Best Linux Games
1,070 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Syberia
Released: Aug 9, 2002
Critic rating: 77.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
Metro Exodus: Sam's Story
Released: Jan 11, 2020
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Second story-driven dlc for Metro Exodus.
Life Is Strange 2
Released: Sep 26, 2018
Critic rating: 81.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Life Is Strange 2 is an episodic adventure game played from a third-person perspective.
A Normal Lost Phone
Released: Jan 26, 2017
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A Normal Lost Phone is a game about exploring the intimacy of an unknown person whose phone was found by the player.
Rakuen
Released: May 10, 2017
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes.
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 1
Released: Nov 12, 2013
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
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 - Episode 1 is the first part of the story-driven downloadable content of BioShock Infinite that puts the player in the perspective of Booker DeWitt in a new story, taking place in the city of Rapture right before its fall.
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.
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.
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.
Garry's Mod
Released: Dec 24, 2004
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100 • 481 votes
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Garry's Mod is a physics-based sandbox game built on Valve's Source engine.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
Babbdi
Released: Dec 22, 2022
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 32 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Find your way out of Babbdi.
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.
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".