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
2,392 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Demo How 2 Escape
Two-player escape-room puzzles split between a train and companion app
71% positive
837 reviews
Demo We Escaped a Twisted Game
Two-player horror escape room where each partner holds different clues
94% positive
835 reviews
Back to Bed
Isometric puzzle game about steering a sleepwalker back to bed
80% positive
833 reviews
The Lost Dachshund
A point-and-click island adventure about finding a missing dachshund puppy
97% positive
Free
Accident: The Pilot
First-person car crash simulation with first aid and investigations
70% positive
Free
Cryptis
Retro-style arena shooter pitting guns and blades against the undead
95% positive
Free
GOODBYE WORLD
A narrative adventure about two friends struggling to make games
84% positive
822 reviews
Sonder
Side-scrolling co-op puzzle platformer built around complementary character abilities
90% positive
Free
Momo Mother Bird: Final Story
First-person horror with puzzles to solve while something hunts you
75% positive
Free
Bionic Bay
2D sci-fi puzzle platformer built around physics and position swapping
84% positive
815 reviews
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The Game of Sisyphus
Third-person physics platformer about pushing a boulder uphill without losing progress
78% positive
798 reviews
Demo Hook 2
Minimalist logic puzzles built around hooks and rotating 3D layouts
96% positive
784 reviews
Possessor(s)
Side-scrolling action with aerial combos and branching city exploration
76% positive
784 reviews
9 Childs Street
First-person horror about a child exploring a seemingly abandoned house
90% positive
782 reviews
Demo Dead Reset
Interactive horror movie about a surgeon trapped in a death loop
88% positive
781 reviews
The Backrooms: Unbounded
First-person horror with a body-camera view and Backrooms puzzles
76% positive
Free
NETHER HEROES
Free 2D action-platformer with dungeon combat and custom skins
89% positive
Free
AI
The Backrooms Deluxe 2
Free-to-play horror exploration with solo and cooperative runs
51% positive
Free
Jivana
Third-person adventure platformer where water powers open paths through ruins
90% positive
Free
Blade&Sword
2D action RPG with sword fighting and mythic monsters
67% positive
764 reviews
Abandoned Archive
Spellcasting action roguelike built around combining magic and relics
93% positive
760 reviews
The Journey Down: Chapter One
A point-and-click adventure with Afro-Caribbean influences and a noir setting
87% positive
757 reviews
Demo Underhero
A side-scrolling RPG where a villain's minion becomes the hero
91% positive
751 reviews
1348 Ex Voto
Third-person action-adventure with stance-based sword fighting in medieval Italy
55% positive
748 reviews