Puzzle 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 12 January 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Detention is an indie puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. At Greenwood High School, located in a remote mountainous area, two students are trapped...

Bendy and the Ink Machine

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

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Bendy and the Ink Machine is an episodic adventure with horror elements and a first-person perspective. Visually, the game is made in the style of the first...

Super Bunny Man

Online, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Sandbox

Early Access: Linux → 1 September 2017; Game released: Linux → 16 May 2023

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Chaotic puzzle platformer with co-op for up to four people. The game tells the story of funny guys in bunny costumes who go on a difficult journey through time and...

Black Mirror

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 28 November 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Black Mirror (2017) — point and click horror adventure with puzzle elements. Since childhood, our hero, David, has been tormented by nightmares and visions...

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...

Talos Principle VR

First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Virtual Reality (VR), Adventure

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Talos Principle VR is a special version of a spatial puzzle game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. In an unknown place...

Bridge Constructor Portal

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 20 December 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Bridge Constructor Portal is a driving crossover of the Bridge Constructor and Portal series. You will play the role of a new employee of the Aperture Science...

Vaporum

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Puzzle, Steampunk, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 28 September 2017

Players: 6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Vaporum is a hardcore action RPG with a first-person view in a steampunk style, inspired by the classic games Eye of Beholder and Dangeon Master from 1983. A...

Faerie Solitaire Remastered

Card game, Puzzle, Board / Group Game

Game released: Linux → 22 December 2017

Steam: 84/100

This solitaire card puzzle is about restoring the population of magical Avalon and raising a faerie pet. Faerie Solitaire Remastered is an updated version of Faerie...

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...

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...

True or False 2

Trivia, Comedy, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 27 January 2017

Steam: 86/100

A quiz with elements of humor and puzzle-solving, True or False 2 challenges players to decide which statements are true and which are false. Some unusual claims...

Next Jump: Shmup Tactics

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Beat them all, Puzzle, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Next Jump: Shmup Tactics is a futuristic top-down action game with elements of turn-based strategy. You will take control of a deadly spaceship and fight alien...

Cyberia

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Cyberpunk, Adventure, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

This futuristic cyberpunk action game with puzzles follows Zak, an outlaw computer hacker who infiltrates a secret terrorist base in 2027 to steal a doomsday...

World to the West

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2017

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 75/100

World to the West is a top-down action/puzzle hybrid set in the Teslagrad universe. Four heroes with their unique abilities will have to travel through a colorful...

Rakuen

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Point & Click, Puzzle, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 10 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Rakuen is a fantastic adventure in Japanese style. The game tells the story of a little boy who has been lying in the hospital for a long time and is very bored. He...

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...

Attentat 1942

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Historical, Visual novel, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2017

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Attentat 1942 is an adventure puzzle game in the "hidden object" genre dedicated to the events of World War II. You will be able to learn more about the Nazi...

Hidden Folks

Hidden Objects, Casual game, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The player tries to find all the hidden people or other objects in hand-drawn interactive pictures. There are 32 areas and more than 300 hidden objects available...

Under Leaves

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Hidden Objects, Music game

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2017

Steam: 95/100

Under Leaves is a wonderful arcade puzzle game in which you have to find many animals hidden in the thick of watercolor illustrations. In the game you can travel...

Mechanic 8230

Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Futurism (Future), Casual game, Point & Click, Combat robots

Early Access: Linux → 29 October 2017; Game released: Linux → 4 January 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Mechanic 8230 is a point and click adventure puzzle game in a fantasy style. You play as a little mechanic who needs to get out of a big alien city. And the whole...

Cosmic Express

Puzzle, Trains, Space

Game released: Linux → 16 March 2017

Steam: 90/100

This puzzle game centers on a railway colony in space, where tracks must be laid across small stations. Each alien has a home to reach, while the passenger car can...

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...

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Platformer, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2017

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This third-person action-adventure draws on the mythology of ancient Egypt. Sphinx travels between worlds through magical portals to thwart Set’s plans and recover...

Forma.8

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2017

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This Metroidvania action-adventure follows forma.8, a small exploration probe stranded alone on the surface of an alien planet after an accident. To survive, it...

Red Comrades 3. Return of Alaska: Reloaded

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Petka and Vasily Ivanovich 3. Return of Alaska: Reboot - re-release of the legendary Russian quest for modern platforms. If Petka and Vasily Ivanovich had been a...

Journey Down: Chapter Three

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Journey Down: Chapter Three is the final point and click episode of the Journey Down adventure. The game follows Lina, a young girl who searches for a lost book and...

Opus Magnum

Simulation, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Opus Magnum is an indie puzzle game with simulation elements in a medieval setting. You have to take on the role of a powerful alchemist. Unravel the mysterious...

MHRD

Simulation, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 5 January 2017

Steam: 88/100

This puzzle game centers on designing hardware circuits at the Microhard startup amid the technology of the 1980s. The player writes designs in the MHRD hardware...

Alien Rampage

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2017

Steam: 90/100

Alien Rampage is an arcade action platformer about an alien whose ship has crash-landed on a planet overrun by mutants. With its cargo lost, the protagonist sets...

Algotica Iterations

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 23 March 2017

Steam: 51/100

Algotica Iterations is an adventure-puzzle game about programming, set in a world governed by its own formal rules and logic. Its story also breaks the fourth...

Black the Fall

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2017

Players: 5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Black the Fall is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer whose main goal is to tell the story of a hero escaping the communist system. Solve puzzles to avoid...

Lines X Free

Puzzle, Casual game, Free game

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2017

Steam: 93/100

This Numberlink-based puzzle game challenges players to connect colored tiles on a grid by finding paths between them. Lines X Free features 50 puzzles, with...

Pictopix

Logic, Puzzle, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 5 January 2017

Steam: 96/100

Pictopix is a logic puzzle game based on nonograms: players use clues to color cells on a grid and reveal an image. Puzzles can be solved through logic without...

Sudoku Universe / 数独宇宙

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 18 December 2017

Steam: 89/100

Sudoku Universe is a logic puzzle built around Sudoku: the goal is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits from 1 to 9 without repeating them in any row, column, or 3×3...

Tiles

Action, Puzzle, Indie, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2017

Steam: 71/100

Tiles is a unique puzzle game that will challenge your mind and burn your fingertips. It's simple, you need to move from green tiles to red ones, clearing the blue...

Linelight

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2017

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The player controls a light line and goes through puzzle levels or intricate labyrinths. Each mechanic is intuitive, and the difficulty of tasks increases...

Reflection of Mine

Puzzle, Arcade, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2017

Steam: 75/100

This psychological puzzle game unfolds in the mind of Lilly Witchgan, a girl with dissociative identity disorder, and asks which of her personalities is real. Its...

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 28 September 2017

Steam: 82/100

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends is an adventure arcade puzzle game in the match-3 genre. Take on the role of Mary Gilbert, world-renowned botanist and keeper of the...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2017 for Linux