The Best Puzzle Games for Linux - Page 4

Update : LUNA The Shadow Dust mobile added at rank #35.
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Shape (2023)

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A minimalist style but inside a complex-minded With connecting word mechanism, you can make a rule for your rooms and solve the problem. Solve the puzzle and go to the door to the next room. explore new mechanism


  • atmospheric
  • platform
  • minimalist
  • surreal
  • exploration
  • psychological
  • narration
  • philosophical
  • walking-simulator
  • 2d
  • psychedelic
  • text
  • first-person
  • puzzle
  • emotional

32

Stephen's Sausage Roll (2016)

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100
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PC Windows Linux Mac OS

A simple 3d puzzle game.


  • puzzle
  • tile
  • sokoban

33

Portal 2 (2011)

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98
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Playstation 3 Xbox One Linux Mac OS Xbox 360 PC Windows

Portal 2 is a mind-bending puzzle adventure featuring new characters and challenges. The two-player cooperative mode guarantees a fresh and exciting experience, where cooperation is key. With editing tools included and over 70 industry accolades, you don't want to miss out on this award-winning game.


What we like:
  • Masterfully crafted gameplay, atmosphere, and graphics
  • Humorous and creative story packed with great ideas
  • One of the best multiplayer experiences around
What could be improved:
  • Where is Portal 3?

  • puzzle
  • cooperative
  • first-person
  • robots
  • mind-expanding
  • platform
  • physics
  • inventive
  • single-player
  • funny
  • mind-bending

34

Infinifactory (2015)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS

Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.


  • puzzle
  • programming
  • automation
  • sandbox
  • block
  • building
  • construction
  • ikea
  • sci-fi
  • aliens
  • block-building
  • open-ended

35

LUNA The Shadow Dust mobile (2024)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux

LUNA The Shadow Dust is a fully hand-animated Point&Click puzzle adventure, brought to life through wordless storytelling. Featuring a breathtaking original soundtrack and beautiful 2D cinematics. Experience the magical journey of a young boy and his companion as they solve puzzles.

Buy

  • hand-drawn
  • beautiful
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • casual
  • atmospheric
  • cartoony

36

Dissembler (2018)

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Dissembler is a subtle puzzle game about unraveling playful, abstract designs one color at a time.

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  • abstract
  • puzzle
  • minimalist
  • solitaire
  • logic
  • 2.5d
  • match-three
  • tutorial
  • colourful
  • procedural
  • isometric
  • relaxing
  • stylized
  • puzzling
  • family-friendly

37

Filament (2020)

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Android Linux Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).


  • puzzle
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • difficult
  • beautiful
  • challenging
  • single-room
  • puzzling
  • mystery
  • top-down

38

Crush Crush (2016)

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86
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PC Windows Mac OS Linux web browser Android IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch

Welcome to Crush Crush - the Idle Dating Sim! Meet, flirt, and fall in love with a motley cast of girls in this heartfelt and hilarious game.

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  • dating-sim
  • puzzle
  • platform
  • anime
  • statistics-driven
  • incremental
  • romantic

39

Crystal Crisis (2019)

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80
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Cave Story (Japanese: , Hepburn: Dkutsu Monogatari) is a 2004 Metroidvania[1]platform-adventure game for Microsoft Windows. Cave Story features 2D platform mechanics and is reminiscent of the games Amaya played in his youth, such as Metroid and Castlevania (both released in 1986). It received widespread critical acclaim for many polished aspects of its design, such as its compelling characters, setting, story, and gameplay.


  • puzzle
  • crossover
  • platform-adventure
  • competitive
  • fight
  • multiplayer
  • grid
  • local
  • jump-and-run
  • puzzle-battle
  • sdl
  • platform
  • classic
  • puzzle-fight
  • bubble-popping

40

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.


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

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