Best Linux Games
1,051 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Doom
Released: Dec 10, 1993
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Windows Mobile, PC-9800 Series, Linux, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In the future, humans have left Earth and settled throughout the galaxy.
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Released: Feb 27, 2014
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
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Threes!
Released: Feb 6, 2014
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Threes is a puzzle game by Ridiculous Fishing artist Greg Wohlwend and former thatgamecompany designer Asher Vollmer.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Released: Apr 23, 2015
Critic rating: 87.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Crypt of the NecroDancer is a hardcore roguelike rhythm game.
Limbo
Released: Jul 21, 2010
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Limbo is a black and white puzzle-platforming adventure.
Quake
Released: Jun 22, 1996
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100 • 400 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Zeebo, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga, Sega Saturn, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Quake is a first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996 and featured music composed by Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails.
Unpacking
Released: Nov 2, 2021
Critic rating: 92.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home.
Dropsy
Released: Sep 10, 2015
Critic rating: 86.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
After a deadly circus fire shatters his world and tarnishes his name, Dropsy the Clown finds himself on a journey of self-discovery through a story that harnesses powerful themes of love and kindness.
Metal Slug
Released: Apr 19, 1996
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100 • 278 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Neo Geo AES, PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Portable, Neo Geo CD
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Metal Slug is a 1996 run-and-gun arcade video game originally developed by Nazca Corporation and released by SNK for the Neo Geo MVS.
Sonic CD
Released: Dec 14, 2011
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, Ouya, Linux, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Sonic CD (also known as Sonic CD 2011) is a remaster of the original game, adding many new features like widescreen support, improved controls, access to both American and Japanese soundtracks and Tails as an unlockable playable character.
Tyranny
Released: Nov 10, 2016
Critic rating: 81.2 / 100
Rating: PEGI 16
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Bonus Episode: Farewell
Released: Mar 5, 2018
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Experience Max and Chloe’s childhood friendship in Farewell the bonus episode to Life is Strange Before the Storm.
The Sims
Released: Feb 4, 2000
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Sims is a life-building simulation with emphasis on intimate details of individual characters rather than expansion of an entire society or civilization.
Darkest Dungeon
Released: Jan 19, 2016
Critic rating: 83.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring.
Art of Rally
Released: Sep 23, 2020
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Race in the golden era of rally.
Lara Croft Go
Released: Aug 27, 2015
Critic rating: 85.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Lara Croft GO expands the turn-based puzzle gameplay and takes you on an adventure set in a long-forgotten world.
To the Moon
Released: Nov 1, 2011
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
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Hearts of Iron IV
Released: Jun 6, 2016
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Victory is at your fingertips!
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Released: Sep 18, 2014
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director’s Cut is a standalone release of Harebrained Schemes' critically-acclaimed Dragonfall campaign, which first premiered as a major expansion for Shadowrun Returns.
Project Zomboid
Released: Nov 8, 2013
Critic rating: 82.2 / 100 • 216 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival.
Borderlands 2
Released: Sep 18, 2012
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin.
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
Released: Nov 14, 2002
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Prince John Lackland has stolen the throne from King Richard Lionheart and put him to jail.
Soldier of Fortune
Released: Feb 29, 2000
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
John Mullins, working for a U.S.-based mercenary ("soldier of fortune") organization known only as "The Shop", and his partner, Aaron "Hawk" Parsons, are assigned to prevent the nukes from falling into the wrong hands, and stop the terrorists in their plans.
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Released: Nov 25, 2010
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
In Danganronpa, players dive into a series of class trials and expose the lies and contradictions of their classmates to find out who's behind each grisly murder.
Papers, Please
Released: Aug 8, 2013
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
The communist state of Arstotzka has just ended a 6-year war with neighboring Kolechia and reclaimed its rightful half of the border town, Grestin.