Best Linux Games
1,070 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
A Good Snowman is Hard to Build
Released: Feb 25, 2015
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.
Trüberbrook
Released: Mar 12, 2019
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe!
The Final Station
Released: Aug 30, 2016
Critic rating: 72.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Travel by train through a dying world.
Hand of Fate 2
Released: Nov 7, 2017
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hand of Fate 2 is a dungeon crawler set in a world of dark fantasy.
Barotrauma
Released: Mar 13, 2023
Critic rating: 73.1 / 100 • 53 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Barotrauma is a 2D online multiplayer game taking place in a submarine travelling through the icy depths of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
911 Operator
Released: Feb 24, 2017
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
911 Operator is a game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services.
Reigns
Released: Aug 10, 2016
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Reigns is a strategy video game developed by Nerial and published by Devolver Digital.
Rise of the Triad: Dark War
Released: Dec 21, 1994
Critic rating: 73.0 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Rise of the Triad, a first-person shooter, is the successor of Wolfenstein 3D, with a somewhat improved 3D engine.
Lone Survivor
Released: Mar 27, 2012
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
From the creator of Soul Brother and Soundless Mountain II, comes an original and adult Psychological Horror.
Golf With Your Friends
Released: May 19, 2020
Critic rating: 72.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Why have friends if not to play golf...
Tropico 5
Released: May 23, 2014
Critic rating: 72.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico in the next installment of the critically acclaimed and hugely popular 'dictator sim' series.
Deathmatch Classic
Released: Jul 1, 2001
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100 • 26 votes
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer
Enjoy fast-paced multiplayer gaming with Deathmatch Classic.
The Inner World
Released: Jul 18, 2013
Critic rating: 73.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Inner World is a classic-style hand-drawn Adventure game.
Hero of the Kingdom II
Released: Feb 20, 2015
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
You and your sister had finally found a safe haven in a small fishing village.
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.
The Procession to Calvary
Released: Apr 9, 2020
Critic rating: 72.7 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Pilfer from pirates, conspire with cardinals and perform miracles with an incompetent magician.
Bleed
Released: Dec 12, 2012
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams and she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero!
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Released: Oct 1, 1988
Critic rating: 72.7 / 100 • 40 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: Commodore C64/128/MAX, Linux, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
Zak McKracken is a tabloid reporter (and not a very good one at that).
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Released: Apr 22, 2021
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Avoid paying taxes, solve plantastic puzzles, harvest crops and battle massive beasts all in a journey to tear down a corrupt vegetable government!
For the King
Released: Apr 19, 2018
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
For The King is a turn based roguelike, RPG that can be played solo or cooperatively online and features strategic adventuring, turn based combat, and persistent choices.
Shapez
Released: Jun 7, 2020
Critic rating: 72.7 / 100 • 29 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Shapez is a game about building factories to automate the creation and combination of increasingly complex shapes within an infinite map.
Beyond a Steel Sky
Released: Jun 25, 2020
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind ‘Watchmen’, comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, the long awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’.
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Released: Oct 23, 2018
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a digital voyeur simulator: a narrative-driven game where you invade the privacy of dozens of strangers and witness their most intimate moments, while you struggle to keep up to date with paying the rent and putting some food on the table.
ScourgeBringer
Released: Oct 20, 2020
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer.
Democracy 3
Released: Oct 14, 2013
Critic rating: 66.5 / 100
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Democracy is a government simulation game.