Games Game Genres Puzzle

Puzzle

A genre of games that is based on classic tabletop logic games, puzzles, etc. To complete levels, players are required to "flex their brains." Additionally, speed, accuracy, and good reaction are often needed. Such games include both classic puzzles and more complex projects in terms of gameplay (mind-breaker games).

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 1990 (Game released)

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Maniac Mansion

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Remake

Game released: Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, NES, PC, Mac → 1993

Steam: 87/100

This point-and-click adventure with puzzles follows Dave and his friends as they try to rescue Sandy from Dr. Fred’s mansion before he begins an...

Heiankyo Alien

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: Game Boy → April 1990

Heiankyo Alien is a top-down strategy game with puzzle elements. The player controls a Heian period policeman who must defend the capital from an...

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Amiga, Atari ST, CDTV, DOS, FM Towns, Mac, PC → 1989

This puzzle adventure based on the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade follows Indiana Jones as he searches for the Holy Grail and his missing...

Pipe Dream

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, Electron, Game Boy, Mac, NES, SAM Coupé, SNES, Windows 3.x, ZX Spectrum → 1990

A real-time puzzle game with strategy elements about building a pipe route for a flow of slime across a grid. The player places randomly supplied...

Lode Runner (1989)

Platformer, Puzzle, Sandbox, Side view

Game released: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM-7, J2ME, Mac, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC Booter, Sharp X1, SG-1000, VIC-20, Wii, Windows Phone, WonderSwan, ZX Spectrum → 1989

Players: 5.5/10

Lode Runner (1989) is a classic side-scrolling puzzle platformer. You will find many different levels with complex riddles. In addition, you can...

Dungeon Master

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, DOS, FM Towns, PC-98, Sharp X68000, SNES → 1992

Players: 7.7/10

Dungeon Master is a first-person role-playing game with a mixture of action, puzzle and fantasy from FTL Games. The game is published by FTL Games...

Penguin Land

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Game Boy, MSX, SEGA Master System → 21 March 1990

Penguin Land is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and puzzle from the developers of SEGA Enterprises Ltd.. The main publisher...

Shanghai 2

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: MSX, TurboGrafx CD → 1989

Shanghai 2 is a top-down strategy game with puzzle elements from Activision. The game is published by SystemSoft. Perhaps Shanghai 2 is being...

QIX

Arcade, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: Amiga, Atari 5200, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 128, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, J2ME, Lynx, NES, Nintendo 3DS → 1989

QIX is an arcade puzzle game about claiming sections of a playfield as an abstract entity moves through it. Each level begins with an empty...

Columns

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: FM Towns, Game Gear, Genesis, MSX, PC-88, PC-98, SEGA Master System, SNES, TurboGrafx-16, Wii, PC, Mac, Linux → December 1990

Steam: 76/100

Columns is a puzzle game set in ancient Phoenicia, where colorful jewels fall from the top of the playfield. The player matches three or more jewels...

Dungeon Master: Chaos Strikes Back - Expansion Set #1

Role-playing game, In real time, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Amiga, Atari ST, FM Towns, PC-98, Sharp X68000 → 1990

Dungeon Master: Chaos Strikes Back — Expansion Set #1 is a first-person role-playing game with puzzle and fantasy elements from developers from...

Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: NES → 26 September 1991

Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos is an isometric arcade game with a mixture of action and puzzle from the developers of Software Creations...

Daedalian Opus

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle

Game released: Game Boy, MSX → July 1990

Daedalian Opus is a strategy game with a hint of puzzle from the masters at Vic Tokai Corporation. The game is published by Vic Tokai, Inc.. The PC...

Card & Puzzle Collection: Ginga

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Card game

Game released: Game Boy → 14 December 1990

Card & Puzzle Collection: Ginga is a top-down strategy game with puzzle and card game elements from the masters at SystemSoft. The main publisher...

Hyper Lode Runner

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Game Boy → February 1990

Hyper Lode Runner is an action game with platformer, puzzle and sandbox elements from the developers of Tose Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of the...

Secret of Monkey Island

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, FM Towns, Mac, SEGA CD → 1991

Dr. Mario

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle, Mario Game

Game released: Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, NES, SNES → 30 April 1991

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

A puzzle game in which Mario clears viruses from a bottle by arranging falling multicolored capsules. The player moves and rotates the capsules to...

Boulder Dash

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, Electron, FM-7, Game Boy, iPhone, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC Booter, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1984

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Boulder Dash is an arcade puzzle game set in underground caves, where Rockford tunnels through the earth to collect diamonds. Each cave requires him...

Bubble Ghost

Strategy, Puzzle

Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy → 1988

Bubble Ghost is a strategy with puzzle elements from the masters from the ERE Informatique studio. The game is published by Infogrames Multimedia SA...

Boomer's Adventure in ASMIK World

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: Game Boy → April 1990

Boomer's Adventure in ASMIK World is a third-person action game with strategy, platformer and puzzle elements from the masters from the Asmik...

Todd's Adventures in Slime World

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: Genesis, Lynx, TurboGrafx CD → 30 April 1992

Todd's Adventures in Slime World is a third-person action game with platforming and puzzle elements from the studio Epyx, Inc.. The main publisher of...

Arctic

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: FM-7, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98 → 1989

Arctic is a top-down strategy game with a hint of puzzle from the developers at Artdink Corporation. The game is published by Artdink Corporation...

Plotting

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy, NES, ZX Spectrum → 1990

Plotting is a third-person action game with a dash of strategy and puzzle from Taito Corporation. The main publisher of the game is Taito...

Super Glove Ball

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Arkanoid

Game released: NES → October 1990

Players: 6/10

Super Glove Ball is a first-person arcade game with action, puzzle and arkanoid elements from the masters from the studio Rare, Ltd.. The main...

Don Doko Don

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: NES, TurboGrafx-16 → 9 March 1990

Don Doko Don is a third-person action game with platforming and puzzle elements from the masters of the Taito Corporation studio. The game is...

Q Billion

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Game Boy → April 1990

Q Billion is a top-down arcade game with strategy, puzzle and sandbox elements from the masters from the SETA Corporation studio. The game is...

Parallel World

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: NES → 10 August 1990

Parallel World is a top-down strategy game with a hint of puzzle from EIM Ltd.. The game is published by Varie Corporation. Perhaps Parallel World is...

Klax

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: Atari 2600, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, Genesis, Lynx, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98, SAM Coupé, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx-16, ZX Spectrum → 1990

Klax is an arcade puzzle game built around colored tiles moving down a conveyor belt toward a paddle at the bottom of the screen. The player moves...

Immortal

Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, DOS, Genesis, NES → 1990

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 83/100

Immortal is an isometric action game with a mixture of puzzle and fantasy game from the developers of Sandcastle Studio. The game is published by...

Adventures of Lolo 2

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: NES, Wii → March 1990

Adventures of Lolo 2 is a third-person arcade game with action, strategy and puzzle elements from the studio HAL Laboratory, Inc.. The main publisher...

Shove It! The Warehouse Game

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Genesis → 30 January 1990

Shove It! The Warehouse Game is a top-down strategy game with a mix of puzzle and sandbox from Masaya. The game is published by DreamWorks. Shove It...

Catrap

Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Game Boy → 1 June 1990

Catrap is a third-person strategy game with a mixture of platformer, puzzle and sandbox from the studio ASK Kodansha Co., Ltd.. The game is published...

Knights of the Crystallion

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Amiga → May 1990

Knights of the Crystallion is a third-person action game with puzzle and fantasy elements. The main publisher of the game is U.S. Gold Ltd.. For some...

Bombuzal

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, SNES, PC, Linux → 1988

Steam: 37/100

This puzzle game with strategic elements takes place in a land of mines and bombs ready to explode, where a single move can lead to disaster. The...

Hatris

Strategy, Puzzle

Game released: Game Boy, NES, PC-98, TurboGrafx-16 → 1991

Hatris is a strategy with puzzle elements from the developers from the studio Bullet-Proof Software, Inc.. The game is published by Bullet-Proof...

Pictionary: The Game of Video Quick Draw

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Puzzle, Board / Group Game

Game released: NES → July 1990

Pictionary: The Game of Video Quick Draw is an action game with elements of a shooter, strategy and puzzle from developers from the studio Software...

Shi-Kin-Joh

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98, PlayStation → 16 July 1991

Shi-Kin-Joh is a top-down strategy game with puzzle and fantasy elements from the masters at Scap Trust. The game is published by Scap Trust...

Damocles: Mercenary 2

Simulation, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: Amiga, Atari ST → March 1990

Damocles: Mercenary 2 is a first-person simulator with adventure and puzzle elements from developers from Novagen Software Ltd. The main publisher of...

Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Game Boy, NES → March 1990

Players: 8.4/10

Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle is a third-person action game with a dash of strategy, platforming and puzzle from the masters at Kemco Studio. The main...

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: NES → 14 December 1990

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