The Linear Zone

Games with focused, directed progression through authored levels, scenes, or chapters.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Fright Train - Fight through a train overtaken by monsters and survive Antarctica’s cold as paranormal special agent Doug Barker in this chilling single-player third-person survival horror roguelite.
Gawr Gura: Quest for Bread - Embark on a journey to reunite with your bread in this bite-sized 3D action-platformer featuring everyone's favorite shark!
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Aug 27, 2026
98% 👍
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Snap the Cat - An incremental game about taking photos of cats. Upgrade your account, unlock new cats, and take photos of them so everyone on the planet will follow you!
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Aug 25, 2026
95% 👍
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The Stalked 3 - A late-night thrill turns into a nightmare. Olivia sneaks into Creepwood Wonderland Carnival with her boyfriend, expecting a fun night alone in the park. But something feels off. Distant footsteps. Faint whispers. Someone else is here… Watching.
Ghost Buster:Village - An extreme blogger travels to an abandoned village that, according to legend, was deserted in a single day. While exploring, he encounters rituals and entities rooted in Slavic mythology. But the truth waiting there is far more terrifying than any legend.
SURA: Shattered Star - SURA: Shattered Star is a sword-fighting action platformer set in space. Play as Sura, a mercenary grieving the loss of her comrades, and cut down everything that stands in your way.
Future Knight - Frenetic action and LCD aesthetic! In this 2D Shoot 'Em Up, switch between a robot hero and his benign tumor to stop a bizarre cult. You have 8 hours to save humanity's memory: defeat grotesque bosses, ride the skies on your Future Board, and master the chaos in a retro-futuristic Tokyo.
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Aug 13, 2026
99% 👍
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Landscaper Simulator - Lawns are wild. Parks are buried in weeds. Streets are littered. The world needs a hero, and that’s where you come in. As the Landscaper, it’s your job to turn disorder into beauty. With your weed whacker, pressure washer, and trash vacuum, you’ll trim, wash, and restore every space to perfection.
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Aug 11, 2026
88% 👍
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The Skin Stapler - Players say: Hunt a serial killer through Carrion City as a weary detective and his targets, investigating crime scenes and completing everyday tasks. Players like: Retro Low-Poly Style · Grimy City Atmosphere · Absurd Dark Comedy ·
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The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.

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Aug 6, 2026
90% 👍
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On Sale Now

Discounted 25% or more right now, limited to well-reviewed games, steepest cuts first.

Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice - Players say: Search a tropical archipelago for Faith in a comic point-and-click adventure built around conversations, item puzzles, and quests. Players like: Classic Inventory Puzzles · Larry-Style Humor · Tropical Island Setting ·
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No obstacle will keep me away from my beloved, my Faith, not even the wild and untamed islands of Kalau’a. Those lovely island ladies can only distract me for so long as my heart’s compass only points in one direction - Faith!

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Oct 23, 2020
85% 👍
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DISTRAINT 2 - Players say: As Price confronts his past in a surreal 2D horror adventure, explore strange places, collect items, and solve puzzles. Players like: Emotional Narrative · Atmospheric Soundtrack · Pixel-Art Style ·
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You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.

Fall of Porcupine - Players say: As junior doctor Finley, treat patients through minigames, get to know Porcupine's residents, and navigate hospital life. Players like: Charming Art Style · Memorable Characters · Emotional Story ·
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A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.

Wordle 4 - Players say: Solve English word puzzles across 29 alphabet-linked categories, using letter clues and picture hints to uncover each answer. Players like: Achievement Collection · Easy Letter Guessing · Brief Diversion ·
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Wordle 4 is a new format puzzle game from the Wordle series. 29 new categories scattered across the English alphabet from A to Z.

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Dec 9, 2020
72% 👍
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The Talos Principle 2 - Players say: As robot 1K, solve tool-based puzzles across a strange island while exploring a megastructure and shaping a new society. Players like: Fresh Puzzle Mechanics · Beautiful Environments · Thought-Provoking Themes ·
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The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.

Spirit of the North - Players say: Explore Nordic-inspired ruins as a red fox guided by a Northern Lights spirit, solving environmental puzzles to restore a silent world. Players like: Beautiful Landscapes · Atmospheric Music · Playing as a Fox ·
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Spirit of the North is a single-player 3rd-person adventure game inspired by the breathtaking and mysterious landscapes of Iceland. Play as an ordinary red fox whose story becomes entwined with the guardian of the Northern Lights, a female spirit fox.

The Knightling - Players say: As a knight-in-training searching for a missing mentor, explore Clesseia and fight with a shield that doubles as your way forward. Players like: Fun Shield Traversal · Vibrant World Design · Charming Characters ·
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The Knightling is an open world, action-adventure where you play as an aspiring knight in search of their missing mentor, Sir Lionstone. Equipped with only a legendary shield, you’ll brave your way through the lands of Clesseia to become the unlikely hero.

Apartament 1406: Horror - Players say: Explore a haunted apartment, solve item-based puzzles, and choose when to fight paranormal creatures with scarce supplies. Players like: Eerie Atmosphere · Sound Design · Jump Scares ·
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Apartment 1406 is an intense horror game, that challenges you to constantly survive in a hostile environment. Collect items to survive against limited ammo and creatures that lurk in the dark. Solve the puzzles and survive in this dark game.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered - Players say: Join the Ghostbusters as a new recruit, scanning haunted New York, fighting spirits with proton-pack modes, and trapping them. Players like: Original Cast Returns · Movie-Like Story · Satisfying Ghost Capture ·
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The beloved and critically acclaimed Ghostbusters video game is back! Strap on your proton pack once again and join the Ghostbusters on the adventure with the voice and likeness of the original crew as you battle to save New York!

Happy Game - Players say: Guide a sleeping boy through three surreal nightmares, clicking and dragging through eerie scenes to solve puzzles and find a way out. Players like: Distinctive Art Style · Dreamlike Atmosphere · Eerie Sound Design ·
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A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?

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Oct 28, 2021
90% 👍
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Creaks - Players say: After a hidden passage opens behind his wall, a young man explores an underground mansion by solving puzzles with light and living furniture. Players like: Hand-Drawn Art · Clever Room Puzzles · Atmospheric Music ·
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The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.

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Jul 22, 2020
95% 👍
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Dear Esther: Landmark Edition - Players say: Walk a remote Hebridean island, finding letter fragments and following a shifting, ambiguous story through exploration. Players like: Island Atmosphere · Music and Sound · Beautiful Landscapes ·
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Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

As Long As You're Here - Players say: As Annie’s memory falters, complete daily routines, explore family keepsakes, and follow her shifting recollections in a first-person story. Players like: Emotional Family Story · Dementia Perspective · Respectful Portrayal ·
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What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.

MotionRec - MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.
Frog's Adventure - You're a frog who just got given a brain! 🐸 Point-and-click your way through a hand-drawn world and solve puzzles, collect items and talk to other hexed animals. . . Can you lift the curse?
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Aug 2, 2023
100% 👍
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BEERCRUSH - Enter the world of John Beer in this psychotic, fast-paced roguelike where you drink beer to stay alive! Dash as fast as you can through unique and crazy worlds to break the vicious cycle. So what are you waiting for!? LIVE LIFE. EVERY GOLDEN MINUTE OF IT!
Myths are 100% True - Myths are 100% True is a Fast-Paced Combat-Platformer that feels like X-Files if it was made by 12 year olds in Movie Maker back in 2008.
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Nov 18, 2025
100% 👍
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Home - A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles. Enjoy live acoustic sounds and a story that feels like a musical film!
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Nov 20, 2025
100% 👍
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Anthology Of The Killer - Players say: Zine-maker BB investigates a surreal city’s killer-filled mysteries by exploring strange places, reading dialogue, and escaping chases. Players like: Witty Surreal Writing · Distinctive Art Style · Dreamlike Atmosphere ·
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The complete surrealist horror-comedy series! A mysterious world of zines and blood!!

LOK Digital - Players say: Find invented words in letter grids, use their changing powers to blacken tiles, and expand the LOK creatures’ world. Players like: Clever Puzzle Design · Evolving Word Rules · Satisfying Challenges ·
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Learn a cryptic language of world-changing words and master their mind-bending effects. Embark on your charming puzzle-solving journey to help the LOK creatures thrive.

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Dec 11, 2024
99% 👍
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Desvelado - Turn off the lights, dodge the ghosts and go to sleep as soon as you can in this hand-crafted 2d platform experience! In this vampiric precision platformer you will overcome challenging puzzles and deadly enemies before going to sleep in your cosy coffin. 
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Aug 14, 2024
99% 👍
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Chromatic Conundrum - Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.
Serre - A visual novel about a girl and an alien drinking tea and falling in love!
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Apr 15, 2025
99% 👍
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Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow - White Wool & Snow is the second visual novel in the Misericorde series.

Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Öoo - Players say: Guide a bomb-bodied caterpillar through a connected world, using explosions to cross obstacles and solve puzzles. Players like: Clever Bomb Puzzles · Wordless Guidance · Satisfying Discoveries ·
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A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!

South Scrimshaw, Part One - Players say: Follow a newborn Brillo whale through an alien ocean in a documentary-style visual novel with illustrated biology and field notes. Players like: Detailed Hand-Drawn Art · Imaginative Alien Biology · Documentary-Style Story ·
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South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.

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Jun 9, 2023
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Moonleap - Players say: Guide a moon boy through shifting platform puzzles, changing day to night with each jump to recover shooting stars. Players like: Creative Puzzle Design · Clever Jump Mechanic · Charming Pixel Art ·
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Explore a world full of mysteries that transform with each jump! Moonleap is a game about a moon boy on his journey to recover shooting stars. Change day to night with your jump and catch all the stars in this challenging puzzle-platformer!

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Apr 11, 2023
99% 👍
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Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It - Players say: In a snowbound Soviet closed city, outcast Asya searches for missing classmate Ira and prepares a radio message to the universe. Players like: Emotional Writing · Atmospheric Art and Music · Relatable Asya ·
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USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM - Players say: In a monochrome dream, rearrange objects into visual clues and enter hidden letters to solve point-and-click puzzles. Players like: Clever Visual Puzzles · Satisfying Eureka Moments · Calm Monochrome Style ·
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HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles. Unravel the strange puzzles hidden in your dreams.

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Feb 10, 2026
98% 👍
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Stella of The End - Players say: In a machine-ruled wasteland, courier Jude escorts Philia, an android untouched by the machines, on a dangerous delivery journey. Players like: Emotional Family Story · Detailed CG Artwork · Strong Voice Acting ·
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Jude Gray, a wandering Courier, receives a request to deliver some very special cargo. This cargo turns out to be Philia, an android girl who is unaffected by the enigmatic Singularity Machines.

inbento - Players say: Arrange and manipulate food in bento boxes to match target patterns, unlocking new puzzle rules and a wordless cat-family story. Players like: Cute Cat Artwork · Bento Pattern Puzzles · Wordless Family Story ·
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A cooking puzzle game about arranging beautiful bento lunches! Solve 120+ recipes, play with food, think inside the box and enjoy a heartwarming story in this culinary brain-teaser!

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Jul 30, 2021
97% 👍
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The Baby In Yellow - Players say: Babysit a seemingly ordinary baby through routine chores that turn into surreal puzzles, supernatural scares, and frantic chases. Players like: Comedy-Horror Balance · Surprising Story Lore · Chaotic Baby Encounters ·
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You've got a new babysitting job, and things are taking a turn for the weird. Feed him, read him a bedtime story, and try not to fall into his dreams. How long can you stay in control?

Dreams of Aether - Players say: Guide Absa through a surreal dream by clearing five stages of seconds-long reflex minigames, then chase scores in endless modes. Players like: Rapid-Fire Minigames · Pixel Art And Music · Silly Character Humor ·
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A collection of dozens of Aether-flavored microgames! Dive into the Dreams of Aether, where everyone is trapped in a never-ending nightmare! Meet some of the strangest characters Aether has to offer!

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Apr 1, 2025
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this game will end in 205 clicks. - Players say: A supervillain barred from evil for a day passes the time with chores in a click-driven, linear visual novel. Players like: Meta Storytelling · Royal's Character · Queer Themes ·
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What does a SUPERVILLAIN do, when he is forbidden from doing anything evil for the day? WARNING: This is not the type of game where you can make meaningful choices.

Meg's Monster - Players say: Guide Underworld ogre Roy as he escorts lost Meg home, using turn-based fights and her toys to keep her from crying. Players like: Heartfelt Story · Memorable Characters · Pixel Art ·
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Take control of the Underworld’s grumpiest ghoul to help a lost little girl find her way home in this creepy-cute indie adventure. Just be warned: if she cries, the whole world dies.

fault - milestone two side:above - Players say: Continue Selphine’s journey in a linear, cinematic visual novel as she and her companions travel across strange lands toward home. Players like: Careful Worldbuilding · Science-Fantasy Themes · Strong Story Continuation ·
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fault - milestone two side:above is a Cinematic Visual Novel that takes place right after the events of milestone one. Please note that this novel is a direct sequel to fault - milestone one and contains massive spoilers of the first story. Play through of the first title is highly advised.

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Sep 8, 2015
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