The Best 1990s Games for Linux

Update : Seren Nova added at rank #18.
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Petal Crash (2020)

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Crash blocks together into huge chain reactions in this frantic arcade action puzzler! Pick your favorite character and experience their tale in the Story Mode, solve tricky brain teasers and make your own in Puzzle Mode, shoot for high scores in Solo Play, or go head to head in Versus Mode!

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  • 1990s
  • character
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • cute
  • puzzle
  • cartoony
  • comedy
  • city-states
  • logic
  • arcade
  • anime
  • twin
  • family-friendly
  • local

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Last Call BBS (2022)

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Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need to worry about copy protection, they’re all fully cracked and ready to enjoy!


  • automation
  • solitaire
  • 1990s
  • logic
  • building
  • mech
  • sandbox
  • retro
  • pvp
  • pixel
  • music
  • puzzle

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Antioch: Scarlet Bay (2022)

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Antioch: Scarlet Bay is an online cooperative narrative adventure. Play as two detectives working together to solve a murder in the shadowy city of Antioch. Wander in a city filled with characters with their own agendas and attitudes, all your decisions change the story and lead to multi endings.

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  • choices
  • dark
  • multiple-endings
  • noir
  • cooperative
  • asynchronous
  • comic
  • 1990s
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • detective
  • comedy
  • interactive
  • visual-novel
  • book

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Murtop (2023)

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Murtop is fast-paced arcade game packed with action, as if it was taken out directly from the 80's. Do you have enough coins to beat it?

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  • arcade
  • platform
  • time-management
  • 2d
  • rhythm
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • humor
  • retro
  • cartoony
  • puzzle
  • logic
  • fast-paced
  • dark
  • pixel

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3dSen PC (2020)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS Linux

3dSen PC breathes new life into your favorite NES games by magically converting them into 3D and letting you play them in real-time.


  • 1990s
  • beat-em-up
  • 2.5d
  • retro
  • vr
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • local
  • arcade
  • rpg
  • casual
  • platform
  • single-player

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Grind Stormer (2024)

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Grind Stormer, aka V・V, is a vertically scrolling manic shooter with gorgeous pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack. Developed by an all-star team at the legendary Japanese studio Toaplan, known for their stellar shoot ‘em ups.


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1990s
  • scrolling
  • reality
  • arcade
  • shoot
  • shooter
  • aliens
  • linear
  • cooperative
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • local
  • sci-fi

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Vaccine Rebirth (2023)

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Enter once again into the world of Survival Horror.

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  • rogue-like
  • 1990s
  • survival-horror
  • 2.5d
  • time-management
  • resource-management
  • psychological
  • zombies
  • split-screen
  • local
  • horror
  • cooperative
  • pixel
  • action-adventure
  • procedural

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Alisa (2021)

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Playstation 5 Mac OS PC Windows Linux Xbox Series X j Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Alisa is a classic late-90s style horror-themed action adventure game set in a fantasy universe inspired on the 1920s. You play as an Elite Royal Agent called Alisa, who wakes up in a strange Victorian mansion and must find her way out while being haunted by materialized / mechanized doll-like humanoids. Explore classic survival horror gameplay with real pre-rendered backgrounds, eccentric currency and item shop, unique player stats boosts, weapon load-outs, a large variety of enemies and locations and surprises around every corner.

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What we like:
  • Nostalgic survival horror experience
  • Sound and graphical design inspired by classic titles
  • Interesting story and characters
  • Optional side missions and collectibles
  • Varied enemy designs and difficulty levels
What could be improved:
  • Unintuitive currency system reliant on killing enemies

  • 1990s
  • survival-horror
  • retro
  • gothic
  • historical
  • alternate
  • old-school
  • military
  • horror
  • mystery
  • action-adventure
  • 3d
  • pixel
  • pve
  • atmospheric

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Demonic Supremacy (2023)

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Demonic Supremacy is an old school 3D shooter with a certain nostalgic flavour and few gamer-friendly features. It offers several hours of hurricane gameplay rocking through memorable levels with the explosive heavy metal soundtrack!

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  • spectacle
  • 1990s
  • shooter
  • psychedelic
  • old-school
  • shoot-em-up
  • first-person
  • demons
  • character
  • retro
  • fps
  • arena
  • supernatural
  • stylized
  • dark

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Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard (2022)

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Save a peaceful world from being annihilated by machines in this oldschool point&click tale, inspired by classic animated movies and adventure games of the 90s.


  • cartoony
  • 1990s
  • point-and-click
  • atmospheric
  • pixel
  • comedy
  • comic
  • old-school
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • dystopian
  • stylized
  • fantasy
  • colourful
  • futuristic

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