The Best Family-friendly Games for Linux

Update 24 March 2025: Paper 2 - Origami Refolded added at rank #29.

Here are our 10 Best Family-friendly Games for Linux:

Harmony's Odyssey
EarthX
Hamster Playground
Boxville
Train Valley 2 - Community Edition
FIND ALL 3: Travel
Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet
Scott Whiskers in: The Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw
Piccadilly's Puzzle Museum
XMas Toy Merge

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Harmony's Odyssey (2022)

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Harmony’s Odyssey is a 3D fantasy adventure puzzle game set on mythical dioramas full of riddles, perky creatures and magic. Embark on a fantastic journey through remote fabled lands tangled by a rowdy cat and bring peace to its inhabitants.

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relaxing
family-friendly
puzzle
logic
magic
local
cute
cartoony
colourful
funny
controller-support
fantasy
mystery
cooperative
platform

EarthX (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Android

EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars. Create your own Internet constellation, develop new technologies, supply the International Space Station and terraform Mars!

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space
simulation
family-friendly
colony
management
grand-strategy
base-building
immersive
building
education
competitive
minimalist
atmospheric
3d
relaxing

Hamster Playground (2024)

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Prepare for cuteness overload, relentless training, and fierce rivalry as you and your hamsters take on challenges while traversing the maze and riding a skateboard, with more modes coming soon! Be the first to cross the finish line to earn rewards and yummy treats!

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simulation
character
life
immersive
time-management
building
family-friendly
customization
isometric
platform
comedy
cute
relaxing
third-person
skateboard

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.

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

Train Valley 2 - Community Edition (2019)

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Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!

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time-management
city-building
resource-management
minimalist
stylized
family-friendly
open-world
sandbox
atmospheric
puzzle
third-person
trains
tactical
management
difficult

FIND ALL 3: Travel (2022)

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Look for hidden cats, raccoons, other animals and objects, color this painted world. You have to go on an exciting journey through different levels. More than 1500 items of varying difficulty are waiting for you!

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hidden-object
relaxing
family-friendly
cats
trains
hand-drawn
casual
2d
colourful
puzzle

Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet (2021)

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Pajama Sam chases down some snickering cookies, only to find himself in the midst of a food squabble!

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adventure
education
pint-sized
point-and-click
superhero
family-friendly
casual
skill

Scott Whiskers in: The Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw (2024)

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“Scott Whiskers in: the Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw” is a modern, funny and family-friendly point & click adventure game about cats, pop culture and life itself. Created in the spirit of the classics of the genre.

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2.5d
investigation
family-friendly
cats
point-and-click
old-school
hand-drawn
cartoony
logic
relaxing
exploration
comedy
funny
puzzle
adventure

Piccadilly's Puzzle Museum (2024)

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Join Piccadilly and her friends today and unlock the magic of Piccadilly's Puzzle Museum. Dive into a world where imagination knows no bounds, and every puzzle piece is a piece of art waiting to be discovered. Are you ready to embark on this delightful puzzle adventure?

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