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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New Face On The Block
First-person horror walking simulator about an apartment’s hidden past
82% positive
139 reviews
Clean Break
First-person narrative game about finding and breaking objects that don't belong
94% positive
Free
Demo Future Knight
A side-scrolling shooter with visuals modeled on LCD handheld games
98% positive
139 reviews
Splat Cat
A puzzle platformer about painting your way through creative block
91% positive
Free
Fear the Moon
First-person survival horror with a werewolf loose in the woods
93% positive
138 reviews
Lunar Axe
A point-and-click adventure blending real locations with Brazilian folklore
88% positive
137 reviews
Game Of Mafia
A 2D crime adventure mixing dialogue with arcade-style fights
73% positive
137 reviews
Two Cubes
A two-player puzzle platformer where colors determine what you touch
97% positive
137 reviews
The Haunting of Joni Evers
A walking simulator tracing family memories through a haunted mansion
89% positive
137 reviews
The Backrooms
First-person survival horror with a camcorder in an office maze
65% positive
136 reviews
Light and Shadow - Doppelganger
A story-driven JRPG with separate paladin and assassin paths
74% positive
136 reviews
The Gap
First-person horror about searching an abandoned house for your daughter
72% positive
136 reviews
A Hint of Purple
Short visual novel about queer love, art, and paralysis
94% positive
Free
3D Escape Room: Detective Story
3D escape-room mystery built around codes and mechanical contraptions
70% positive
136 reviews
boyfriend or cake??
A dating-show visual novel where the contestants might be cake
95% positive
Free
Demo It Reaches
Bodycam survival horror where holding your breath helps avoid detection
77% positive
136 reviews
Aimi
Short psychological horror with a story shaped by your choices
82% positive
Free
Below The Ocean
Underwater puzzle platformer built around swinging on an oxygen tether
99% positive
135 reviews
CYBERDAD
A cyberpunk dungeon crawler about fighting robots to rescue your daughter
90% positive
Free
Into the Sinkhole
Side-scrolling platformer about descending a sinkhole while dodging springboards
74% positive
135 reviews
Shutter
Third-person puzzle platformer with a camera that changes object sizes
89% positive
Free
DeathJack
A horror card game where losing at blackjack means getting shot
62% positive
Free
Within of Static - Ashburg Rental
First-person horror about an unwelcome presence in a rented house
80% positive
135 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Tomb of the Lost Queen
Point-and-click detective adventure investigating accidents at an Egyptian tomb
87% positive
134 reviews