The Best Puzzle Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : Tempopo added at rank #34.
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The Pedestrian (2020)

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

I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?


  • puzzle
  • platform
  • logic
  • 2.5d
  • colourful
  • scroller
  • atmospheric
  • emotional
  • relaxing
  • building
  • surreal
  • minimalist
  • 2d
  • 3d

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LIT: Bend the Light (2020)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Mac OS Linux

Light, darkness and remarkable puzzles! Bend the light to your will in this award winning physics-based puzzle game. Feel like a renaissance engineer, build your own solutions to light puzzles, feel your brain grow and all of that within the beautiful and mysterious world of LIT.

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  • open-ended
  • puzzle
  • casual
  • cartoony
  • steampunk
  • realistic
  • reflection
  • mirror
  • addictive
  • science
  • physics

23

The Gardens Between (2018)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.


  • puzzle
  • surreal
  • manipulation
  • time
  • narrative
  • relaxing

24

Unpacking (2018)

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Experience the simple joy of Unpacking in this zen-like game. Through eight house moves, you'll uncover a heartwarming story told through objects, creating an intimate connection with a character you never see. Organize your home, enjoy the beautiful soundtrack, and immerse yourself in a unique narrative journey that mirrors the ups and downs of life.


What we like:
  • Unforgettable storytelling through objects
  • Relaxing, meditative gameplay
  • Beautiful pixel-art visuals
  • Captivating soundtrack
  • Engaging puzzle-solving experience
What could be improved:
  • Game duration is quite short
  • Limited customization options

  • pixel
  • puzzle
  • book
  • story
  • narrative
  • relaxing
  • isometric
  • zen
  • achievements
  • cute

25

Causality (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Causality is a survival horror game. You must rescue 3 students trapped in a school full of mysterious psychic phenomena, and uncover the secrets behind therein. The real story behind the school, and the causal relationship of the events, is all in your hands.


  • puzzle
  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • thriller
  • rpgmaker
  • supernatural
  • psychological
  • atmospheric
  • multiple-endings
  • casual
  • challenging
  • top-down
  • psychic

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Suicide Guy (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Suicide Guy and Suicide Guy: Sleepin' Deeply for the first time together in a mega bundle!Set in the incredibile and extraordinary dreams of its protagonist, this time you'll have to save not 1, but 2 beers.Features:• 25 + 7 levels for hours of fun!• Physics based levels• Ultimate moves: be able to pick up items, throw them, activate mechanisms and even burp.• Funny creatures to annoy• Vehicles to driveThis time, to wake him up you'll need all your skills.Despite the title, the game is NOT at all about suicide or depression.

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  • puzzle
  • comedy
  • funny
  • surreal
  • physics
  • humor
  • memes
  • first-person
  • platform
  • colourful
  • dark
  • satire
  • story

27

Persephone (2020)

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Xbox One IOS iPhone Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

PERSEPHONE is a dream-inspired, unique approach to first-person survival horror. With no weapons to attack, you'll need to utilize your environment in order to survive. When your surroundings won't save you in some scenarios, the only option is to run and redirect the threat.

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  • puzzle
  • rogue-like
  • dark
  • abstract
  • programming
  • isometric
  • humor
  • stylized
  • mythology
  • 3d
  • surreal
  • romance
  • thriller
  • artificial
  • intelligence

28

Induction (2021)

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Critically acclaimed and commercially successful, Wasteland was intended to be followed by two separate sequels, but Electronic Arts' Fountain of Dreams was turned into an unrelated game and Interplay's Meantime was cancelled. The game's general setting and concept became the basis for Interplay's 1997 role-playing video game Fallout, which would extend into the Fallout series. Game developer inXile Entertainment released a sequel, Wasteland 2, in 2014, and announced plans to release a third game in winter 2019.


  • puzzle
  • abstract
  • melbourne
  • travel
  • rpg
  • minimalist
  • practical
  • time
  • mind-expanding

29

HOOK 2 (2022)

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Linux Mac OS IOS iPhone PC Windows

Get Hook’d on unhooking the hooks again.

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  • linear
  • relaxing
  • 3d
  • puzzle
  • minimalist
  • casual
  • logic
  • abstract
  • family-friendly

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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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