Best Linux Games
1,051 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Tales of Maj'Eyal
Released: Dec 31, 2012
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Tales of Maj'Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building.
Silver
Released: Mar 18, 1999
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100 • 34 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
An RPG set in a medieval land where all the women have been kidnapped and it is up to you to get them back.
Osmos
Released: Aug 18, 2009
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack.
Singularity
Released: Jun 25, 2010
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In this FPS, you travel across a remote island off the coast of Russia ripping through space and time, and are given your own Time Manipulation Device of which you use to vaporize enemies.
Dome Keeper
Released: Sep 27, 2022
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Tactical, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Web browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action mining game.
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Released: Feb 22, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program.
Worms Reloaded
Released: Aug 26, 2010
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Ten years on from Worms Armageddon and the turn-based comic mayhem continues in Worms Reloaded, an all-new edition available for PC through Steam.
Costume Quest
Released: Oct 19, 2010
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Costume Quest is a rollicking Adventure/Role-Playing game that unfolds on Halloween night across seemingly peaceful suburban neighborhoods, a mysterious village carnival, and a monster-infested shopping mall.
The Fall
Released: May 30, 2014
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Fall is a side-scrolling adventure game with platforming and combat elements.
Anomaly Agent
Released: Jan 24, 2024
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Anomaly Agent is a cyberpunk action-platformer featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack!
Battle Chef Brigade
Released: Nov 20, 2017
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Battle Chef Brigade features fantasy chefs, including Orcs, Elves, and Humans, who need to hunt dangerous monsters for ingredients.
The Beginner's Guide
Released: Oct 1, 2015
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A metafictional account of Davey Wreden, creator of the Stanley Parable (2013), who takes the player through the games of his old friend, Coda, while giving his commentary and interpretations of them, in order to understand why he makes the bizarre, often melancholic games that he makes, and decipher Coda's personality and inner struggles.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Released: Oct 27, 2016
Critic rating: 85.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Using the new governmental security program that has the power to survey the online presence of every person in The Nation, you investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks.
That's Not My Neighbor
Released: Mar 11, 2024
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
'That's not my Neighbor' is a 2D Indie horror game based on the job simulator genre with an unique twist created by Ignacio Alvarado Monge AKA NachoSama.
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne
Released: Jun 12, 2002
Critic rating: 77.6 / 100 • 29 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Age of Wonders II is the wildly anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy phenomenon.
Blackwell Unbound
Released: Sep 4, 2007
Critic rating: 77.6 / 100 • 54 votes
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
The year is 1973.
Friday Night Funkin'
Release date: Unknown
Critic rating: 77.6 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Music
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Want to spend some time with your Girlfriend?
Backpack Hero
Released: Nov 14, 2023
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Backpack Hero is the inventory management roguelike!
Oxenfree
Released: Jan 14, 2016
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Oxenfree is a single-player graphic adventure game played from a 2.5D perspective, with the player controlling a teenager named Alex.
Game Dev Tycoon
Released: Dec 10, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s.
The Jackbox Party Pack 5
Released: Oct 17, 2018
Critic rating: 78.7 / 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
It's the biggest Party Pack yet, including the return of the classic pop culture trivia mash-up You Don't Know Jack: Full Stream; the game of hilarious hypotheticals Split the Room; the lyric-writing, robot rap battle Mad Verse City; the inventive drawing game Patently Stupid; and the outer space fling-fest Zeeple Dome.
Universe Sandbox
Released: May 1, 2008
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Create and destroy on an unimaginable scale...
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Released: Apr 1, 1994
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player
It's the BEST IBM shooter yet!
The Night of the Rabbit
Released: Mar 29, 2013
Critic rating: 67.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Experience a magical adventure.
Heroes of Hammerwatch
Released: Mar 1, 2018
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure.