The Best Short Games for Linux

Update : Miniatures added at rank #24.
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Pilgrims (2019)

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IOS iPhone Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

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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Before I Forget (2020)

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Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived.A narrative exploration that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled. A game about dementia and what happens when you can't hold onto the things you've done or the people you've loved.


  • walking-simulator
  • short
  • exploration
  • emotional
  • beautiful
  • mystery
  • narrative
  • atmospheric
  • first-person
  • thought-provoking
  • stylized
  • 3d
  • piano
  • colour
  • dream

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Pineapple on pizza (2023)

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Can a video game convey a flavor?

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  • dark
  • short
  • cartoony
  • humor
  • walking-simulator
  • comedy
  • emotional
  • exploration
  • first-person
  • atmospheric
  • colourful

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I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure (2023)

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Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.

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  • text
  • short
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • text-adventure
  • interactive
  • pixel
  • fiction
  • conversation
  • psychological
  • modern
  • old-school
  • horror
  • atmospheric
  • adventure

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Apple (2024)

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How do you like them apples? Because we have them all! Have time in the game or click the apple to get your favorite apple.

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  • clicker
  • idler
  • short
  • automation
  • gore
  • minimalist
  • slash
  • hack-and-slash
  • scroller
  • single-player
  • god
  • violent
  • retro
  • pixel
  • dark

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Nocturnals (2024)

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A short, choose your own adventure game about two boys that find each other in a lonely, post-apocalyptic town.

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  • choices
  • short
  • lgbtq
  • post-apocalyptic
  • fiction
  • romance
  • nonlinear
  • multiple-endings
  • interactive
  • horror
  • action-adventure
  • stylized
  • cartoony
  • 3d
  • story

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The one who pulls out the sword will be crowned king (2022)

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Are you The Rightful King™ or just a filthy peasant? The sword is waiting for you to lift it, but it gets longer and heavier each time some else succeeds...

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  • instrumental
  • cinematic
  • short
  • experimental
  • emotional
  • soundtrack
  • music
  • dark
  • medieval
  • comedy
  • atmospheric
  • walking-simulator
  • historical
  • 3d

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Wordle! (2016)

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Wordle is a puzzle game. Find words by moving the mouse among the presented letters.

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  • mouse
  • logic
  • short
  • word
  • puzzle
  • minimalist
  • point-and-click
  • 2d
  • casual
  • fast-paced
  • relaxing
  • physics
  • sport
  • family-friendly
  • platform

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Seal World (2022)

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Meet happy seals, eat fibsh, swim, and relax!

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  • short
  • casual
  • funny
  • exploration
  • story
  • cute

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Isolomus (2020)

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Make your own way through the madness! I swear, they forced me to make this game! Help me! (distant mumbling and the sounds of struggle) ... Play time is about 10–20 minutes. I hope you will remember this experience for a long time. Two endings. The question is which of them is the worst. All the graphics and animations are handmade from plasticine.

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  • dark
  • humor
  • short
  • horror
  • psychological
  • surreal
  • point-and-click
  • minimalist
  • story
  • 2d
  • casual
  • single-player

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