The Best Dynamic Games for Linux

Update : Data Garden added at rank #10.
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CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience (2020)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

CHANGE is an award nominated homeless survival experience set in a randomly created city with rogue-like elements. Explore, survive, earn perks, find items & kindness to develop your character & escape to a new life. Over 7 years of development & over 200 updates so far!


  • choices
  • rogue-like
  • time-management
  • life
  • dynamic
  • lgbtq
  • conversation
  • character
  • narration
  • relaxing
  • customization
  • survival
  • political
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d

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Athanasy (2022)

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Linux Mac OS Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile Nintendo Switch Android PC Windows

Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.

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  • narration
  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • dynamic
  • sci-fi
  • lore
  • text
  • lovecraftian
  • cyberpunk
  • conversation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • psychological
  • surreal
  • choices
  • multiple-endings

3

Title Pending (2022)

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Linux PC Windows

Congratulations! You've been hired by an up and coming Game Development Studio to play-test their New Game (which as of now does not have a title). Not only that, you'll get to talk with the Lead Developer of the project, Matthew Stanton, who will give insight on his team's creative process.

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  • narration
  • dynamic
  • walking-simulator
  • comedy
  • experimental
  • humor
  • multiple-endings
  • stylized
  • choices
  • lore
  • 3d
  • development

4

Saint Kotar: The Crawling Man (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

This is a story about the fall of a man. Told in the form of an interactive comic book with sounds and animations, Saint Kotar: The Crawling Man follows the appalling life of Mojse, his fall from a beloved teacher to a bitter and vengeful leader of a sinister cult.


  • faith
  • comic
  • lovecraftian
  • lore
  • horror
  • fiction
  • dynamic
  • visual-novel
  • hand-drawn
  • dark
  • conversation
  • book
  • demons
  • drama
  • thriller

5

Ceaseless Night (2022)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Ceaseless Night is a strategic roguelike that captures the essence of dungeon crawling in a bleak world. In a world of stolen sunlight, the flickering flames of a campfire lure unwitting travelers to face the dungeons below. Conquer the dungeons, defeat the Lich King, and end this Ceaseless Night!

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  • dynamic
  • perma-death
  • dungeon-crawler
  • class
  • turn-based
  • rogue-like
  • narration
  • dark
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • strategy
  • medieval
  • fantasy

6

BOOK OF HOURS (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?


  • narration
  • historical
  • dynamic
  • life
  • lore
  • time-management
  • tabletop
  • rpg
  • combat-free
  • crafting
  • card
  • choices
  • exploration
  • alternate
  • text

7

Kyle is Famous (2019)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Kyle tries to prepare for his most important interview yet. Choose his path through over 100 endings and accept the consequences in this comedic adventure.

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  • narration
  • choices
  • dark
  • comedy
  • humor
  • dynamic
  • conversation
  • text
  • fiction
  • multiple-endings
  • visual-novel
  • memes
  • psychological
  • interactive
  • funny

8

Trash Squad (2018)

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Linux PC Windows

Trash Squad is a dynamic shooter with RPG elements. Stand up for the fight against hordes of monsters in over a dozen randomly generated levels.

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  • shooter
  • dynamic
  • action
  • boss
  • rogue-like
  • top-down
  • skill
  • customization
  • controller-support

9

WTP Story 1 (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

WTP - Story 1 is a dynamic choice lead adventure.

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  • choices
  • narration
  • dynamic
  • conversation
  • philosophical
  • travel
  • science
  • character
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • multiple-endings
  • time
  • visual-novel
  • dark
  • customization

10

Data Garden (2023)

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A text-less comic-game hybrid about data, interaction and digital identity playable with only one button.

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  • dynamic
  • modeling
  • animation
  • comic
  • illustration
  • design
  • quick-time-event
  • philosophical
  • logic
  • narration
  • hand-drawn
  • book
  • point-and-click
  • linear
  • visual-novel

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