Best Linux Games
1,070 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Shining Force
Released: Mar 20, 1992
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100 • 55 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Shining Force is a turn-based tactical RPG.
Terra Nil
Released: Mar 28, 2023
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem.
Ruiner
Released: Sep 26, 2017
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ruiner is a top-down action shooter created in the spirit of cult cyberpunk anime and game classics.
Perfect Vermin
Released: Nov 6, 2020
Critic rating: 76.6 / 100 • 29 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Your task is simple, exterminate all vermin.
Mount & Blade: Warband
Released: Mar 31, 2010
Critic rating: 68.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray.
The Impossible Game
Released: Nov 23, 2009
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The super-addictive and very, very hard platform game finally arrives on Steam - it's quite possibly the world's hardest game!
Beyond Oasis
Released: Dec 1, 1994
Critic rating: 76.6 / 100 • 37 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Prince Ali has excavated a gold armlet which belonged to a powerful sorcerer.
Curious Expedition
Released: Sep 2, 2016
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century.
Counter-Strike
Released: Nov 9, 2000
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer
Counter-Strike is a team-based multiplayer tactical first-person shooter in which players join either the Terrorist or Counter-Terrorist side and compete in objective-based rounds.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
Released: Jan 20, 2004
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Using the 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules set, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II features four new acts of hack-and-slash combat and powerful spell casting.
Audiosurf 2
Released: May 26, 2015
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100 • 40 votes
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
By blending gameplay with music visualization, Audiosurf puts you inside your music in a way nothing else can.
Cat Quest
Released: Aug 8, 2017
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Cat Quest is a 2D open world RPG with the exploration of Skyrim, but set in the visual style of an overworld.
Electronic Super Joy
Released: Aug 23, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Music, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music.
Prey
Released: Jul 11, 2006
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Prey tells the story of Tommy, a Cherokee garage mechanic stuck on a reservation going nowhere.
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Released: Oct 24, 2014
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award-winning Civilization series.
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
Released: Nov 6, 2007
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Forged Alliance is a stand-alone expansion to the critically acclaimed RTS game Supreme Commander.
Katawa Shoujo
Released: Jan 4, 2012
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 107 votes
Genres: Simulator, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Katawa Shoujo is a bishoujo-style visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - System Rift
Released: Sep 22, 2016
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Discover the secrets hidden within the Palisade Blade in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided's first story DLC.
The King of Fighters 2000
Released: Jul 26, 2000
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Web browser, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The final King of Fighters game released by SNK in its original state, The King of Fighters 2000 expands on the story and gameplay presented in The King of Fighters '99.
Don't Starve Together
Released: Apr 21, 2016
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 270 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
Released: Jun 22, 2012
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
With a history of more than 25 years, The Dark Eye is one of Europe's best-known role-playing brands.
Gonner
Released: Oct 12, 2016
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Gonner is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world—a giant landbound whale named Sally—by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.
Northgard
Released: Mar 7, 2018
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Northgard is a strategy game based on Norse mythology in which you control a clan of Vikings vying for the control of a mysterious newfound continent.
Deponia
Released: Aug 7, 2012
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Deponia is a fast-paced comedy of errors and one of the most unusual love stories in gaming history.
That Dragon, Cancer
Released: Jan 11, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Ouya, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green's 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.