Play Lemmings (Europe) Online

You frantically assign jobs to stop these little idiots from marching to their doom—builders make stairs, blockers hold the line, and one wrong move means watching your whole squad dive into lava. That mix of panic and satisfaction when they finally reach the exit is weirdly addictive.

Developer: Sunsoft

Genre: Puzzle

Released: 1992

File size: 256 bytes

Game Overview

Lemmings on the NES is one of those games that looks cute until you realize you’re basically babysitting a bunch of tiny, oblivious idiots with a death wish. They’ll just walk straight off cliffs if you don’t stop them—which is hilarious until it’s your fault. You’ve got to quickly assign jobs like builders, diggers, or blockers to steer them through each level, and the panic sets in when you realize you’ve only got a few seconds before half your squad yeets itself into a pit.

The music’s got that classic bouncy NES charm, and the levels start simple before throwing absolute nonsense at you—like lava pits, spinning blades, and traps that make you question how these lemmings survived in the wild. It’s the kind of game where you’ll fail a level five times, swear you’re done, then immediately try again because this time you’ll remember to place that blocker sooner. Still holds up, even if the little guys never learn.