The following is a list of games released on the Linux operating system. Games do not need to be exclusive to Linux, but they do need to be natively playable on Linux to be listed here.
The following list has 27 segments in total, a numerical section followed by sections ranging from A to Z.
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eulora | Ministry of Games | S.MG | Bitcoin-VE, MMO | August 3, 2016 |
| Endgame: Singularity | Emhsoft | RTS | May 9, 2005 | |
| Empire: Total War | The Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive | Sega, Feral Interactive | RTS | March 3, 2009 |
| Enemy Territory: Quake Wars | Splash Damage | Activision | First-person shooter | September 28, 2007 |
| Euro Truck Simulator 2 | SCS Software | SCS Software | Simulation | January 16, 2013 |
| Europa Universalis IV | Paradox Development Studio | Paradox Interactive | Grand Strategy, Historical | August 13, 2013 |
| Expeditions: Conquistador | Logic Artists | BitComposer | Tactical role-playing game | May 30, 2013 |
| Extreme Tux Racer | ETR Team | ETR Team | Racing | October 7, 2000 |
| Elden Ring | FromSoftware, Inc. | FromSoftware, Inc., Bandai Namco Entertainment | Soulslike, Dark Fantasy, Open World, RPG | February 24, 2022 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 2015 | Feral Interactive | Feral Interactive | Racing | July 2015 |
| Factorio | Wube Software | Wube Software | Action, Indie, Real-time strategy, Survival | 14 August 2020 |
| Fall of Gyes | Black Cloud Studios | Black Cloud Studios | Visual novel | March 18, 2016 |
| Firewatch | Campo Santo | Panic | Adventure | Feb 9, 2016 |
| Fistful of Frags | Fistful of Frags Team | Fistful of Frags Team | FPS, Indie, Western | May 9, 2014 |
| Fortoresse | Atelier 801 | Atelier 801 | Indie | March 14, 2014 |
| Fruit Man Adventures | Clikin Games | Clikin Games | Platformer, Indie | June 24, 2019 |
| FTL: Faster Than Light | Subset Games | Subset Games | Real-time strategy | September 14, 2012 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry's Mod | Facepunch Studios | Valve | Sandbox, Physics | December 24, 2004 |
| Ghost Blade HD | HUCAST | HUCAST | Action | March 8, 2017 |
| Ghost Control Inc. | Bumblebee | Bumblebee | Turn-based strategy, Indie | December 13, 2013 |
| "Glow Ball" - The billiard puzzle game | WTFOMGames | WTFOMGames | Sports, Indie | February 19, 2014 |
| Goat Simulator | Coffee Stain Studios | Coffee Stain Studios | Action | April 1, 2014 |
| GRID Autosport | Codemasters | Codemasters | Racing | June 24, 2014 (Linux: December 10, 2015) |
| Grim Fandango Remastered | Double Fine Productions | Double Fine Productions | Adventure, Point-and-click | January 27, 2015 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Half-Life | Valve, Gearbox Software | Sierra Entertainment | FPS | November 8, 1998 |
| Half-Life 2 | Valve | Valve | FPS | November 16, 2004 |
| Hatoful Boyfriend | PigeoNation Inc., Mediatonic (remake) | Devolver Digital | Visual novel | September 4, 2014 |
| Hearts of Iron IV | Paradox Development Studio | Paradox Interactive | Grand strategy wargame | June 6, 2016 |
| Heroes of Newerth | S2 Games | S2 Games | Multiplayer online battle arena | May 12, 2010 |
| Hitman | IO Interactive | Feral Interactive | Stealth | February 16, 2017 |
| Hollow Knight | Team Cherry | Team Cherry | Action-adventure | February 24, 2017 |
| Hotline Miami | Dennaton Games | Devolver Digital | Top-down, Action | October 23, 2012 |
| Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number | Dennaton Games, Abstraction Games | Devolver Digital | Top-down, Action | March 10, 2015 |
| Human Resource Machine | Tomorrow Corporation | Tomorrow Corporation | Puzzle | March 29, 2016 |
| HuniePop | HuniePot | HuniePot | Dating sim, tile-matching | January 19, 2015 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intrusion 2 | Aleksey Abramenko | Aleksey Abramenko | Platformer | September 11, 2012 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jagged Alliance: Back in Action | Bigmoon Studios | bitComposer, Kalypso Media | Turn-based tactics | February 14, 2014 |
| Jagged Alliance: Flashback | Full Control | Full Control | Turn-based tactics | October 21, 2014 |
| Joe Danger 2: The Movie | Hello Games | Hello Games | Action | June 24, 2013 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerbal Space Program | Squad | Squad | Space flight simulator | April 27, 2015 |
| Katawa Shoujo | Four Leaf Studios | Four Leaf Studios | Visual novel | January 4, 2012 |
| Kona | Parabole | Parabole | Action-adventure | March 24, 2016 |
| Kingdom Draw | Eternal Technics | Eternal Technics | Turn Based Strategy | August 2, 2022 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left 4 Dead 2 | Valve | Valve (Steam), Electronic Arts (retail) | FPS | November 16, 2009 |
| Legend of Grimrock | Almost Human Ltd. | Almost Human Ltd. | Action role-playing | December 19, 2012 |
| Life Is Strange | Feral Interactive | Feral Interactive | Graphic adventure | July 21, 2016 |
| Limbo | Playdead | Playdead, Microsoft Game Studios | Puzzle, Platform | July 21, 2010 |
| Linux Air Combat | Robert Bosen | AskMisterWizard.com | Flight Simulator | Nov 21, 2019 |
| Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime | Asteroid Base | Asteroid Base | Action, Platform | September 9, 2015 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Selection 2 | Unknown Worlds Entertainment | Unknown Worlds Entertainment | FPS, RTS | October 31, 2012 |
| Nebuchadnezzar | Nepos Games | Nepos Games | City-building | February 17, 2021 |
| Nekodancer | Atelier 801 | Atelier 801 | July 24, 2014 | |
| Nexuiz | Alientrap | Alientrap | FPS | May 31, 2005 |
| Night in the Woods | Infinite Fall | Finji | Adventure | February 21, 2017 |
| Nuclear Dawn | InterWave Studios, GameConnect | Iceberg Interactive | FPS, RTS | September 26, 2011 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil Rush | Unigine Corp | Iceberg Interactive | Strategy, Tower Defense | January 25, 2012 |
| OlliOlli | Roll7 | Roll7 | Sports | July 22, 2014 |
| OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood | Roll7 | Roll7, Devolver Digital | Sports | August 11, 2015 |
| OneShot | Little Cat Feet | Degica | Adventure, Puzzle | December 9, 2016 |
| Outlast | Red Barrels | Red Barrels | Survival horror | September 4, 2013 |
| OpenArena | Free software community | Free software community | FPS | August 19, 2005 |
| OpenTTD | OpenTTD Team | OpenTTD Team | Business simulation game | October 22, 2014 |
| Open Trial | VVPix | VVPix | Sport | May 18, 2019 |
| Octodad: Dadliest Catch | Young Horses | Young Horses | Action, Adventure, Indie | January 30, 2014 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller: Hell & Damnation | The Farm 51 | Nordic Games | First-person shooter | October 31, 2012 |
| Parkitect | Texel Raptor | Texel Raptor | Construction and management simulation | May 5, 2016 (Steam Early Access) |
| Pillars of Eternity | Obsidian Entertainment | Paradox Interactive | Role-playing | March 26, 2015 |
| Pioneer | Space flight simulation game | 2006 | ||
| Planetary Annihilation | Uber Entertainment | Uber Entertainment | Real-time strategy | September 5, 2014 |
| Portal | Valve | Valve | Puzzle, First Person | October 10, 2007 |
| Portal 2 | Valve | Valve | Puzzle, Co-op, First Person | April 18, 2011 |
| Postal | Running with Scissors | Ripcord Games | Isometric, Third-person shooter | September 30, 1997 |
| Postal 2 | Running with Scissors | Running with Scissors | First-person shooter | April 13, 2003 |
| Postal Redux | Running with Scissors | Running with Scissors | Isometric, Third-person shooter | May 20, 2016 |
| Prison Architect | Introversion Software | Introversion Software | Construction and management simulation | October 6, 2015 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quake | id Software | GT Interactive | FPS | June 22, 1996 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reassembly | Arthur Danskin | Anisoptera Games | Open world, Strategy, Shooter, Simulation | February 19, 2015 |
| RimWorld | Ludeon Studios | Ludeon Studios | City-building game, Roguelike | January 14, 2014 |
| Rise of Industry | Dapper Penguin Studios | Kasedo Games | Business simulation game | May 2, 2019 |
| Rochard | Recoil Games | Recoil Games | Action, Casual, Indie | November 15, 2011 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultratron | Puppy Games | Puppy Games | Action, Indie | March 18, 2013 |
| Undertale | Toby Fox | Toby Fox | RPG, Indie | July 17, 2016 |
| UnderMine | Thorium | Fandom | Action-adventure | August 20, 2019 |
| Unity Of Command | 2x2 Games | 2x2 Games, Dvaput | Turn Based Strategy, Second World War | November 15, 2011 |
| UnityStation | UnityStation Community | UnityStation Org | RPG, Multiplayer, Simulation | February 2020 |
| Unreal Tournament | Epic Games, Digital Extremes | GT Interactive | FPS | November 30, 1999 |
| Unvanquished | Unvanquished Development | Unvanquished Development | FPS, RTS | February 29, 2012 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VVVVVV | Terry Cavanagh | Terry Cavanagh | Puzzle platformer | September 7, 2010 |
| Vertex Steve | Marko Krsic | Marko Krsic | 2D Platform Shooter | September 21, 2021 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XBill | Brian Wellington, Matías Duarte | Brian Wellington, Matías Duarte | Arcade | July 21, 1994 |
| XCOM: Enemy Unknown | Firaxis, Feral Interactive | 2K | Turn-based Strategy | October 11, 2012 |
| XCOM: Enemy Within | Firaxis, Feral Interactive | 2K | Turn-based Strategy | June 19, 2014 |
| XCOM 2 | Firaxis, Feral Interactive | 2K | Turn-based Strategy | February 5, 2016 |
| Xenonauts | Goldhawk Interactive | Goldhawk Interactive | Turn-based Strategy | June 17, 2014 |
| Xonotic | Team Xonotic | Team Xonotic | FPS | September 8, 2011 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yooka-Laylee | Playtonic Games | Team17 | Platform-adventure | April 11, 2017 |
| Name | Developer | Publisher | Genres | Date released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zero-K | 0K Development Team | 0K Development Team | Real-time strategy | December 20, 2010 |
| Zoria: Age of Shattering | Tiny Trinket Games | Anshar Publishing | Role-playing | March 7, 2024 |
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