List of fan games

In the context of Tetris, fan games are computer tetromino games unconnected with Elorg, The Tetris Company, or any other licensor of rights in the Tetris trademark. They tend to follow the well-known rules of Tetris but may not strictly follow any official guidelines.

List of fan games

Straight tetromino games

The following games more or less faithfully replicate the rules of some version of Tetris, either pre-Guideline or post-Guideline:

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• 4-Tris - Homebrew game cartridge by Joe Zbiciak for the old Mattel Intellivision game console
• Abandoned Bricks
• ACiD Tetris (later renamed Super ACiD Block Attack)
• Aint - free software for MS-DOS, possibly the first copylefted tetromino game
  • EGAint - successor to Aint
• Alizarin Tetris - features colour gravity similar to The Next Tetris.
• Alleytris - 4-wide well
• Atomic Tetris - clone for MS-DOS
• BCTMP - Brian Caos Tempting Music Player (versions Beta 1 and Beta 2 previously known as "Brian Caos Tetris Music Player"), IT/MOD/S3M/XM music player with a built-in Tetris game
• Bedter by Andrew Bednarz - freeware for Windows and Linux, famously targeted by TTC which alleged "look and feel" copyright violation
• BiTRIS - clone focusing on doubles play
• Blocks A Java version of the game.
• Block Star - Integrated Facebook Tetris, featuring comparison leaderboard to your circle of friends, or all users. Subsequently taken over by The Tetris Company.
• Blocks from Hell
• Breakris by Jürgen Müller - freeware for Windows. It has a very good single and multiplayer-Tetris, plus Breakris - Breakout and Tetris at the same time.
• Bricks '2000
• Cultris - A game focusing on combo-based play.
• Cultris II - Sequel to Cultris.
• Double Blocks - A clone for DOS. Features multiplayer via modem.
• DTET
• Dúshlán - Homebrew game for NES. A port of Falling Blocks with extra features.
• Eitrix - Successor to Varmint's EITtris. Has 8-player play.
• Emlith - A clone for Windows 3.x.
• Falling Blocks - Game for ZX Spectrum. Stage-based.
• Falling Down - Features many gimmicks and the ability to add user-created courses.
• Falling Up - a "twist" on Tetris (freeware/open source for Windows, OS X, linux)
• Face to Face (決戰俄羅斯) - a 1990 Taiwanese Tetris/Bloxeed clone focusing on versus play, apparently popular in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
• Full HD Tetris - A series of games with Full HD resolution and large playfields.
• GinT - Falling Tetromino game within the 3D world of Second Life.
• GTET - A clone of Tetris The Grand Master. Now apparently lost.
• HaCKeR
• Heboris - A clone inspired by the TGM series. Has many unofficial expansions.
• Heboris (FM Towns)
• Java Duel Tetris
• Java Tetris v2.11 - Nice Java applet Tetris clone by Andreas Ludwig that supports multi-player and computer AI players
• Jester
• Klotz
• LJ65 (formerly Tetramino) - a homebrew game for NES.
• Lockjaw - primarily a guideline simulator, with dozens of options to change behavior
• Lockjaw: The Overdose (formerly Tetanus On Drugs) - free software for Game Boy Advance, inspired by Tetripz and considered by many players to be superior in look and feel to the GBA version of Tetris Worlds
• LTris
• Megatris (DOS, Adam Cohen and Brian Cohn)
• MegaTris (DOS, Roman Macionczyk) - Polish clone.
• Megatris (Uzebox)
• N-Blox - Tetris clone by Neave Games. Subsequently taken over by The Tetris Company.
• Neitris - A multiplayer clone inspired by EITtris,
• Netris (Brian E. Lemoff)
• Netris for Windows
• Nishisansou Tetris - Tetris clone for the Sharp X68000.
• Notrus
• NullpoMino - highly customisable clone with many modes.
• Nyet - one of the earliest Tetris clones, dating from 1988.
• NYET III
• Quadrapassel (formerly Gnometris)
• Quinn - Described as an arcade-style tetromino puzzle game written and designed specifically for Mac OS X
• Radon
• Rheolism - A Tetris game in one line of BBC Basic.
• Super Retriss - A game with the goal of clearing a target "flicking" block.
• T3tr0s - A Tetris game that has 10 themes based on various Tetris games that can be changed on the fly.
• Team Tetris - A clone based on the Atari arcade version for Commodore 64.
• Tet42 - A clone based on the Atari arcade version for DOS.
• Tetriculis — Tetris as Google Gadget.
• Tetripz by Mute Fantasies - freeware for MS-DOS, with visual distortions of the playfield
• Tetris (Galaksija)
• Tetris (Jupiter Ace)
• Tetris (Philips VG5000)
• Tetris 3000
• Tetris 4000
• Tetris Adventure
• Tetris-EX
• Tetris Lite - Game for Windows 9x. Uses an AI for its demo mode.
• Tetris Queen
• ТЕТРИС SEMIPRO-68k - clone for the X68000, notable for the first use of 20G
• Tetris to the Max - Clone for DOS. 38 wide playfield.
• Tetris V - a Sega Tetris clone for the X68000.
• Tetris Weightlifting - A modified version of Tetris using exercise equipment as the control mechanism.
• Tetrominoes A light and fast Javascript version of the game
• Texmaster - possibly the most accurate PC-based simulator of the TGM series
• Tommy's Nyet - shareware clone for DOS. Has a hot-seat "tournament mode" where multiple players are given the same piece sequence and need to get as high a score as possible.
• Twintris (Digital Marketing, programmed by Svein Berge) - A clone for Amiga
• Varmint's EITtris - A multiplayer clone with powerups.
• Vertris - A simple cross-platform clone.
• WinTris - Clone for Windows 3.x. Includes extended pieces.
• Yet Another Tetris - Clone for Windows 3.x. Had a piece editor and adjustable playfield size.
• Zentris - by Robert J. Sundling
  • Super Zentris
  • Zentris 3000
• ZTetris - Game for Texas Instruments graphing calculators.

NSFW games

These are games that incorporate adult elements.

• Porntris
• Sex Tetris
• Sextris
• XTET

Malicious piece generation

Variants that attempt to give the player the worst possible piece.

• Bastet - Literally, Bastard Tetris. Made to be as annoying and frustrating as possible.
• Hatetris - Variation by Sam Hughes of Things of Interest. Has a replay system.
• Stacked Odds - Uses an 8-wide playfield.
• Tetrevil - Incorporates a system to balance piece distribution (choose between weights, 7-bag and 21-bag).

In addition, the following games previously listed have game modes that attempt to do this:

• Abandoned Bricks in Bastet mode (using the algorithm from v0.41 of Bastet)
• Cultris II during the WTF challenge
• Java Duel Tetris in Nightmare mode
• LTris with Expert Mode on (with the constraint that piece generation stil acts as a bag randomiser in this mode)
• NullpoMino when using the Tetrevil mode mod (also part of Blitz's mod pack)
• Quadrapassel
• Zeromeaner when using the Eviline randomiser (successor to Tetrevil)

Other piece sets

These games have similar gameplay to Tetris but change the piece set, most commonly by adding pentominoes, but also other larger or smaller polyominoes, or pseudo-polyominoes.

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• Combinos - Successor to ntris.
• ntris - A game that gives larger pieces as the player progresses.
• N-Tris (Diamond Games) - A Flash game with a similar idea.
• Penta
• Pentix - Adds pentominoes as well as smaller polyominoes.
• Pentix (Andrei Gorianov) - Remake of the DOS Pentix. Includes touch input.
• Pentris (Hunter Freyer)
• Pentris (Patrick Fournier)
• Pentrix (Cathelius) - Has cascade gravity.
• PROTO (PROgressive Tetris Outline) - Game for Windows 9x. Uses pentominoes.
• Rammer - Playfield is rotated 90 degrees for landscape play. Has large pieces.
• The Son of Tetris Project - adds pieces to the piece set starting from level 3.
• Tototris

In addition, the following games previously listed have the option to play with a non-standard piece set:

• EGAint
• Emlith
• Super Retriss
• WinTris
• Yet Another Tetris

Non-2D variants

These games correspond to attempts to take the gameplay of Tetris into higher (or lower) dimensions.

• Humorous versions#1D Tetris - Various 1D variants.
• 3D Tetris - 3dtetris.com 3D variant of the classic Tetris game. You can play the game: online, offline and mobile. The game use the Java virtual machine.
• 3DTRIS - 3dtris.de A clone of Blockout (3D variant of Tetris) in Macromedia Flash. Its gameplay is very smooth, just like original Blockout. Online high score list with growing competitions.
• 4D-Tris - A 4D variant where the aim is to fill 2 × 2 × 2 layers.
• Blockout II - blockout.net The best clone of Blockout (3D Tetris) for Windows using DirectX. Online high score list, forum, wiki.
• Frac - A 3D variant for DOS and Macintosh.
• Frac4d - A 4D variant derived from Frac. Released as freeware in 2006.
• HyperTetris - Another 4D variant with a 4 × 4 × 4 × 10 playfield.
• Polytope Tetris - A variant with a configurable number of dimensions (though playability suffers at 5D and above).

Other variants

These games have game play rules inspired by Tetris, such as rotation of shapes to form complete lines, but introduce rule variations that change the game play greatly.

See also Humorous versions for games too short or not playable enough to have their own page.

• BEATris - A combination of rhythm game and Tetris.
• Bomblin - A Bombliss clone, taking inspiration from the TGM series.
• CubeStorm Planets
• Da - merges Tetris gameplay and Columns gameplay
• Dream of Pixels - A game where the player has to remove tetromino-shaped pieces from a cloud mass.
• Equadrix - Form expressions matching the target number.
• First-Person Tetris - the player's viewpoint is centred on the falling piece, and rotates when the piece is rotated.
• Futilitris
• Java Tetris - A Java Tetris game that follows the gameplay rules of the original, but has more than 30 shape types and a few new game modes, including a "Hardcore" mode where the game is played on a 125x125 grid.
• Gravytris
• Heaven - Based on the xkcd strip of the same name; regularly drops "heavenly" blocks that cover the entire stack.
• Hell Tetris - Based on another xkcd strip; gives the playfield a rounded bottom.
• Hexlis> - A Flash game where the rows are expressed as hexadecimal numbers.
  • Tetris16 - A console game with the same idea.
  • Hextris (taichino) - A JavaScript game with the same idea.
• Kowaris - Introduces a mechanic where blocks can break.
  • Kowaris Kai
• Kuzuris - Online game inspired by Kowaris. Apparently defunct.
• Monotris - Flash game. Drop pieces to form tetrominoes.
• Not Tetris - Incorporates a physics engine. The aim is to stack as many pieces as possible on the playfield before topping out.
  • Not Tetris 2 - Adds a game mode where lines can be cleared.
• Phystris - Incorporates a physics engine. Has modes based on clearing horizonal lines, clearing colour lines, and making groups of blocks of the same colour.
• Remtris - Freeware clone with cascade gravity.
• Remtris 2 - Sequel to Remtris, focusing on multiplayer.
• Retris - Has a gimmick on every alternate piece.
• Quadra - Open source clone with cascade gravity, successor to Remtris 2. Features very fast-paced online play.
• Quatris (DOS, Eugene Kim) and its sequels
• Quatris (Zimond)
• Tetris'D: The Game - Dodge falling tetrominoes.
• Torus - A game on a cylinder.
• Tuper Tario Tros. - Combines Super Mario Bros. and Tetris.
• Uehara Tetris

Pieces made out of non-rectangular shapes

These games have similar gameplay to Tetris but use pieces made out of other polygons such as hexagons.

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• BeeTris (Philippe Basciano) - A Windows 9x game. Uses polyhexes, similar to Hex Tetris.
• Beetris (Simsalabim Software) - A DOS game. Uses polyhexes and a hexagonal playfield. Lines are cleared in two directions.
• Hex Tetris - A Windows 3.x game. Uses polyhexes.

Comparison of notable fan games

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External links

• Fangame on English Wikipedia
• Tetris and Tetris Clones - nearly 200 games covered