Best Linux Games
1,051 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Deponia Doomsday
Released: Mar 1, 2016
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 60 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
One fateful night, Rufus awakes from a haunting nightmare: he sacrificed himself to save Deponia.
Technobabylon
Released: May 21, 2015
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell!
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Released: Sep 14, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Torchlight
Released: Oct 27, 2009
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
In this ARPG you control a hero who explores a series of randomized dungeons, fightinghordes of enemies and collecting equipment, gold, and loot while doing so.
Jazzpunk
Released: Feb 7, 2014
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Jazzpunk is a single-player, first-person adventure game, focusing on exploration and comedy over puzzle-solving.
Move or Die
Released: Jan 21, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
20 seconds, constantly changing mechanics and a lot of yelling.
Full Throttle Remastered
Released: Apr 18, 2017
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.
Garry's Mod
Released: Dec 24, 2004
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 473 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.
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Released: Oct 9, 2007
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Half-Life 2: Episode Two is a first-person shooter set in the aftermath of the Citadel's destruction.
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Released: Mar 4, 2016
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Racing, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Ever wish you were a wall-jumping, arrow-dodging, trap-setting horse, besting your animal pals in a race through a peril-laden obstacle course that you all built together?
Drawful 2
Released: Jun 21, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
The team behind the hit party games Fibbage, Quiplash, and YOU DON’T KNOW JACK presents Drawful 2, the game of terrible drawings and hilariously wrong answers!
Emily Is Away Too
Released: May 26, 2017
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Emily is Away Too is the spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed original.
Victoria II
Released: Aug 13, 2010
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century.
Plague Inc: Evolved
Released: Sep 18, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation.
Sky Force Anniversary
Released: Jun 5, 2014
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Legendary shoot-'em-up makes its way on the PCs!
Dreamfall Chapters
Released: Oct 21, 2014
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Dreamfall Chapters is an episodic, story-driven adventure game about choices and consequences, dreams and reality, magic and science, chaos and order, and the broken heroes whose actions will shape the course of history in all worlds.
Loom
Released: Jan 1, 1990
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100 • 94 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
Game modes: Single player
Long after the passing of the Second Shadow, when dragons ruled the twilight sky and the stars were bright and numerous, came the Age of the Great Guilds.
Tibia
Released: Jan 9, 1997
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100 • 82 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
One of the earliest and most successful massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) in history, Tibia is a two-dimensional tile-based game set in a fantasy world with pixel art graphics and a top-down perspective.
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
Released: Sep 13, 2017
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
The Jackbox Party Pack 7
Released: Oct 15, 2020
Critic rating: 77.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Google Stadia, 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
Five new games: the hit threequel Quiplash 3, the collaborative chaos of The Devils and the Details, the fierce drawing game Champ'd Up, the speech game Talking Points and the guessing game Blather 'Round.
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Released: Jul 25, 2016
Critic rating: 84.2 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Quadrilateral Cowboy is a single-player adventure in a cyberpunk world.
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood
Released: Mar 3, 2015
Critic rating: 86.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Sport, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Drop in to Olliwood and prepare for finger-flippin’ mayhem in this follow up to cult skateboarding smashOlliOlli.
Milk Outside a Bag of Milk Outside a Bag of Milk
Released: Dec 16, 2021
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100 • 47 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk.
The Red Strings Club
Released: Jan 22, 2018
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy."
Amnesia: Rebirth
Released: Oct 20, 2020
Critic rating: 81.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Amnesia: Rebirth is a new descent into darkness from the creators of the iconic Amnesia series.