Casual game 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Casual game genre

Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest - a game in the Casual game genre

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2017

Steam: 78/100

An adventure and hidden-object game set in Brie, a tiny forest kingdom where people live alongside animals. Max returns home to help his mother save their house...

The Myth Seekers: The Legacy of Vulcan

Casual game, Adventure, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2017

Steam: 82/100

This hidden-object adventure follows an investigation in Italy at the end of the 1920s, where an agent of the secret Myth Seekers agency searches for a missing...

Tomboys Need Love Too!

Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2017

Steam: 86/100

This romantic visual novel follows Kai and Chris, childhood friends whose relationship shifts when Chris comes to stay with her next-door neighbor while her parents...

Mr. Dubstep

Casual game, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2017

Steam: 69/100

This casual platformer features levels across five themes, where players avoid obstacles using several mechanics. The character can jump, change the direction of...

Scarlett Mysteries: Cursed Child

Adventure, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2017

Steam: 88/100

This hidden-object adventure follows Scarlett Everitt, who returns from a convent orphanage to search for her missing father. Clues lead her to a train station near...

Tiny Echo

Adventure, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2017

Steam: 89/100

An adventure game set in a hand-drawn world, where courier Emi delivers messages to spirits in a mysterious ethereal realm. The wordless narrative unfolds as she...

Chroma Blast

Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2017

Steam: 82/100

Chroma Blast is an arcade twin-stick shooter in which a ship battles waves of enemies. Players control the ship and gradually upgrade its arsenal of 31 weapons. The...

Employee Recycling Center

Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2017

Steam: 29/100

After an accident at the factory, the protagonist is trapped and abandoned by their co-workers. To find a way out, the player interacts with the environment and...

England Exchange

Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2017

Steam: 51/100

This romantic visual novel follows an American college student from New York spending a semester in England to broaden their horizons. Players choose the...

Humanity Must Perish

Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 25 September 2017

Steam: 80/100

This comedic visual novel follows Kyuu, an android tasked with saving Earth from destruction at humanity’s hands. She believes people must either be exterminated or...

Reigns: Her Majesty

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Visual novel, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2017

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Reigns: Her Majesty is a continuation of the card board game, where you will become the ruler of a small kingdom and take part in deciding important elections on...

Youtubers Life

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Youtubers Life is a management simulator with an isometric camera view. The game is very similar in gameplay to the Sims series, only here you have to become a...

Alicia Quatermain: Secrets Of The Lost Treasures

Casual game, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017

Steam: 88/100

This casual adventure strategy game follows Alicia Quatermain, the granddaughter of the famous traveler Allan Quatermain. She sets out to find her father, who...

SimAirport

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, City Building, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 29 February 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 81/100

SimAirport is a real-time business strategy with a top-down view. You have to manage your own airport. Expand, invest in the purchase of new aircraft and new...

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Text quest, Indie, Casual game, Detective

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2017

Steam: 91/100

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story is an unusual adventure for mobile platforms. The game is based on the gameplay where all the events take place on someone's phone...

Games&Girls

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2017

Steam: 78/100

This episodic visual novel follows a gamer who dropped out of college to spend more time playing and used all his savings to buy the exclusive Sirrah console. One...

Qbik

Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 17 November 2017

Steam: 92/100

A pixel-art puzzle game about a small, one-eyed square exploring caves and uncovering the story of its origins. The story begins with a dot floating in a white...

Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery

Adventure, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 9 March 2017

Steam: 76/100

This hidden-object adventure is set in a kingdom where Prince Fern vanishes shortly before his coronation. His royal protectress and teacher sets out to find him...

OVIVO

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Action, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 September 2017

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

OVIVO is a minimalist side-scrolling indie platformer. In the world of the game, Black and White live in harmony. Intertwining and replacing each other, they...

Pinstripe

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Pinstripe is an atmospheric side-scrolling exploration adventure from developer Coma and Skinny. The events of the game take place in Hell, where the main character...

Doodle Devil

Logic, Puzzle, Simulation, Arcade, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 25 May 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 76/100

Doodle Devil — an arcade devil simulator that allows you to create your own universe with demons, monsters, and zombies. The game is a continuation of Doodle God...

Pixel Shopkeeper

Business / Management, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2017

Steam: 76/100

This casual shop-management simulator combines retail and grid-based inventory puzzles. The protagonist ventures into dungeons to collect goods, then sells the...

Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt

Adventure, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2017

Steam: 72/100

A hidden-object adventure about a Boston murder investigation that leads detective Emily Meyer to the boundary between life and death. She must solve the case of a...

Metropolis: Lux Obscura

Interactive movie, Visual novel, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Metropolis: Lux Obscura is a unique blend of visual novel and match-3 puzzle game set in a noir setting. The game takes place in the gloomy city of Metropolis...

Real Farm

Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Farm Simulator, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2017

Players: 2.8/10

Steam: 30/100

Real Farm Sim is a farmer simulator with a third-person view. In the game you will have the opportunity to become a real farmer who grows his crops, cares for them...

Sakura Agent

Visual novel, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 27 January 2017

Steam: 80/100

This adventure visual novel follows Akira, an agent protecting the world from incursions by strange creatures from another dimension. He is assisted by his aide and...

Grab the Bottle

Arcade, Puzzle, Comics, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2017

Players: 4/10

Steam: 82/100

Grab the Bottle is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Controlling the longest arm in the world, you need to reach certain objects in the level. You will find...

Once on a windswept night

Free game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2017

Steam: 86/100

This metafictional visual novel follows a traveller seeking patrons in the distant land of Desservir. After being betrayed by a goblin and left on the cold moors...

Wayout 2: Hex

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 10 February 2017

Steam: 86/100

This casual puzzle game is a sequel to WayOut, expanding on the Lights Out formula with levels built around hexagonal tiles. The goal of each puzzle is to switch...

Steam: Rails to Riches

Strategy, Board / Group Game, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2017

Steam: 78/100

A strategy board game about building a railway company, delivering goods and competing for profitable routes. In Steam: Rails to Riches, players issue shares, lay...

Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition

Casual game, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2017

Steam: 89/100

This point-and-click adventure with hidden-object searches follows Mary, who travels with her husband and daughter, Sophia, to remote islands in search of her...

Totemori

Free game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 February 2017

Steam: 86/100

A local multiplayer brawler about building towers while trying to bring down those built by opponents. Building blocks fall from the sky, and towers can be fitted...

Bomb Defense

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 5 July 2017

Steam: 50/100

Bomb Defense is an arcade puzzle game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre and a top-down view. You will have a limited supply of gold at your disposal...

The Secret Order 5: The Buried Kingdom

Casual game, Adventure, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 6 April 2017

Steam: 82/100

This hidden-object adventure follows explorer Sarah Pennington on a journey to the legendary Buried Kingdom. After the Griffin Order bans time travel, Sarah...

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

Business / Management, In real time, Strategy, Simulation, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2017

Steam: 90/100

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! is an arcade restaurant management simulator that will give you complete control over absolutely everything. You can go the hard way...

Virtual Rides 3 - Funfair Simulator

Simulation, Casual game, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Linux → 16 March 2017

Steam: 87/100

A funfair simulation in which the player designs attractions, operates them, and takes rides. Virtual Rides 3 features more than 15 attractions, which can be...

Sweet fantasy

Casual game, Visual novel, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 4 April 2017

Steam: 83/100

This fantasy visual novel follows Pumpkin, a dryad in love with her witch mistress. When her feelings go unreturned, she decides to use magic to get what she...

Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies

Casual game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2017

Steam: 95/100

This visual novel follows college student Wei Qiuwu and Li Jiayun, a sickly girl who plays the concertina, in Nanjing, China, as spring gives way to summer. While...

These nights in Cairo

Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2017

Steam: 91/100

This otome visual novel follows Margaret Dawson, an aspiring archaeologist who joins her father at an excavation of a mysterious tomb in Egypt, where strange events...

Maybot Run

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Steam: 100/100

Maybot Run is a crazy arcade runner with a side view. Run through randomly generated levels, collect bonuses, taxes and votes. Jump over crazy enemies from angry...

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Best Games in the Casual game genre of 2017 for Linux (Game released)