Lemmings

Lemmings is a puzzle-platform game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1991. Players guide a group of lemmings through hazardous levels to a designated exit. The gameplay involves assigning…

68 14 February 1991

Puzzle Action Comedy

Lemmings is a puzzle developed by DMA Design, released 14 February 1991 on Amiga CD32, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga and Commodore CDTV.

Verified 29 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Lemmings is

Lemmings is a puzzle game developed by DMA Design and released in 1991. It was published by Krisalis Software. It is available on Amiga CD32, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga and Commodore CDTV.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Lemmings is a 1991 puzzle and strategy video game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis for the Amiga. It was later ported to numerous other platforms. The game was programmed by Russell Kay, Mike Dailly and David Jones, and was inspired by a simple animation that Dailly created while experimenting with Deluxe Paint.

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Lemmings series

Lemmings is the first of 40 entries we hold in the Lemmings series. The next entry was Lemmings in 1991.

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How it was received

Lemmings holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 27% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1991 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 167 votes.

What it launched against

Lemmings launched on 14 February 1991, within three weeks of The Simpsons Arcade Game, Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III, Fortified Zone and Wings of Wor. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Simpsons Arcade Game, Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III, Fortified Zone, Wings of Wor.

Cheats and codes

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