The Best Puzzle Games for Linux - Page 5

Update : Tempopo added at rank #34.
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Boxville (2022)

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Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Made in Ukraine.


  • logic
  • emotional
  • point-and-click
  • hand-drawn
  • investigation
  • family-friendly
  • puzzle
  • relaxing
  • cartoony
  • experiences
  • colourful
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • story

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Please Fix The Road (2022)

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

Please Fix The Road is a colorful, minimalistic, laid-back and casual puzzle game in which it's probably not hard to guess... you're fixing roads! Your road repair doesn't have to be beautiful, it just needs to get the job done! Your mom will like this game too!


  • transportation
  • minimalist
  • puzzle
  • building
  • relaxing
  • trains
  • stylized
  • casual
  • colourful
  • city-building
  • tutorial
  • difficult
  • family-friendly
  • top-down
  • simulation

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SiNKR 3 (2022)

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SiNKR 3 is the culmination of the award winning minimalist puzzler series. SiNKR 3 offers a new slant on the familiar contraptions with new diagonal layouts and billiards-style physics. BY PLAYER DEMAND: multi-step undo.

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  • minimalist
  • logic
  • puzzle
  • relaxing
  • abstract
  • billiards
  • strategy
  • family-friendly

44

Creepy Tale (2020)

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Find out the dark story that befell the once-calm and peaceful forest, turning it into a creepy place filled with evil. Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?


  • puzzle
  • horror
  • hand-drawn
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • point-and-click
  • graphic

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Hexcells Infinite (2014)

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Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

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  • puzzle
  • logic
  • minimalist
  • crafting

46

Bridge Constructor Portal (2017)

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Take on the role of a tester at the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and help guide the little stick folk - Bendies - in their vehicles from their starting point to the nearby exit. Use scaffold planks, strong cables and triangles to create an appropriate structure for them to traverse each test chamber. Enjoy GLaDOS' dark humour as she guides you through your missions!


What we like:
  • Authentic feel with Ellen McLain's voiceover
  • Fun and challenging puzzles
  • Easy-to-use controls
  • In-game handbook of best practices for constructing structures
  • No punishment or limit to money spent on materials
What could be improved:
  • Limited list of different materials available
  • Not much variety between levels

  • physics
  • puzzle
  • construction
  • vehicle
  • simulation
  • building
  • challenging
  • bridge-building

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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

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La-Mulana 2 (2018)

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Explore sprawling ancient ruins filled with mind-boggling mysteries, items, and monsters in La-Mulana 2. With no tutorial or sidekick to hold your hand, it's up to you to uncover the truth of the ruins' ancient civilization while fighting off challenging guardians. This indie game offers tremendous replayability, new weapons, widescreen support, and a beautifully rendered world. Will you be the one to uncover the secrets of Eg-Lana?


What we like:
  • Fair puzzles
  • Great pacing and challenge
  • Fantastic pixel art
  • Beginner friendly
  • Packed with puzzles and obstacles
What could be improved:
  • Encourages note-taking outside of the game
  • Starting maps offer almost no information

  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • souls
  • remake
  • precision
  • retro
  • difficult
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • platform-adventure
  • controller-support
  • mythology

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Petal Crash (2020)

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Crash blocks together into huge chain reactions in this frantic arcade action puzzler! Pick your favorite character and experience their tale in the Story Mode, solve tricky brain teasers and make your own in Puzzle Mode, shoot for high scores in Solo Play, or go head to head in Versus Mode!

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  • 1990s
  • character
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • cute
  • puzzle
  • cartoony
  • comedy
  • city-states
  • logic
  • arcade
  • anime
  • twin
  • family-friendly
  • local

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Human: Fall Flat (2016)

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Join the wobbly world of Human Fall Flat and solve hilarious physics-based puzzles! You'll navigate a squishy character through dreamy landscapes, laughing at the unpredictable antics. With over 45 million players, dive into a game that's as fun with friends as it is solo, offering creative freedom and endless laughs.


What we like:
  • Unique physics-based gameplay
  • Open-ended puzzle solutions
  • Hilarious character antics
  • Fun solo or with friends
  • Engaging level design
What could be improved:
  • Occasional control frustration
  • Limited replay value

  • physics
  • puzzle
  • cooperative
  • platform

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