The Best Story Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : The Roottrees are Dead added at rank #17.
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Ord. (2019)

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IOS iPhone Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Ord is a captivating text-based adventure game with five unique stories to choose from. Choose your own adventure as you become a god and create your world or take on an evil warlock in a thrilling quest. With fast-paced narratives, your choices matter, and you'll be engaged in no time. Plus, create and share your own stories with Steam Workshop support. Available in multiple languages.

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What we like:
  • Cleverly conveys changes in atmosphere and mood with minimalistic visuals and sound effects
  • Multiple scenarios with vastly different outcomes provide high replayability
  • A fun and creative take on the text adventure genre
  • Multiple languages supported
  • Workshop support allows for user-generated content and experimentation with storytelling
What could be improved:
  • No save-states or continues, with every death resetting the player to the beginning
  • Poor controls and other quirks make the game feel more like an art project than a polished video game experience

  • text
  • minimalist
  • adventure
  • experience
  • story
  • narrative
  • perma-death
  • rpg
  • experimental
  • innovative
  • casual
  • book
  • fast-paced

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Hidden Deep (2022)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…


  • mining
  • thriller
  • physics
  • dark
  • 2d
  • horror
  • story
  • realistic
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • mystery
  • aliens
  • action-adventure
  • in-game
  • cooperative

13

Unpacking (2018)

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PC Windows Linux IOS iPhone Android Xbox One Mac OS

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

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Life is Strange: Before the Storm (2017)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.


  • episodic
  • narrative
  • supernatural
  • story
  • choices
  • drama
  • mystery
  • adventure
  • romance
  • puzzle
  • graphic

15

Estranged: The Departure (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Experience what the island has in store as you uncover the secretive Arque Corporation, burrowing ever deeper into their dangerous and haphazard operations.• Experience the unique first person adventure• Immerse yourself in the rich narrative and unique characters• Interact with items, computers and audio logs for environmental storytelling• Protect yourself with guns and melee weapons, with familiar shooter combatThis game was developed by one person in their spare time over 6 years, with help from a community of translators and testers. It is a standalone sequel to Estranged: Act I, which followed our hero's adventure in a search for a way to get home.

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  • rich
  • story
  • narrative
  • classic
  • shooter
  • online
  • combat
  • adventure

16

The Hex (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

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  • psychological
  • horror
  • survivor
  • mystery
  • funny
  • story
  • beat-em-up
  • dark
  • pixel
  • single-player
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • book
  • memes

17

The Roottrees are Dead (2025)

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Linux PC Windows Mac OS

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • investigation
  • puzzle
  • 1990s
  • story
  • point-and-click
  • logic
  • atmospheric
  • mystery-solving
  • fiction
  • deduction
  • visual
  • well-made
  • interactive

18

The First Tree (2017)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a young couple dealing with a tragedy in their own. Uncover artifacts from the young couple’s life as they too become intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.


  • third-person
  • walking-simulator
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • short
  • exploration
  • orchestral
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • adventure
  • nature
  • single-player
  • platform
  • narration
  • mech

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Potions: A Curious Tale (2024)

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Potions: A Curious Tale is an adventure & crafting game where wit is your greatest weapon and combat is not always the answer. Play as Luna, a young witch who overcomes obstacles with the potions she brews, as she gathers items from enchanted lands and conquers devious puzzles on her quest.

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  • fantasy
  • story
  • crafting
  • magic
  • cute
  • collectathon
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • colourful
  • rpg
  • puzzle
  • combat
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • casual

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Ghost on the Shore (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.


  • walking-simulator
  • emotional
  • story
  • romance
  • atmospheric
  • narration
  • exploration
  • drama
  • mystery
  • choices
  • point-and-click
  • single-player
  • investigation
  • adventure
  • multiple-endings

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