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Best Linux games of 2017
The 64 best Linux games released in 2017, ranked from 10,565 critic and player ratings.
The best Linux game of 2017 is Doki Doki Literature Club!, with a critic score of 94/100 — updated August 2026.
01
Doki Doki Literature Club!
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
94
/100
02
Opus Magnum
Master the intricate, physical machinery of the transmutation engine— the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool— and use it to create vital remedies, precious gemstones, deadly weapons, and more. Design Machines - Design and build machines that carry out alchemical processes using a variety of components. Open-Ended Puzzles - Compete against your friends and the world to build the simplest, fastest, and most compact solutions. Export animated GIFs to show them off. Steam Workshop - Make and share your own puzzles with full Steam Workshop integration and an easy-to-use puzzle editor. Solitaire Minigame - Take a break with Sigmar’s Garden, an original alchemy-based solitaire game.
92
/100
03
SteamWorld Dig 2
SteamWorld Dig 2 takes you on a platform mining adventure forged in Metroidvania flames. When an old trading town is struck by mysterious earthquakes, it’s up to a lone steambot and her unlikely companion to uncover what trembling terrors lie beneath. Dig your way underground and explore vivid worlds riddled with treasure, secrets and traps. Combat dangerous enemies at every turn of the underworld’s twisted paths, including shadowy creatures and the haunted remains of an ancient electrical threat. Upgrade your gear to forge deeper into the earth and take on bigger challenges. Swing across large chasms with your Hookshot and fly through caves with the Jet Engine! And finally, learn the truth about your long lost friend…
89
/100
Doki Doki Literature Club!
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
94
/100
02
Opus Magnum
Master the intricate, physical machinery of the transmutation engine— the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool— and use it to create vital remedies, precious gemstones, deadly weapons, and more. Design Machines - Design and build machines that carry out alchemical processes using a variety of components. Open-Ended Puzzles - Compete against your friends and the world to build the simplest, fastest, and most compact solutions. Export animated GIFs to show them off. Steam Workshop - Make and share your own puzzles with full Steam Workshop integration and an easy-to-use puzzle editor. Solitaire Minigame - Take a break with Sigmar’s Garden, an original alchemy-based solitaire game.
92
/100
03
SteamWorld Dig 2
SteamWorld Dig 2 takes you on a platform mining adventure forged in Metroidvania flames. When an old trading town is struck by mysterious earthquakes, it’s up to a lone steambot and her unlikely companion to uncover what trembling terrors lie beneath. Dig your way underground and explore vivid worlds riddled with treasure, secrets and traps. Combat dangerous enemies at every turn of the underworld’s twisted paths, including shadowy creatures and the haunted remains of an ancient electrical threat. Upgrade your gear to forge deeper into the earth and take on bigger challenges. Swing across large chasms with your Hookshot and fly through caves with the Jet Engine! And finally, learn the truth about your long lost friend…
89
/100
04
Night in the Woods
Night In The Woods is an adventure game heavily focused on story, characters and exploration, with some platforming to get around town. Mae's a cat so the roofs and ledges and powerlines are all her playground, and she's not the only one up there by a long shot. You'll also be doing various activities and interacting with the world in different ways, getting to know the townspeople, hanging out with friends, exploring Possum Springs inside and out, and venturing into the surrounding areas.
88
/100
05
A
Hollow Knight
A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones and uncovers the kingdom's history while improving their combat abilities and movement arsenal by fighting bosses and accessing out-of-the-way areas.
88
/100
06
West of Loathing
88
/100
07
Sunless Skies
87
/100
08
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen adds extensive new content in the fight against Advent when additional resistance factions form in order to eliminate the alien threat on Earth. In response, a new enemy, known as the “Chosen,” emerges with one goal: recapture the Commander. This expansion includes new Hero classes to counter the “Chosen”, new enemies, missions, environments and increased depth in strategic gameplay.
86
/100
09
Pyre
A party-based RPG/visual novel/sports game hybrid wherein the player, dubbed the Reader for their literacy by the group of scavengers who discovers them, is sent in exile to a lawless wasteland called the Downside and has to lead their ever-growing party of misfits to locations wherein many similar parties compete in Rites in order to attain freedom and be absolved of their crimes.
86
/100
10
Oxygen Not Included
86
/100
11
Total War: WARHAMMER II
86
/100
12
Paradigm
86
/100
13
Thimbleweed Park
84
/100
14
Rakuen
84
/100
15
Detention
83
/100
16
Bleed 2
83
/100
17
Cat Quest
83
/100
18
Torment: Tides of Numenera
82
/100
19
Hand of Fate 2
81
/100
20
Emily Is Away Too
80
/100
21
Faeria
80
/100
22
Hidden Folks
80
/100
23
Flinthook
80
/100
24
Darkwood
80
/100
25
Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition
80
/100
26
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
79
/100
27
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
79
/100
28
Splasher
79
/100
29
Bridge Constructor Portal
78
/100
30
Tacoma
78
/100
31
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
78
/100
32
Slime-san
78
/100
33
Full Throttle Remastered
78
/100
34
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
77
/100
35
Life is Strange: Before The Storm
77
/100
36
Observеr
77
/100
37
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
77
/100
38
Day of Infamy
77
/100
39
Sudden Strike 4
77
/100
40
Ruiner
76
/100
41
The Jackbox Party Pack 4
76
/100
42
The Escapists 2
75
/100
43
Bomber Crew
75
/100
44
CAYNE
75
/100
45
Absolver
75
/100
46
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
74
/100
47
Serial Cleaner
73
/100
48
Kona
73
/100
49
Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition
73
/100
50
Albion Online
72
/100
Night in the Woods
Night In The Woods is an adventure game heavily focused on story, characters and exploration, with some platforming to get around town. Mae's a cat so the roofs and ledges and powerlines are all her playground, and she's not the only one up there by a long shot. You'll also be doing various activities and interacting with the world in different ways, getting to know the townspeople, hanging out with friends, exploring Possum Springs inside and out, and venturing into the surrounding areas.
88
/100
05
A
Hollow Knight
A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones and uncovers the kingdom's history while improving their combat abilities and movement arsenal by fighting bosses and accessing out-of-the-way areas.
88
/100
06
West of Loathing
88
/100
07
Sunless Skies
87
/100
08
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen adds extensive new content in the fight against Advent when additional resistance factions form in order to eliminate the alien threat on Earth. In response, a new enemy, known as the “Chosen,” emerges with one goal: recapture the Commander. This expansion includes new Hero classes to counter the “Chosen”, new enemies, missions, environments and increased depth in strategic gameplay.
86
/100
09
Pyre
A party-based RPG/visual novel/sports game hybrid wherein the player, dubbed the Reader for their literacy by the group of scavengers who discovers them, is sent in exile to a lawless wasteland called the Downside and has to lead their ever-growing party of misfits to locations wherein many similar parties compete in Rites in order to attain freedom and be absolved of their crimes.
86
/100
10
Oxygen Not Included
86
/100
11
Total War: WARHAMMER II
86
/100
12
Paradigm
86
/100
13
Thimbleweed Park
84
/100
14
Rakuen
84
/100
15
Detention
83
/100
16
Bleed 2
83
/100
17
Cat Quest
83
/100
18
Torment: Tides of Numenera
82
/100
19
Hand of Fate 2
81
/100
20
Emily Is Away Too
80
/100
21
Faeria
80
/100
22
Hidden Folks
80
/100
23
Flinthook
80
/100
24
Darkwood
80
/100
25
Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition
80
/100
26
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
79
/100
27
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
79
/100
28
Splasher
79
/100
29
Bridge Constructor Portal
78
/100
30
Tacoma
78
/100
31
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
78
/100
32
Slime-san
78
/100
33
Full Throttle Remastered
78
/100
34
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
77
/100
35
Life is Strange: Before The Storm
77
/100
36
Observеr
77
/100
37
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
77
/100
38
Day of Infamy
77
/100
39
Sudden Strike 4
77
/100
40
Ruiner
76
/100
41
The Jackbox Party Pack 4
76
/100
42
The Escapists 2
75
/100
43
Bomber Crew
75
/100
44
CAYNE
75
/100
45
Absolver
75
/100
46
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
74
/100
47
Serial Cleaner
73
/100
48
Kona
73
/100
49
Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition
73
/100
50
Albion Online
72
/100
FAQ
What is the best Linux game of 2017?
Doki Doki Literature Club! currently tops the ranking with a score of 94/100 across 521 ratings. Ranking updated August 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.