Classicube for that simple block-building itch
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Going on a limb here but... it's basically the other way around, which games CAN'T you play on Linux. Basically games with actively prevent it via bad anticheat or DRMs.
Otherwise check ProtonDB.
My favorites being Baldur's Gate 3 at the moment but also, not addictive but really excellent Half-life: Alyx and more casually Viewfinder.
PowerWash Simulator
After spending hours on shooters and strategy games involving a lot of thought, it's nice to hop into something therapeutic like powerwash simulator. I found it to be one of my favourite games, alongside the Portal series and Superluminal.
"unciv" is a good FOSS Civ V clone! The gameplay is addicting and it runs on anything
I personally find Balatro, on Steam (is most likely already in the package repo for your distro), to be addicting enough for me at least. Don't know if the demo is still up, but if it is, I'd start there to make sure you don't have buyers remorse. Works with Proton (right click on full game or demo in library, properties, compatibility settings, force them on, and I found it works with Proton experimental if I remember correctly).
Game is simple enough to play. Get hand of 8 cards. Play poker hands. Get chips based on hand. Win and get money. Use money in shops to buy things that change your deck or buy joker cards that do different things to the hands you play. Repeat for 8 rounds of 3 blinds, each time the required score going up.
That, or Baba Is You if you want a puzzle game that will warp your mind. Works out of the box on Steam, Proton not required. Complex game where you control character(s) and/or object(s) to try and get to the win condition. The catch is you have little text words that take up tiles on the screen (can turn tile outlines on in settings if it makes it easier to see and understand, which it does for me). You can move them to change the rules of the game. You might start off controlling Baba, the rabbit(?) creature the game is probably named after, then switch to controlling all the walls in a level.
Has a built in level editor and even has bonus levels from the developer that show off things added for the level editor and scrapped levels cut in development, some with signs that give commentary.
Though, for non-Steam games, I personally like to recommend games like SuperTuxKart (don't know a single mainstream distro that doesn't have it in their package manager). Game starts you off, if you start the story mode that is kinda just there, with a tutorial that teaches you how to play. Simple enough racing game with a ton of community made add-ons for when you get bored of the official content. Has online multiplayer and can be played with friends through split screen so long as you have enough keyboards/controllers. Don't know the max amount of split screen can support though.
I've played enough of all three games that they aren't as addicting as I have either played too much (SuperTuxKart and Balatro) or I've gotten to the point where the puzzles are tedious to the point I spend a few minutes on them before giving up (Baba Is You)
Minecraft: Java Edition
Stardew Valley
Seriously though.
Minecraft is a perfect entry point for someone who never played. Figuring out the virtual world at your own pace.
Also recommend to play on Peaceful difficulty first - just to get some bearings.
Minecraft is simple, doesn't expect you to have any prior knowledge of gaming whatsoever (literally teaches you to walk and directs you through the gameplay at first), and is a world simplistic enough for you to understand the logic of at first sight.
No wonder modern kids often start out their gaming careers with it.
The best game of all time: dungeon crawl stone soup. Open source dungeon crawler that has been developed for 20 years. It is free and you can play in your browser. And since deaths are permanent, it is an easy game to walk away from since game sessions tend to be short (because it is easy to die).
Another classic is Dwarf Fortress.
I just broke 1000 hours on baldurs gate 3.
Minecraft also great, thankfully it does not tell me how many hours I've spent mining and crafting...
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Brood war ;)
OSRS
Down this path lies oblivion. (Source: been playing RS / OSRS on and off for over 20 years)
Most addictive would be DoTA. You can probably find 10 million player with atleast 5k hours
dead cells, holy shit this game i can't stop it lol, osu! too but only if you like rhythm games and factorio if you like building industries i guess
Project zomboid
Red Alert 2 works on Linux if you're willing to jump through hoops
Good to know
AAAAXY. It's a really nerdy game where you are in a non-euclidian (escherian) space. I've already poured more than 30 hours into this game. It's available on Linux as a Flatpak (recommended if you don't know which to choose), an AppImage, or a native binary. https://divverent.github.io/aaaaxy (ps. it's open-source)
Vintage Story
Basically MInecraft for grown ups, also Native Linux available.
Xonotic is a fun first person shooter, with gameplay similar to quake. It's awesome if you have a bunch of friends that just want to jump right into action amd random weapon upgrades
Osrs and WoW both run on Linux if you want something addictive lol. Bottles seems to work best for battle.net stuff.
Stellaris
osu! is a free and open source rhythm game. Its pretty much the best pc rhyrhm game.
World of Tanks Blitz.
You either would like it or not. Requires brain to play. Think Call of Duty only fast reflexes and low latency make no difference. Each game is around 10 minutes or less.
It is totally possible to play and enjoy for free, if willing to accumulate cash prior to getting tank at next level.
Free to play.
You will have to use proton. It works with it.
At the moment I just picked up thronefall, and really enjoy it. It's great if you like tower defense and city building games, but don't have too much time on your hands to get invested into longer games. The progression system feels good and adds a lot of replayability. It runs perfectly on Linux as well right out of the box!
The most addictive game is "getting more games". Follow Wario64's discord, check prices at isthereanydeal, get the Epic freebies, mix and match bundles at Fanatical.