The Best Exploration Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : Crossroad OS added at rank #23.
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Endlanders: First Encounter (2022)

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Build your deck, glitch through enemies, translate unknown languages and decipher the mysteries of this universe, in this grid-based real time combat indie game. This version features only one playable character and serves as the prologue for the game.

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  • rpg
  • logic
  • magic
  • dark
  • top-down
  • colourful
  • futuristic
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • card
  • space
  • fantasy
  • surreal

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The First Tree (2017)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a young couple dealing with a tragedy in their own. Uncover artifacts from the young couple’s life as they too become intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.


  • third-person
  • walking-simulator
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • short
  • exploration
  • orchestral
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • adventure
  • nature
  • single-player
  • platform
  • narration
  • mech

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Haven Park (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Be Flint, who is doing his best to keep his grandma's park up and running and make it a place for the campers to enjoy. Learn the camper's wishes and build whatever their hearts desire to attract even more quirky characters and look forward to whimsical conversations and quests.


  • exploration
  • construction
  • park
  • grand
  • skill
  • relaxing
  • management
  • customization
  • open-world
  • online
  • rpg
  • classic

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Ghost on the Shore (2022)

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An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.


  • walking-simulator
  • emotional
  • story
  • romance
  • atmospheric
  • narration
  • exploration
  • drama
  • mystery
  • choices
  • point-and-click
  • single-player
  • investigation
  • adventure
  • multiple-endings

15

A Frail Qubit (2022)

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In a beat up Quantum Computer, you are a frail Qubit completing mysterious Trials. Explore and conquer the computer, inquire about the nature of the Trials, and hatch a plan to escape.

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  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • linear
  • action-adventure
  • sci-fi
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • top-down
  • abstract
  • cyberpunk
  • adventure
  • conversation
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d

16

Ducks Can Drive (2023)

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PC Windows Linux

Ducks like to race, even in their own cars! Earn money by delivering food to fellow ducks in the city, then use this money to upgrade your vehicle. The better the vehicle, the better chance you have to win the race at the end of the day!

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  • racing
  • pvp
  • driving
  • exploration
  • 3d
  • third-person
  • off-road
  • arcade
  • cartoony
  • cute
  • open-world
  • funny
  • colourful

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Where is My Cat? (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Android

Where is My Cat is a purr-fectly delightful casual game with charming graphics and relaxing gameplay where you help a cute little kitty escape from various obstacles and challenges. Navigate through different levels and use your problem-solving skills to find a way out.

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  • 1990s
  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • casual
  • colourful
  • cute
  • comedy
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • family-friendly
  • problem-solving
  • puzzle
  • fun
  • fantasy
  • funny

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Gordy and the Monster Moon (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Gordy and the Monster Moon is a bite-sized exploration-driven game about a pumpkin astronaut going on spooky adventures.

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  • action-adventure
  • top-down
  • exploration
  • family-friendly
  • 2d
  • horror
  • cute
  • open-world
  • exploration-driven
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • controller-support
  • rpg
  • action
  • bite-sized

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Ringlorn Saga (2022)

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Playstation 4 Linux PC Windows

Ringlorn Saga is an adventure RPG inspired by the Japanese PC classics. Prince Gerhard the Brave embarks on a journey to the neighboring land to investigate the appearance of a magic barrier and his father's disappearance.

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  • dark
  • rpg
  • fantasy
  • vampire
  • action-adventure
  • magic
  • top-down
  • exploration
  • open-world
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • short
  • action
  • movement

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Home is Where One Starts... (2015)

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Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.


  • exploration
  • walking-simulator
  • short
  • first-person
  • memory
  • narration
  • atmospheric
  • book
  • story
  • open
  • thought-provoking
  • asynchronous
  • adventure

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