The Best Nostalgia Games for Linux

Update : Twilight Oracle added at rank #4.
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Lucy Dreaming (2022)

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Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.

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  • nostalgia
  • point-and-click
  • comedy
  • pixel
  • humor
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • old-school
  • puzzle
  • mystery
  • adventure
  • funny
  • dark
  • retro
  • story

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Commander Keen: Keen Dreams (2023)

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Commander Keen is back. In the modernised Definitive Edition of the lost episode "Keen Dream". The game structure has been reworked to make the game a more modern experience without sacrificing any of the original charm!

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  • nostalgia
  • retro
  • side-scrolling
  • platform
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • casual
  • scroller
  • adventure
  • compilation
  • non-linear
  • subscription
  • tile

3

Blacken Slash (2022)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux

A tactical roguelite RPG where the items you choose define your character. Create powerful builds from an abundance of loot as you try to save a corrupted retro computer system in byte-sized tactical puzzles.

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  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • nostalgia
  • rogue-like
  • loot
  • hack-and-slash
  • minimalist
  • rpg
  • isometric
  • perma-death
  • retro
  • replay-value
  • strategy
  • pve

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Twilight Oracle (2024)

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Journey to a strange world in search of the fabled Oracle in this fantasy comedy point & click adventure. Play as Leo, a struggling student with the ability to breathe underwater, and explore a desert island and the depths of an alien ocean to uncover your school’s dark past.

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  • nostalgia
  • point-and-click
  • comedy
  • pixel
  • retro
  • funny
  • underwater
  • 1990s
  • 2d
  • adventure
  • story
  • old-school
  • puzzle

5

YetiFree (2023)

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YetiFree is a retro role reversal of the 90's classic SkiFree. Smash, slam, and blast your way down the slopes to rack up the highest score. The Yeti must feed!

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  • destruction
  • parody
  • skiing
  • nostalgia
  • attack
  • score
  • procedural
  • snow
  • humor
  • runner
  • 1990s
  • retro
  • arcade
  • dark
  • pixel

6

Colossal Cave Reimagined by Roberta Williams (2023)

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Colossal Cave is an exciting point & click adventure into a mysterious cavern - a re-imagining of the celebrated text adventure by Will Crowther & Don Woods. Acclaimed game designer Roberta Williams brings you her vision of the game that inspired her to create her own legendary games.

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  • choices
  • escape
  • nostalgia
  • room
  • nonlinear
  • walking-simulator
  • point-and-click
  • atmospheric
  • management
  • old-school
  • inventory
  • exploration
  • fantasy
  • adventure
  • retro

7

Sniper Ships: Shoot'em Up on Rails (2021)

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Dodge bullets and click to destroy enemies with your sniper attack! This is a classic Shoot'em up mixed with Shooter on Rails mechanics! We challenge you to dodge all the shots and destroy all the enemies!

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  • attack
  • unforgiving
  • spaceships
  • nostalgia
  • on-rails
  • score
  • time
  • modern
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell

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