Best Linux Games
1,051 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Team Fortress 2
Released: Oct 10, 2007
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress 2 delivers constant free updates—new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats.
Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!
Released: Nov 26, 1996
Critic rating: 81.4 / 100 • 59 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player
Love for Sail!
Thimbleweed Park
Released: Mar 30, 2017
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Thimbleweed Park is the curious story of two washed up detectives investigating a dead body found in the river just outside of town.
Streets of Rage 4
Released: Apr 30, 2020
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Streets of Rage 4 is a side-scrolling beat 'em up that continues the series following the original trilogy.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Released: Nov 27, 2012
Critic rating: 78.4 / 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, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Running on an upgraded and improved version of the Infinity Engine, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition includes the entire Baldur's Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion pack, and never-before-seen content including a new adventure and three new party members: the Calishite monk Rasaad yn Bashir, Neera the wild mage, and Dorn Il-Khan, the evil blackguard.
Super Hexagon
Released: Aug 31, 2012
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Saints Row: The Third
Released: Nov 15, 2011
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Saints Row: The Third is the first Saints Row game that takes place in the city of Steelport.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Released: Aug 21, 2012
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Multiplayer
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment.
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.
This War of Mine
Released: Nov 14, 2014
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers.
Cassette Beasts
Released: Apr 26, 2023
Critic rating: 100.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Grab your cassette player - it's time to transform!
American Truck Simulator
Released: Feb 2, 2016
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
American Truck Simulator puts you in the seat of a driver for hire entering the local freight market, making you work your way up to become an owner-operator, and go on to create one of the largest transportation companies in the United States.
Sally Face
Released: Dec 14, 2016
Critic rating: 81.2 / 100 • 59 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past.
Metro: Last Light
Released: May 14, 2013
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Based on the Russian novel Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro: Last Light is a post-apocalyptic horror first-person shooter that serves as a new chapter in the Metro saga and is the sequel to Metro 2033.
BattleTech
Released: Apr 24, 2018
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
BattleTech is a turn-based tactical 'Mech combat set in the classic 3025 era of the BattleTech Universe.
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 2
Released: Mar 25, 2014
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 2 is the second part of the story-driven downloadable content of BioShock Infinite.
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Released: May 23, 2019
Critic rating: 82.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Total War: Three Kingdoms is the first in the series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China.
Descent II
Released: Mar 13, 1996
Critic rating: 92.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You're going down...
West of Loathing
Released: Aug 10, 2017
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Say howdy to West of Loathing - a single-player slapstick, stick-figure comedy adventure role-playing game set in the wild west of the Kingdom of Loathing universe.
Frozen Synapse
Released: May 26, 2011
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Frozen Synapse is a thrilling PC, Mac, Linux and tablet (iOS/Android) strategy game.
2064: Read Only Memories
Released: Jul 13, 2014
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
In Neo-San Francisco, a vibrant city of low life and high tech, you will witness the world’s first sapient robot learning to grow and live as you become embroiled in the darkest scandal of 2064.
DEFCON
Released: Sep 29, 2006
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You play the role of a military commander hidden deep within an underground bunker.
Just Cause 2
Released: Mar 23, 2010
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
In a lawless open-world paradise, use whatever means necessary to achieve your objective.
Invisible, Inc.
Released: May 12, 2015
Critic rating: 85.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations.
Sacred
Released: Mar 19, 2004
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A shadow of evil has fallen on the kingdom of Ancaria.