Guide a horde of penguins through various obstacles

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Arch Linux (recommended) Debian Ubuntu Fedora openSUSE Alpine Linux Void Linux Solus Nixpkgs LutrisStandard: Stable Other builds: Flathub latest

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About

Pingus is a free clone of the popular Lemmings game. Your goal is to guide a horde of penguins through a world full of obstacles and penguin traps to safety. Although penguins (unlike lemmings) are rather smart, they sometimes lack the necessary overview and now rely on you to save them. This package contains the main program.

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Project

License
GPL-2.0-or-later (free software)What this license lets you do
Latest release
January 21, 2024 (2 years ago)Inactive · 0 releases in the last year

Install

Available via
Arch Linux (2) · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs · Lutris
All 12 packagings

AUR (Git build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Solus, Gentoo (Candidate build), Lutris (Flathub latest build)

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15 independent sources agree
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (12)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
AUR (Git build)pingus-git0.7.6.r421.gad462706e-1—GPLA Lemmings clone, i.e. a level-based puzzle game (development version)
Debianpingus0.7.6-6+b1Distribution build—Free Lemmings(TM) clone
Ubuntupingus0.7.6-8Distribution build—Free Lemmings(TM) clone
Fedorapingus0.7.6Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterGuide the penguins safely home before they drop of the cliff
Arch Linuxpingus0.7.6-29Distribution buildGPLA Lemmings clone, i.e. a level-based puzzle game.
Nixpkgspingus0.7.6-unstable-2025-07-21Distribution buildGPL-3.0Puzzle game with mechanics similar to Lemmings
openSUSEpingus0.7.6Distribution buildGPL-3.0-or-laterFree Lemmings-like puzzle game
Alpine Linuxpingus0.7.6-r12Distribution buildGPL-2.0-onlyFree Lemmings(TM) clone
Void Linuxpingus0.7.6_14Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterFree Lemmings-like puzzle game
Soluspingus0.7.6Distribution buildGPL-3.0-or-laterLemmings-like puzzle game
Gentoo (Candidate build)pingus0.7.6-r5Distribution buildGPL-3.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND ZlibFree Lemmings clone
Lutris (Flathub latest build)Pingus———Requires flatpak to be installed and flatpak runner to be enabled in Lutris
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