Puzzle 2018 for Linux — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Adventure, Stealth, Puzzle, Side view, Strategy, Simulation, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 81/100

Beholder 2 is a continuation of the side-view adventure strategy that will take you to a world where totalitarianism has reached almost every citizen. The main...

7 Billion Humans

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 93/100

7 Billion Humans is the sequel to the fun indie puzzle game Human Resource Machine. This time you have to automate a swarm of employees so that they become part of...

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

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

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is a sequel to the first-person puzzle adventure based on George Orwell's novel 1984. You assume the role of an observer of the...

Do Not Feed the Monkeys

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Business / Management, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a unique first-person puzzle adventure game with pixel graphics. The game will give you the opportunity to invade the privacy of...

We Were Here Too

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The sequel to We Were Here takes you into the heart of an ancient castle, lost in darkness. Every room holds a mystery, and the walls seem to whisper of those who...

Train Valley 2

In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle, Trains, Logic, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 29 March 2018; Game released: Linux → 15 April 2019

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Train Valley 2 is a continuation of the railway economic puzzle with an isometric camera view. You have to manage your own railway company and lead it through the...

Exapunks

Puzzle, Indie, Simulation, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Exapunks — an adventure puzzle game from the creators of Opus Magnum, SHENZHEN I/O , and TIS-100. The year is 1997. You used to be the greatest hacker, but...

CrossCode

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 83/100

CrossCode is a top-down action RPG in a fantasy style. This game combines SNES-style 16-bit graphics with smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging...

I'm on Observation Duty

Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 14 December 2018

Steam: 95/100

Atmospheric horror built around the search for anomalies on surveillance cameras. Several screens show empty rooms where small changes gradually appear: paintings...

The Gardens Between

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Hidden Objects, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2018

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Gardens Between is a side-scrolling fantasy adventure from Australian developers The Voxel Agents. The events unfold around the girl Ariana and the boy Frendt...

39 Days to Mars

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

39 Days to Mars is a side-scrolling co-op steampunk puzzle adventure. The game will tell the story of Sir Albert Weeks and his pilot Clarence Baxter, who decided to...

Dandara

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Dandara is an adventure action-platformer with a side view. You will witness the story of a young girl named Dandara, who wakes up in a world unfamiliar to her and...

The Free Ones

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

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

The Free Ones is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with lots of puzzles. You will try on the role of a slave miner trying to free other prisoners and...

My Brother Rabbit

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

My Brother Rabbit is a colorful adventure with lots of puzzles and a side view in a fantasy setting. After parents find out that their daughter is seriously ill...

The Subject

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

Game released: Linux → 30 November 2018

Steam: 65/100

The Subject is a first-person sci-fi horror game with puzzle elements. The events of the game will take you to a disastrous future where prisoners act as...

The Station

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction, Puzzle, Horror, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on board a spaceship. The plot tells about the distant future, when a group of researchers decided to find out what is beyond the boundaries of...

Long Reach

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Long Reach is a psychological thriller executed in the style of pixel art. The game takes place in a world where everyone craves power, be it money, divine blessing...

Play with Me

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

Game released: Linux → 1 January 2018

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 63/100

Play with Me is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a first-person perspective, inspired by the Saw film series. The events of the game revolve around...

Algo Bot

Arcade, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2018

Steam: 82/100

Algo Bot is an arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on the cross-galactic colonizer ship...

Underhero

Role-playing game, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Turn-based, Adventure, Puzzle, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2018

Steam: 91/100

Underhero is a role-playing puzzle platformer with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of a chosen hero who is...

Boo! Greedy Kid

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Steam: 85/100

Boo! Greedy Kid is a fun arcade puzzle action game with stealth elements and a side view. There's a new bully in the house! You have to try on the role of a little...

Endless Fables 3: Dark Moor

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2018

Steam: 85/100

Endless Fables 3: Dark Moor is the third part of the adventure puzzle game in the hidden object genre. You will again join Pamela Cavendish, who this time goes to...

BFF or Die

Action, Stealth, Online, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2018

Steam: 65/100

BFF or Die is a top-down cooperative stealth action game about funny aliens. You have two options: either help each other or die. As you play the game, you will use...

Doodle Farm

Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 16 November 2018

Steam: 73/100

A vibrant game from the Doodle series, set on a farm. The gameplay remains familiar: combine different elements and creatures in the right order to create something...

FoxTail

Adventure, Point & Click, Side view, Exploration, Puzzle

Early Access: Linux → 1 March 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 91/100

FoxTail is a pixelated "point and click" adventure game with a side view. The game tells the story of a little fox named Lia, who travels in search of medicine for...

Unforeseen Incidents

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Unforeseen Incidents is a classic point-and-click side-scrolling adventure set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The events of the game will tell the story of Harvey...

Pipe Push Paradise

Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Open world

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2018

Steam: 96/100

Pipe Push Paradise is a hardcore, top-down, open-world puzzle game about plumbing. You will find yourself on a large island where you need to solve a problem with a...

Visual Out

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

Game released: Linux → 15 March 2018

Steam: 84/100

Visual Out is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with puzzle elements. You will act as a program whose existence is contrary to the wishes of the...

Minit

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

Game released: Linux → 3 April 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Minit is an unusual top-down action adventure game. You have to get out of the cozy house and help the funny characters of the black and white world. Many secrets...

Lords of Strife

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2018

Steam: 40/100

Lords of Strife is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a simple peasant who simply lived peacefully and...

Up Left Out

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

Game released: Linux → 29 June 2018

Steam: 93/100

Up Left Out is a minimalistic puzzle game in which you need to connect lines by moving various pieces around the field. Everything you need — just relax and...

Stones of Yalmrith

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

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2018

Stones of Yalmrith is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure in which you take on the role of a living doll and try to escape from strange creatures. An...

Prototype Mansion - Used No Cover

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2018

Steam: 68/100

Prototype Mansion — Used No Cover is a pixelated action-horror game with a third-person view and survival elements, inspired by the classic Resident Evil. In...

Count Logica

Arcade, Indie, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Logic, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2018

Steam: 81/100

Count Logica is an indie arcade puzzle game. Halloween themed puzzle game. You need to find monsters on the grid using clues, mirrors and logic. Each monster has...

ZIQ

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2018

Steam: 100/100

ZIQ is a dynamic arcade runner with puzzle elements, where you take control of an ancient artificial intelligence. As you progress, you have to jump, dodge traps...

Molecats

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

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 80/100

Molecats is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game set in the mysterious and wonderful world of cats. They love to collect mushrooms in the most dangerous...

Path to Mnemosyne

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018

Steam: 80/100

Path to Mnemosyne is an atmospheric adventure with puzzles and a third-person view. You will go on a hypnotic journey built around the endless approach of the...

Triplicity

Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Triplicity is a unique puzzle game with collectible card game elements and an isometric camera view. You will find yourself in the expanses of Triplicity Island...

Quaddro 2

Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2018

Steam: 84/100

Quaddro 2 is a minimalist puzzle with 80 levels, designed for concentration and logic. In the game you need to connect the dots, forming a connection between them...

Scalak

Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2018

Steam: 96/100

Scalak is a logic puzzle. This game contains 90 levels and is filled with ever-evolving gameplay that will make you feel good...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2018 for Linux