Free: Best puzzle games on Linux

Aperture Desk Job reimagines the been-there-done-that genre of walking simulators and puts them in the lightning-spanked, endorphin-gorged world of sitting still behind things. You play as an entry-level nobody on their first day at work — your heart full of hope and your legs full of dreams…

Valve · 2022 · Linux, PC

Transformice is a multiplayer game, where you are a small mouse out to get a cheese and bring the cheese back to the hole. The game includes a physics engine, so interactions between players are realistic. Each round lasts 2 minutes max, and in order to help the 20 or so mice-players to get the…

Atelier 801 · 2010 · Web, Linux, PC

What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.

Acke Hallgren · 2019 · Linux, PC, Mac

Welcome to the tunnel maintenance crew. If the generators fail, it's your job to fix them. Check what's wrong, craft all the needed parts and deliver them. It's simple. Just stay clear of anything that randomly cracks bolts of electricity, spews fire, throws sharp pieces of scrap at high-velocity…

Vanripper · 2024 · Linux, PC, Mac

Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. You play as Anthony Clyde, who, after a heavy night of partying, wakes up to find himself in an unfamiliar bed with no memory of the previous night's events. Unfortunately, escaping these unfamiliar, opulent surroundings will prove to be no…

Creability · 2014 · Linux, PC, Mac · 80/100

Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

Devcats · 2023 · Linux, PC

Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

Leef 6010 · 2020 · Linux, PC, Mac

Something terrible has happened. You can’t bear to think about it - but you can’t live like this anymore. You stopped attending school, you haven’t left your house in months, you have no reason to get out of bed anymore. There are no choices left. No choice except... that strange golden letter.…

Leef 6010 · 2024 · Linux, PC, Mac

Do you know how the insides of a Terminator’s Minigun work? Try World of Guns: the world’s most realistic 3D simulator of firearms (and other things from tanks to DeLorean time machines). Find out what makes legendary pistols, rifles, machine guns and artillery pieces tick… Then disassemble them…

Noble Empire Corp. · 2014 · Linux, Android, PC

Take your brain for a walk in Handshakes, a simple yet tricksy sokoban puzzle game. Guide two hands through puzzles designed to stump, not frustate, so that they may achieve their dream of a warm, firm handshake.

2022 · Web, Linux, Android

A handpainted cozy hidden object adventure. Explore a surreal world. Collect items for its quirky inhabitants. Fix damaged paintings and solve casual puzzles. Help a lost skeleton painter find his way home. This game is short but 100% free (no ads, no DLCs).

Studio Waterzooi · 2024 · Linux, Android, PC · 78/100

In a pink world full of strange naked creatures, the player takes control of a human-looking fellow on a mission to gather food for a friend of his. Filled with constant disturbing imagery and dark undertones, The Good Time Garden is a short (15-20 minutes long), surreal horror puzzle.

Coal Supper · 2019 · Linux, PC, Mac

Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.

Terrible Toybox · 2020 · Linux, PC, Mac

A lone spaceship has been gliding through the emptiness of interstellar space for a very long time. Within the ship, an automated factory prepares a fleet of robotic explorers... Take control of a precision robotic vehicle. Explore a diverse system of planets and uncover their terrible fate. Beep…

Big Fat Alien · 2011 · Linux, PC · 68/100

Find the hidden image in this fun and addictive logic puzzle game. All puzzles have unique solutions, ensuring 100% logically solvable puzzle grids.

2016 · Linux, Android, PC

Hey, do you have 5 minutes to spare? Let's play hide and seek with 100 cats in Osaka! Can you find them all?

Noobzilla · 2023 · PS4, Linux, PC

Welcome to Cozy Town, where every day is International Cat Day! Be a part of a village community where every stray is respected, loved and fed. Explore the charming streets and alleys to discover all the stray cats in this hidden-object game.

Devcats · 2024 · Linux, PC

Brace yourself for swashbuckling puzzle action as you pillage your way to glory across the briny deep. Create and customize a pirate, collect booty, and join a player-run crew of cutthroats! Every activity in Puzzle Pirates is a uniquely fun puzzle: be it sailing, gunning, or hauling treasure…

Three Rings Design · 2003 · Linux, PC, Mac · 88/100

Welcome to 'A Park Full of Cats,' a hidden object game that invites you to revel in the enchanting world of amusement parks! Experience the thrill and excitement of the rides and give those cats the fun they truly deserve!

Devcats · 2024 · Linux, PC

The Old Tree is a short free-to-play cinematic puzzle game about a newborn alien baby. Witness this microscopic entity's first moments of life and help it emerge from its underground lair and ascend towards an unknown destination.

Red Dwarf Games · 2012 · Linux, PC, Mac · 60/100

Help Mimpi save his friends by peeing on everything in his path in this sequel! No seriously, you save Mimpi’s progress by peeing on checkpoints in this game. Platform through six different worlds of puzzling dreams in this dog adventure. Chill in this trippy, casual illustration come alive.

Silicon Jelly · 2016 · Linux, PC, iOS

Hi folks! In this third series, we will explore Kyoto and greet the cats there Let's play hide and seek with the cats in Kyoto!

Noobzilla · 2024 · Xbox Series, PS4, Linux

Varenje is a cute colourful adventure with a number of puzzles and mini-games, made by artists for anyone that considers games to be an art.

2018 · Linux, PC, Mac

The Cat and the Coup is a documentary game in which you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. During the summer of 1953, the CIA engineered a coup to bring about his downfall. As a player, you coax Mossadegh back through significant events…

Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad · 2011 · PS4, Linux, PC

RYB is a colorful game of logic. It is a logic puzzle game which aims to bend the rules of logic puzzle design. Standardized grids are nowhere to be seen. Instead, each puzzle is a beautiful, symmetrical shape. Each puzzle is designed to set up interesting logical deductions. After a shape is…

FLEB · 2016 · Linux, PC, iOS

One-Eye Kutkh - an exciting space adventure based on the fairy tales of the Far North. A single traveler on his way home crashes on a mysterious planet. To continue his journey, he'll have to get to the ninth heaven, deceive the Sun and the Moon and steal their space-boats.

Baba Yaga Games · 2017 · PS4, Linux, Android

Sentinel is an interactive audio tower defense game. It mixes strategic game play with a dynamic music system. The game takes place on a sequencer-like grid. As you add defenses, collect resources and destroy enemies, musical elements are triggered in time to the music. Fight through 31 levels to…

Matthew Brown · 2014 · Linux, PC, Mac