Best Linear games on PC
Games built around a mostly fixed path or sequence of events, with progression focused on moving forward rather than freely exploring or choosing routes. They commonly use this structure for directed action or storytelling.
- Mostly fixed progression
- Limited route or sequence choices
- Directed action or storytelling
Related: Singleplayer, Story Rich, Action
322 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
BioShock Infinite
Story-driven first-person shooter in a city above the clouds
93% positive
146K reviews
To the Moon
Pixel-art adventure through memories to fulfill a final wish
96% positive
87K reviews
Max Payne 3
Cinematic third-person shooter with bullet time and noir storytelling
87% positive
64K reviews
Hitman: Absolution™
Third-person stealth action built around disguises and improvised assassinations
93% positive
64K reviews
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
Military first-person shooter with campaign, co-op missions, and multiplayer
93% positive
61K reviews
Ryse: Son of Rome
Linear third-person Roman action built around bloody executions
87% positive
45K reviews
SANABI
Pixel-art cyberpunk platformer built around chain-hook movement and combat
97% positive
45K reviews
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Western FPS where an unreliable narrator reshapes each gunfight
95% positive
44K reviews
The Callisto Protocol™
Third-person survival horror in a moon prison overrun by monsters
65% positive
44K reviews
Call of Duty®: Black Ops
Cold War first-person shooter with covert missions, multiplayer, and zombies
91% positive
43K reviews
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
Military first-person shooter with campaign, co-op missions, and survival
89% positive
40K reviews
The First Berserker: Khazan
Third-person action RPG with punishing combat and skill-driven boss fights
85% positive
33K reviews
Call of Duty®: Ghosts
Linear military FPS about reclaiming a fallen America
66% positive
32K reviews
NEKOPARA Vol. 1
Voiced anime visual novel about two catgirls at a pastry shop
95% positive
27K reviews
Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)
Modern military first-person shooter with a global campaign and multiplayer
94% positive
27K reviews
Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition
Near-future first-person shooter with exoskeleton-powered movement and combat
65% positive
26K reviews
We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip
Short first-person co-op puzzle adventure requiring clear communication
90% positive
24K reviews
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster
Two connected fantasy JRPGs following quests across the world of Spira
88% positive
24K reviews
Assassin’s Creed® Rogue
Open-world historical action from an Assassin hunter's perspective
87% positive
22K reviews
Machinarium
Point-and-click adventure solving puzzles to rescue a kidnapped robot
95% positive
21K reviews
Finding Paradise
Top-down story adventure about fulfilling a dying patient's contradictory wish
98% positive
20K reviews
FINAL FANTASY® XIII
Linear science-fantasy JRPG with fast, strategic party combat
75% positive
20K reviews
Until Then
Pixel-art visual novel blending romance, mystery, and psychological drama
97% positive
19K reviews
A Little to the Left
Casual organizing puzzles with household objects and a meddling cat
92% positive
19K reviews