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
322 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
RAGE
Post-apocalyptic first-person shooter with armed vehicles and wasteland exploration
78% positive
18K reviews
NEKOPARA Vol. 0
Short slice-of-life visual novel following catgirls through a household day
94% positive
18K reviews
We Were Here Together
Two-player escape-room adventure built around walkie-talkie communication and teamwork
82% positive
18K reviews
Remember Me
Third-person action adventure about stealing and altering people's memories
83% positive
17K reviews
Max Payne
Noir third-person shooter with slow-motion gunfights and a framed cop
89% positive
16K reviews
Cyber Manhunt
Cyber detective puzzle game about uncovering secrets through online clues
92% positive
16K reviews
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
Fast-paced 2D and 3D platforming across two campaigns
96% positive
16K reviews
KinitoPET
Retro psychological horror with a virtual friend who disrupts your desktop
93% positive
15K reviews
POSTAL
Isometric shooter about fighting through a town full of gunmen
92% positive
Free
Zort
First-person co-op horror game about escaping creatures across levels
90% positive
14K reviews
Homefront
First-person military shooter about resisting an occupied United States
62% positive
13K reviews
The Talos Principle 2
First-person sci-fi puzzler about robots, civilization, and humanity's legacy
95% positive
13K reviews
Impostor Factory
Top-down story adventure with time travel and mansion deaths
96% positive
13K reviews
NEKOPARA Vol. 2
Single-player visual novel about feuding catgirl sisters at a bakery
97% positive
13K reviews
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
First-person horror mystery about missing children and an industrial machine
70% positive
12K reviews
Duke Nukem Forever
First-person alien shooter with driving, puzzles, and crude jokes
69% positive
12K reviews
RWBY: Grimm Eclipse
Third-person hack-and-slash missions against Grimm with online co-op
81% positive
12K reviews
The Exit 8
First-person horror puzzle about spotting changes in a looping hallway
93% positive
12K reviews
We Were Here Too
First-person co-op puzzle adventure built around walkie-talkie communication
78% positive
11K reviews
Medal of Honor™
First-person military shooter following special forces in modern Afghanistan
77% positive
11K reviews
Deepest Sword
2D puzzle platformer about maneuvering an unwieldy sword toward a dragon
87% positive
Free
Chinese Online Game
Single-player RPG about dominating a simulated pay-to-win online game
86% positive
10K reviews
Anomaly Agent
Side-scrolling action platformer with melee combos and anomaly weapons
95% positive
10K reviews
Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Third-person action RPG with three-hero co-op in Middle-earth
81% positive
9,573 reviews