until it encounters an obstacle, and each level is so designed that you need to plan a route around the level's layout to get the... | DOS | 1999 | Puzzle | PLAY |
PebblesPebbles is a simple Boulder Dash clone with high-resolution graphics and eight levels. | DOS | 1999 | Puzzle | PLAY |
PipeSpinPuzzle game for Game Boy Advance, developed for GBA Jam 2021 | Game Boy Advance | 2021 | Puzzle | PLAY |
PolloPollo!PolloPollo! is a competitive falling blocks game based on the same concept as the popular arcade and Macintosh game called Puyo Puyo. | DOS | 1998 | Puzzle | PLAY |
PoofPoof is a computer adaptation of the peg solitaire puzzle with nice tracker music and ten puzzles of increasing difficulty. It was created by the French demo group Eclipse. | DOS | 1994 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Puzzle "O" MaticPuzzle "O" Matic is a timed jigsaw puzzle. It was originally a sample game included with the DIV Games Studio development suite to showcase the various capabilities of this tool. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Puzzle Fun-PakPuzzle Fun-Pak is a collection of four puzzle games: Block Five, Asteroids, Rescue, Phrase Master and Maze Machine. | DOS | 1987 | Puzzle | PLAY |
qulqyqulqy is a Game Boy puzzle game about moving colored balls into lines of five or more before new pieces fill the board. | Game Boy | 2025 | Puzzle | GUIDE |
Rocks 'N' DiamondsRocks 'N' Diamonds is a free, open source engine for playing several related types of block-pushing puzzles, including Boulder Dash, Emerald Mine, Supaplex and Sokoban. | DOS | 1998 | Puzzle | PLAY |
RoomzA simple DOS scrolling-maze game. Very much like many of the games that were developed for personal computer systems in the eighties. | DOS | 1980 | Puzzle | PLAY |
SatoriA solitaire tile game. | DOS | 1990 | Puzzle | PLAY |
SharikiShariki (which means "balls" or "marbles" in Russian) is a simple but very addictive tile-matching puzzle game. The 8x8 playing field is randomly filled with marbles of different colours. | DOS | 1996 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Space PlumberSpace Plumber is a first-person maze game in a sci-fi setting. | DOS | 1997 | Puzzle | PLAY |
SwapperSwapper is a deceptively simple puzzle game where you need to match tiles ("stones") of the same colour to make them disappear from the board. | DOS | 1996 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Terra-ProbeTerra-Probe is a Boulder Dash inspired game with the premise that you control a mining probe digging for diamonds. Watch out for rocks, probes from rival mining companies, and other hazards as you collect the treasure! | DOS | 1999 | Puzzle | PLAY |
TetrisThis is the original Tetris, developed by Alexey Pajitnov in 1984-1986 in the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, originally for the Soviet Elektronika computers, and then ported to IBM PC by Vadim Gerasimov. | DOS | 1986 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Tetris (Matt Plavcan)This is a conservative rendition of the original Tetris by Alexey Pajitnov that uses VGA graphics for a more colourful presentation, but is otherwise pretty much the same as the original. | DOS | 1990 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Tetris 3Tetris 3 is a very decent and playable Tetris variant. It includes the classic mode and its own "Tetris 3" mode with 100 levels of increasing difficulty. | DOS | 1999 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Tetris ProTetris Pro is a fairly straightforward Tetris variant by a Dutch demo group. | DOS | 1993 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Tetris Pro (Craig Rothwell)Tetris Pro by Craig Rothwell (not to be confused with the other Tetris Pro by Dutch demo group TRIAL) is a Tetris variant that allows to play both by the original rules and with its own original enhancements. | DOS | 1999 | Puzzle | PLAY |
The TunnelManThe TunnelMan is a semi-action game which requires you to think a little bit in order to get pass each level. | DOS | 1994 | Puzzle | PLAY |
Varmint's EITtrisVarmint's EITtris (or simply Eittris for short) is a Tetris variant for up to four players, with an emphasis on the competitive aspect. | DOS | 1996 | Puzzle | PLAY |
World of ZoinkA postmodern RPG puzzler for the GBA | Game Boy Advance | 2024 | Puzzle | PLAY |
xniqa CROSSNIQ clone for the GBA (alpha) | Game Boy Advance | 2021 | Puzzle | PLAY |
