The Best Linear Games for PC Windows

Update 30 October 2023: Paper Dash - Ghost Hunt added at rank #41.

Here are our 10 Best Linear Games for PC Windows:

HOOK 2
Nocturnal
Smile For Me
Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary
Escape First Alchemist
Long
Cube Escape
Discolored
SkyIsland
Goodbye World

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HOOK 2 (2022)

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Linux Mac OS IOS iPhone PC Windows

Get Hook’d on unhooking the hooks again.

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linear
relaxing
3d
puzzle
minimalist
casual
logic
abstract
family-friendly

Nocturnal (2023)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Android Playstation 4

After years of traveling, Ardeshir finds his native island covered in a mysterious fog. Carve your way with fire and steel to find out what happened to your people in this action-platformer game. You’re the only one who can discover the secrets that lie beyond the Mist.

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platform
scroller
soundtrack
2d
linear
narration
action-adventure
mystery
hand-drawn
dark
puzzle
demons
exploration
combat
eroge

Smile For Me (2019)

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PC Windows Mac OS Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Android

A heartbroken clown, wayward souls, and juicy mechanical lips. As “The Big Event" draws near, help the troubled residents of the Habitat and de-mask the mysterious Doctor Habit... before it's too late.

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horror
lgbtq
fmv
point-and-click
conversation
surreal
psychological
linear
hand-drawn
multiple-endings
cute
cartoony
3d
first-person
comedy

Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary (2022)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

Entirely rebuilt from the ground up, Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary is the ultimate celebration of the decade-old original, bringing refined visuals, completely redesigned and revised gameplay sections, and a whole new chapter to the award-winning, brain-twisting first-person puzzler.

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nonlinear
soundtrack
collectathon
puzzle
linear
logic
minimalist
narrative
3d
action-adventure
first-person
mystery
atmospheric
controller-support
physics

Escape First Alchemist (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

First-person escape game, playable solo or co-op with up to 4 people. Solve riddles of a reclusive alchemist that trapped you in his workshop. Brew potions and overcome challenges as he laughs at your failures and makes light of your successes...But what if things are not what they seem?

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magic
cooperative
logic
linear
medieval
mystery
crafting
fantasy
3d
puzzle
atmospheric
realistic
exploration
first-person
online

Long (2023)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows

Will you be able to get out of this long corridor? A long road with death on the prowl will stand between you and the exit. There is no other way, you are already inside.

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horror-adventure
3d
linear
adventure
corridor
first-person
puzzle
running
single-player

Cube Escape (2023)

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A horror game inspired by the liminal space aesthetic. Explore a huge unknown facility deep underground and solve puzzles while trying to figure out who you are, and why you are here.

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underground
horror
editor
dystopian
level
sokoban
linear
psychological
puzzle
3d
solitaire
single-player
exploration
stealth
first-person

Discolored (2019)

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Mac OS xbla Xbox 360 Xbox One Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone PC Windows

Discolored is a strange and surreal puzzle adventure, taking place over two-or-so hours in a single desolate location. Your mission: restore the color to this once-vibrant world. What caused the colors to disappear? How can they be brought back? As you explore, you'll solve an array of inventive puzzles and uncover a selection of clues - leading you to discover the deeper secrets of this strange place at the end of an abandoned highway.Features:

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walking-simulator
surreal
conspiracy
linear
point-and-click
hidden-object
minimalist
relaxing
puzzle
exploration
atmospheric
first-person
story
detective
mystery

SkyIsland (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone

"SkyIsland" is made by a group of students in a college, quarter-view action-adventure game. Enjoy the wonderful world and beautiful environments as you help the protagonist, Pino, fix his broken plane and defeat monsters to return home safely.

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linear
action-adventure
exploration
lore
nature
third-person
single-player
3d
top-down
combat
adventure
action
fantasy
atmospheric

Goodbye World (2022)

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Xbox Series X/s Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

"GOODBYE WORLD" is a narrative adventure game. Play through 12 stages of a puzzle platformer while following the two protagonists through 13 chapters of their story.

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