Best Linux Games
1,070 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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.
Cannon Fodder
Released: Jan 9, 1993
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100 • 64 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Strategy
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, Amiga CD32, BlackBerry OS, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Linux, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Atari Jaguar, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player
Cannon Fodder is an action-strategy shoot 'em up game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive.
PixelJunk Shooter
Released: Dec 10, 2009
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
In PixelJunk Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground.
Life Is Strange
Released: Jan 29, 2015
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Life Is Strange is a five part episodic game that sets out to revolutionize story based choice and consequence games by allowing the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Released: Feb 18, 2015
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Every world needs its heroes.
Risk of Rain
Released: Nov 8, 2013
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements.
Grim Fandango Remastered
Released: Jan 26, 2015
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Something's rotten in the land of the dead, and you're being played for a sucker.
Shatter
Released: Jul 23, 2009
Critic rating: 85.6 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with unique twists and a modern crafted production approach.
Rogue Legacy
Released: Jun 27, 2013
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You control a family of characters one at a time, and when your character dies, you choose who his or her successor is, whether it is a barbarian son of yours who has OCD, your daughter who became a ninja even though she can't see well, an assassin who is fighting for the gays, or a miner who wants to collect gold!
Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms
Released: Aug 28, 2007
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms is the official expansion to last year's award-winning Medieval II: Total War, presenting players with all-new territories to explore, troops to command, and enemies to conquer.
Trine 2
Released: Dec 7, 2011
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Three Heroes survive in countless dangers in a fairy-tale world, with physics-based jigsaw puzzles, beautiful scenery, and cooperative online mode.
Prehistorik 2
Released: Jan 1, 1993
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100 • 32 votes
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player
Prehistorik 2 takes up the story of its predecessor, for another caveman-era platform game.
Darkwood
Released: Aug 17, 2017
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Darkwood is a unforgiving survival horror with a procedurally generated, open world.
Pillars of Eternity
Released: Mar 26, 2015
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny.
Trine
Released: Jul 3, 2009
Critic rating: 85.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Trine is a physics-based action game where three characters allow clever solutions to challenges created by hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies.
SuperHot
Released: Feb 25, 2016
Critic rating: 84.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Superhot is an independent first-person shooter built around a single core mechanic: time only moves when the player moves.
Tormentum: Dark Sorrow
Released: Mar 4, 2015
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.
Islanders
Released: Apr 4, 2019
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Islanders is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Sunless Sea
Released: Feb 6, 2015
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Play as the captain of a steamship on an underwater ocean surrounding the fictional city of Fallen London.
Harvester
Released: Sep 5, 1996
Critic rating: 80.6 / 100 • 30 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player
The game's play is done through a point and click interface.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution
Released: Mar 1, 2011
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Command any of the six unique factions in the next standalone expansion of the critically acclaimed Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise.
Galak-Z: The Dimensional
Released: Aug 4, 2015
Critic rating: 81.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
"Galak-Z is a modern, A.I.