🐧 Best Games with Native Linux Support

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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.

How selective is this list?

15 of 594 games meet the criteria

Release span
1988–2026
Median year
2015
from 2015 or later
50%
Median rating
78/100

Counted live in the IGDB games database on this page’s last build.

  1. 1Cover of Baldur's Gate III

    Baldur's Gate III2023

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

    Escape Simulator2021

    93 / 100Point-and-clickPuzzleSimulator
  3. 3Cover of Unreal Tournament

    Unreal Tournament1999

    92 / 100Shooter🛋️ Split-screen up to 4
  4. 4Cover of Portal 2

    Portal 22011

    92 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  5. 5Cover of Hollow Knight

    Hollow Knight2017

    92 / 100PlatformAdventureIndie
  6. 6Cover of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

    Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri1999

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

    Undertale2015

    91 / 100PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)Adventure
  8. 8Cover of Hollow Knight: Silksong

    Hollow Knight: Silksong2025

    91 / 100PlatformAdventureIndie
  9. 9Cover of Vintage Story

    Vintage Story2018

    91 / 100Indie
  10. 10Cover of Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia

    Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia1999

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

    Toem2021

    90 / 100PuzzleAdventureIndie
  12. 12Cover of Lisa: The Painful

    Lisa: The Painful2014

    90 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Adventure
  13. 13Cover of The Cat Lady

    The Cat Lady2012

    90 / 100Point-and-clickPuzzleQuiz/Trivia
  14. 14Cover of BioShock Infinite

    BioShock Infinite2013

    89 / 100ShooterAdventure
  15. 15Cover of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

    Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn2000

    89 / 100Role-playing (RPG)

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