Best Linux Games
1,051 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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.
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.
Day of Defeat
Released: May 1, 2003
Critic rating: 70.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer
Enlist in an intense brand of Axis vs.
Deathmatch Classic
Released: Jul 1, 2001
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100 • 25 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.
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.
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, 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.
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’.
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.
The Last Tinker: City of Colors
Released: May 12, 2014
Critic rating: 71.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Last Tinker is a joyous action adventure and definitely no platformer, as there is no jump button.
Forager
Released: Apr 18, 2019
Critic rating: 70.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Forager is the popular crafting, exploration and base building game that can best be defined as “the idle game that you want to actively keep playing”.
Knights of Pen and Paper II
Released: Oct 20, 2015
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Prepare to inhabit a world of chivalry, class warfare and off-beat pop references.
Hexcells
Released: Sep 12, 2013
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100 • 38 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game in the vein of minesweeper.
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.
while True: learn()
Released: Jan 17, 2019
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You're a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it.
Wizard of Legend
Released: May 15, 2018
Critic rating: 74.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
"Wizard of Legend is a fast paced 2D dungeon crawler where you assume the role of a powerful wizard on his quest for fame and glory!
BioShock Infinite: Clash in the Clouds
Released: Jul 30, 2013
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
BioShock Infinite: Clash in the Clouds is the first downloadable content pack for BioShock Infinite.
Battle for Wesnoth
Released: Aug 2, 2005
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100 • 39 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Amiga
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme.
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.