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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Hidden Capybaras with Orange and Pumpkins: Spooky Halloween Edition
A Halloween hidden-object game about finding capybaras in costumes
99% positive
Free
Lab Rags
First-person puzzle platformer where failure leaves bodies you can reuse
92% positive
Free
Evil God Korone
Side-scrolling horror where the same daily walk becomes increasingly disturbing
94% positive
492 reviews
WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.01
Linear visual novel about stock trading in a lunar colony
87% positive
490 reviews
Demo 茜色
A visual novel following two girls through a years-long romance
99% positive
490 reviews
Trust Me, I Nailed It
Turn-based strategy puzzles where you script battles on an editing timeline
95% positive
Free
Kvark
Retro first-person shooting inside a heavily guarded Cold War research complex
85% positive
488 reviews
Find You
A puzzle-platformer where one set of controls moves every character
92% positive
Free
Demo Lumione
An ocean-themed precision platformer built around a rechargeable glide
77% positive
484 reviews
Dark PGT
A darkly comic Souls-like set in a future Soviet village
84% positive
484 reviews
Amelie
Psychological horror visual novel about romance in an isolated manor
92% positive
481 reviews
My Name is Mayo 2
A mayonnaise jar clicker with stories and collectible cards
96% positive
479 reviews
Rise & Shine
Side-scrolling shooter where your bullets also solve environmental puzzles
73% positive
477 reviews
Bleeding Roots
Short horror walking simulator about gardening through the changing seasons
93% positive
Free
Demo Fright Train
Third-person survival horror on a train you must keep running
85% positive
474 reviews
One Way: The Elevator
Point-and-click puzzles to power an elevator through changing worlds
94% positive
472 reviews
Just Hit The Button
A minimalist arcade puzzler that tests how you use a mouse
97% positive
Free
Numbra
Third-person puzzle adventure about escaping creatures and staying awake
85% positive
Free
Void Whispers
Sci-fi horror about running a radio station under alien threat
92% positive
Free
Project: Name
First-person precision platformer with wall-running and very few save opportunities
47% positive
Free
Demo PegIdle
Idle game about clearing peg boards and buying upgrades
72% positive
465 reviews
Vtuber Simulator : Vtuber模擬器
Life simulation about building a career as a virtual streamer
86% positive
463 reviews
网瘾少年2005 Internet addicted youth 2005
Story-driven RPG set during a crackdown on teenage gaming
96% positive
462 reviews
Demo Dread Neighbor
First-person psychological horror about a stalker in an old apartment building
81% positive
460 reviews