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.
INDIKA
Third-person adventure following a nun and the devil through surreal Russia
89% positive
9,571 reviews
Thomas Was Alone
Minimalist puzzle platformer about sentient rectangles working together
94% positive
9,393 reviews
Return to Monkey Island
Point-and-click pirate adventure about solving puzzles and chasing a secret
91% positive
9,110 reviews
COCOON
Puzzle adventure built around portable orbs containing entire worlds
95% positive
9,093 reviews
Monument Valley
Perspective puzzle game about guiding a princess through shifting monuments
98% positive
8,876 reviews
WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT
Linear fantasy visual novel about three lives entwined by magic
98% positive
8,625 reviews
ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition
Third-person action adventure with a forced partnership in ruined America
86% positive
8,255 reviews
Bramble: The Mountain King
Third-person Nordic folklore adventure to rescue your sister from a troll
95% positive
7,906 reviews
Call of Duty® (2003)
World War II first-person shooter from three Allied perspectives
95% positive
7,867 reviews
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
First-person walking adventure across a deserted island with fragmented narration
75% positive
7,567 reviews
The House of Da Vinci
Renaissance puzzle adventure tracing Leonardo’s disappearance through mechanical contraptions
86% positive
7,330 reviews
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Metroidvania action platformer about a rabbit resisting a mechanical army
86% positive
7,268 reviews
The Silent Age
Side-scrolling point-and-click adventure with puzzles across two time periods
93% positive
7,196 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Linear mystery visual novel about deaths in a rural village
96% positive
Free
Spirit of the North
Third-person fox adventure with wordless storytelling and environmental puzzles
84% positive
6,628 reviews
FINAL FANTASY® XIII-2
Time-travel JRPG with branching exploration and recruitable monster companions
59% positive
6,451 reviews
Word Game
Word puzzle adventure where editing sentences changes the world
93% positive
6,443 reviews
星空列车与白的旅行
Linear visual novel about a strange journey aboard a starlit train
99% positive
6,426 reviews
Creaks
Hand-drawn puzzle platformer through a mansion of furniture monsters
95% positive
6,180 reviews
Felvidek
Turn-based RPG about an alcoholic knight in surreal Slovak Highlands
98% positive
6,066 reviews
The Gunk
Third-person sci-fi adventure about clearing pollution from an alien planet
86% positive
6,049 reviews
MechWarrior 5: Clans
First-person mech combat through a linear Clan invasion campaign
74% positive
5,896 reviews
FAR: Changing Tides
2.5D puzzle adventure about keeping a ship moving through flooded ruins
93% positive
5,689 reviews
Neighbours back From Hell
Point-and-click puzzle comedy about pranking a neighbor without getting caught
95% positive
5,345 reviews