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Best Adventure games on Linux
The 31 best Adventure games on Linux, ranked from 11,548 critic and player ratings.
The best Adventure game on Linux right now is The Stanley Parable, with a critic score of 88/100 — updated September 2026.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Each game is ranked in one genre only, the one that defines it best, so the same title never tops two different genre charts.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 31 games are listed on this page, carrying 11,548 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Top 31
01
The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable is a first-person exploration game which ponders questions related to player agency, narrative pacing, escapism through gaming, objective-driven game design, authorial intent, and the conflict of interest between players and game creators.
88
/100
02
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
88
/100
03
Kentucky Route Zero
Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Gameplay is inspired by point-and-click adventure games (like the classic Monkey Island or King's Quest series, or more recently Telltale's Walking Dead series), but focused on characterization, atmosphere and storytelling rather than clever puzzles or challenges of skill. The game is developed by Cardboard Computer (Jake Elliott and Tamas Kemenczy). The game's soundtrack features an original electronic score by Ben Babbitt along with a suite of old hymns & bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers.
88
/100
The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable is a first-person exploration game which ponders questions related to player agency, narrative pacing, escapism through gaming, objective-driven game design, authorial intent, and the conflict of interest between players and game creators.
88
/100
02
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
88
/100
03
Kentucky Route Zero
Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Gameplay is inspired by point-and-click adventure games (like the classic Monkey Island or King's Quest series, or more recently Telltale's Walking Dead series), but focused on characterization, atmosphere and storytelling rather than clever puzzles or challenges of skill. The game is developed by Cardboard Computer (Jake Elliott and Tamas Kemenczy). The game's soundtrack features an original electronic score by Ben Babbitt along with a suite of old hymns & bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers.
88
/100
04
S
Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation is a survival horror game based on the Alien franchise. As Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley, you will navigate through an increasingly volatile world as you find yourself confronted on all sides by a panicked population and an unpredictable Alien. You must scavenge resources, improvise solutions and use your wits, not just to succeed in your mission but to simply stay alive. In addition to the main story mode there's Survivor mode in which the player needs to escape from a specially designed map fulfilling secondary objectives along the way, while being aggressively hunted by the alien. This mode includes online leaderboards.
86
/100
05
The Quarry
It's late summer in the remote forests of upstate New York, and the teen counselors of Hackett's Quarry have the camp to themselves for one final night. That means no kids, no adults, and no rules. In this thrilling cinematic tale, you control the fates of all nine camp counselors as their party plans unravel into an unpredictable night of horror. With life-or-death decisions around every turn, the choices you make will determine how the story unfolds.
83
/100
06
Life Is Strange 2
The long awaited sequel to the award winning Life Is Strange returns with a new 5-part narrative adventure from DONTNOD Entertainment.
82
/100
07
Dead Rising 2
As Chuck Greene, you have 72 hours to save your infected daughter, clear your name and survive the hordes of hungry zombies before the military comes in and nukes the city. To ensure your survival, you can combine everyday objects to create numerous deadly combo weapons and slaughter the ravenous zombies. Dead Rising 2, it’s where Creativity Kills.
81
/100
08
S
Outlast
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
80
/100
09
Proteus
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it. The procedurally generated islands are home to creatures natural and imagined, tranquil valleys and ruins with magical properties.
80
/100
10
Firewatch
Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout. What is supposed to be a peaceful respite from your complicated life takes a turn when you start to question some of the things that are happening to you. Your only human connection is over a handheld radio, which you’ll use to speak with your supervisor Delilah about the things both of you are experiencing.
79
/100
11
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
79
/100
12
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition
79
/100
13
Tacoma
78
/100
14
Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
78
/100
15
Yuppie Psycho
78
/100
16
Full Throttle Remastered
78
/100
17
A Short Hike
78
/100
18
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
77
/100
19
CAYNE
75
/100
20
The Beginner's Guide
75
/100
21
Serena
75
/100
22
Afterparty
74
/100
23
Dear Esther
72
/100
24
Paratopic
72
/100
25
Dreamfall Chapters
71
/100
26
Never Alone
70
/100
27
Aragami
70
/100
28
Penumbra: Requiem
67
/100
29
No Time To Explain Remastered
63
/100
30
Black Mirror I
58
/100
31
Ecco the Dolphin
30
/100
S
Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation is a survival horror game based on the Alien franchise. As Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley, you will navigate through an increasingly volatile world as you find yourself confronted on all sides by a panicked population and an unpredictable Alien. You must scavenge resources, improvise solutions and use your wits, not just to succeed in your mission but to simply stay alive. In addition to the main story mode there's Survivor mode in which the player needs to escape from a specially designed map fulfilling secondary objectives along the way, while being aggressively hunted by the alien. This mode includes online leaderboards.
86
/100
05
The Quarry
It's late summer in the remote forests of upstate New York, and the teen counselors of Hackett's Quarry have the camp to themselves for one final night. That means no kids, no adults, and no rules. In this thrilling cinematic tale, you control the fates of all nine camp counselors as their party plans unravel into an unpredictable night of horror. With life-or-death decisions around every turn, the choices you make will determine how the story unfolds.
83
/100
06
Life Is Strange 2
The long awaited sequel to the award winning Life Is Strange returns with a new 5-part narrative adventure from DONTNOD Entertainment.
82
/100
07
Dead Rising 2
As Chuck Greene, you have 72 hours to save your infected daughter, clear your name and survive the hordes of hungry zombies before the military comes in and nukes the city. To ensure your survival, you can combine everyday objects to create numerous deadly combo weapons and slaughter the ravenous zombies. Dead Rising 2, it’s where Creativity Kills.
81
/100
08
S
Outlast
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
80
/100
09
Proteus
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it. The procedurally generated islands are home to creatures natural and imagined, tranquil valleys and ruins with magical properties.
80
/100
10
Firewatch
Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout. What is supposed to be a peaceful respite from your complicated life takes a turn when you start to question some of the things that are happening to you. Your only human connection is over a handheld radio, which you’ll use to speak with your supervisor Delilah about the things both of you are experiencing.
79
/100
11
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
79
/100
12
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition
79
/100
13
Tacoma
78
/100
14
Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
78
/100
15
Yuppie Psycho
78
/100
16
Full Throttle Remastered
78
/100
17
A Short Hike
78
/100
18
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
77
/100
19
CAYNE
75
/100
20
The Beginner's Guide
75
/100
21
Serena
75
/100
22
Afterparty
74
/100
23
Dear Esther
72
/100
24
Paratopic
72
/100
25
Dreamfall Chapters
71
/100
26
Never Alone
70
/100
27
Aragami
70
/100
28
Penumbra: Requiem
67
/100
29
No Time To Explain Remastered
63
/100
30
Black Mirror I
58
/100
31
Ecco the Dolphin
30
/100
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Adventure game on Linux?
The Stanley Parable currently tops the ranking with a score of 88/100 across 2,034 ratings. Ranking updated September 2026.
How is this ranking built?
Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.