The Best Pixel point-and-click adventure Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : The Drifter added at rank #1.
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Quest for Infamy (2014)

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Quest for Infamy is a humorous and nostalgic point-and-click adventure game with a twist - you get to play the charming villain. Choose from three different characters, each with their own storylines, and become the bad guy who cheats, lies, and steals your way through multiple endings. With hand-drawn graphics and customizable spells, skills, and adventures, this game gives you the ultimate retro RPG experience that has never felt so good!


What we like:
  • Humorous dialogue with great writing and exploration
  • Modernized old school adventure games with good story, quests, and humor
  • End game achievements accessible to any character class
  • Huge open world with good animations and decent voice acting
  • Wonderful homage to Sierra On-Line games and perfect for fans of the point & click genre
What could be improved:
  • Frustrating design issues
  • Occasional offensive humor
  • Some puzzles require arbitrary actions to be triggered
  • Combat system is repetitive and lackluster with simple mechanics

  • adventure
  • rpg
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • classic
  • stealth
  • villain
  • fantasy
  • combat
  • funny
  • old-school
  • inventory
  • fight
  • local
  • pixel

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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...


  • point-and-click
  • horror
  • pixel
  • puzzle
  • fiction
  • emotional
  • adventure
  • story
  • mystery
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • drama
  • interactive
  • thriller
  • cinematic

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Strangeland (2021)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS

You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.


  • point-and-click
  • horror
  • psychological
  • adventure
  • pixel
  • psychologic
  • surreal
  • puzzle

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Primordia (2012)

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Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.


What we like:
  • Engaging storytelling and memorable characters
  • Excellent voice acting and sound design
  • Deep and thought-provoking backstory
  • Challenging but fair puzzles
  • Multiple endings to discover
What could be improved:
  • Some puzzles may be too difficult
  • Art style may not appeal to everyone's taste

  • point-and-click
  • post-apocalyptic
  • adventure
  • robots
  • sci-fi
  • puzzle
  • cyberpunk
  • inventory

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Dropsy (2015)

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Mac OS Linux PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Dropsy is a non-traditional take on the classic point and click adventure formula starring the game’s perpetually carefree namesake clown as he explores a richly detailed world full of colorful characters and sinister secrets, doling out hugs along the way.


  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • hug
  • picaresque
  • open-world
  • surreal
  • pixel

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FoxTail (2018)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

FoxTail is a classic quest inspired by the mid-90s games. Complex quests and freedom in solving them, an interesting plot, beautiful graphics and, of course, an atmosphere of mystery and adventure.


  • point-and-click
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • old-school
  • adventure
  • 1990s
  • family-friendly
  • rhythm
  • cute
  • escape
  • exploration
  • room
  • funny
  • 2d
  • story

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The Plague Doctor of Wippra (2022)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

The plague spreads agony and fear in the small town of Wippra. As a plague doctor, you bring healing and relief wherever you can. But ignorance, superstition, and religious zeal make for a deadly threat in this retro medieval medical adventure!


  • point-and-click
  • medieval
  • pixel
  • historical
  • noir
  • story
  • narration
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • conversation
  • adventure
  • narrative

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Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure (2016)

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PC Windows j IOS iPhone (IOS iPhone) Playstation 5 Mac OS Linux vita Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One IOS iPhone

The Journey of an Idiot. 8 to 12 hours of fun!


  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • funny
  • puzzle
  • mystery
  • comedy
  • visual-novel
  • music
  • hidden-object
  • humor
  • cartoony
  • inventory
  • classic

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Unusual Findings (2022)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4

Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.

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  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • pixel
  • multiple-endings
  • nonlinear
  • retro-graphic
  • conversation
  • america
  • mystery

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Backbone (2021)

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Backbone is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.


  • detective
  • dystopian
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • narrative
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • conspiracy
  • stealth
  • noir
  • point-and-click
  • post-noir
  • visual-novel

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