Educational game (Education) for Linux — top best games in the Educational game (Education) genre

Universe Sandbox 2 - a game in the Educational game (Education) genre

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Futurism (Future), Virtual Reality (VR), Sandbox, Space

Early Access: Linux → 24 August 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 96/100

Universe Sandbox 2 is a sci-fi simulation game with educational elements that supports HTC Vive virtual reality devices. In the game you will be able...

while True: learn()

Educational game (Education), Simulation, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 18 January 2019

Steam: 88/100

An indie puzzle game with elements of a simulator and adventure, where all the mechanics are tied to machine learning. The main character is a...

Breaking Good

Educational game (Education), Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Linux → 5 August 2017

Steam: 84/100

A casual educational match-3 puzzle, Breaking Good centers on chemical elements and compounds. The player matches element blocks to collect the...

Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 3 July 2014

Players: 7/10

Steam: 97/100

This children’s adventure and puzzle game takes place at the Cartown Zoo, where the grand opening is at risk: food is running low, and all the baby...

Sokobond

Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2014

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Sokobond is a logic puzzle game about chemistry and molecule building. The player moves an atom through oddly shaped rooms containing other elements...

SHENZHEN I/O

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Logic

Game released: Linux → 17 November 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

SHENZHEN I/O is a programmer simulator with elements of an educational game. You have to get a job in a large Chinese company and develop software...

Europa Universalis 4: Leviathan

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Grand strategy, Educational game (Education), Historical

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2021

Steam: 13/100

Europa Universalis 4: Leviathan is an expansion for the grand strategy game Europa Universalis 4. This expansion offers diplomatic and economic...

Putt-Putt Joins the Parade

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Steam: 96/100

This children’s adventure with puzzles follows Putt-Putt, a car preparing to take part in Cartown’s annual Pet Parade. Along the way, he meets local...

Slash It

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2016

Steam: 88/100

Slash It is an educational arcade puzzle game that can teach you how to quickly type on the keyboard. Along with the music, keys appear on the screen...

Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 26 March 1993

Steam: 94/100

This educational point-and-click adventure follows the preparations for a surprise birthday party for Kayla. Fatty Bear, Matilda Rabbit and Gretchen...

X-Plane 11

Flight Simulator, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Third-person view, Simulation, Open world, Online

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 92/100

X-Plane 11 is a realistic modern flight simulator with first and third person views. You can get the best possible experience by flying a variety of...

Putt-Putt Joins the Circus

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 31 December 2000

Steam: 88/100

This educational adventure sends Putt-Putt to a circus where director B.J. Sweeney is preparing five main acts for the show. The player explores the...

Influent

Simulation, Strategy, Educational game (Education), Logic, Indie, Exploration, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2014

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

Influent is a language learning game that focuses on vocabulary and pronunciation. You will be able to immerse yourself in a fully interactive 3D...

World of Guns: Gun Disassembly

Hunting / Fishing, Educational game (Education), Historical

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2014

Steam: 80/100

This educational 3D simulator explores the workings of historical and modern firearms. World of Guns features pistols, rifles, machine guns and...

MindRover: The Europa Project

Shooter, Strategy, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Tanks, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2002

Players: 10/10

MindRover: The Europa Project is a third-person shooter with a mixture of strategy, educational game, puzzle, tank simulator and robot simulator from...

Putt-Putt Travels Through Time

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014

Steam: 94/100

A point-and-click educational adventure about Putt-Putt searching through time for his missing friend Pep. After Mr. Firebird's time machine...

Salvagers

Role-playing game, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Roguelike, Science fiction, Space, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

The player leads a small team of explorers who land on abandoned space stations. You need to collect equipment, lost weapons, forgotten treasures...

The Deer

Indie, Adventure, Educational game (Education)

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2016

Steam: 67/100

This educational interactive adventure for children is set in the Pleistocene, where the player takes the role of an ancient deer. The game...

Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 4 October 1996

Steam: 97/100

This educational point-and-click adventure follows Sam, an ordinary child who becomes the superhero Pajama Sam and ventures into the darkness of his...

Timeflow: Time and Money Sim

Logic, Educational game (Education), Isometric, Business / Management, Sandbox, Role-playing game

Early Access: Linux → 1 January 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Timeflow: Time and Money Sim is a logical educational business game with an isometric view. You have to learn how to manage your money and time. You...

Let's Explore The Farm

Educational game (Education), First-person view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 1 January 1999

Steam: 96/100

This first-person educational game introduces farm life through open-ended exploration. The player can visit the barn and chicken coop, watch a cow...

Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted School House

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 1 May 2014

Steam: 98/100

This underwater point-and-click adventure follows Freddi Fish and Luther as they investigate a ghost haunting a schoolhouse and the disappearance of...

Jessy: Ein Zirkuspferd in Not

Adventure, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → February 2005

Jessy: Ein Zirkuspferd in Not is a first-person adventure with an educational twist from Bitcrafters Inc.. The game's primary publisher is...

Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning aren't so Frightening

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 2 October 1998

Steam: 98/100

This puzzle adventure follows Sam, the world’s youngest superhero, as he travels to a weather factory in the sky to overcome his fear of...

2x2 - a game in the Educational game (Education) genre

2x2

Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Board / Group Game

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2012

Players: 8.8/10

2x2 is an educational game with puzzle elements from the masters from the studio AnyTech, Inc.. The game is published by AnyTech...

Hydra Slayer

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Roguelike, Puzzle, Educational game (Education), Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2016

Steam: 93/100

Hydra Slayer is an indie roguelike where you will have to destroy dangerous and sinister hydras. Here, you will need to think carefully to calculate...

Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack

Arcade, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Puzzle, Pinball, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014

Steam: 91/100

This collection of 15 educational and recreational activities combines classic games, puzzles, and creative tasks. Children can explore colors...

Classroom Aquatic

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Logic, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game canceled: Linux → 2017

Classroom Aquatic is an indie logic simulator with educational elements. This is the world's first underwater school simulator. The players act as...

Untrusted

Online, Adventure, Text quest, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Educational game (Education), Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2021

Steam: 50/100

Untrusted is an adventure text quest with puzzle and co-op elements. In this game, hackers from the fictional group NETSEC are tasked with hacking a...

Bitburner

Role-playing game, Educational game (Education), Sandbox, Free game, Text quest, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2021

Steam: 94/100

An unusual role-playing game with elements of programming and automation, set in a cyberpunk world. Instead of the usual battles and quests, the...

Let's Explore the Jungle

Educational game (Education), First-person view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2015

Steam: 88/100

This first-person educational game invites players to explore the jungles of Africa, the Amazon, and Asia while learning about their plants and...

Mobility: A City in Motion

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Educational game (Education), Isometric

Game released: Linux → 2001

Mobility: A City in Motion is an isometric simulator with a touch of strategy and educational game from the masters from the studio GLAMUS...

Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2021

Steam: 92/100

This educational adventure follows an underwater mystery at Coral Cove Park. As Freddi Fish and her best friend Luther prepare for the park’s grand...

Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

This point-and-click educational adventure follows underwater detective Freddi Fish and her friend Luther as they investigate the disappearance of...

Let's Explore The Airport

Educational game (Education), First-person view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2015

Steam: 95/100

This educational game takes players on an interactive tour of a working airport, guided by Buzzy the Knowledge Bug. Players explore the terminal, the...

SoloWords

Strategy, Educational game (Education), Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2009

SoloWords is a strategy game with a mixture of educational game and puzzle from IQ Foundry LLC. The main publisher of the game is IQ Foundry...