Open Source Linux Puzzle Games

Egoboo is a working cool 3D dungeon crawling game in the spirit of nethack. Currently it is supported by Windows, Linux and Mac.

Be warned this project was discontinued in 2013 and has not been updated in years.

Goal of this project is a freeware game similar to the PSX game "Kula World" / "Roll Away". It is designed platform independent, written in C++ and using the following libraries: OpenGL, SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer), libjpeg, LUA, GLSL-Shader.

S.C.O.U.R.G.E. is a roguelike game with a 3D user interface. The game allows a group of four characters to search for treasure, kill enemies, gain levels, etc. The code is C++ using SDL, OpenGL and freetype. The game uses Squirrel for scripting.

Yet another Tetris clone. It features up to 4 simultaneous players, 5 customizable play modes, a piece editor and player profiles (high scores and statistics). Customizable skin, music and background

nPush is a ncurses game similar to Sokoban written in C++. It features new game elements and multiplayer support

Nimuh is a project puzzle game destined to improve the knowledge of Andalusia.

Wizznic is an implementation of Puzznic for Gp2X Wiz, Linux and Windows. It is made very easy for non-programmers to contribute Levels/Graphics and sounds.

Xye is an abstract puzzle game in which you direct a green circle across various puzzles to get all the gems in a room. There are monsters, hazards and complicated riddles all around.

Jooleem is a simple yet extremely addictive puzzle game. The best way to kill 10 minutes. There is only one rule: click on four marbles of the same color that form a rectangle. Time is constantly running out, but you can earn time by forming rectangles.

Epiphany is a multi-platform clone of Boulderdash (a.k.a Emerald Mine on the Amiga) made with SDL library.

IsoRealms Spindizzy and IsoRealms Engine is now developed as "IsoRealms" on GitHub, and can be found at the following location: https://github.com/MartinBrentnall/IsoRealms The SourceForge SVN repository is no longer maintained.

Open Source program to create crossword puzzles, which will be professionally compile a crossword puzzle and then is convenient to guessing.

Phlipple is a unique puzzle game. The goal of every level is to reduce a 3D shape to a single square. Elimination of squares is done by flipping edges around just like in a cardboard box. It starts off relatively easy to teach the basics just to later on serve hours of brain tickling fun. It's a great way to train memory as well as orientation in 3D.

Tubularix is a free opensource game similar to Tetris seen from a tubular perspective. Game's rules and behavior are very similar to the Tetris ones. It's written in c++ with the Qt 4 libraries. The game can be run on GNU/Linux, Windows or Mac.

Sudoku! Spreadsheets with formulas to help you solve sudoku puzzles. - simple (but large) formulas that work in both excel and oo calc. - simple (short) formulas using 2 functions in VBA / OO Calc. Excel Addin to make playing sudoku in excel easier. - macros to mark cells, test your solution, erase the solution. - macro to help you solve the puzzle by giving hints, or even the answer. Version 1.4 of the addin can also generate puzzles for you. version 2.0 can solve and create puzzles with 2 blocks (2x3 + 3x2, 3x4 + 4x3)

Pencil & paper Sudoku fans that need help will find that this [free & offline] app can help them to identify & eliminate candidate digits, using Windows or Linux. ASUD is a sudoku assistant tool designed to help with manually solving Sudoku puzzles. It handles routine tasks so you can focus on more advanced puzzle solving strategies. Algorithms have been added to detect and display (hidden or naked) pairs, triples, & quads, whose display can be toggled. Executables that run [offline] on Windows, and GNU/Linux are delivered. All source code, build scripts & resources are included.

The Happy Cube Solver is an interactive interface for designing and building cubes and other designs from the Happy Cube 3D puzzles. It integrates a graphic engine for creating and viewing designs and a simple engine for solving them. Online version: http://shooshx.github.io/happysolver/emscripten/index.html Maintainance of this project moved to: https://github.com/shooshx/happysolver This program is indented to support you while playing live with the Happy Cube©® Puzzles. These puzzles are worldwide manufacturered by HAPPY bvba, Belgium, on licensed and thus restricted base (www.happy.be). The Happy Cube puzzles are the result of a real invention in 1986 by Dirk Laureyssens.

A sudoku game written in QT 4. It can open game files from other sudoku games and generate random games. 64 bit windows users: There are 64 bit windows binarys in the file section.

Generate and print simple mazes. Includes binary installers for Linux (Ubuntu, Mint, Debian) and Windows (XP, 7, 8). Multi-platform, Qt-based GUI app.

JSudoku is a Java version of the game Sudoku. A backtracking algorithm cares for random puzzles and based on the Sudoku-Puzzle JavaScript. Optionally, JSudoku generates X-Sudoku puzzles.

jTans is a java version of Tangram, a (not so) ancient chinese puzzle. The object is to put 7 geometric shapes together so as to form a given outline. All the pieces must be used an should not overlap.

The GK3 Tools project is a collection of tools and utilities useful for viewing and modifying the Gabriel Knight 3 data files.

An in-development text-graphical sudoku game, with pencil marking support and very few dependencies.

CrosswordPuzzle is a small program for creating and solving crossword puzzles like the ones found in major, north American news papers. You can download and solve crosswords or distribute your own crosswords digitally.