The Best Story Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : The Roottrees are Dead added at rank #13.
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The First Tree (2017)

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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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Ghost on the Shore (2022)

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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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Emiko's Pledge 3 (2023)

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Emiko's Pledge 3 is a 2D Platform Action game based on the story of a half demon girl called Emiko, whose aim is to become the greatest warrior of the Ettaze state and abroad and also, to protect the weak.

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  • scroller
  • emotional
  • anime
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • story
  • retro
  • 2d
  • fantasy
  • colourful
  • magic
  • arcade
  • cute
  • old-school
  • rpg

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At Winter's End (2023)

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At Winter's End is a cozy narrative dice-rolling RPG about 12-year-old Noel growing up in the forest of spirits. Explore the forest and complete quests while rolling dice to see how Noel responds to the challenges they face.

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  • nature
  • choices
  • fiction
  • emotional
  • story
  • interactive
  • 2.5d
  • stylized
  • deckbuilder
  • dice-rolling
  • cute
  • casual
  • colourful
  • linear

25

Mosaic Chronicles (2021)

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Listen carefully, my friend – and I shall tell you the story of courage, love, luck ... and the importance of reading skills! Move and rotate pieces of stained glass to complete mosaics and uncover the story in Mosaic Chronicles, a story-driven puzzle game.

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  • lore
  • story
  • text
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • logic
  • relaxing
  • emotional
  • linear
  • stylized
  • 2d
  • fantasy
  • casual
  • comic
  • funny

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Life is Strange 2 Complete Season (2018)

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Linux PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS

After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.


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

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An Everyday Story (2024)

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An Everyday Story is a 2.5D story-driven puzzle platformer with a heartfelt twist. Experience life from the view of three trinkets... what do you think happens when our dreams become so real that they stain our reality?

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  • platform
  • story
  • 3d
  • emotional
  • puzzle
  • third-person
  • drama

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What Never Was (2019)

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What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.

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  • point-and-click
  • story
  • first-person
  • short
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • walking
  • investigation
  • walking-simulator
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • magic

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