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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

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

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FleurBirdShoot
FleurBirdShoot
Free-to-play shooter with changing weather and time of day
70% positive Free
Repit
Repit
A precision puzzle platformer about escaping a supernatural punishment
88% positive 56 reviews
Iron Diamond Demo
Iron Diamond
A 2D metroidvania with stackable projectiles and branching exploration
86% positive 56 reviews
Dimensional Animals Demo
Dimensional Animals
A platforming metroidvania where five animals combine their movement abilities
88% positive 56 reviews
Roguebot
Roguebot
Third-person action roguelite about a robot climbing a futuristic facility
86% positive Free
Hypnostasis Demo
Hypnostasis
First-person survival horror where sanity is another resource to manage
96% positive 56 reviews
Return of Red Riding Hood Enhanced Edition
Return of Red Riding Hood Enhanced Edition
A fairy-tale visual novel mixing thriller, melodrama, and comedy
87% positive 55 reviews
MARS 2120
MARS 2120
A sci-fi metroidvania mixing melee, gunfire, and elemental powers
75% positive 55 reviews
Elephantasy
Elephantasy
Exploration puzzle-platformer where collecting gems lets you carry more tools
95% positive 55 reviews
Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale
Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale
A grid-based puzzle game about building paths across the sky
96% positive 55 reviews
Locked In Mind
Locked In Mind
First-person escape room puzzles with no time limit
64% positive 55 reviews
Xenosis
Xenosis
Side-scrolling metroidvania with blaster combat in an alien-infested temple
75% positive Free
Red Tears: Angola
Red Tears: Angola
Open-world first-person shooter with faction warfare in late-seventies Angola
80% positive 55 reviews
HELENA : Cloud District
HELENA : Cloud District
First-person exploration platformer about photographing plants in a decaying megastructure
100% positive Free
UNDER the WATER - an ocean survival game
UNDER the WATER - an ocean survival game
Open-world survival among small islands and sunken cities
41% positive 54 reviews
Walk with the Living
Walk with the Living
Turn-based tactical RPG where character deaths open new story paths
83% positive Free
Closer To Home Demo
Closer To Home
Surreal horror exploration where death is a tool for progress
96% positive 54 reviews
Eve of Calamity Demo
Eve of Calamity
A party-based fantasy RPG with turn-based battles and open exploration
93% positive 54 reviews
Dark Memories: Prologue
Dark Memories: Prologue
First-person psychological horror about driving through a rural snowstorm
67% positive Free
Gridle Demo
Gridle
Incremental fantasy RPG with automatic battles and a customizable party
65% positive 54 reviews
Puzzletronics Digital Infinite
Puzzletronics Digital Infinite
A tile-swapping puzzle game about building circuits with logic gates
83% positive 53 reviews
Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking
Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking
First-person museum of lockpicking minigames drawn from game history
70% positive 53 reviews
Cycle of Struggle: Ardengrad Demo AI
Cycle of Struggle: Ardengrad
A visual novel linking political choices with personal relationships
98% positive 53 reviews
Amazing Fix
Amazing Fix
A hidden-object puzzle about sorting a randomly cluttered mansion
94% positive 52 reviews