The Best Puzzle Games for Linux - Page 5

Update : LUNA The Shadow Dust mobile added at rank #41.
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LUNA The Shadow Dust mobile (2024)

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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.

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

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Bridge Constructor Portal (2017)

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Take on the role of a tester at the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and help guide the little stick folk - Bendies - in their vehicles from their starting point to the nearby exit. Use scaffold planks, strong cables and triangles to create an appropriate structure for them to traverse each test chamber. Enjoy GLaDOS' dark humour as she guides you through your missions!


What we like:
  • Authentic feel with Ellen McLain's voiceover
  • Fun and challenging puzzles
  • Easy-to-use controls
  • In-game handbook of best practices for constructing structures
  • No punishment or limit to money spent on materials
What could be improved:
  • Limited list of different materials available
  • Not much variety between levels

  • physics
  • puzzle
  • construction
  • vehicle
  • simulation
  • building
  • challenging
  • bridge-building

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Please Fix The Road (2022)

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80
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Linux Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Xbox Series X/s

Please Fix The Road is a colorful, minimalistic, laid-back and casual puzzle game in which it's probably not hard to guess... you're fixing roads! Your road repair doesn't have to be beautiful, it just needs to get the job done! Your mom will like this game too!


  • transportation
  • minimalist
  • puzzle
  • building
  • relaxing
  • trains
  • stylized
  • casual
  • colourful
  • city-building
  • tutorial
  • difficult
  • family-friendly
  • top-down
  • simulation

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La-Mulana 2 (2018)

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Explore sprawling ancient ruins filled with mind-boggling mysteries, items, and monsters in La-Mulana 2. With no tutorial or sidekick to hold your hand, it's up to you to uncover the truth of the ruins' ancient civilization while fighting off challenging guardians. This indie game offers tremendous replayability, new weapons, widescreen support, and a beautifully rendered world. Will you be the one to uncover the secrets of Eg-Lana?


What we like:
  • Fair puzzles
  • Great pacing and challenge
  • Fantastic pixel art
  • Beginner friendly
  • Packed with puzzles and obstacles
What could be improved:
  • Encourages note-taking outside of the game
  • Starting maps offer almost no information

  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • souls
  • remake
  • precision
  • retro
  • difficult
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • platform-adventure
  • controller-support
  • mythology

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SiNKR 3 (2022)

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SiNKR 3 is the culmination of the award winning minimalist puzzler series. SiNKR 3 offers a new slant on the familiar contraptions with new diagonal layouts and billiards-style physics. BY PLAYER DEMAND: multi-step undo.

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  • minimalist
  • logic
  • puzzle
  • relaxing
  • abstract
  • billiards
  • strategy
  • family-friendly

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Human: Fall Flat (2016)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X IOS iPhone Android Playstation 5 stadia Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS

Join the wobbly world of Human Fall Flat and solve hilarious physics-based puzzles! You'll navigate a squishy character through dreamy landscapes, laughing at the unpredictable antics. With over 45 million players, dive into a game that's as fun with friends as it is solo, offering creative freedom and endless laughs.


What we like:
  • Unique physics-based gameplay
  • Open-ended puzzle solutions
  • Hilarious character antics
  • Fun solo or with friends
  • Engaging level design
What could be improved:
  • Occasional control frustration
  • Limited replay value

  • physics
  • puzzle
  • cooperative
  • platform

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Hexcells Infinite (2014)

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Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

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  • puzzle
  • logic
  • minimalist
  • crafting

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Full Throttle Remastered (2017)

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Full Throttle Remastered is a point-and-click adventure game that follows the story of Ben, the leader of the Polecats, as he tries to save Corley Motors from a corporate scandal.Full Throttle Remastered is still an easy choice for fans of the original and gamers looking for a fun, quick adventure to play through.


What we like:
  • Retains the entire original story
  • Upgraded visuals, sound, and controller support
  • Includes over 100 concept art pictures and audio commentary from key developers
  • Offers non-point and click moments of gameplay, including motorcycle combat
What could be improved:
  • Dated gameplay
  • Short length of three to five hours

  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • graphic
  • classic
  • pixel
  • inventory
  • interactive

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Pinstripe (2017)

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Pinstripe is an emotionally charged adventure about Hell created entirely by a one-man team over the course of five years. Play as Teddy, an estranged ex-minister forced to venture through the frozen afterlife in search of Bo, his three year old daughter, and her perverse kidnapper. Discover the dark secrets of Teddy's past, and confront his sleazy, demonic nemesis, Mr. Pinstripe.


  • platform
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • 2d
  • horror
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • burton
  • narrative
  • mystery

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Splice (2012)

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A security job gone wrong. Now you are trapped with something deep inside an underground research bunker, and you are all that is left. Can you overcome your fear in this escape room horror?


  • puzzle
  • multiple-endings
  • horror
  • relaxing
  • stealth
  • casual-seeming

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