The Best Nonlinear Games for Linux

Update : God\'s Disdain added at rank #10.
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Terraformers (2022)

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Transform Mars into a habitable planet in Terraformers. With challenging strategizing and resource management, explore the planet and expand population, all while watching the stunning new natural wonders build up before your eyes. Take on different scenarios and bonuses and create a thriving utopia. Get lost in the addictive puzzle-like game with unique replayability and rewarding graphics and UI.


What we like:
  • Focus on strategy
  • Various difficulty levels
  • Unique victory conditions
  • Nice graphics and UI
  • Rich soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Only one way to lose the game
  • Some bugs present
  • Game can become repetitive

  • turn-based
  • mars
  • space
  • resource-management
  • science
  • rogue-like
  • nonlinear
  • card
  • procedural
  • board-game
  • colony
  • sci-fi
  • choices
  • simulation
  • management

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Pilgrims (2019)

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Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?


  • card
  • cartoony
  • hand-drawn
  • short
  • nonlinear
  • relaxing
  • stylized
  • replay-value
  • family-friendly
  • point-and-click
  • 2d
  • funny
  • comedy
  • experimentation
  • puzzle

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Bonfire Peaks (2020)

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A difficult open world puzzle game about climbing mysterious ruins and setting fire to your belongings.


  • sokoban
  • voxel
  • puzzle
  • nonlinear
  • movement
  • grid
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • 3d
  • stylized
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • third-person
  • pixel
  • difficult

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FOUNTAINS (2024)

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Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of an ancient, interconnected world.

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  • souls
  • metroidvania
  • nonlinear
  • hack-and-slash
  • rpg
  • lore
  • fantasy
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • dark
  • top-down
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • open-world

5

A Monster's Expedition (2020)

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An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!

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  • sokoban
  • relaxing
  • puzzle
  • nonlinear
  • family-friendly
  • open-world
  • post-apocalyptic
  • exploration
  • surreal
  • 3d
  • historical
  • cartoony
  • alternate
  • funny
  • atmospheric

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The Norwood Suite (2017)

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Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.


  • nonlinear
  • investigation
  • music
  • surreal
  • psychological
  • walking-simulator
  • horror
  • casual
  • psychedelic
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • first-person
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • stylized

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The Dream Libra had (2021)

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The two girls who had a traffic accident, Libra and her girlfriend Amili, wander the supernatural world as Near-death experience.

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  • collectathon
  • nonlinear
  • emotional
  • supernatural
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • conversation
  • walking-simulator
  • fiction
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • interactive
  • philosophical
  • psychedelic

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Ancient Mind (2024)

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Ancient Mind is a puzzle-action-adventure game about discovering the remains of an ancient civilization. Explore dungeons, fight monsters, solve puzzles, and discover the truth about ancient mysteries.

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  • nonlinear
  • top-down
  • swordplay
  • pve
  • action-adventure
  • puzzle-action-adventure
  • exploration
  • stylized
  • 2d
  • modern
  • mystery
  • cute
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • action

9

Dimenshift: Direction is Meaningless (2024)

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A minimalist sci-fi 2D platformer where you shift through walls and machines. Explore and find secrets in a strange, maze-like dimension, where the laws of physics don't seem to make sense.

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  • nonlinear
  • 2d
  • surreal
  • platform
  • scroller
  • atmospheric
  • sci-fi
  • exploration
  • 3d

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God's Disdain (2025)

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Explore a vast, rich world in the fight to end a plague in this non-linear JRPG! WIll you save Hajimari, or doom it to wither away?

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  • japanese
  • rpg
  • nonlinear
  • lore
  • jrpg
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • party
  • post-apocalyptic
  • magic
  • turn-based
  • open-world
  • combat
  • pixel
  • exploration

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