Can I play Lemmings online for free?

Yes — you can play Lemmings right here in your browser for free, with no installation and no plugins, on both desktop and mobile.

Can I download Lemmings?

Yes, Lemmings is available to download here — use the Download button on this page.

What platform does Lemmings run on?

Lemmings is a MS-DOS / PC game from 1991.

Lemmings was developed by Psygnosis.

Are there cheats for Lemmings?

Yes, you'll find cheats and codes for Lemmings in the Cheats section on this page.

How do I save my progress in Lemmings?

Save inside the game itself — via its own menu, or F2/F3. And if you log in (free), your position is also stored in the cloud, so you can continue on another computer or phone.

Is it legal to play Lemmings online here?

You play it in your browser via an emulator. For how we handle abandonware and copyright, see our "Is it legal?" page.

How do I control Lemmings?

The controls are in the Controls section on this page. The keyboard is usually all you need — arrow keys to move and Ctrl, Alt or Space for actions.

Can I play Lemmings on mobile?

Yes — it runs right in your browser on phones and tablets too. Just tap Play, nothing to install.

Lemmings

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1991 · Puzzle · Psygnosis · MS-DOS / PC

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About Lemmings

Lemmings, created by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1991, is one of the defining puzzle games of its generation. The premise is deceptively simple: hordes of tiny green-haired creatures march mindlessly forward off a ledge or into danger, and your job is to guide a required percentage of them safely to the exit before time runs out.

You never control the lemmings directly. Instead, you assign jobs to individuals from a limited toolkit of skills: climbers scale walls, floaters drift down safely with umbrellas, bashers and miners tunnel horizontally or diagonally, builders lay staircases, blockers halt the marching column, and the drastic bomber self-destructs to clear obstacles. Each level hands you a fixed allotment of these skills, turning every stage into a resource-management puzzle where the trick is figuring out which lemming to convert, where, and exactly when.

The genius lies in how it escalates. Early levels teach the basics gently, but before long you face fiendish layouts riddled with traps, drops and time pressure that demand precise timing and clever thinking. Its cheerful pixel-art creatures, catchy tunes and that iconic explosion countdown gave it enormous personality. Ported to virtually every platform imaginable, Lemmings remains a genuinely great puzzle game whose core ideas still feel fresh and satisfying to solve today.

Controls

The game is built for a mouse. Click a skill icon, then click the lemming. The PC manual also lists keyboard shortcuts for the level screen. The arrow keys move the pointer, and F4 on the main menu switches between mouse, joystick and keys.

Key	Action
`F1`, `F2`	Slower or faster release of lemmings
`F3` to `F10`	Climber, floater, bomber, blocker, builder, basher, miner, digger
`F11`	Pause (`Pause` on keyboards without F11)
`F12`	Nuke all lemmings (`Del` on keyboards without F12)
`Esc`	Leave the level, press again for the main menu

On the main menu F1 starts the game and F2 opens the code entry for later levels. The PC version has no two-player mode.

Versions and ports

The Amiga version came first, in Europe on 14 February 1991. DMA Design also made the MS-DOS version. Presage Software made the Mac port and Visual Sciences the Windows port, which appeared for Windows 3.x in 1994 and for Windows 95 in 1995. A North American CD edition of the DOS version followed in 1994.

System requirements

DOS 3.0 or later, 3.3 recommended
8086-class processor and 512 kB of RAM, 640 kB recommended
EGA, VGA or Tandy 16-colour graphics
AdLib, Sound Blaster or PC speaker sound
A mouse is recommended

How to run it today

It plays on this page with your mouse. If you run the DOS files in DOSBox yourself, the startup menu asks for a machine type. The manual suggests "High Performance PCs" on a 386 or faster machine with EGA or VGA, and the plain PC option if that fails. Fan remakes such as SuperLemmini and SuperLemminiToo run on modern systems, but PCGamingWiki says they need the data from a copy of Lemmings for Windows 95.

Where to buy it legally

The 1991 original is not sold on Steam or GOG, and GOG only has a wishlist page for it. Retail copies are the legal source, so look for second-hand boxed DOS or Windows editions.

How to Save a Crowd of Little Fools and the History of Lemmings

Videos and guides

Longplaythe whole game start to finish · YouTube Walkthroughhow to get through when you are stuck · YouTube Soundtrackmusic from the game · YouTube Manualthe original game manual · Archive.org

Lemmings cheats and codes

Reveal cheats (spoiler)

Lemmings has no cheats, just ten-letter passwords shown after each completed level. They are entered via the code option in the main menu. One catch: the password also encodes your progress so far, so magazine lists can differ and still be correct – several valid codes exist for the same level. These work in the DOS version:

Code	Effect
HCEONONPDX	Tricky, level 1 – skips the whole Fun rating
OHLLICADEO	Tricky, level 5
CMNLLDMIEO	Tricky, level 10
MFMCCJONFM	Taxing, level 1
NKMFLGCLHP	Mayhem, level 1 – straight to the hardest thirty

There is no code for the first Fun level – that is simply where the game starts. If a password from another source refuses to work, it is not a typo: Amiga codes and later releases generate them differently. The safest bet is writing down your own passwords after every finished level.

Lemmings FAQ

Can I play Lemmings online for free?: Yes — you can play Lemmings right here in your browser for free, with no installation and no plugins, on both desktop and mobile.
Can I download Lemmings?: Yes, Lemmings is available to download here — use the Download button on this page.
What platform does Lemmings run on?: Lemmings is a MS-DOS / PC game from 1991.
When was Lemmings released?: Lemmings was released in 1991.
Who made Lemmings?: Lemmings was developed by Psygnosis.
What genre is Lemmings?: Lemmings falls under: Logic.
Are there cheats for Lemmings?: Yes, you'll find cheats and codes for Lemmings in the Cheats section on this page.
How do I save my progress in Lemmings?: Save inside the game itself — via its own menu, or F2/F3. And if you log in (free), your position is also stored in the cloud, so you can continue on another computer or phone.
Is it legal to play Lemmings online here?: You play it in your browser via an emulator. For how we handle abandonware and copyright, see our "Is it legal?" page.
How do I control Lemmings?: The controls are in the Controls section on this page. The keyboard is usually all you need — arrow keys to move and Ctrl, Alt or Space for actions.
Can I play Lemmings on mobile?: Yes — it runs right in your browser on phones and tablets too. Just tap Play, nothing to install.

Comments on Lemmings

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Keeper 30.12.2010

Zdravim, tady na strankach mate ze byla vytvorena 1993, napr. na 486games.net je 1991 a ve hre mi to pise 1995 cemuz jaksi nerozumim, vi nekdo kde je pravda?

Dale tusim na starinky.net je verze lemmings jina nez tady a na 486games. jine zacatecni lvl, vyber urovni fun-mayhem se trochu v menu odlisuje.. Co to znamena? Nerozumim tomu, diky nekomu za objasneni

paddy 30.12.2010

V pripade ze se rozhodneme verit wikipedii, coz povazuju za rozumny reseni, je rok vydani 1991 a ten tu zrejme take uvedeme. Nevim sam co ve hre dela rok 95, mozna to nejakym zpusobem souviselo s vydavatelem, kazdopadne diky za pripominku, upravim to