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Palapeli – single-player jigsaw puzzle game

November 20, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Palapeli is a single-player jigsaw puzzle game. Unlike other games in that genre, you are not limited to aligning pieces on imaginary grids.

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Hexkudo – GNOME number-placement logic game

November 12, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Hexkudo is a GNOME number-placement logic game. Each puzzle gives you a grid of hexagons and a few numbers as anchor.

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Anagramarama – make words from a jumble of letters

October 18, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Anagramarama is a simple wordgame. Guess all the different permutations of a scrambled word which form another word within the time limit.

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T-Crisis 4 – Tetris-like falling blocks puzzle game

September 28, 2025 Steve Emms Games

T-Crisis 4 is a Tetris-like falling blocks puzzle game with 4-player local multiplayer.

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Kubrick – 3D Game based on Rubik’s Cube

September 25, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Kubrick is a game based on the Rubik’s Cube puzzle. The cube sizes range from 2x2x2 up to 6x6x6, or you can play with irregular “bricks”.

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Hunt – word search game

September 17, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Hunt is an easy word search game. You can play with or without a timer, or a blitz mode,

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Quadrapassel – falling-block game

August 30, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Quadrapassel is a derivative of a classic falling-block game.

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Sudoku – solve Sudoku puzzles

August 17, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Sudoku is a modern Sudoku app focused on delivering a clean, distraction-free experience. Designed with simplicity and comfort in mind.

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Tiny Crate – crate-chucking action puzzler

August 15, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Tiny Crate is a cute little precision platformer with puzzle elements! It’s released into the public domain.

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Puzzle Games

EmojiClu – graphical implementation of the Zebra Puzzle

July 30, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

EmojiClu is a graphical implementation of the Zebra Puzzle, built with GTK. It’s a logical deduction style puzzle, similar to Suduko.

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Bomb

tui mines – text-based mine sweeping puzzle game

June 17, 2025 Steve Emms Games, TUI

tui mines is a text-based user interface implementation of the classic mine sweeping puzzle game.

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Bomb

xdémineur is a minesweeper game

June 11, 2025 Steve Emms Games

xdémineur is a minesweeper game for the X Window System.

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Crosswords

GNOME Crosswords – crossword player and editor

February 28, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

GNOME Crosswords is a crossword player and editor.

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Games

Best Free and Open Source Software – Games

June 3, 2023 Steve Emms Games, Software

Best Free and Open Source Linux Software covering action games, arcade games, steam games, emulators, board games, game engines, and more.

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Card Games

10 Fun Free and Open Source Card Games

June 14, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software

Here are our picks of the best card games. We only advocate open source games here.

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Puzzle Games

10 Fun Free and Open Source Puzzle Games

May 24, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Software

This article identifies fun puzzle games. These games are mentally stimulating, and a great diversion from everyday life.

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Warble – word-guessing game

May 16, 2022 Lee Walker Games, Reviews, Software

Fancy playing Wordle on your desktop? Warble is inspired by (and not affiliated with) by Wordle. It differs from Warble in a few respects, notably that you’re not limited to one puzzle a day.

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Puzzles

Best Free Android Apps: Simon Tatham’s Puzzles

December 12, 2021 Eilidih Parris Android

Simon Tatham’s Puzzles is a collection of 39 puzzles. They are re-implementations of existing game concepts.

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CaveExpress

CaveExpress – classic 2D platformer with physics-based gameplay

March 5, 2021 Steve Emms Games, Reviews, Software

CaveExpress is a classic 2D platform game set in prehistoric times. You play the hero masquerading as a caveman.

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Puzzle Games

Klest-crossword – create crossword puzzles

December 22, 2017 Steve Emms Games

Klest-crossword is software for creating crossword puzzles. Designed for professional compiling, editing and easy guessing crossword puzzles.

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