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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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Long Time No See
Long Time No See
Point-and-click ghost story about friends reuniting on Halloween
97% positive Free
You Have 10 Seconds (2023)
You Have 10 Seconds (2023)
Arcade platformer with ten seconds to reach each exit
90% positive Free
SuperQuest
SuperQuest
A turn-based comedy RPG where enemy-specific tricks give you an advantage
100% positive 99 reviews
Sub Terra
Sub Terra
First-person psychological horror about an underground maintenance job gone wrong
92% positive Free
Hop Step Sing! Astral Piece
Hop Step Sing! Astral Piece
A VR music video following an idol's first solo performance
98% positive 98 reviews
Praesidium
Praesidium
A speedrunning platformer where your shield launches you across rooftops
77% positive Free
Locked Up
Locked Up
A horror visual novel about a mushroom hunt gone wrong
87% positive 98 reviews
A Week Demo
A Week
A side-scrolling adventure about caring for your pet dog
93% positive 98 reviews
Dung Beetle Adventure
Dung Beetle Adventure
Point-and-click puzzles starring a hungry beetle with broken wings
91% positive Free
Ocean Desolation
Ocean Desolation
First-person horror about swimming for help in the open ocean
56% positive Free
The Neverending Summer Demo
The Neverending Summer
A high school visual novel told through two heroines' perspectives
98% positive 98 reviews
Poem of the Starherd
Poem of the Starherd
Farming and romance simulation centered on raising humanoid spirits
65% positive 98 reviews
There The Light
There The Light
First-person puzzle exploration with music that responds to your actions
78% positive 97 reviews
Hand In Hand
Hand In Hand
Split-screen puzzle platformer where separated characters help each other progress
87% positive 97 reviews
Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
Side-scrolling horror platformer through monster-filled Transylvania to Dracula's castle
87% positive 97 reviews
Fell
Fell
A precision platformer with levels you can also complete backward
94% positive Free
Aierlon
First-person puzzle platforming with a bow in a Mesopotamian temple
70% positive Free
Unavailed
Unavailed
A life management game about rebuilding a shut-in's daily routine
94% positive 97 reviews
Pushing It! With Sisyphus
Pushing It! With Sisyphus
A punishing platformer about pushing a boulder up a hill
61% positive 97 reviews
Mob Trader
Mob Trader
Idle creature collector built around hourly drops and player trading
46% positive Free
bygone snow
bygone snow
A visual novel about a relationship as the world ends
98% positive Free
Evil Wizard
Evil Wizard
A darkly comic action RPG starring a defeated villain
82% positive 96 reviews
Don't Touch this Button!
Don't Touch this Button!
First-person puzzles where you progress by disobeying the instructions
93% positive 96 reviews
Pnevmo-Capsula: Domiki
Pnevmo-Capsula: Domiki
Steampunk puzzle game about guiding a mail cart along rails
82% positive 96 reviews