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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Sound of Horses
Story-driven horseback adventure with a rider and horse you customize
95% positive
286 reviews
Short Trip
A tram-driving game about carrying cats along a mountain railway
98% positive
285 reviews
Stars In The Trash
A platform adventure following a housecat's escape into the streets
97% positive
284 reviews
Demo Fireside Feelings
A campfire reflection game built around questions and strangers' answers
96% positive
284 reviews
Castaway
Top-down action adventure with a rescue quest and survival tower
72% positive
282 reviews
Demo JumpJet Rex
A side-scrolling platformer starring a dinosaur with rocket boots
91% positive
281 reviews
Bushside Rangers
First-person survival horror with roaming mascots in an abandoned park
83% positive
Free
Demo LIMINAL SHIFT
Backrooms walking simulator with no loading screens between levels
82% positive
281 reviews
Demo Lucy Dreaming
Point-and-click comedy about investigating a mystery in dreams and reality
99% positive
280 reviews
外兽祭·兽人们的冒险酒馆
Story-focused RPG with challenging turn-based battles and character-specific talents
92% positive
Free
Is It Wrong to Try to Shoot 'em Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Free side-scrolling shooter with wind shots and selectable support characters
92% positive
Free
SURA: Shattered Star
Side-scrolling action platformer where sheathing your sword triggers finishing attacks
90% positive
Free
Nancy Drew®: Alibi in Ashes
Point-and-click detective mystery where friends investigate a hometown arson
91% positive
278 reviews
Squirrel Launcher
Side-scrolling arcade action about launching squirrels toward the moon
92% positive
Free
Fear The Unknown - Dave Story
First-person horror walking simulator about a remote job involving aliens
81% positive
Free
Night Bus
Bus-driving horror where missing stops can change how events unfold
87% positive
277 reviews
Kao the Kangaroo: Mystery of the Volcano (2005 re-release)
A 3D platformer with boxing, parachuting, and plane combat
68% positive
275 reviews
Escape First 2
Escape room puzzles with cooperative play and competitive escape races
53% positive
274 reviews
Witch's Doll
First-person psychological horror about a cheap apartment and missing people
85% positive
274 reviews
Has-Been Heroes
Lane-based action roguelike built around coordinated attacks and spell combinations
78% positive
273 reviews
Demo The Stalked 2
A psychological horror walking simulator about a hiker being stalked
80% positive
273 reviews
Dream on
First-person walking simulator about inner thoughts and a final wish
97% positive
Free
PeeWee Purpdrank's FOENEM Clicker
2D incremental clicker with upgrades and a fictional stock market
96% positive
272 reviews
Bone To Gather
Action roguelike with skeleton squads you rebuild from scattered bones
97% positive
Free