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The latest sokoban games for Linux

Sokoban games, also known as block-pushing or box-pushing games, are turn-based puzzle games in which you control a character pushing or moving objects around on a grid. The genre has origins in the 1982 game Sokoban, designed by Hiroyuki Imabayashi, in which you have to push boxes around a warehouse onto designated targets. The japanese word 倉庫番 (“sōkoban”) translates to “warehouse keeper”.

Traditional sokoban games tend to focus on carefully moving boxes around in tight spaces, while more modern games tend to focus on having insights about their systems and mechanics. Stephen's Sausage Roll is particularly notable for its influence on the genre, to the degree that some of the games in this new wave of sokoban games are known as “Sausage-likes”.

The follow games are the most recently released sokoban games for Linux in the Thinky Games database.

  • SokoChess Black
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Capture every white piece in this block-pushing chess mash-up.
  • Stoneman's Adventure
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Conjure pushable lines of stone to solve tricky grid-based puzzles.
  • A Slug's Dream
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Crawl and climb through grid-based puzzles to eat every flower without getting wet.
  • Wizard's Way Out
    Windows
    Linux
    Use the wizard's telekinesis powers to push and pull enemies and escape the magical prison.
  • SokoChess White
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nudge all of the white pieces into position in this follow-up to mash-up puzzler, SokoChess.
  • SokoSolitaire
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Combining block-pushing with solitaire, push, stack, and flip cards to get them into position.
  • Bonfire Peaks: Lost Memories
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Explore new box-burning mechanics in this 3-part DLC to Bonfire Peaks.
  • Handshakes
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Guide two hands through sokoban puzzles in their search for a warm, firm handshake.
  • Candle Prick
    Windows
    Linux
    Stab your enemies to form extensions of yourself and extinguish every candle.
  • SokoChess
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Combining chess with sokoban, push all of the black pieces to their target without getting captured.
  • SquishCraft
    Windows
    Linux
    Squish blocks in ways that should never be allowed in a grid-based puzzler.
  • Patrick's Parabox
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 5
    Push boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes within...
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