The Best Pixel Games for Linux - Page 4

Update : Skies Above added at rank #44.
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Professor Doctor Jetpack (2024)

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

Professor Doctor Jetpack is a physics based lunar lander game, in which you embark on a dangerous journey to ... control your jetpack. Also to save the world.

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  • precision
  • platform
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • physics
  • pixel
  • flight
  • parody
  • cartoony
  • hand-drawn
  • funny
  • arcade
  • atmospheric
  • controller-support
  • casual

32

Backbone (2021)

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

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

33

OneShot (2016)

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PC Windows Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile Xbox 360 IOS iPhone Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux

OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

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  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • story
  • cute
  • pixel
  • inventory
  • choices
  • narrative
  • surreal
  • rpgmaker
  • rpg
  • robots
  • multiple-endings
  • sprite
  • atmospheric

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The Abandoned Planet (2024)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Nintendo Switch j Xbox Series X Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

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  • point-and-click
  • pixel
  • old-school
  • 1990s
  • space
  • exploration
  • clicker
  • sci-fi
  • futuristic
  • linear
  • 2d
  • puzzle
  • hidden-object
  • story
  • adventure

35

Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps & Beans 2 (2023)

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

After the shipwreck in Africa, Bud and Terence save a village from criminals and make their way home on a raft loaded with bananas. But of course it wouldn't be a Bud and Terence adventure if everything went according to plan.

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  • 4-player
  • local
  • 2d
  • cooperative
  • 1980s
  • pixel
  • scroller
  • comedy
  • family-friendly
  • retro
  • funny
  • fight
  • arcade
  • party
  • relaxing

36

Lost Ruins (2021)

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

Lost Ruins is a challenging and engaging Metroidvania game that offers a unique experience by focusing on inventory management rather than leveling up. With stunning graphics and sound effects, players navigate through the monster-filled dungeon as they retrieve their memories. The game offers different weapons, spells, and unique accessories that encourage experimentation and strategic tactics. With multiple endings and unlockables, Lost Ruins offers high replayability to players.


What we like:
  • Unique formula utilizing inventory
  • well-designed and rewarding exploration system
  • balanced equipment system
  • offers different game modes and endings
  • stunning graphics and sound effects
What could be improved:
  • Small map
  • checkpoint system can be frustrating
  • missable side-quests
  • jumping mechanics and aerial attacks can be imprecise
  • limited storyline compared to other metroidvanias

  • survival
  • boss
  • metroidvania
  • dungeon
  • anime
  • pixel
  • retro
  • platform
  • combat
  • inventory
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • dark
  • hack-and-slash
  • cute

37

Endlanders: First Encounter (2022)

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PC Windows Linux

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

38

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Ultima... (2022)

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Android Linux PC Windows Xbox One

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.

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  • arcade
  • cooperative
  • ninja
  • classic
  • pixel
  • beat-em-up
  • boss
  • side-scrolling
  • retro
  • brawler
  • combo
  • old-school
  • campaign
  • multiplayer
  • online

39

Steel Defier (2023)

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

Are you ready to escape from your tight prison cell? A malfunction in the defense system of a transport spaceship accidentally killed everyone aboard, except for one last survivor… You and your suspiciously orange suit.

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  • futuristic
  • 2.5d
  • cyberpunk
  • pixel
  • escape
  • arcade
  • room
  • dystopian
  • maze
  • card
  • skill
  • action-adventure
  • casual
  • replay-value

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Aseprite (2016)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Aseprite is a pixel-art tool to create 2D animations, sprites, and any kind of graphics for games.


  • illustration
  • design
  • modeling
  • pixel
  • animation
  • sprite
  • development
  • open-source
  • software

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