Best Linux Games
1,070 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Thomas Was Alone
Released: Jul 24, 2012
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity.
The Guild 2
Released: Sep 29, 2006
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400.
Layers of Fear: Inheritance
Released: Aug 2, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Layers of Fear: Inheritance expands the plot from Layers of Fear and tells the story of the painter’s daughter, who comes back to her childhood home to face her past.
McPixel
Released: Jul 9, 2012
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
McPixel is a save-the-day guy that you guide through 100 short challenges in an old-school point'n'click fashion.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Released: Oct 14, 2014
Critic rating: 75.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Shoot 'n' loot your way through a brand new adventure that rockets you onto Pandora's moon in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.
Ziggurat
Released: Oct 23, 2014
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest!
Mad Max
Released: Sep 1, 2015
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Racing, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
In Mad Max, the player takes on the role of titular character Mad Max; a dangerous melee fighter and can use his attacks to kill almost anyone.
Eldritch
Released: Oct 21, 2013
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Eldritch is a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H.
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Released: Oct 30, 2014
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Originally released in 2000, Icewind Dale is a Dungeons & Dragons game set in Wizards of The Coast's legendary Forgotten Realms.
Layers of Fear
Released: Feb 15, 2016
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Layers of Fear is a psychedelic horror that will keep you on-edge for the reminder of the game.
The Bard's Tale
Released: Oct 26, 2004
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Xbox, Ouya, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Completely unlike the classic Bard's Tale games, this game is in a 3D environment with the player watching his only controllable character from an overhead vantage point, and it is better described as an action-adventure game than a traditional role-playing video game (i.e.
Evoland
Released: Apr 4, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Evoland is a game and a story.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Released: Nov 19, 2001
Critic rating: 68.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Xbox, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a first-person shooter and a reboot of Wolfenstein 3D.
Kingpin: Life of Crime
Released: Jun 30, 1999
Critic rating: 73.5 / 100 • 39 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Kingpin: Life of Crime is a first-person shooter developed by Xatrix Entertainment (now a part of Treyarch) and published by Interplay Entertainment in June 1999.
Shadow Warrior
Released: Sep 26, 2013
Critic rating: 70.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the 3D Realms' cult classic shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.
Transport Fever 2
Released: Dec 11, 2019
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 3
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2.
Goodbye Deponia
Released: Oct 15, 2013
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
More chaos, more destruction, more Rufus.
Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition
Released: Feb 3, 2013
Critic rating: 71.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition is the definitive compilation of the landmark first-person shooter that includes enhanced versions of Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition and three unique expansion packs as well as the original version of the classic game.
The Mummy: Demastered
Released: Oct 24, 2017
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun!
Wakfu
Released: Feb 29, 2012
Critic rating: 73.4 / 100 • 41 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Immerse yourself in the WAKFU universe with this free to play MMORPG.
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
Released: May 2, 2018
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical flashpoint in history.
Osu!
Released: Sep 16, 2007
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100 • 227 votes
Genres: Music, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
osu!
Metro Exodus: The Two Colonels
Released: Aug 20, 2019
Critic rating: 66.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
First story-driven DLC for Metro Exodus.
Canabalt
Released: Sep 1, 2009
Critic rating: 73.2 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Web browser, PlayStation 3, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Ouya, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Use your Parkour skills to outrun the destruction of your city with just one button!
Last Epoch
Released: Feb 21, 2024
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future.