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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STEAMRUSH
A steampunk Souls-like focused on swordplay and boss fights
70% positive
Free
Universe Horizon
A space idler that takes incremental progress beyond light speed
89% positive
240 reviews
Lost Dimension
A turn-based tactical RPG with traitors hidden in your psychic squad
74% positive
238 reviews
Bakahazard 1+2
Turn-based RPGs where students fight monsters, a toilet, and a floodgate
100% positive
238 reviews
Escape from Hornhead
First-person horror with hidden keys and a demon in pursuit
97% positive
Free
Demo Anode Heart: Layer Null
A deckbuilding RPG with a story campaign and PvP duels
92% positive
237 reviews
Lingua Fleur: Lily
A visual novel about college friendship and sexual identity
97% positive
235 reviews
Road Trip to the End of the World
A road-trip visual novel with an imaginary fish for company
97% positive
Free
Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
Psychological horror visual novel about dark secrets in a convent
85% positive
234 reviews
Meteor Volleyball!
2D arcade volleyball with robots deflecting meteors to protect Earth
86% positive
Free
ShadowBringer
First-person stealth where darkness protects you and light causes harm
82% positive
Free
Soulless: Ray Of Hope
A side-scrolling puzzle platformer with a story told through environments
72% positive
233 reviews
National Park Girls: Love Our Parks Edition
A visual novel about a ranger meeting personified national parks
93% positive
233 reviews
DEVIL'S WAY
A choice-based horror game mixing dark humor and political questions
47% positive
233 reviews
A Healer Only Lives Twice
Real-time dungeon strategy where healing competes with dwindling torch supplies
78% positive
232 reviews
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? Preface
First-person horror puzzles connecting a cabin and a computer game
98% positive
Free
All Our Asias
A surreal adventure through a dying father's memories
80% positive
Free
Knight's Try
A precision 3D platformer about a knight's trap-filled trial
93% positive
231 reviews
Shiner
Turn-based RPG where defeating enemies teaches you their attacks
90% positive
Free
Hibernation Day
A short visual novel about family tensions before winter hibernation
97% positive
Free
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Visual Novel Sisters
A visual novel about sisters gathering acorns in the mountains
86% positive
229 reviews
Donut Dodo
Single-screen arcade platformer about collecting donuts and chasing high scores
98% positive
229 reviews
The Deletion
A precision puzzle-platformer where gravity changes from level to level
76% positive
228 reviews
Atan
Climbing action-adventure across a living giant that holds up the sky
92% positive
Free