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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We Were Here Too
First-person co-op puzzle adventure built around walkie-talkie communication
78% positive
9,682 reviews
Thomas Was Alone
Minimalist puzzle platformer about sentient rectangles working together
94% positive
9,393 reviews
Return to Monkey Island
Point-and-click pirate adventure about solving puzzles and chasing a secret
91% positive
8,589 reviews
COCOON
Puzzle adventure built around portable orbs containing entire worlds
94% positive
8,292 reviews
ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition
Third-person action adventure with a forced partnership in ruined America
86% positive
8,255 reviews
Monument Valley
Perspective puzzle game about guiding a princess through shifting monuments
98% positive
8,122 reviews
Call of Duty® (2003)
World War II first-person shooter from three Allied perspectives
94% positive
8,045 reviews
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
First-person horror mystery about missing children and an industrial machine
69% positive
7,883 reviews
WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT
Linear fantasy visual novel about three lives entwined by magic
98% positive
7,811 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Linear mystery visual novel about deaths in a rural village
96% positive
Free
Leaf it Alone
First-person cleaning simulation about tackling a yard piled with leaves
95% positive
7,666 reviews
Medal of Honor™
First-person military shooter following special forces in modern Afghanistan
82% positive
7,526 reviews
INDIKA
Third-person adventure following a nun and the devil through surreal Russia
89% positive
7,441 reviews
The Silent Age
Side-scrolling point-and-click adventure with puzzles across two time periods
93% positive
7,196 reviews
Demo F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Metroidvania action platformer about a rabbit resisting a mechanical army
86% positive
6,944 reviews
The House of Da Vinci
Renaissance puzzle adventure tracing Leonardo’s disappearance through mechanical contraptions
85% positive
6,900 reviews
Bubble People
A hidden object game built around popping objects like bubble wrap
93% positive
Free
Demo Öoo
A puzzle platformer where bombs are tools for exploration
99% positive
6,886 reviews
Demo Bramble: The Mountain King
Third-person Nordic folklore adventure to rescue your sister from a troll
94% positive
6,884 reviews
Chinese Online Game
Single-player RPG about dominating a simulated pay-to-win online game
81% positive
6,843 reviews
Duke Nukem Forever
First-person alien shooter with driving, puzzles, and crude jokes
70% positive
6,781 reviews
Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories
Free escape-room puzzles played alone or with up to four friends
83% positive
Free
Please, Touch The Artwork 2
Hidden-object adventure through the paintings of Belgian artist James Ensor
99% positive
Free
Demo 星空列车与白的旅行
Linear visual novel about a strange journey aboard a starlit train
98% positive
6,451 reviews