Category: Point & Click

The Inner World is a traditional point-and-click adventure game that I've had my eye on since it released for Windows more than a year ago. It's featured in the bundle along with indie classic VVVVVV and the popular Costume Quest and Shadowrun Returns, and three other Linux games.

After a brief Early Access period, The Book Of Unwritten Tales 2 has been released along with the previously unseen fifth chapter of the game.

After many years of being tied up in red tape, the popular live-action/animation blend adventure game finally gets a re-release, and gets its digital début on GOG.com.

It has been a long wait since Jane Jensen's crowd-funded game was released for Windows and Mac in April last year. Now, almost 10 months later, a Linux build is up in a closed beta on Steam.

Double Fine's remastered version of Grim Fandango has launched and is now available for Linux on Steam, GOG and the Grim Fandango Remastered website.

Several years ago I made a number of standalone Linux binaries for the Chzo Mythos using the then closed source Adventure Game Studio runtime as a base. Now that the source code to AGS has been released, I have updated the builds to use the superior free software engine.

Under That Rain is a game about choices, and how these choices can affect even the purest spirit. In “Under that Rain” we are not proposing just an adventure, but an amazing and profound story that wants to investigate the human soul.

With two weeks left until its January 27th release, Double Fine have announced that Grim Fandango is now available for pre-order via GOG, alongside launching a new website and documentary episode. Article has been updated with screenshots and concept art.

The Dark Inside Me is a 2.5D unique 3rd person point & click psychological horror adventure game based on a dynamic scenario.

The year 2087 is upon us — a future where genetic engineering is the norm, the addictive Trance has replaced almost any need for human interaction, and an omnipresent AI named Central powers the city. Its all-seeing CEL police force keeps tabs on everyone, including three people who are about to meet their maker.

The developer has been teasing a mystery game since last month. The name was revealed at AdventureX this weekend and we now have more information about the upcoming post-apocalyptic adventure game.

At the recent PlayStation Experience event, Double Fine announced a release date for Grim Fandango and that a "special edition" of Day of the Tentacle is on its way.

The crowd-funded point-and-click adventure from the designer of the classic 'Gabriel Knight' games was funded on Kickstarter in 2012. In April the game was released for Windows and Mac, and now it looks like the long wait for a Linux version might soon come to an end.

Petrichor is something as odd as a point-and-click platformer. It's an interesting game for sure, and it can be downloaded for Linux for free.

Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions. Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.

Are you yearning for something a bit different? Bear With Me might be right up your point & click street.

The creators of the classic point-and-click adventure game Maniac Mansion, Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, have launched a campaign on Kickstarter to crowd-fund a spiritual successor to Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island.

Daedalic Entertainment have released the third and final standalone part of the Deponia Trilogy which have seen Linux releases over the last few months.

The DRM free publisher has entered into a partnership with ©Disney to add 20+ classic titles from the back catalogue of now defunct publisher LucasArts Entertainment Company. The first batch of six games were added today. Two of which are available for Linux.

In this article, I want to highlight three active Kickstarter projects, with some comments on why these developers are choosing to support Linux, as well as what they think about the OS.