Best Linux Games
1,051 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Gods Will Be Watching
Released: Apr 30, 2013
Critic rating: 64.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face narrative puzzles and moral dilemmas that will affect both the lives of your team and the people you’re are sworn to protect.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Released: Nov 10, 1999
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Opposing Force returns to the same setting as Half-Life, but instead portrays the events from the perspective of a U.S.
Alien Soldier
Released: Feb 24, 1995
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100 • 46 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The planet Sierra is being attacked by Scarlet, a terrorist group lead by a vicious creature named Xi-Tiger who is plotting to destroy the human race.
Observer
Released: Aug 15, 2017
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Observer is a first person perspective horror game that focuses on a dark, atmospheric environment and deep story telling.
OlliOlli
Released: Jan 22, 2014
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Racing, Sport, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
OlliOlli mixes addictive one-life gameplay with over 120 tricks and grinds across 50 deviously crafted levels, 250 Challenges, Spots Mode and Daily Grind.
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Released: Jun 4, 1987
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100 • 55 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: Apple IIGS, Linux, TRS-80 Color Computer, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple II, TRS-80
Game modes: Single player
A middle-aged male virgin named Larry Laffer desperately tries to "get lucky" in the fictional American city of Lost Wages.
Streets of Rogue
Released: Jul 11, 2019
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Streets of Rogue is a top-down rogue-lite with an emphasis on player agency and freedom.
Surgeon Simulator 2013
Released: Apr 19, 2013
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Surgeon Simulator 2013 is a darkly humorous over-the-top operation sim game where players become Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon taking life into his own shaky hands (one keyboard button for each finger), performing life-saving surgical maneuvers on a passive patient.
Arma 3
Released: Sep 12, 2013
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Arma 3 is a truly massive military simulation sandbox game.
Hexcells Infinite
Released: Sep 1, 2014
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Hexcells Infinite is the third game in the series of ambient logic puzzle games.
Crossing Souls
Released: Feb 13, 2018
Critic rating: 71.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
It’s 1986 in California and a group of friends will live the summer of their lives after a mysterious discovery in woods outside their quiet town.
Comix Zone
Released: Aug 2, 1995
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100 • 142 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
Comix Zone is an action platformer in which players control Sketch Turner as he progresses through panels of his comic book, hoping to reach the end and escape before his own creations finish him off.
Papo & Yo
Released: Aug 14, 2012
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A semi-autobiographical 3D puzzle platformer in which a boy named Quico is transported from his abusive home into a dreamlike favela where he has to lead an easygoing creature named Monster through the world with the help of his sister and Lula, his robotic doll, while protecting himself and his companions from Monster's frenzy fits brought on by an addiction to poison frogs.
Serena
Released: Jan 30, 2014
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Serena is a freeware horror adventure game developed by several video game development companies, including Senscape, CBE Software, Infamous Quests, Digital Media Workshop and Guys from Andromeda.
Kona
Released: Mar 17, 2017
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A story-driven survival game set in 1970's Quebec in which Carl Flaubert, a private detective sent to the fictional Atamipek Lake to investigate a deceptively simple case, must solve the mystery surrounding the region while surviving the harsh Northern Canadian winter.
Quake 4
Released: Oct 18, 2005
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Quake 4 is a action shooter game which serves as the another chapter in the Quake series.
Turok
Released: Dec 17, 2015
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds.
Gemini Rue
Released: Feb 24, 2011
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Gemini Rue is a neo-noir classic adventure game from the creator of acclaimed Blackwell Series, Wadjet Eye Games.
Tails Noir
Released: Jun 8, 2021
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unfold the mysteries of a dystopic animal society inhabiting retrofuturistic Vancouver in a noir stealth adventure coming in 2019.
Death Squared
Released: Mar 13, 2017
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions.
Kingdom Rush
Released: Dec 19, 2011
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!
Grow Home
Released: Feb 4, 2015
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
In Grow Home you play as BUD (Botanical Utility Droid), a robot on a mission to save his home planet by harvesting the seeds of a giant alien plant.
Tacoma
Released: Aug 2, 2017
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088.
Screencheat
Released: Oct 21, 2014
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Screencheat is a chaotic split-screen multiplayer shooter that forces players to rethink the way they approach conventional multiplayer games.
Payday 2
Released: Aug 13, 2013
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Payday 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original crew: Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains as they descend on Washington D.C.