The Best Story Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : An Everyday Story added at rank #30.
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Unpacking (2018)

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PC Windows Linux IOS iPhone Android Xbox One Mac OS

Experience the simple joy of Unpacking in this zen-like game. Through eight house moves, you'll uncover a heartwarming story told through objects, creating an intimate connection with a character you never see. Organize your home, enjoy the beautiful soundtrack, and immerse yourself in a unique narrative journey that mirrors the ups and downs of life.


What we like:
  • Unforgettable storytelling through objects
  • Relaxing, meditative gameplay
  • Beautiful pixel-art visuals
  • Captivating soundtrack
  • Engaging puzzle-solving experience
What could be improved:
  • Game duration is quite short
  • Limited customization options

  • pixel
  • puzzle
  • book
  • story
  • narrative
  • relaxing
  • isometric
  • zen
  • achievements
  • cute

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Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the secrets of the king who was never crowned.


  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • choices
  • conspiracy
  • cartoony
  • detective
  • story
  • investigation
  • atmospheric
  • hand-drawn
  • 1990s
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • funny
  • adventure

13

Traveler (2015)

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early access Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 PC Windows Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS

Building the game as Open World so you are able to go on in your speed - just to tell, only the ones who want to explore will find out the ultimative ending. Traveler contains 8 different themed worlds you are able to explore by your own.

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  • character
  • quick-time-event
  • shooter
  • story
  • episodic
  • loot
  • adventure
  • rpg
  • customization
  • action
  • first-person
  • pve
  • comedy
  • open-world
  • narrative

14

Life is Strange: Before the Storm (2017)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.


  • episodic
  • narrative
  • supernatural
  • story
  • choices
  • drama
  • mystery
  • adventure
  • romance
  • puzzle
  • graphic

15

Hidden Deep (2022)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…


  • mining
  • thriller
  • physics
  • dark
  • 2d
  • horror
  • story
  • realistic
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • mystery
  • aliens
  • action-adventure
  • in-game
  • cooperative

16

The First Tree (2017)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a young couple dealing with a tragedy in their own. Uncover artifacts from the young couple’s life as they too become intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.


  • third-person
  • walking-simulator
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • short
  • exploration
  • orchestral
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • adventure
  • nature
  • single-player
  • platform
  • narration
  • mech

17

Estranged: The Departure (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Experience what the island has in store as you uncover the secretive Arque Corporation, burrowing ever deeper into their dangerous and haphazard operations.• Experience the unique first person adventure• Immerse yourself in the rich narrative and unique characters• Interact with items, computers and audio logs for environmental storytelling• Protect yourself with guns and melee weapons, with familiar shooter combatThis game was developed by one person in their spare time over 6 years, with help from a community of translators and testers. It is a standalone sequel to Estranged: Act I, which followed our hero's adventure in a search for a way to get home.

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  • rich
  • story
  • narrative
  • classic
  • shooter
  • online
  • combat
  • adventure

18

The Hex (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

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  • psychological
  • horror
  • survivor
  • mystery
  • funny
  • story
  • beat-em-up
  • dark
  • pixel
  • single-player
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • book
  • memes

19

Where The Water Tastes Like Wine (2018)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

"[Going] where the water tastes like wine" is an excerpt from the traditional American folk song "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" (also known as the "Lonesome Road Blues").


  • narrative
  • story
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • card
  • visual-novel
  • hand-drawn
  • adventure
  • surreal
  • funny
  • trains
  • narration
  • walking-simulator
  • inventory
  • novel

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Ghost on the Shore (2022)

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An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.


  • walking-simulator
  • emotional
  • story
  • romance
  • atmospheric
  • narration
  • exploration
  • drama
  • mystery
  • choices
  • point-and-click
  • single-player
  • investigation
  • adventure
  • multiple-endings

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