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
2,240 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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BioShock Infinite
Story-driven first-person shooter in a city above the clouds
93% positive
118K reviews
To the Moon
Pixel-art adventure through memories to fulfill a final wish
96% positive
74K reviews
Max Payne 3
Cinematic third-person shooter with bullet time and noir storytelling
87% positive
59K reviews
Hitman: Absolution™
Third-person stealth action built around disguises and improvised assassinations
93% positive
55K reviews
SANABI
Pixel-art cyberpunk platformer built around chain-hook movement and combat
97% positive
45K reviews
Ryse: Son of Rome
Linear third-person Roman action built around bloody executions
87% positive
41K reviews
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
Military first-person shooter with campaign, co-op missions, and multiplayer
93% positive
40K reviews
ENA: Dream BBQ
First-person adventure through surreal worlds, with odd jobs and hidden secrets
98% positive
Free
The Callisto Protocol™
Third-person survival horror in a moon prison overrun by monsters
64% positive
37K reviews
Demo NEKOPARA Vol. 1
Voiced anime visual novel about two catgirls at a pastry shop
95% positive
27K reviews
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
A short 2D platformer starring a plush toy brought to life
99% positive
Free
死寂（Deathly Stillness）
A free zombie shooter built as a teaching project
95% positive
Free
Call of Duty®: Black Ops
Cold War first-person shooter with covert missions, multiplayer, and zombies
91% positive
24K reviews
Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)
Modern military first-person shooter with a global campaign and multiplayer
93% positive
24K reviews
Assassin’s Creed® Rogue
Open-world historical action from an Assassin hunter's perspective
86% positive
23K reviews
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Western FPS where an unreliable narrator reshapes each gunfight
95% positive
22K reviews
The First Berserker: Khazan
Third-person action RPG with punishing combat and skill-driven boss fights
85% positive
22K reviews
Mafia: The Old Country
Third-person crime adventure about joining the Mafia in 1900s Sicily
71% positive
22K reviews
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster
Two connected fantasy JRPGs following quests across the world of Spira
87% positive
21K reviews
Demo Machinarium
Point-and-click adventure solving puzzles to rescue a kidnapped robot
95% positive
19K reviews
Finding Paradise
Top-down story adventure about fulfilling a dying patient's contradictory wish
98% positive
19K reviews
Arrow a Row
An auto-runner with automatic shooting, pets, and flying swords
96% positive
Free
A Little to the Left
Casual organizing puzzles with household objects and a meddling cat
91% positive
18K reviews
POSTAL
Isometric shooter about fighting through a town full of gunmen
91% positive
Free