Survival horror for Linux — top best games in the Survival horror genre

Barotrauma - a game in the Survival horror genre

Online, Business / Management, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror

Early Access: Linux → 6 June 2019; Game released: Linux → 13 March 2023

Players: 8.8/10

A game about a submarine, which features procedural generation of tasks, a character editor and an online mode for 16 players. The gamer will be able to visit a...

Entity: The Black Day

Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 8 January 2026; Early Access: Linux → 14 November 2023

Players: 2.6/10

The action unfolds in a dark underground bio-laboratory complex. The player takes on the role of Adam, a former special forces operative sent on a secret mission to...

Fragile Reflection

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2025

Players: 9.9/10

The old Japanese town of Nankofuraku is shrouded in a haze of memories and pain. When Karyo Ito returns there to her family, she discovers not a cozy village, but a...

Fear the Spotlight

Adventure, Survival horror, Third-person view, Stealth, Exploration, Action, Old school

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2024

Metacritic: 78/100

The main character Vivian, together with her friend Amy, decides to have a seance at Sunnyside School, but the situation gets out of control. Vivian finds herself...

Z Arena

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2024; Early Access: Linux → 10 June 2021

A free survival shooter in which the player confronts waves of bloodthirsty zombies that have invaded the planet. There are several modes available in the game...

Sonar Shock

Action, First-person view, Indie, Adventure, Shooter, Survival horror, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2024

An immersive role-playing game in the spirit of the System Shock series. The game takes place in the 90s on a Soviet submarine. The game combines Lovecraftian...

Barotrauma: Home and Harbor

Online, Business / Management, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8/10

The add-on adds the Descendants faction for Barotrauma, which uses alien technology. Now you can control underwater outposts and install modules on them. Also, NPC...

Chernobyl: Origins

Adventure, Survival horror, Exploration, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2023

Players: 8.5/10

The events of the game take place in 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The main character is a scientist from a secret laboratory located in the depths of...

Hired 2 Die

First-person view, Survival horror, Stealth, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2025

Players: 3.8/10

The main character is a person who is able to sense Distortions that generate strange objects and dangerous creatures. During the experiment, he will have to...

The December Job

Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Old school, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2025

A dark short game where the main character has behaved well for years but hasn't received gifts for Christmas. Therefore, the character sneaks into the workshop...

Survival horror

Best Games in the Survival horror genre for Linux