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 The Caribou Trail
A first-person walking simulator about ordinary soldiers surviving World War I
90% positive
674 reviews
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Loan Shark
A fishing horror game about debt and a talking fish
84% positive
673 reviews
Death From Above: A Ukrainian Drone Warstory
Arcade drone combat with missions across a Ukrainian war zone
89% positive
672 reviews
Slider
Puzzle adventure built around sliding pieces of a shattered world
97% positive
Free
Anthology Of The Killer
Nine cartoon horror-comedy adventures about a zine creator's strange encounters
99% positive
670 reviews
Havsala: Into the Soul Palace
A point-and-click escape room about a soul's many lives
92% positive
667 reviews
You Are Empty: Absolute Edition
Linear first-person shooter with grotesque monsters in alternate-history Soviet Kyiv
92% positive
662 reviews
FISH
A 2D run-and-gun platformer starring an armed fish
94% positive
658 reviews
The Windows Are Gone
Psychological horror in a house that first appears in dreams
92% positive
Free
Just A Humble Swordsmith
A sword-crafting auto battler where adventurers fight with your creations
89% positive
Free
Runo
A first-person walking simulator shaped by Finnish myths and folklore
92% positive
Free
Suspicious Downpour
Short comedy horror played from a tent in a rainstorm
94% positive
Free
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The Lancaster Leak - Entity Exam
Text-based horror built around a leaked paranormal training exam
86% positive
Free
Half Billion: Love Choice
Live-action dating sim mixing business investments with romantic choices
72% positive
646 reviews
Annalynn
A retro arcade platformer with rubies that blind pursuing snakes
98% positive
642 reviews
Demo Mindlock - The Apartment
A point-and-click adventure inside an apartment that keeps changing
95% positive
641 reviews
FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS
A 3D party RPG sequel told across ten tales
61% positive
638 reviews
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Jackal
A top-down shooter where furniture becomes a weapon against mobsters
88% positive
637 reviews
Pumpkin Eater
Psychological horror visual novel about grief and human decomposition
88% positive
636 reviews
Sweetest Monster
Psychological horror visual novel about a father's encounter with a catgirl
92% positive
634 reviews
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Aurora
Hidden-object puzzles with animated women and adult scenes to unlock
80% positive
634 reviews
Pieces of me
First-person psychological thriller exploring memories in an empty school
88% positive
634 reviews
Jerma & Otto: The Curse of the Late Streamer
Point-and-click fan adventure about getting a late streamer ready
96% positive
Free
NAIAD
Top-down river adventure about singing and helping wildlife
95% positive
614 reviews