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The 10 best DOS puzzle elements games

The 10 best DOS puzzle elements games, as the players of dos.games rate them. Discworld leads the list, ahead of Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.

Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.

Updated How the lists are ranked

  • 131DOS puzzle elements games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.6Score of #1, out of 5

  1. 1. Discworld

    1995 · Teeny Weeny Games, Ltd. · Adventure

    3.61 rating

    This adventure game puts the player in the shoes of Rincewind, a wizard whose sole purpose in life is to stay alive.

    Play now: DiscworldAbout the game

  6. 6. Polda

    1998 · SleepTeam · Adventure

    3.51 rating

    Guide detective Pankrac through a strange kidnapping case in SleepTeam's 1998 MS-DOS adventure Polda, solving inventory puzzles and talking to suspects.

    Play now: PoldaAbout the game
Ranks 11–20

More great DOS puzzle elements games

  1. Cyberia — playable in the browserInterplay Productions, Inc. · Action · 1994Most played
    3.4
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 3.3h · capped at +0.50+0.18
    Score3.4

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Cyberia
  2. Full Throttle — playable in the browserLucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC · Adventure · 1995Most played
    3.4
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity3 players · 19m · capped at +0.50+0.16
    Score3.4

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Full Throttle
  3. Ultima VI: The False Prophet — playable in the browserORIGIN Systems, Inc. · Role-playing (RPG) · 1990Often played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity2 players · 13m · capped at +0.50+0.13
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Ultima VI: The False Prophet
  4. Flight of the Amazon Queen — playable in the browserWarnerActive · Adventure · 1995Often played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity2 players · 6m · capped at +0.50+0.12
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Flight of the Amazon Queen
  5. Quadrax — playable in the browserRiki Computer Games · Puzzle · 1994Often played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity2 players · 5m · capped at +0.50+0.12
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Quadrax
  6. King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown (1987) — playable in the browserSierra On-Line, Inc. · Adventure · 1987Often played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity2 players · 3m · capped at +0.50+0.12
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown (1987)
  7. Prince of Persia — playable in the browserBrøderbund Software, Inc. · Action · 1990Regularly played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 17m · capped at +0.50+0.09
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Prince of Persia
  8. Alien Rampage — playable in the browserSoftdisk Publishing · Action · 1996Regularly played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 11m · capped at +0.50+0.09
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Alien Rampage
  9. Loom — playable in the browserLucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC · Adventure · 1990Regularly played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 9m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Loom
  10. Alone in the Dark — playable in the browserInterplay Productions, Inc. · Action · 1992Regularly played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 9m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Alone in the Dark
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What is the best DOS puzzle elements game?

Discworld (1995, Teeny Weeny Games, Ltd.) is the best DOS puzzle elements game by our players' ratings, ahead of Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these DOS puzzle elements games online?

Yes. 10 of the games on this list play free in your browser on dos.games, with no download and no emulator to set up. Press Play on any of them; your progress can be saved.

How many DOS puzzle elements games are there on dos.games?

131. This list ranks the best 10 in full and the next ones below them; the catalogue has every one, with filters for year, studio and more.

Which year had the most great DOS puzzle elements games?

1998. 3 of the games on this list came out that year: Tomb Raider Gold, Polda and Horké léto.

How is this list ranked?

With the same score as our Best DOS Games ranking: players' ratings, pulled toward the archive's own rating while a game has few of them, plus a small bonus for the games people actually keep playing. No editor and no sponsor decides a place.