Best Linux Games
1,051 Linux games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Released: Jul 26, 2012
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The follow up to Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Released: Nov 10, 2015
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a third-person action-adventure game in which players control Lara Croft as she searches for the legendary city of Kitezh and a promise of immortality.
Half-Life
Released: Nov 19, 1998
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows.
Counter-Strike: Source
Released: Oct 7, 2004
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer
Counter-Strike: Source is a team-based tactical first-person shooter and a remake of the original Counter-Strike built on Valve's Source engine.
Football Manager 2016
Released: Nov 13, 2015
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Football Manager is the most realistic, in-depth and immersive football management simulation available – it’s the closest thing to doing the job for real.
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
Released: Jan 3, 2017
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is a dungeon-crawling shoot-'em-up that's literally a different game each and every time you play it!
Distance
Released: Sep 18, 2018
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Distance is a survival racing game that combines the intense action of arcade racing with the exploration of an atmospheric world.
Psychonauts
Released: Apr 19, 2005
Critic rating: 84.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Psychonauts is a platform-adventure game developed by Double Fine Productions and released in 2005.
Empire: Total War
Released: Mar 3, 2009
Critic rating: 89.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Empire: Total War introduces a host of revolutionary new features, including true 3D naval combat.
The Swapper
Released: May 30, 2013
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Swapper is a short puzzle platformer where you must complete every puzzle and collect 124 orbs, in groups of 3 and 9 later on, to complete the game.
Super Time Force Ultra
Released: Aug 25, 2014
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100 • 29 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Super Time Force Ultra is an action-packed platformer with a time-travelling twist!
Transistor
Released: May 20, 2014
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Transistor is an action role-playing game presented from an isometric perspective.
Figment
Released: Sep 22, 2017
Critic rating: 88.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A musical action-adventure set in the recesses of the human mind...
Inscryption
Released: Oct 19, 2021
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie.
XCOM 2
Released: Feb 4, 2016
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Released: May 8, 2018
Critic rating: 85.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Obsidian Entertainment proudly presents the sequel to our crowdfunded and critically-acclaimed role-playing game, Pillars of Eternity.
Super Meat Boy
Released: Oct 20, 2010
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Super Meat Boy is a platform game in which players control Meat Boy, a small, dark red, cube-shaped character who must rescue his girlfriend Bandage Girl from the scientist Dr.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
Released: Feb 13, 2019
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In Gathering Storm, the second expansion to Civilization VI, the world around you is more alive than ever before.
Impostor Factory
Released: Sep 30, 2021
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100 • 37 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon.
Sunless Skies
Released: Jan 31, 2019
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
SAIL THE STARS.
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Released: Nov 15, 2013
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100 • 67 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Kidnapped.
Pyre
Released: Jul 25, 2017
Critic rating: 86.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A party-based RPG/visual novel/sports game hybrid wherein the player, dubbed the Reader for their literacy by the group of scavengers who discovers them, is sent in exile to a lawless wasteland called the Downside and has to lead their ever-growing party of misfits to locations wherein many similar parties compete in Rites in order to attain freedom and be absolved of their crimes.
Mini Royale
Released: Mar 27, 2025
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100 • 48 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Battle Royale
In Mini Royale, up to 50 toy soldiers fight for victory.
Huntdown
Released: May 12, 2020
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Challenge yourself in this hard-boiled arcade shooter.
Linelight
Released: Jan 30, 2017
Critic rating: 90.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.