The Best Short Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : Million Clicker added at rank #13.
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JAILBREAKER (2024)

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A punishing, one-button platformer about escaping prison. Test your skills and intellect as you ascend a tower of hand-crafted challenges. Jump, fly, slide up walls, float in bubbles and perform somersaults; all with the press of a single button. Reach the paramount. Reach.

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  • platform
  • short
  • precision
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • runner
  • parkour
  • pixel
  • linear
  • puzzle
  • stylized
  • hand-crafted
  • mystery
  • controller-support

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Ding Dong XL (2018)

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Ding and Dong between the top and bottom of the screen as you attempt to avoid obstacles, collect points, and smash helpful power-ups. Try to survive as long as you can!Simple one button controls, just pressing the Ding Dong button allows you to cross the screen from top to bottom or vice-versa. Wait for the proper timing and don't hit enemies.Features:

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  • touch-friendly
  • mouse
  • soundtrack
  • casual
  • arcade
  • attack
  • score
  • fast-paced
  • short
  • minimalist
  • family-friendly
  • 2d
  • retro
  • replay-value
  • colourful

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Miniatures (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Miniatures is a collection of strange tales where childhood imagination and reality merge with darker undercurrents of mystery and magic. Explore a vast seascape, build odd furniture, feed a lizard and play with sand castles.

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  • surreal
  • hand-drawn
  • stylized
  • point-and-click
  • clicker
  • short
  • 2d
  • hidden-object
  • casual
  • exploration
  • linear
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • puzzle
  • fiction

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CAT & ONION (2024)

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A short cat adventure packed with curious characters, strange environments and good vibes.​ Climb, talk, fly and smack your way to places where no cat has ever gone before!

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  • wholesome
  • cats
  • cozy
  • short
  • conversation
  • surreal
  • 2d
  • nature
  • funny
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • family-friendly
  • pixel
  • colourful
  • mystery

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PROXIMATE (2024)

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Explore an abandoned deep sea laboratory in a short horror game where your only form of navigation is an unreliable AI visor.

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  • lgbtq
  • short
  • horror
  • satire
  • walking-simulator
  • underwater
  • text
  • humor
  • atmospheric
  • dread-driven
  • fiction
  • narrative
  • psychological
  • political
  • surreal

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Beef Jerky (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Android

A gritty, short-form narrative experience about a young man who lives with his sickly older sister. Struggling to support the both of them, he comes home from work one day to find something strange at his front door...

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  • experience
  • short
  • drama
  • experimental
  • fiction
  • surreal
  • dark
  • modern
  • comedy
  • boxing
  • conversation
  • interactive
  • narrative
  • linear
  • story

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Kitten adventures in city park (2017)

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It's hard to be a kitten if you have such a clumsy owner! Yesterday she lost a lot of things in the park and now it's up to you to find them! Memories of that day can be helpful – you should remember where have you seen that thing last and search there.

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  • short
  • family-friendly
  • cute
  • comedy
  • atmospheric
  • point-and-click
  • single-player
  • exploration
  • funny
  • colourful
  • adventure

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The Elision Effect (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.

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  • short
  • surreal
  • walking-simulator
  • atmospheric
  • lgbtq
  • psychedelic
  • psychological
  • abstract
  • puzzle
  • stylized
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • retro
  • dark
  • 3d

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Drilbert (2024)

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Drilbert is a short puzzle game with a unique digging mechanic, made by a solo developer.

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  • sokoban
  • cozy
  • editor
  • level
  • short
  • moddable
  • pixel
  • minimalist
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • cute
  • puzzle
  • cartoony

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Plug & Play (2015)

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Explore the universe of Plug & Play, an interactive animation drawn by Michael Frei and coded by Mario von Rickenbach. Run, hit, switch, fall, love, plug, pull.


  • surreal
  • short
  • interactive
  • funny
  • horror
  • psychological
  • entertainment
  • puzzle

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