see also: 18th century in games, 1900s in games

Games released or invented in the 19th century

  • The Mansion of Happiness (1843) ~ the first commercially produced game in the US
  • Bell and Hammer ()
  • The Game of Authors (1861)
  • Snakes and ladders (1870)
  • Game of the District Messenger Boy, or Merit Rewarded (1886)
  • Messenger Boy (1886)
  • Game of the Telegraph Boy (1888)
  • Chinese Checkers () ~ derived from Halma
  • Ludo (1896)
  • Reversi (1898) also branded as Annexion or Annexation.
  • The Milton Bradley Company is founded in Springfield, Massachusetts (1860).
  • E.G. Selchow & Co. founded (1867), later changing its name to Selchow and Righter (1880).
  • Parker Brothers founded by George S. Parker (1883).