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Best Nonlinear games on PC

Nonlinear games let players choose routes, objectives, or the order in which they tackle content instead of following one fixed sequence. Progression may depend on exploration, branching decisions, or open-ended systems.

Related: Exploration, Open World, Choices Matter, Puzzle

786 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

786 games

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Poco
Poco
Point-and-click adventure about a tiny clown building a rocket
99% positive Free
Creature Kitchen Demo
Creature Kitchen
First-person cooking simulator where woodland creatures have particular tastes
100% positive 9,969 reviews
Coloring Pixels
Coloring Pixels
Free color-by-number game with numbered pixel art levels
96% positive Free
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Side-scrolling zombie survival with stealth, scavenging, and shelter management
88% positive 9,653 reviews
Class of '09
Class of '09
Choice-driven high school visual novel with dark comedy and branching endings
95% positive 9,516 reviews
Esoteric Ebb
Esoteric Ebb
A fantasy RPG where your own stats talk back
95% positive 9,388 reviews
Reventure
Reventure
A 2D platform adventure where choices lead to 100 endings
95% positive 9,265 reviews
Elin Demo
Elin
Open-world roguelike RPG with crafting, survival, and town building
92% positive 8,939 reviews
Her Story
Her Story
Crime mystery built from searchable, out-of-order police interview clips
89% positive 8,697 reviews
Storyteller
Storyteller
Comic-panel puzzle game about arranging scenes to match story titles
88% positive 8,570 reviews
Endacopia Demo
Endacopia
A surreal point-and-click horror adventure with multiple endings to uncover
99% positive 8,239 reviews
The Precinct Demo
The Precinct
Open-world police action sandbox with patrols and high-speed pursuits
87% positive 8,201 reviews
Minishoot' Adventures Demo
Minishoot' Adventures
Top-down spaceship shooter with open-ended exploration and bullet-heavy bosses
97% positive 8,111 reviews
Manifold Garden
Manifold Garden
First-person puzzle adventure in looping spaces with shifting gravity
95% positive 8,097 reviews
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes Demo
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
Choice-driven horror adventure with rival soldiers trapped underground
89% positive 7,928 reviews
Bloody Hell
Bloody Hell
Top-down bullet-hell shooter about an angel hunting Satan in Hell
97% positive Free
HighFleet
HighFleet
Fleet strategy with tactical airship duels and resource management
86% positive 7,456 reviews
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
A space walking simulator with scenes timed to the soundtrack
98% positive Free
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition
Post-apocalyptic first-person shooter about surviving Chornobyl’s anomalous Zone
63% positive 7,358 reviews
POOLS Demo
POOLS
First-person horror exploration through empty, maze-like pool spaces
95% positive 6,837 reviews
Pilgrims
Pilgrims
Point-and-click adventure with card-based puzzles and multiple solutions
96% positive 6,051 reviews
Purrgatory
Purrgatory
A visual novel about afterlife friendships and cat puns
99% positive Free
Class of '09: The Re-Up
Class of '09: The Re-Up
Dark comedy visual novel with late-2000s drama and branching endings
98% positive 4,981 reviews
The Red Pearls Of Borneo
The Red Pearls Of Borneo
A detective puzzle reconstructing a plantation tragedy by revisiting memories
96% positive Free