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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Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
First-person point-and-click mystery about thefts at a Washington museum
87% positive
206 reviews
Arruyo
First-person horror inspired by Goya’s paintings and the Spanish Civil War
52% positive
Free
The Guest
First-person horror about escaping a house where an entity lurks
77% positive
206 reviews
Demo Box of Broken Nails
First-person psychological horror about keeping a mysterious door boarded shut
97% positive
206 reviews
10 Dead Doves
Fixed-perspective psychological horror about two hikers chasing an Appalachian legend
89% positive
205 reviews
Frog Legs
Retro horror action mixing 2D traffic-dodging with 3D first-person shooting
87% positive
205 reviews
Demo A Tithe in Blood
Dark fantasy visual novel about blood magic and time travel
86% positive
205 reviews
Demo Split Brain
Online co-op puzzle adventure where two players share one character
93% positive
205 reviews
Demo Project Songbird
First-person psychological horror about a musician recording in isolation
84% positive
205 reviews
This Winter of Ours
Fantasy visual novel about two girls surviving a winter forest
98% positive
Free
Last Days
A sci-fi visual novel about the line between humans and gods
94% positive
204 reviews
The Abandoned Planet
First-person point-and-click adventure about decoding an abandoned alien world
94% positive
204 reviews
Fun with Ragdolls Plus
Physics-driven 3D platformer with a story and world-building sandbox
75% positive
204 reviews
Frog's Adventure
A point-and-click adventure about a frog cursed with a brain
100% positive
204 reviews
Frogsong
A story-driven action RPG about a frog's warrior ambitions
93% positive
203 reviews
Those Who Crawl
First-person horror about crawling through caves of flesh and bone
74% positive
Free
Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery
Detective adventure where suspect confrontations turn into bullet hell battles
94% positive
Free
Lamia Must Die
Party-based RPG where your survivors determine the ending
61% positive
Free
PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay
Family-friendly action adventure with superpowered pups and rescue missions
73% positive
201 reviews
Demo Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina)
First-person historical adventure follows French and Innu journeys through Canada
91% positive
201 reviews
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Mortgage nightmares
Slice-of-life visual novel about strange events in a mortgaged apartment
84% positive
Free
Hellkind
Top-down horror about escaping a cult's ritual in Galicia
93% positive
Free
River City Girls Zero
A 16-bit beat 'em up with fights on motorcycles
68% positive
200 reviews
Ok I Pull Up
A 3D platformer where missed jumps can erase your progress
87% positive
Free