🐧 Best Games with Native Linux Support

Most games on Linux run through a compatibility layer, and most of the time that works fine. But a native Linux build needs no translation at all, which usually means fewer surprises with performance, controllers and save files — on a desktop as much as on a Steam Deck. These are the highest-rated games that ship one.

1. 1

   Baldur's Gate III2023

   95 / 100Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
2. 2

   Escape Simulator2021

   93 / 100Point-and-clickPuzzleSimulator
3. 3

   Unreal Tournament1999

   92 / 100Shooter🛋️ Split-screen up to 4
4. 4

   Portal 22011

   92 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
5. 5

   Hollow Knight2017

   92 / 100PlatformAdventureIndie
6. 6

   Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri1999

   92 / 100SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
7. 7

   Undertale2015

   91 / 100PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)Adventure
8. 8

   Hollow Knight: Silksong2025

   91 / 100PlatformAdventureIndie
9. 9

   Vintage Story2018

   91 / 100Indie
10. 10

    Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia1999

    91 / 100Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
11. 11

    Toem2021

    90 / 100PuzzleAdventureIndie
12. 12

    Lisa: The Painful2014

    90 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Adventure
13. 13

    The Cat Lady2012

    90 / 100Point-and-clickPuzzleQuiz/Trivia
14. 14

    Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis1992

    89 / 100Point-and-clickPuzzleAdventure
15. 15

    BioShock Infinite2013

    89 / 100ShooterAdventure