Best Linux Games
1,070 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Superliminal
Released: Nov 12, 2019
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, 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, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Falling asleep at 3AM, you close your eyes to the cheesy commercial of Dr.
Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds
Released: Oct 28, 1994
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Digiblast
Game modes: Single player
Help underwater detective Freddi Fish and her finny friend Luther solve the case.
VVVVVV
Released: Jan 11, 2010
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
There's something terribly wrong in an alternate dimension!
If on a Winter's Night, Four Travelers
Released: Mar 10, 2021
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A narrative-driven point-and-click adventure that explores the stories of four different characters in a masked ball taking place on a train in the late 1920s.
Skullgirls: 2nd Encore
Released: Jul 7, 2015
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Skullgirls 2nd Encore is a beautifully hand-animated, fast-paced 2D fighting game that puts players in control of fierce warriors in an extraordinary Dark Deco world.
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Released: Sep 30, 1998
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Amiga
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Control ultra-powerful mecha that run, jump, duck, strafe, swim, and stomp on enemy personnel.
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Released: Aug 15, 2017
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
England, 12th century: Philip the monk becomes Prior of the small abbey of Kingsbridge.
Mindustry
Released: Oct 17, 2017
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Mindustry is a hybrid tower-defense sandbox factory game.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Released: Feb 19, 2009
Critic rating: 81.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
With a focus on fast-action RTS gameplay, Dawn of War II brings to life the science fiction universe of Warhammer 40,000 like never before.
The Jackbox Party Pack 3
Released: Oct 18, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The threequel to the party game phenomenon features the deadly quiz show Trivia Murder Party, the say-anything sequel Quiplash 2, the surprising survey game Guesspionage, the t-shirt slugfest Tee K.O., and the sneaky trickster game Fakin' It.
Kentucky Route Zero
Released: Jan 7, 2013
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.
RimWorld
Released: Oct 17, 2018
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller.
Metro 2033 Redux
Released: Aug 26, 2014
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 375 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Metro 2033 Redux is the definitive version of the cult classic Metro 2033, rebuilt in the latest and greatest iteration of the 4A Engine for Next Gen.
Luftrausers
Released: Mar 18, 2014
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Rating: PEGI 7
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
The skies will be set aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer's stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS!
Dofus
Released: Sep 1, 2004
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Dofus is a tactical turn-oriented massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Ankama Games.
The End Is Nigh
Released: Jul 12, 2017
Critic rating: 74.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where the player takes control of Ash, one of few 'things' that have 'survived' the "end of the world." Follow Ash as he flops his way through a future of pain and suffering. Feel his stress levels rise as you throw him into an endless swarm of decaying, mutant creatures and help aid his final epic quest... to simply make a friend.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising
Released: Mar 11, 2010
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising you will take command of the Blood Ravens and defend the sector against the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion.
Hitman
Released: Mar 11, 2016
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Hitman is a stealth game and the sixth mainline entry in the Hitman franchise, serving as the first installment of the World of Assassination trilogy.
Edge
Released: Dec 1, 2008
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
In Edge players take direct control of the cube and roll their way around the game's dozens of levels.
Spec Ops: The Line
Released: Jun 26, 2012
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A third-person shooter in which three American soldiers led by Capt.
Sundered
Released: Jul 28, 2017
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Sundered is a horrifying fight for survival and sanity, a hand-drawn epic from the creators of Jotun.
Gorky 17
Released: Nov 30, 1999
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
November 2008.
Enter the Gungeon
Released: Apr 5, 2016
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, 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
Enter the Gungeon is a top-down bullet hell roguelike where players take control of one of several characters known as Gungeoneers and fight their way through the procedurally generated floors of the Gungeon.
Necesse
Released: Oct 16, 2025
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 22 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world.
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Released: Feb 27, 2017
Critic rating: 82.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Torment: Tides of Numenera is a game set in the world of Monte Cook's new tabletop RPG setting, Numenera.