The Best Nonlinear Games for Linux

Update : Discrete Heart - caaa added at rank #25.
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Terraformers (2022)

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Transform Mars into a habitable planet in Terraformers. With challenging strategizing and resource management, explore the planet and expand population, all while watching the stunning new natural wonders build up before your eyes. Take on different scenarios and bonuses and create a thriving utopia. Get lost in the addictive puzzle-like game with unique replayability and rewarding graphics and UI.


What we like:
  • Focus on strategy
  • Various difficulty levels
  • Unique victory conditions
  • Nice graphics and UI
  • Rich soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Only one way to lose the game
  • Some bugs present
  • Game can become repetitive

  • turn-based
  • mars
  • space
  • resource-management
  • science
  • rogue-like
  • nonlinear
  • card
  • procedural
  • board-game
  • colony
  • sci-fi
  • choices
  • simulation
  • management

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Pilgrims (2019)

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IOS iPhone Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?


  • card
  • cartoony
  • hand-drawn
  • short
  • nonlinear
  • relaxing
  • stylized
  • replay-value
  • family-friendly
  • point-and-click
  • 2d
  • funny
  • comedy
  • experimentation
  • puzzle

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Bonfire Peaks (2020)

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A difficult open world puzzle game about climbing mysterious ruins and setting fire to your belongings.


  • sokoban
  • voxel
  • puzzle
  • nonlinear
  • movement
  • grid
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • 3d
  • stylized
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • third-person
  • pixel
  • difficult

4

A Monster's Expedition (2020)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!

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  • sokoban
  • relaxing
  • puzzle
  • nonlinear
  • family-friendly
  • open-world
  • post-apocalyptic
  • exploration
  • surreal
  • 3d
  • historical
  • cartoony
  • alternate
  • funny
  • atmospheric

5

The Norwood Suite (2017)

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Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.


  • nonlinear
  • investigation
  • music
  • surreal
  • psychological
  • walking-simulator
  • horror
  • casual
  • psychedelic
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • first-person
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • stylized

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The Dream Libra had (2021)

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The two girls who had a traffic accident, Libra and her girlfriend Amili, wander the supernatural world as Near-death experience.

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  • collectathon
  • nonlinear
  • emotional
  • supernatural
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • conversation
  • walking-simulator
  • fiction
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • interactive
  • philosophical
  • psychedelic

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The Crown of Leaves (2018)

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Linux PC Windows

Roui, a resilient city dandy, a half-educated jeweler and the author of scientific magic articles, was met with a colossal failure and must return to his homeland Latori.

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  • visual-novel
  • point-and-click
  • nonlinear
  • lgbtq
  • emotional
  • choices
  • hand-drawn
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • fantasy
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • mystery

8

Gelatine (2022)

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An action-focused 2D sandbox game where you play as an ordinary slime trying to survive and establish a colony of fantastical creatures in a hostile environment.

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  • bullet-hell
  • nonlinear
  • sandbox
  • base-building
  • building
  • magic
  • procedural
  • crafting
  • survival
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • open-world
  • exploration
  • fantasy

9

Strikey Sisters (2017)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Say hello to a fantasy themed arcade action brick breaker! Featuring cute characters, silly humor, powerful magic, crazy boss battles, and even a local 2 player co-op mode!- Fast-paced brick breaker action!- Intense boss battles!- Local 2 player co-op mode.- Three difficulty modes.- Travel and conquer the world map in any order you want!- Unique player, ball, and spell power-ups!- Highly replayable! Uncover all the map, collect gems, unlock secret areas and extra levels, and complete the bestiary!- Polished and colorful pixel art visuals.- Catchy synth-fantasy soundtrack.- Cheesy 90's game voice acting!

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  • nonlinear
  • swordplay
  • action-adventure
  • magic
  • cute
  • pixel
  • fantasy
  • dungeon
  • mystery
  • arcade
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • anime
  • comedy
  • ping-pong

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Heatchain (2023)

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Arcade game where you need to find the next glyph to make the longest chain

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  • attack
  • score
  • quick-time-event
  • point-and-click
  • steampunk
  • nonlinear
  • arcade
  • stylized
  • rogue-like
  • top-down
  • choices
  • casual
  • fast-paced
  • action

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