Puzzle 2025 for Linux — top best games in the Puzzle genre

That's Not My Neighbor - a game in the Puzzle genre

Indie, Logic, Puzzle, Casual game, Simulation, Adventure, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 11 March 2025

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

A simulator with elements of science fiction and a light raid of Horror, where events unfold in a residential complex inhabited by two-friendly creatures. The...

Bridge Constructor Studio

Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Simulation, Construction, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2025

Steam: 90/100

A game from the Bridge Constructor series that supports both regular and virtual reality glasses modes. The gamer builds structures from various elements that must...

The Seance of Blake Manor

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2025

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 89/100

A first-person noir detective mystery. The events unfold in late 19th-century Ireland, within the walls of a mysterious hotel where a séance to summon spirits is...

The End of the Sun

Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Open world, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 97/100

An adventure game inspired by Slavic mythology and ancient culture. By exploring the world during major festivals that change with the seasons, you can immerse...

Dawnfolk

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Casual game, City Building, Fantasy, Old school, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2025

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A fantasy strategy game about a kingdom consumed by all-encompassing darkness. As the ruler, you must restore the devastated lands, manage resources, and build...

The Roottrees are Dead

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

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2025

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Return of the Obra Dinn, but set in the 90s. The main character is a young investigative journalist trying to establish the...

NODE: The Last Favor of the Antarii

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2025

Steam: 91/100

The game takes you to an abandoned nuclear complex from the Cold War, where the ruins of Soviet technology are intertwined with something otherworldly. As an...

Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Comedy, Detective

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2025

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A bright adventure about a duck detective, set in a campsite where ghosts may have appeared. You need to examine evidence, question suspects, and analyze the data...

Rat Race

Racing, Free game, Casual game, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2025

Steam: 100/100

Arcade time race, where a rat courier rushes through toxic waste-filled sewers in a homemade car made from a can with wheels. Each order turns into a test of speed...

The Campsite

Free game, Adventure, Puzzle, Old school, Exploration, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2025

Steam: 87/100

A free short quest with a retro schedule about the team of adventure seekers, which went to the night forest in search of a mysterious treasure. The night sortie...

World of Goo 2

Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Adventure, Construction

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2025

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The continuation of the colorful puzzle World of Goo. The player connects colorful balls, building various structures out of them to reach the end of the level...

Is This Seat Taken?

Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 7 August 2025

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The player helps a group of characters solve problems by solving puzzles. For example, you need to seat several people at a table, taking into account everyone's...

I'm on Observation Duty 8

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 4 December 2025

Steam: 95/100

The main character is an employee of a mysterious organization who must search for anomalies using surveillance cameras. There are six diverse levels filled with...

The Children of Clay

Puzzle, Horror, Detective, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 7 March 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

A short archaeological game in which you need to study the ancient artifact in order to reveal its dark secret. There are different tools, for example, a magnifier...

Hired 2 Die

First-person view, Survival horror, Stealth, Puzzle, Indie, Horror, Online

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2025

Players: 3.8/10

Steam: 82/100

The main character is a person who is able to sense Distortions that generate strange objects and dangerous creatures. During the experiment, he will have to...

A Webbing Journey

Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world, Puzzle

Early Access: Linux → 19 May 2025

Steam: 98/100

A bright adventure about a little spider who helps the homeowners solve problems. There are different rooms and many items to interact with. For example, you can...

Simon the Sorcerer Origins

Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Comedy, Fantasy, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Prequel to the legendary adventure saga about Simon the Wizard. The main character is a stubborn teenager. His parents have to move because he was expelled from...

Koira

Adventure, Casual game, Exploration, Puzzle, Stealth

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2025

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The adventure, whose main character travels through the musical forest with a puppy. You need to get acquainted with the local inhabitants and solve puzzles to find...

Mirrored Phantoms

Free game, Puzzle, First-person view, Horror, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2025

Steam: 70/100

The game takes place at the Nightmare Factory of mannequins. It is necessary to explore the gloomy locations, to collect the secret of the broken fragments of the...

Blobun Mini

Casual game, Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Old school

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2025

Steam: 98/100

A free puzzle game with nice pixel graphics. The rules are simple - the player needs to touch every tile on the map, but can only step on a tile...

Boxville 2

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 26 June 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

The game takes place in a city made of boxes, where the belly of the can. The mayor orders two friends to arrange fireworks in honor of the holiday. But something...

s.p.l.i.t

Action, Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Horror

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2025

Players: 4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A horror story about hackers from the creator of Buckshot Roulette. In the game you need to hack the structure of an evil corporation without leaving any traces...

Caveman Caravan

Strategy, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Old school

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2025

Steam: 95/100

Free roguelike strategy game where the player leads a caravan of primitive people to a new land. The gameplay revolves around combining tile cards and tools that...

Tempopo

Puzzle, Music game, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A bright game, the action of which unfolds on the islands located among the clouds, where flowers from the garden of the khan turned out. The player controls the...

Cats and Seek: Tokyo

Hidden Objects, Puzzle, Free game, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2025

Steam: 98/100

The player is trying to find all the cats scattered along a busy Tokyo street. The picture is full of small details that can be seen using the zoom function. There...

Find All 7: Japan

Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2025

Steam: 97/100

The game takes place on the street of a Japanese town where a festive festival is taking place. You need to look at a picture with many details and look for various...

Cats and Seek: Toge Land

Hidden Objects, Comedy, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 18 January 2025

Steam: 97/100

The player tries to find more than a hundred hidden cats in an image with many objects. You need to enlarge areas of the picture to better see small details, save...

Tiny Crate

Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 24 November 2025

A pixel game where the main character goes through puzzle levels. You need to use boxes and platforms to jump over pits with spikes and reach higher places. There...

Hidden Cats: City

Puzzle, Free game, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 7 March 2025

Steam: 98/100

The player explores a large black and white picture, where he tries to find all the hidden cats. As you pass, you can paint the image in bright colors. You can...

Katharsi (2025)

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Free game

Game released: Linux → 12 June 2025

Steam: 76/100

The game takes place in a desecrated Byzantine cathedral. The protagonist and his companion explore different rooms and try to eradicate the plague. You need to use...

Dispersio 3

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Dungeons, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2025

Steam: 91/100

A pixel game where the main character tries to escape from a secret military base. As the character progresses, they encounter various challenges, such as wind or...

Fourmiworld

Platformer, Puzzle, Sandbox, Side view, Exploration, Open world, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2025

Steam: 98/100

A game about an explorer of a strange world revolving around a dying star. Along the way, the girl finds the remains of a lost civilization, meets strange creatures...

Batography

Free game, Adventure, Side view, Exploration, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2025

Steam: 97/100

A colorful game about a bat, which went to the adventure to take the perfect photo of the moon. Exploring the city flooded with moonlight, you can get acquainted...

HIDDEN CATS 6: After us

Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Adventure, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2025

Steam: 96/100

The game takes place in a robotic world, where 100 cute kittens are hidden. You need to find them all while coloring the image to meditative music. You can zoom in...

Cipheur

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

Game released: Linux → 12 March 2025

Steam: 82/100

Free Critogram game in which you can check logical and language skills. It is necessary to decipher secret messages - 100 quotes of famous people. There are three...

Cosmo Cats

Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Free game, Space

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2025

Steam: 88/100

The player considers a large image with aliens, flying saucers and cats. You need to find 100 pets hidden on an alien planet. You can increase the parts of the...

They Came for More Pasta

Comedy, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie, Top-down view, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 100/100

Comedy adventure about aliens. Their intentions do not include conquest or kidnapping, the only thing they are interested in is Italian food. A courier, forced to...

DOGWALK

Adventure, Puzzle, Walking Simulator, Casual game, Exploration, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2025

Steam: 97/100

A boy and a big adorable dog explore a winter forest. You need to explore locations and collect various items to decorate a snowman. The game locations are created...

Hidden Cats vs Zombies 2

Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Casual game, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2025

Steam: 96/100

The player must find all the hidden items in a post-apocalyptic military base. There are zombies that need to be shot with a sniper rifle, cats hiding from dangers...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2025 for Linux