Games

Games

Open Source games that come installed or ready to be installed from the Ubuntu repositories.

Pre-Installed

Category

Name

Description Of Application

Found In

Arcade Game

Gnometris

The Russian game of falling geometric shapes.

Games

Arcade Game

Mines

The popular logic puzzle minesweeper. Find mines on a grid using hints from squares you have already cleared.

Games

Arcade Game

Nibbles

Pilot a worm around a maze trying to collect diamonds and at the same time avoiding the walls and yourself. With each diamond your worm grows longer and navigation becomes more and more difficult. Playable by up to four people.

Games

Arcade Game

Robots

The classic game where you have to avoid a hoard of robots who are trying to kill you. Each step you take brings them closer toward you. Fortunately they aren't very smart and you also have a helpful teleportation gadget.

Games

Board Game

Five or More

Move balls around the grid and try and form lines. Once you form five in a row, the line disappears. Unfortunately more balls keep dropping in.

Games

Board Game

Four in a Row

Place disks one at a time and try to form a row of four. Tic-tac-toe for those who like to think.

Games

Board Game

Same Gnome

"I want to play that game! You know, they all go whirly-round and you click on them and they vanish!" - Telsa.

Games

Board Game

Iagno

The GNOME version of Reversi. The goal is to control the most disks on the board.

Games

Board Game

Klotski

A series of sliding block puzzles. Try and solve them in the least number of moves.

Games

Board Game

Mahjongg

A tile-based solitaire game with an oriental flavor. Remove tiles in matching pairs to dismantle elaborately designed stacks.

Games

Board Game

Sudoku

Gnome Sudoku is a logic game with a Japanese name that has recently exploded in popularity.

Games

Board Game

Tali

Sort of poker with dice and less money. An ancient Roman game, this variant is similar to Yahtzee ®

Games

Board Game

Tetravex

A puzzle game where you have to match a grid of tiles together. The skill level ranges from the simple two by two up to the seriously mind-bending six by six grid.

Games

Card Game

AisleRiot Solitaire

A compilation of over eighty different solitaire card games. Everything from favorites like Freecell and Klondike through to the hopelessly pointless Clock Patience.

Games

Card Game

Blackjack

The casino card game without any need to actually pay your gambling debts.

Games

Card Game

Free-Cell Solitaire

Part of AisleRiot.

Games

Optional-Available in Repositories

Category

Name

Description Of Application

Found In

Board Game

Chess

A chess game which supports several chess engines, with 2D and optionally 3D support if OpenGL is present.

Games


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