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 USA
• 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 (c. 1893) ~ derived from Halma
• Ludo (1896)
• Reversi (1898)

Significant games-related events in the 19th century

• 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).