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
2,242 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Tall Poppy
First-person horror adventure with a ghost disrupting a cemetery errand
87% positive
147 reviews
Suicide Guy: The Lost Dreams
A physics-based puzzle platformer set in a sleeping man's dreams
80% positive
147 reviews
Assenizator
Third-person sewage-hauling adventure with truck driving and a troublesome rival
94% positive
147 reviews
GORE
Found-footage horror walking simulator through mountains overtaken by flesh
72% positive
147 reviews
Evergate
2D puzzle platformer with time-slowing aim and crystal-powered movement
93% positive
146 reviews
CYBERMATRIX
First-person action platforming with parkour and a single multifunctional knife
90% positive
146 reviews
Cat Search in Feudal Japan
A hidden-object cat hunt through a city in feudal Japan
95% positive
146 reviews
ASTROLANCER
Top-down action and vertical shooting with a transforming robot protagonist
98% positive
146 reviews
Escape Toon Kingdom
Co-op horror about mascots escaping a dying theme park
73% positive
146 reviews
Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells
A visual novel mixing word puzzles with letters from the dead
97% positive
146 reviews
MindLoop
A puzzle game about cracking a code against the clock
97% positive
Free
Them's Tale - The Road To Her
First-person psychological horror with VHS visuals and multiple perspectives
77% positive
Free
Rain City
A point-and-click puzzle adventure through a city of constant rain
55% positive
145 reviews
Escape Machine City: Airborne
A point-and-click escape game aboard a flying city gone silent
89% positive
145 reviews
Maid Knight Alicia
Turn-based fantasy RPG starring a cursed knight in maid attire
76% positive
145 reviews
Oh, Bugger!
Single-player shooter with a mech-mounted minigun that becomes a shotgun
93% positive
Free
Toyland Tussle
A cartoon shooter centered on one boss with three phases
86% positive
145 reviews
Viaerium
A 3D platformer about seeking wisdom in an abstract world
84% positive
144 reviews
TRUFFLE: Classic
A precision puzzle game where touching any wall means death
81% positive
Free
Demo IT Simulator
Two-player horror with one technician and one control-room operator
90% positive
144 reviews
Elec Dude
A reaction-based puzzle game about gathering energy while dodging robots
96% positive
Free
In My Head
First-person horror walking simulator with a VHS-style visual effect
70% positive
144 reviews
PlinkIdle
A ball-dropping incremental game with automation and active combo building
65% positive
144 reviews
Curyeux
A puzzle-platformer through painted memories, where appearances can mislead
94% positive
Free