The Best Alternate Games for Linux

Update : pieces I: a maskros nebula game added at rank #2.
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EarthRoyale (2022)

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EarthRoyale is a Map simulation Observer game where the game each turn chooses one of many events to edit the world map

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  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • historical
  • simulation
  • political
  • royale
  • alternate
  • fiction
  • wargame
  • god-game
  • interactive
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • narration
  • single-player

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pieces I: a maskros nebula game (2024)

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Pieces I is a jigsaw puzzle game set in the mysterious Maskros Nebula universe. It features 3 comic-style puzzles and a calming ambient soundtrack. Get a glimpse of the cyber city of CobeeDot, visit the overgrown Nou-Raex and float through the dystopian Eskolea!

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  • casual
  • colourful
  • hand-drawn
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • aliens
  • historical
  • alternate
  • lgbtq
  • cute
  • futuristic
  • atmospheric
  • rich
  • relaxing
  • narrative

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Escape From Lavender Island (2023)

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Escape from Lavender Island is a 3rd person open world exploration game. Follow Zede Aksis as he wakes up from a dream about a city only to realize that what he saw in his sleep is a physical reality he cannot find a way out of.

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  • walking-simulator
  • lore
  • capitalism
  • hidden-object
  • exploration
  • open-world
  • action-adventure
  • historical
  • alternate
  • dark
  • post-apocalyptic
  • surreal
  • third-person
  • comedy
  • narration

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South Scrimshaw, Part One (2023)

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South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.

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  • cinematic
  • lore
  • linear
  • visual-novel
  • hand-drawn
  • sci-fi
  • science
  • underwater
  • historical
  • alternate
  • nature
  • atmospheric
  • emotional
  • aliens
  • 2d

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Inversion Institute (2022)

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A visual novel/puzzle game set in a medieval fantasy world. Using "Magic Ink," you will draw working logical gizmos and contraptions to solve problems for the Institute and surrounding townsfolk. With the help of other characters, you may even invent a machine that will change the world forever.

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  • logic
  • automation
  • science
  • building
  • hand-drawn
  • historical
  • family-friendly
  • alternate
  • cartoony
  • crafting
  • moddable
  • stylized
  • magic
  • anime
  • colourful

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Love, Death & Veggies (2022)

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Six stories about the most important things. And elves, gnomes, robots, aliens, adventure, and love.

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  • visual-novel
  • 2.5d
  • choices
  • cyberpunk
  • fiction
  • multiple-endings
  • historical
  • cute
  • alternate
  • horror
  • interactive
  • satire
  • hand-drawn
  • 2d
  • space

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Operation: Pinkeye (2021)

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Operation: Pinkeye is a throwback first-person shooter where you play as a secret agent in an alternate Universe where the Acts of Union in 1707 never happened. Scotland and England remain independent and tensions between the 2 remain very high.

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  • first-person
  • 1990s
  • shooter
  • fmv
  • linear
  • conspiracy
  • stealth
  • foreign
  • fps
  • alternate
  • retro
  • political
  • old-school
  • cinematic
  • 3d

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