The Best Gothic Games for Linux

Update : Goblet of Mercy added at rank #11.
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Mask of the Rose (2023)

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A marvellous romance with a hint of murder. Lose your heart to a stolen city in this game of amorous intrigue! Seek love, for yourself or your friends. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.


  • romance
  • dating-sim
  • visual-novel
  • gothic
  • lgbtq
  • story-crafting
  • detective
  • noir
  • romantic
  • investigation
  • lore
  • choices
  • lovecraftian
  • hand-drawn

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Toziuha Night: Dracula's Revenge (2022)

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Follow the story of Xandria, the iron alchemist. Seeking revenge, she accepts the dangerous mission to put an end to the evil that resides in Dracula's castle and torments the people of Transylvania. Fight with an iron whip in this retro-style & Classic-Vania adventure.

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  • gothic
  • 2d
  • dark
  • fantasy
  • demons
  • magic
  • vampire
  • platform
  • scroller
  • medieval
  • anime
  • linear
  • pixel
  • action-adventure
  • retro

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Deliver Us From Evil DUFE (2022)

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Mankind has wished since the dawn of time, but when those pleas turn dark, Heaven decides to answer. Tasked by the Archangel Michael to investigate, will our young angel Ariel follow her mission? Or will she stray from the light?

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  • otome
  • gothic
  • investigation
  • visual-novel
  • cinematic
  • dating-sim
  • romance
  • supernatural
  • drama
  • anime
  • choices
  • dark
  • multiple-endings
  • narration
  • comedy

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CASTILLO: The Nine Circles (2023)

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CASTILLO: The Nine Circles is an FPS Collectathon. Collect power shards in each circle of hell to unlock new areas and progress on your quest through 9 diverse worlds. Embark on a journey through the circles of Hell, using unique abilities and weapons.

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  • lovecraftian
  • collectathon
  • shooter
  • gothic
  • first-person
  • fps
  • nonlinear
  • 3d
  • retro
  • 2.5d
  • arena
  • action-adventure
  • demons
  • pixel
  • dark

5

Alisa (2021)

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Alisa is a classic late-90s style horror-themed action adventure game set in a fantasy universe inspired on the 1920s. You play as an Elite Royal Agent called Alisa, who wakes up in a strange Victorian mansion and must find her way out while being haunted by materialized / mechanized doll-like humanoids. Explore classic survival horror gameplay with real pre-rendered backgrounds, eccentric currency and item shop, unique player stats boosts, weapon load-outs, a large variety of enemies and locations and surprises around every corner.

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What we like:
  • Nostalgic survival horror experience
  • Sound and graphical design inspired by classic titles
  • Interesting story and characters
  • Optional side missions and collectibles
  • Varied enemy designs and difficulty levels
What could be improved:
  • Unintuitive currency system reliant on killing enemies

  • 1990s
  • survival-horror
  • retro
  • gothic
  • historical
  • alternate
  • old-school
  • military
  • horror
  • mystery
  • action-adventure
  • 3d
  • pixel
  • pve
  • atmospheric

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Duskbound (2023)

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Pursue a cursed romance with a possibly unhinged vampire under the eternal glow of the red moonlight...

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  • otome
  • choices
  • gothic
  • dating-sim
  • vampire
  • visual-novel
  • multiple-endings
  • nonlinear
  • dark
  • romance
  • anime
  • horror

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Salome's Kiss (2022)

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A lesbian gothic romance tale set in Victorian England, in which an anxious governess is aggressively pursued by her unruly, tempestuous pupil.

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  • lgbtq
  • gothic
  • visual-novel
  • romance
  • casual
  • linear
  • drama
  • historical

8

77 Oleander Avenue (2021)

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Even if you bear no Grudge, your Grudge was surely born. Explore the abandoned house at 77 Oleander, search for your wallet, keys, and phone, and above all else... try not to forget again the next time she tells you to leave.

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  • choices
  • gothic
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • visual-novel
  • demons
  • multiple-endings
  • story
  • mystery
  • dog
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • psychological
  • stylized

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Abandonware: The Horror Collection (2023)

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A lo-fi collection of horror mini games that begins to warp and shift as you uncover more. Play and watch the lines blur between fiction and reality in this one-of-a-kind experience.

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  • immersive
  • abstract
  • text
  • top-down
  • action-adventure
  • hidden-object
  • gothic
  • 1980s
  • emotional
  • minimalist
  • pixel
  • investigation
  • exploration
  • crime
  • drama

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The Creature of Chaos (2022)

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Frantic FPS game with very procedural levels

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  • lovecraftian
  • gothic
  • first-person
  • procedural
  • attack
  • score
  • shooter
  • editor
  • 3d
  • level
  • retro
  • fps
  • surreal
  • fantasy
  • linear

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