Best Linux Games
1,051 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
The Operator
Released: Jul 22, 2024
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
As an Operator, you will assist FDI's field agents by analyzing evidence on your computer and making deductions.
Blasphemous
Released: Sep 10, 2019
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Blasphemous is a punishing action-platformer that combines the fast-paced, skilled combat of a hack-n-slash game with a deep and evocative narrative core.
Enclave
Released: Mar 10, 2002
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Enclave is a level-based action RPG game with a mix of shooting and puzzles, pitting the player as one of twelve different characters on either side in this medieval era.
Starbound
Released: Jul 22, 2016
Critic rating: 87.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship.
The Long Dark
Released: Aug 1, 2017
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to The Long Dark, the innovative exploration-survival experience Wired magazine calls "the pinnacle of an entire genre".
Planescape: Torment
Released: Dec 12, 1999
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
A CRPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons setting of Planescape in which The Nameless One, an immortal amnesiac, sets off on a quest across the infinite Planes and gathers a party of conflicted companions to find out who he is and reclaim his mortality.
Saints Row IV
Released: Aug 20, 2013
Critic rating: 84.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Saints Row IV is an open-world action-adventure game with third-person shooter combat and a heavy science fiction and comedy bent.
Firewatch
Released: Feb 9, 2016
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout.
Babbdi
Released: Dec 22, 2022
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Find your way out of Babbdi.
Infinifactory
Released: Jun 30, 2015
Critic rating: 75.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer.
Cookie Clicker
Released: Aug 10, 2013
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Cookie Clicker is a Javascript-based browser video game written by French programmer Julien Thiennot, better known as "Orteil".
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut
Released: Mar 19, 2009
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director's Cut is an enhanced remake and director's cut of the classic 1996 point-and-click adventure game Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars.
VectorMan 2
Released: Nov 15, 1996
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A routine sludge barge excursion is cut short when a mysterious missile critically damages VectorMan’s ship.
Metal Slug X
Released: Mar 10, 1999
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Web browser, Neo Geo MVS, Linux, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Metal Slug X is upgraded version of Metal Slug 2 (Metal Slug 2: Super Vehicle-001/I), which was released in March 1999 for the Neo Geo MVS.
Outlast: Whistleblower
Released: May 6, 2014
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Whistleblower starts the story that led to Outlast, and stretches past the events of the first game to show the true final chapter in the story of Mount Massive Asylum.
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
Released: Oct 9, 2018
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 56 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja.
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Released: Apr 8, 2011
Critic rating: 84.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Anomaly Warzone Earth is an extraordinary mixture of action and strategy in a reversed tower defense formula.
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Released: Oct 15, 1994
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check.
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Released: Aug 15, 2012
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity.
Buckshot Roulette
Released: Dec 28, 2023
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Buckshot Roulette is an indie tabletop horror game that reimagines Russian roulette using a pump-action shotgun instead of a revolver.
Wonder Boy in Monster World
Released: Oct 25, 1991
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Monsters have taken over the land, and every day the citizens fear for their lives, hoping that a hero will step forth and bring peace to the embattled country.
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Released: Oct 5, 2012
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 42 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cook, Serve, Delicious is a hardcore restaurant sim, one of the few in its genre that gives the players total control over where they want to take their restaurant.
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea
Released: Nov 12, 2013
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 47 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
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 is a two-part single-player expansion to BioShock Infinite.
Project CARS
Released: May 7, 2015
Critic rating: 82.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Oculus Rift, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Project CARS is the most authentic, beautiful, intense, and technically-advanced racing game on the planet.
Race the Sun
Released: Aug 19, 2013
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Race The Sun is a high-speed game that uses simple controls and is set in a procedurally generated world.