Puzzle 2014 for Linux — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Whispered World - a game in the Puzzle genre

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This point-and-click fantasy adventure follows Sadwick, who dreams of a mysterious blue sphere and a world collapsing around him. The oracle Shana foretells the end...

Talos Principle

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2014

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Talos Principle is a first-person adventure puzzle game in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Serious Sam. In an unknown place, deserted and seemingly divorced...

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Hidden Objects, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood is a hidden object adventure puzzle game set in a fantasy setting. You have to go on a dangerous adventure on the trail of a...

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart

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

Game released: Linux → 5 February 2014

Steam: 91/100

This hidden-object adventure puzzle follows a museum owner who sets out after an undead pirate has kidnapped her daughter. The pirate plans to resurrect his beloved...

Кошмары из глубин 3: Дэйви Джонс

Puzzle, Logic, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 27 March 2014

Players: 10/10

Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones is a Point and Click puzzle game from Artifex Mundi. The main publisher of the game is Artifex Mundi. In some circles...

Among the Sleep

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Among the Sleep is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. The main character is a very young child. He is hiding from a mysterious...

Gods Will Be Watching

Strategy, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2014

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A science-fiction point-and-click thriller set amid an interstellar conflict, where decisions shape the fate of a crew and the people it is sworn to protect. The...

1001 Spikes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2014

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade platformer with puzzle elements follows Aban Hawkins as he searches the ruins of Ukampa in South America for his missing father, archaeologist Jim...

MouseCraft

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 July 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 72/100

MouseCraft is a puzzle game about guiding mice to their goal as the cat scientist Schrödinger works on a mysterious mouse-powered machine. Players stack Tetromino...

Tales from the Dragon Mountain 2: The Lair

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2014

Steam: 57/100

Set in the fantasy world of Dragon Mountains, this puzzle adventure follows the return of a dark force after Lord Strix was defeated. Mina and her companion Malik...

Fall of the New Age

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 January 2014

Steam: 52/100

Fall of the New Age is an adventure arcade puzzle game in the hidden object genre. The game will tell about the dark times of the Middle Ages, where a secret...

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 residents...

Tales from the Dragon Mountain: The Strix

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2014

Steam: 47/100

This hidden-object adventure with puzzles follows Mina, who is haunted by dreams of a fire consuming her grandmother Kate’s house. Seeking to understand the...

100% Orange Juice

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Card game, Anime / Manga, Online

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

100% Orange Juice is an arcade adventure puzzle game with elements of a board card game. You will travel to an amazing world where dogs, people and cars fly in the...

Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon

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

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2014

Steam: 94/100

This children’s adventure game follows Putt-Putt, a purple car accidentally blasted to the Moon from a fireworks factory. There he meets Rover, a lunar vehicle left...

Monochroma

Arcade, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Monochroma is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with horror elements and a side view. The game takes place in a gloomy industrial world. You will learn the story of...

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 animals are...

Mind: Path to Thalamus

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 5 August 2014

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Mind: Path to Thalamus is a puzzle-adventure game played from a first-person perspective. The setting will be a fantastic surreal world. The main character created...

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, numbers, and shapes...

6180 the Moon

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2014

Steam: 91/100

This platforming puzzle game follows the Moon on a journey to find the Sun after it disappears. The top and bottom edges of the screen are connected: when the Moon...

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Platformer, Music game, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2014

Players: 9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A minimalist puzzle platformer in which obstacles are tied to the rhythm of electronic music. The player controls a geometric shape in an abstract, colorful world...

Eets Munchies

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 11 March 2014

Players: 5/10

Steam: 81/100

A puzzle platformer about a hungry creature trying to reach cake. In Eets Munchies, players solve increasingly difficult puzzles through physics-based interactions...

Escape Goat 2

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2014

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer about a goat attempting to traverse the Stronghold of Toragos, which no one has conquered before. The goat must find a path...

The Fall

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2014

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Fall is an adventure shooter with a view of the side of the science fiction setting, which will tell about artificial intelligence trying to save its master...

Under a Killing Moon

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Linux → 12 June 2014

Players: 1/10

Steam: 96/100

This detective adventure with elements of a comedy thriller unfolds in a futuristic world in December 2042. Private investigator Tex Murphy must stop evil forces...

Myths of Orion

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 3 December 2014

Steam: 82/100

This fantasy hidden-object adventure follows Meredith, the daughter of the enchantress Salina, as she searches for the missing Books of Power and seeks to stop an...

A Story About My Uncle

Action, Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A Story About My Uncle is an action-adventure platformer with a first-person view. The game tells the story of a boy who, in search of his uncle, finds himself in a...

Flockers

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Strategy, Action

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2014

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 64/100

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Particulars

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2014

Steam: 68/100

This arcade-action puzzle game unfolds in the mysterious world of subatomic particles. The player controls a quark and interacts with other particles, which push...

Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"

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

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 96/100

This children’s point-and-click adventure follows the secret agent SPY Fox as he searches for Mr. Udderly, rescues the cows, and tries to stop William the Kid from...

Blackwell Epiphany

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2014

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Blackwell Epiphany is a point and click adventure game from the developers of Wadjet Eye Games. This is the fifth and final part of the Blackwell Legacy quest saga...

TRI

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2014

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This first-person puzzle-platformer takes place in the world of the Odd Gods, among towers and dungeons. Using the TRI artifact, the protagonist creates triangular...

10,000,000

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

10,000,000 — Action role-playing roguelike in a fantasy style with puzzle elements and a side view. In this game you have to run non-stop, overcome obstacles...

Munin

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 10 June 2014

Players: 5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This puzzle-platformer set in Norse mythology follows Munin, Odin’s messenger, on a journey through Yggdrasil to reclaim her power. The player moves mountains and...

Lumino City

Arcade, Adventure, Logic, Indie, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 2 December 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A game created entirely by hand from paper, cardboard, miniature light bulbs and mechanisms. The main character explores the city of Lumino and solves puzzles to...

Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake

Arcade, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 July 2014

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This top-down adventure puzzle game follows Niko, a boy who sets out across the magical island of Gogapoe to recover his stolen birthday cake and becomes involved...

Only If

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Free game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2014

Steam: 61/100

Only If is a surreal first-person adventure puzzle game about Anthony Clyde, who wakes up in an unfamiliar bed after a night of partying with no memory of what...

DeadCore

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

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

DeadCore is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to try on the role of a hero who lost his memory...

Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

Arcade, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2014

Steam: 61/100

This puzzle game with strategy and horror elements follows Henry B. Knight, a ghost trying to drive the tenants out of his mansion. He earned the house through hard...

Land of Labyrinth

Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Frozen: Linux → 4 July 2014

Land of Labyrinth is a third-person action-adventure game with puzzle and fantasy elements. Sven, a young adventurer searching for his missing father, must navigate...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2014 for Linux