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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Jeffrey Eggstein
Time-management horror about sorting eggs to satisfy dangerous customers
93% positive
324 reviews
Demo Afterdream
A side-scrolling horror adventure with camera puzzles inside a lucid dream
92% positive
322 reviews
相亲攻略之宝贝别再选我了
Live-action dating sim about deciding whom to bring home
84% positive
322 reviews
Serre
A visual novel about a girl sharing tea with an alien
99% positive
321 reviews
LiDAR Exploration Program
First-person exploration using a scanner to reveal a dark world
91% positive
320 reviews
The Legend of The Sacred Stone EX
An action RPG adapted from a Taiwanese hand puppet film
94% positive
320 reviews
Tombwater
A top-down Soulslike set in a monster-infested Wild West town
91% positive
317 reviews
Xuan-Yuan Sword 2
A Chinese fantasy RPG where you capture and combine demons
86% positive
316 reviews
Missing Banban
2D action platformer about finding a friend through boss fights
93% positive
316 reviews
Synergism
Idle incremental game where later systems strengthen your first worker
71% positive
Free
Demo Lavender Quartz 境界秤動
A wartime visual novel about a girl pursuing an invisible boy
94% positive
313 reviews
Spooky Bonus
Halloween match-three puzzles with house decorations that double as upgrades
96% positive
311 reviews
Escape Memoirs: Safe House
Escape-room puzzle game about breaking into a locked safe house
90% positive
311 reviews
Together in Between
Two-player co-op puzzles where you cannot see your partner
65% positive
308 reviews
Penimorta
A bullet-hell dungeon crawler about a wizard’s prison escape
74% positive
Free
LAPIN
A precision platformer about rabbits searching for a new home
92% positive
307 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei
A visual novel exploring alternate worlds after the main story
98% positive
307 reviews
Is Simon There?
Psychological horror with three endings that follow different paths
85% positive
305 reviews
Workshop Simulator
Restoration simulator about vintage objects and a family's past
65% positive
304 reviews
Avani
Isometric action-adventure with a sword that doubles as a ranged weapon
79% positive
Free
Demo Logic Town
Procedurally generated logic puzzles help animals redecorate their town
89% positive
303 reviews
Classic Marathon Infinity
Free sci-fi first-person shooter with a cooperative, story-driven campaign
89% positive
Free
Don't Forget
Story-driven exploration about dementia, with memories recovered through puzzles
96% positive
Free
12 Memory Lane
First-person mystery with object-placement puzzles in a constantly changing mansion
94% positive
Free