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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.

Related: Singleplayer, Story Rich, Action

2,240 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

2,240 games

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Fire and Steel
Fire and Steel
Third-person flight combat as a dragon in World War II
82% positive 210 reviews
Lair of Torment
Lair of Torment
First-person puzzle horror in the corridors of an underground asylum
70% positive 210 reviews
Tales Beyond The Tomb - The Farm's Secret
Tales Beyond The Tomb - The Farm's Secret
First-person horror exploration inspired by real cases, with VHS-style visuals
84% positive 210 reviews
Dissonance
Dissonance
Top-down adventure thriller with gadget-based encounters in an abandoned facility
92% positive Free
Mist
Mist
Short first-person horror about finding your way through unnatural fog
82% positive Free
Tobla - Divine Path Demo
Tobla - Divine Path
First-person physics puzzles built around swapping objects through divine trials
93% positive 207 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
First-person point-and-click mystery about thefts at a Washington museum
87% positive 206 reviews
Arruyo
Arruyo
First-person horror inspired by Goya’s paintings and the Spanish Civil War
52% positive Free
The Guest
The Guest
First-person horror about escaping a house where an entity lurks
77% positive 206 reviews
Box of Broken Nails Demo
Box of Broken Nails
First-person psychological horror about keeping a mysterious door boarded shut
97% positive 206 reviews
10 Dead Doves
10 Dead Doves
Fixed-perspective psychological horror about two hikers chasing an Appalachian legend
89% positive 205 reviews
Frog Legs
Frog Legs
Retro horror action mixing 2D traffic-dodging with 3D first-person shooting
87% positive 205 reviews
A Tithe in Blood Demo
A Tithe in Blood
Dark fantasy visual novel about blood magic and time travel
86% positive 205 reviews
Split Brain Demo
Split Brain
Online co-op puzzle adventure where two players share one character
93% positive 205 reviews
Project Songbird Demo
Project Songbird
First-person psychological horror about a musician recording in isolation
84% positive 205 reviews
This Winter of Ours
This Winter of Ours
Fantasy visual novel about two girls surviving a winter forest
98% positive Free
Last Days
Last Days
A sci-fi visual novel about the line between humans and gods
94% positive 204 reviews
The Abandoned Planet
The Abandoned Planet
First-person point-and-click adventure about decoding an abandoned alien world
94% positive 204 reviews
Fun with Ragdolls Plus
Fun with Ragdolls Plus
Physics-driven 3D platformer with a story and world-building sandbox
75% positive 204 reviews
Frog's Adventure
Frog's Adventure
A point-and-click adventure about a frog cursed with a brain
100% positive 204 reviews
Frogsong
Frogsong
A story-driven action RPG about a frog's warrior ambitions
93% positive 203 reviews
Those Who Crawl
Those Who Crawl
First-person horror about crawling through caves of flesh and bone
74% positive Free
Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery
Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery
Detective adventure where suspect confrontations turn into bullet hell battles
94% positive Free
Lamia Must Die
Lamia Must Die
Party-based RPG where your survivors determine the ending
61% positive Free