The Best Life Games for Linux

Update : Archaeology - Medieval added at rank #33.
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Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2 (2022)

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  • choices
  • life
  • medieval
  • card
  • humor
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • multiple-endings
  • dark
  • hand-drawn
  • magic
  • 2d
  • funny
  • cute
  • family-friendly

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Cabin Fever (2021)

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An off-grid cabin. A tech-savvy loner. One ray of sunshine in a bleak, ruined world. Cabin Fever is a slice-of-life visual novel with meaningful player choices, multiple endings to explore, and a story that will touch your heart.

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  • dating-sim
  • romance
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • life
  • immersive
  • fiction
  • narrative
  • off-grid
  • story
  • interactive
  • linear
  • explore
  • single-player
  • cute

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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
  • customization
  • building
  • family-friendly
  • isometric
  • platform
  • comedy
  • racing
  • relaxing
  • third-person
  • cute

4

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience (2020)

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CHANGE is an award nominated homeless survival experience set in a randomly created city with rogue-like elements. Explore, survive, earn perks, find items & kindness to develop your character & escape to a new life. Over 7 years of development & over 200 updates so far!


  • choices
  • rogue-like
  • time-management
  • life
  • dynamic
  • lgbtq
  • conversation
  • character
  • narration
  • relaxing
  • customization
  • survival
  • political
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d

5

My Exercise (2020)

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Let's do sit-ups! Let a chubby boy do his exercise and sink into a dog's body. Maybe animals will come to cheer him up.

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  • dog
  • life
  • surreal
  • psychedelic
  • philosophical
  • esport
  • immersive
  • minimalist
  • simulation
  • hand-drawn
  • family-friendly
  • funny
  • sport
  • psychological
  • 2d

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Farlands (2024)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Congratulations, you’ve bought your own planet! An agrarian rock at the edge of the galaxy that, for some reason, was practically being given away for free. So the time has come to leave your hectic, stressful life in an overcrowded metropolis for a more rural and rewarding life.

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  • simulation
  • fishing
  • agriculture
  • farming
  • life
  • collectathon
  • building
  • resource-management
  • space
  • sandbox
  • futuristic
  • crafting
  • cute
  • exploration
  • relaxing

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Choice of Life: Wild Islands (2024)

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Conquer the jungle and prove that in any situation you - the master of your fate!

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  • visual-novel
  • life
  • choices
  • humor
  • card
  • simulation
  • multiple-endings
  • dark
  • hand-drawn
  • cute
  • adventure
  • 2d
  • funny
  • rpg
  • colourful

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Border Patrol (2024)

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2D comic-style simulation game where players take on the role of a border officer responsible for inspecting incoming and outgoing vehicles, searching for contraband, and dealing with corruption and forgery.

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  • simulation
  • life
  • 2d
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • sport
  • platform
  • dungeon-crawler
  • cop
  • police
  • casual
  • real-time
  • tactical
  • cartoony

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Tiny Life (2023)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows Android

In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!

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  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • life
  • mud
  • moddable
  • relaxing
  • isometric
  • character
  • building
  • lgbtq
  • family-friendly
  • customization
  • multi-user
  • casual
  • conversation

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Furry Shakespeare: To Date Or Not To Date Spooky Cat Girls 2?! (2024)

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Straight from the fright factory comes three SPOOKY games in one! Date demons from the center of the planet! Save a spooky theme park! Smash some faces in as giant Kaiju!

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  • life
  • immersive
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • fiction
  • choices
  • minimalist
  • emotional
  • cartoony
  • interactive
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • demons
  • comedy
  • drama

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