Best Linux Games
1,051 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Bridge Constructor Portal
Released: Dec 20, 2017
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal and Bridge Constructor games.
Total War: Attila
Released: Feb 17, 2015
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The next installment in the turn-based strategy game with real-time tactics, Total War: Attila casts players back to 395 AD.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall
Released: Feb 7, 2018
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
"The Civilization VI: Rise and Fall expansion brings new choices, strategies, and challenges for players as they guide a civilization through the ages.
Cyber Shadow
Released: Jan 26, 2021
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dash, slice, and leap through masterfully designed levels filled with sharply honed ninja platforming action.
Volgarr the Viking
Released: Sep 13, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
Remember when games were tough?
Carrion
Released: Jul 23, 2020
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Carrion is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous alien being.
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Released: Nov 30, 2004
Critic rating: 75.2 / 100 • 73 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer
Fast multiplayer action set in the Half-Life 2 universe!
Penumbra: Overture
Released: Mar 30, 2007
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Penumbra:Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Tropico 6
Released: Mar 29, 2019
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
El Presidente is back!
Minit
Released: Apr 3, 2018
Critic rating: 77.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.
Nihilumbra
Released: Jun 27, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Nihilumbra is played as a standard platform game, by controlling Born as he walks and jumps across the game's levels.
Poly Bridge
Released: Jul 12, 2016
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles.
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
Released: May 21, 2014
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler.
The Revenge of Shinobi
Released: Dec 2, 1989
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100 • 64 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The Revenge of Shinobi, known as The Super Shinobi in Japan, is the continuation of Shadow Dancer - the arcade sequel to Shinobi.
Serious Sam II
Released: Oct 11, 2005
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: Xbox, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The iconic Serious Sam brings his trademark relentless intensity to this bigger, bolder, more colorful sequel to the classic Serious Sam: First and Second Encounters!
And Yet It Moves
Released: Apr 2, 2009
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platformer, set in a unique world, made of ripped paper.
Stacking
Released: Feb 8, 2011
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the 'Baron.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Released: Oct 16, 2012
Critic rating: 63.3 / 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
In Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes, players return to the world of adventure game hit Edna & Harvey: The Breakout.
Ibb & Obb
Released: Aug 6, 2013
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The green creature, ibb, and the pink creature, obb, travel through a world divided by a thin horizon line; on either side of the barrier, everything is inverted and gravity works in opposite directions.
Sanctum 2
Released: May 15, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In Sanctum 2, you will have to utilize elements of multiple gameplay genres to succeed.
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2
Released: Aug 4, 2000
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.
Quiplash
Released: Jun 30, 2015
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Quiplash is a gut-busting, say-anything, no-rules party game!
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Released: Mar 10, 2015
Critic rating: 71.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.
Primordia
Released: Dec 5, 2012
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Life has ceased.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Released: May 23, 2024
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Solving crime is no walk in the pond.