Walking Simulator for Linux — top best games in the Walking Simulator genre

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe - a game in the Walking Simulator genre

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 90/100

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an improved version of the office adventure with a first-person view. You will play the role of office plankton Stanley, who...

Firewatch

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 9 February 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Firewatch is an indie adventure with a first-person view, developed by former developers of The Walking Dead and BioShock 2. The action takes place in the forests...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 5 March 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...

The End of the Sun

Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Open world, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 97/100

An adventure game inspired by Slavic mythology and ancient culture. By exploring the world during major festivals that change with the seasons, you can immerse...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Neverending Nightmares is a side-scrolling adventure horror game. You have to get used to the role of Thomas — a man who has fallen into a long string of...

Gone Home

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2013

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Gone Home is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the story of Caitlin Greenbriar, who returned home from a trip to Europe. She soon...

Tacoma

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Walking Simulator, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Tacoma is a futuristic adventure with a first-person view from the creators of Gone Home. The main story of the game is hidden behind the façade. You arrive at the...

Mutazione

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An atmospheric side-scrolling adventure in a fantastic setting. Over 100 years ago, a meteorite fell on a tropical resort. Almost all the inhabitants died, and the...

The Stanley Parable

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 88/100

The Stanley Parable is an indie project with a first-person view. The player plays the role of office plankton Stanley, who has spent his whole life pressing keys...

Book of Travels

Role-playing game, MMO, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2021; The project is closed: Linux → 31 July 2026

Steam: 72/100

Book of Travels is a unique side-scrolling multiplayer RPG. Inspired by classics of the genre, this serene adventure will transport you to a fairytale world. In the...

[Redacted] The Safehouse

Detective, Text quest, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2026

Steam: 99/100

This detective game, combining text-adventure and walking-simulator elements, follows an investigation into the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. The player...

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a continuation of the first-person horror adventure Amnesia: The Dark Descent. The game completely inherits the ideas of the original...

Targeted –10 Days

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration, Hidden Objects, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2024

Steam: 100/100

The game offers you the chance to feel like a former mafia member who is about to testify against the Don. The hero becomes a target, so before each trip, he must...

Apple Crumble

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game in development: Linux → 3 December 2026

A quest with an interesting concept — an 84-year-old grandmother suspects her relatives and acquaintances of trying to kill her. To find out the truth, it is...

The Gardens Between

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Hidden Objects, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2018

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Gardens Between is a side-scrolling fantasy adventure from Australian developers The Voxel Agents. The events unfold around the girl Ariana and the boy Frendt...

Trees Hate You

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator

Game in development: Linux → 16 November 2026

A hardcore platformer with an absurd sense of humor, where the main enemy becomes the trees. The forest here lives by its own rules: branches hinder movement, traps...

Proteus

Arcade, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2013

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This first-person exploration game takes place on dreamlike islands where the surroundings shape the soundtrack. The procedurally generated islands are home to...

That Dragon, Cancer

Adventure, First-person view, Interactive movie, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 12 January 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

That Dragon, Cancer is an interactive adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the sad story of parents who lost their son to cancer. It is based on real...

Grass Simulator

Indie, Walking Simulator, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2015

Steam: 68/100

Grass Simulator is a walking simulator with shooting elements, set in a dimension filled with cows and grass. The player controls Garry Rambler, a mercenary who...

EPONYMOUS

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2017

Steam: 69/100

EPONYMOUS is an action-adventure game with a first-person view in which you have to make your way through various rooms, find a way out and open doors. At the same...

Jotunn - Day of Judgement

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Fantasy, Casual game, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2022

Steam: 86/100

Jotunn — Day of Judgment is a free first-person horror game with exploration elements, in which the goal is to escape from the mysterious Scandinavian forest...

Rainswept

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective, Visual novel, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 1 February 2019

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Rainswept is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with a variety of puzzles. Detective Michael Anderson is sent to the small town of Pineview to help the local...

The Way of Life Free Edition

Free game, Walking Simulator, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2016

Steam: 72/100

The Way of Life Free Edition is a walking simulator about everyday experiences seen through the eyes of three characters at different stages of life: an adult, an...

Home is Where One Starts...

Adventure, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2015

Steam: 78/100

A first-person adventure about childhood and memory, set in the rural American South. The player explores the quiet countryside as a girl from a troubled home...

Deep Space Corridor

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Mysticism / Supernatural, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 3 April 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Atmospheric horror about the search for anomalies, unfolding in the confined corridors of a mysterious space station. The story begins with the awakening in the...

Beyond Eyes

Adventure, Third-person view, Walking Simulator, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 57/100

This third-person adventure follows Rae, a blind girl who sets out to find her missing cat, Nani. Traumatized by an accident in early childhood, Rae fears loud...

Journal

Indie, Adventure, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2014

Steam: 78/100

This narrative adventure unfolds in a hand-painted world and follows a young girl as she faces the choices and responsibilities of growing up. The story explores...

Pineapple on pizza

First-person view, Free game, Comedy, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Free short adventure. The main character finds himself on an island with dancing people. He simply explores the territory, gets to know the inhabitants, until he...

Heaven Island - VR MMO

Walking Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 December 2015

Steam: 54/100

Heaven Island is an experimental journey across an island where time and space seem frozen. Exploring its scenery is presented as a chance to leave everyday worries...

Mind: Path to Thalamus

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 5 August 2014

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Mind: Path to Thalamus is a puzzle-adventure game played from a first-person perspective. The setting will be a fantastic surreal world. The main character created...

Kona 2: Brume

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Detective, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 80/100

The game takes place in Canada in 1970. A certain haze cut off a small mining village from the whole world. Private detective Karl Faber is trying to understand its...

Off-Peak

Free game, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2016

Steam: 89/100

This first-person adventure is set in the near future at a cathedral-like train station. Stranded there while searching for a ticket out of town, the protagonist...

The First Tree

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 75/100

The First Tree is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The game intertwines two stories: a boy who is trying to find his father and a fox who goes in...

BABBDI

First-person view, Casual game, Simulation, Exploration, Walking Simulator, Free game

Game released: Linux → 22 December 2022

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 97/100

A short adventure in which you need to escape from an abandoned area. You need to use different found objects and collect...

Graveyard

Simulation, Third-person view, Walking Simulator, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 March 2009

Steam: 46/100

This short walking simulator follows an elderly woman visiting a graveyard. The player explores the grounds, can sit on a bench and listen to a song. Graveyard is...

Awkward Dimensions Redux

Free game, Adventure, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2016

Steam: 81/100

An adventure walking simulator presented as an interactive dream journal. Through interpretations of dreams, thoughts, fears, desires, and past work, the game...

ENA: Dream BBQ

Adventure, First-person view, Free game, Comedy, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

A surreal adventure that expands the ENA universe in an interactive format. Ena embarks on a quest to find the mysterious Boss, around whom the ambitions and...

Unrest

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Exploration, Visual novel, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2014

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This story-driven role-playing adventure is set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India, where five ordinary people struggle to survive in the famine-stricken...

Isle of Jura

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2022

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 77/100

The fishing simulator, where players in the role of a girl named Jura are exploring a beautiful island, looking for artifacts, communicate with local residents and...

A Night Before the Deadline

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Runner, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2021

Steam: 77/100

A free adventure game with minimalist graphics and an atmospheric soundtrack. The story tells about a developer named Joe, who stays in the office late at night to...

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Best Games in the Walking Simulator genre for Linux