Puzzle 2011 for Linux — top best games in the Puzzle genre

The Tiny Bang Story - a game in the Puzzle genre

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 63/100

The game takes place in a funny universe where you need to piece together a planet destroyed by a meteorite. The game uses point-and-click mechanics in the best...

Fortix 2

Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2011

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This fantasy game follows the crusader Fortix as he sets out to save the rest of the continent from an evil curse. His sister Floriana aids him on his journeys. The...

SpaceChem

Strategy, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Logic

Game released: Linux → 1 January 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

SpaceChem is an unusual puzzle game with strategy elements and a top-down view. In the game you will try on the role of a SpaceChem reactor compartment engineer...

Edge (2010)

Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A retro-styled platformer with puzzle elements in which the player controls a cube and rolls through levels. Along the way, the cube collects prisms and searches...

Rochard

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 November 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Rochard is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting, filled to the brim with physics-based puzzles. You will play as John Roshard, the...

Gemini Rue (Collector's Edition)

Action, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Point & Click, Adventure, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2011

Steam: 87/100

This science-fiction point-and-click adventure follows Azriel Odin, an ex-assassin who arrives on the rain-soaked planet of Barracus, and Delta-Six, who wakes up in...

Gemini Rue

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Point & Click, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This noir-style science-fiction adventure follows Azriel Odin, an ex-assassin who arrives on the rain-soaked planet Barracus, and Delta-Six, who wakes up in a...

NightSky

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

NightSky is an atmospheric 2D action-puzzle game about guiding a sphere through picturesque worlds using realistic physics. Each world is divided into areas with...

Amnesia: Justine

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 12 April 2011

Players: 5.1/10

Amnesia: Justine — expansion for Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It was originally released only for the Steam version of The Dark Descent, but was later included...

Capsized

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2011

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This 2D platformer with shooter elements follows a space traveler whose ship crash-lands on a mysterious planet. To survive, the protagonist explores hazardous...

Blocks That Matter

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Platformer, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 August 2011

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This platform puzzle game follows a tiny robot called Tetrobot, the last hope of indie developers Alexey and Markus. The robot drills blocks made of different...

Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 20 January 2011

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This point-and-click adventure is set in an alternate 19th century where humanity has already mastered space travel. Captain Brawe investigates the kidnapping of...

Escape The Toilet: A Triple Flush

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2011

Escape The Toilet: A Triple Flush is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from INSTEAD Games. The game is published by INSTEAD...

TRAUMA (2011)

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2011

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This adventure puzzle game follows a young woman who survives a car accident. While recovering in the hospital, she dreams about different aspects of her identity...

Klötzchen

Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle, Comics

Game released: Linux → 25 May 2011

Klötzchen is an isometric strategy game with puzzle elements from Top Hat Game Productions. The main publisher of the game is Top Hat Game...

Clockwork Man: Hidden World

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2011

Steam: 61/100

This hidden-object adventure follows Miranda and her friend Sprocket through a parallel Victorian world powered by steam. A mysterious obsidian artifact leads...

Clockwork Man: Hidden World (Premium Edition)

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2011

Steam: 57/100

A hidden-object adventure puzzle follows Miranda and her friend Sprocket through a parallel Victorian world powered by steam. A strange obsidian artifact points...

Crayon Physics Deluxe (2011)

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2011

Metacritic: 79/100

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle game where drawn objects become real, physical objects. The player solves puzzles by drawing and applying the laws of...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2011 for Linux (Game released)