Best Linux Games
1,070 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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.
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.
FlatOut 2
Released: Jun 30, 2006
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Racing, Sport, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars.
What the Golf?
Released: Sep 19, 2019
Critic rating: 87.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Sport, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, visionOS, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The golf game for people who hate golf.
Besiege
Released: Feb 18, 2020
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, 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, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Besiege is a physics building game about constructing mechanical machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles.
Streets of Rage 2
Released: Dec 1, 1992
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
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Total War: Warhammer III
Released: Feb 17, 2022
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: Warhammer trilogy is coming.
Torchlight II
Released: Sep 20, 2012
Critic rating: 85.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Torchlight II features randomly generated dungeons and numerous types of monsters to fight for loot.
Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered
Released: Dec 2, 2009
Critic rating: 81.9 / 100 • 58 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered is a remastered edition of the original game.
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.
Soma
Released: Sep 21, 2015
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
SOMA is a sci-fi horror game from Frictional Games, the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
Portal: Revolution
Released: Jan 6, 2024
Critic rating: 81.8 / 100 • 45 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Portal: Revolution is a fan-made mod for Portal 2, which plays before the events of Portal 2 in the dead and decaying Aperture facility.
Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition
Released: Apr 11, 2017
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Discover an incredibly rich story and a unique setting unlike anything else in fantasy.
Tabletop Simulator
Released: Jun 5, 2015
Critic rating: 81.8 / 100 • 113 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table!
Eye of the Beholder
Released: Dec 31, 1991
Critic rating: 81.7 / 100 • 42 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PC-9800 Series, Atari Lynx, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS, Amiga, Sega CD
Game modes: Single player
Eye of the Beholder is an all 3-D, Legend Series computer role-playing adventure based on the popular Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition rules and on an original story created for this game .
Antichamber
Released: Jan 31, 2013
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Antichamber is a single-player first-person puzzle-platform video game.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Released: Jun 16, 2022
Critic rating: 85.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is a side-scrolling beat 'em up developed by Tribute Games and published by DotEmu.
Guacamelee!
Released: Apr 9, 2013
Critic rating: 84.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
"Guacamelee!
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Released: Sep 30, 2014
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a open world third-person action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros.
Railway Empire
Released: Jan 26, 2018
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.
Terraria
Released: May 16, 2011
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements.
Hollow Knight: Hidden Dreams
Released: Aug 3, 2017
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 26 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hidden Dreams is the first of four free content packs for Hollow Knight.
Two Point Hospital
Released: Aug 29, 2018
Critic rating: 86.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Chaos on Deponia
Released: Nov 6, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
With this long-expected sequel to the critically highly acclaimed and lavishly praised Deponia, the player enters round two.
Minecraft
Released: Dec 19, 2016
Critic rating: 81.5 / 100 • 573 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, Gear VR, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically-generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks.