The Best Story Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : The Roottrees are Dead added at rank #20.
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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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Potions: A Curious Tale (2024)

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Potions: A Curious Tale is an adventure & crafting game where wit is your greatest weapon and combat is not always the answer. Play as Luna, a young witch who overcomes obstacles with the potions she brews, as she gathers items from enchanted lands and conquers devious puzzles on her quest.

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  • fantasy
  • story
  • crafting
  • magic
  • cute
  • collectathon
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • colourful
  • rpg
  • puzzle
  • combat
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • casual

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Mosaic Chronicles (2021)

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Listen carefully, my friend – and I shall tell you the story of courage, love, luck ... and the importance of reading skills! Move and rotate pieces of stained glass to complete mosaics and uncover the story in Mosaic Chronicles, a story-driven puzzle game.

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  • lore
  • story
  • text
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • logic
  • relaxing
  • emotional
  • linear
  • stylized
  • 2d
  • fantasy
  • casual
  • comic
  • funny

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Emiko's Pledge 3 (2023)

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Emiko's Pledge 3 is a 2D Platform Action game based on the story of a half demon girl called Emiko, whose aim is to become the greatest warrior of the Ettaze state and abroad and also, to protect the weak.

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  • scroller
  • emotional
  • anime
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • story
  • retro
  • 2d
  • fantasy
  • colourful
  • magic
  • arcade
  • cute
  • old-school
  • rpg

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Crimson Rite (2025)

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In times of peace, a lone wanderer decides to camp for the night. He faces an unexpected attack from an orc. Trying to find out why he has been kidnapped, then learns the dark history of an outcast orc tribe. You must escape before the Crimson Rite.

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  • thriller
  • third-person
  • 3d
  • horror
  • exploration
  • 1990s
  • story
  • controller-support
  • fantasy
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • old-school
  • survival-horror
  • retro

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3 Minutes to Midnighta - A Comedy Graphic Adventure (2024)

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In a race against time, Betty embarks on a thrilling, comedy-packed adventure to crack a conspiracy that starts with a bang and ends at 3 Minutes to Midnight.

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  • point-and-click
  • 1990s
  • cult
  • comedy
  • classic
  • remake
  • story
  • retro
  • funny
  • 2d
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • single-player
  • cerebral

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At Winter's End (2023)

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At Winter's End is a cozy narrative dice-rolling RPG about 12-year-old Noel growing up in the forest of spirits. Explore the forest and complete quests while rolling dice to see how Noel responds to the challenges they face.

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  • nature
  • choices
  • fiction
  • emotional
  • story
  • interactive
  • 2.5d
  • stylized
  • deckbuilder
  • dice-rolling
  • cute
  • casual
  • colourful
  • linear

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Where The Water Tastes Like Wine (2018)

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"[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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Radiant One (2018)

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Radiant One is an illusory, short story-driven adventure with mystical elements.

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  • story
  • short
  • walking-simulator
  • adventure
  • psychological
  • subscription
  • atmospheric
  • family
  • horror
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • casual
  • walking
  • puzzle
  • funny

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What Never Was (2019)

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What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.

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  • point-and-click
  • story
  • first-person
  • short
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • walking
  • investigation
  • walking-simulator
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • magic

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