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Best Games in the Action genre for Linux

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Valheim - a game in the Action genre
Valheim
Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting
Early Access: Linux → 2 February 2021
Players: 8.5/10
A fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and raiding tombs, building bases...
The Long Dark - a game in the Action genre
The Long Dark
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Linux → 1 August 2017
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 76/100
Post-apocalyptic action adventure with first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of pilot Will McKennzie, who caught his plane in a...
7 Days to Die - a game in the Action genre
7 Days to Die
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
Early Access: Linux → 13 December 2013; Game released: Linux → 25 July 2024
Players: 8.1/10
Metacritic: 41/100
Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...
Stranded Deep - a game in the Action genre
Stranded Deep
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Survival, Open world, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 11 August 2022
Players: 8.1/10
Metacritic: 65/100
Stranded Deep is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and survival elements. The plot centers on the main character, who, after a plane crash, is...
Half-Life 2 - a game in the Action genre
Half-Life 2
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle
Game released: Linux → 27 June 2013
Players: 8.7/10
Metacritic: 93/100
Half-Life 2 is a continuation of the legendary adventure shooter with a first-person view. You once again have to lift the crowbar of the scientist-researcher...
Last Epoch - a game in the Action genre
Last Epoch
Role-playing game, Online, Action, MMO, Hack and slash, Isometric, Free game, Fantasy
Game released: Linux → 21 February 2024
Players: 6.9/10
Metacritic: 80/100
A free-to-play action RPG set in a fantasy world where players travel back in time to save time from the Void. Humanity is forced to live underground in order to...
Slime Rancher - a game in the Action genre
Slime Rancher
Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view
Game released: Linux → 1 August 2017
Players: 8.4/10
Metacritic: 81/100
Slime Rancher is an arcade shooter with a first-person view. You have to become the owner of a funny farm of slugs that live on a new planet colonized by humanity...
System Shock Remake - a game in the Action genre
System Shock Remake
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Remake
Game released: Linux → 30 May 2023
Players: 7.9/10
A remake of the legendary role-playing shooter System Shock. The game takes place in the year 2072, where all resources on Earth have been practically depleted...
ARK: Survival Evolved - a game in the Action genre
ARK: Survival Evolved
Online, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Shooter, Survival, Open world
Game released: Linux → 27 August 2017
Players: 7.9/10
Metacritic: 56/100
ARK: Survival Evolved is an open-world action game with a first-person view and survival elements. You have to become a real dinosaur hunter. You will go to a large...
Friday Night Funkin' - a game in the Action genre
Friday Night Funkin'
Action, Music game, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 1 November 2020
Players: 7.4/10
Friday Night Funkin' is a musical action game with elements of adventure. This is a game where you have to perform musical feats to get closer to your girlfriend...
Left 4 Dead 2 - a game in the Action genre
Left 4 Dead 2
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view
Game released: Linux → 5 July 2013
Players: 8.4/10
Metacritic: 89/100
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - a game in the Action genre
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Linux → 31 July 2015
Players: 8.2/10
Metacritic: 85/100
Soulstone Survivors - a game in the Action genre
Soulstone Survivors
Role-playing game, Indie, Top-down view, Fantasy, Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Crafting
Game released: Linux → 17 June 2025
Players: 9.5/10
An action RPG with roguelike elements, where the fantasy world is filled with hordes of monsters and giant bosses. The player becomes a Void Hunter, destroying...
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel - a game in the Action genre
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Action, Shooter, First-person view
Game released: Linux → 14 October 2014
Players: 8/10
Metacritic: 75/100
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a dynamic shooter with role-playing elements and a first-person view in the Borderlands universe. The game takes place after the...
Graveyard Keeper - a game in the Action genre
Graveyard Keeper
Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie
Game released: Linux → 15 August 2018
Players: 8.2/10
Metacritic: 68/100
Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true medieval cemetery manager. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your cemetery. Each new...
This War of Mine - a game in the Action genre
This War of Mine
Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Game released: Linux → 14 November 2014
Players: 8.4/10
Metacritic: 82/100
This War of Mine is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The game allows you to plunge into the life of ordinary civilians trying to...
Darkwood - a game in the Action genre
Darkwood
Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Survival, Simulation
Game released: Linux → 17 August 2017
Players: 9.5/10
Metacritic: 79/100
Top-down survival action-horror adventure. Events take place in a mysterious forest, where every night threatens to be the last. Players control a nameless hero who...
Megabonk - a game in the Action genre
Megabonk
Action, Third-person view, Roguelike, Survival
Game released: Linux → 18 September 2025
Players: 7.3/10
A fast-paced game where you battle endless hordes of enemies and become increasingly stronger with each level. You can upgrade your weapons and create unique...
FTL: Faster Than Light - a game in the Action genre
FTL: Faster Than Light
Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy
Game released: Linux → 14 September 2012
Players: 8.8/10
Metacritic: 86/100
FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out secret information...
Unturned - a game in the Action genre
Unturned
Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox
Early Access: Linux → 7 July 2014; Game released: Linux → 7 July 2017
Players: 7.9/10
Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and hostile players...
Tap Ninja - a game in the Action genre
Tap Ninja
Side view, Arcade, Roguelike, Action, Adventure, Indie
Game released: Linux → 17 March 2022
Players: 8.9/10
Tap Ninja is an adventure arcade clicker with role-playing elements and a side view in a medieval setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a warlike...
Mount & Blade: Warband - a game in the Action genre
Mount & Blade: Warband
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Linux → 31 March 2010
Players: 8.8/10
Metacritic: 68/100
Mount & Blade: Warband is an action role-playing game with strategy elements and a third-person view in a medieval setting. You will be able to become the ruler of...
Celeste - a game in the Action genre
Celeste
Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view
Game released: Linux → 25 January 2018
Players: 8.2/10
Metacritic: 91/100
Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...
SOMA - a game in the Action genre
SOMA
Action, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Linux → 22 September 2015
Players: 8.7/10
Metacritic: 82/100
SOMA is a new project from Frictional Games, the creators of Penumbra and Amnesia. The plot revolves around the underwater research facility PATHOS-2, where...
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok - a game in the Action genre
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy
Early Access: Linux → 15 December 2022; Game released: Linux → 26 April 2024
Players: 6.9/10
After Ragnarok, Yggdrasil, the World Tree, lost almost all of its energy needed to support the Nine Realms. Only a few heroes survived the End of the World...
Skul: The Hero Slayer - a game in the Action genre
Skul: The Hero Slayer
Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval
Early Access: Linux → 19 February 2020; Game released: Linux → 21 January 2021
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 80/100
Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...
Carrion - a game in the Action genre
Carrion
Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view
Game released: Linux → 23 July 2020
Players: 9/10
Metacritic: 76/100
The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...
Victor Vran - a game in the Action genre
Victor Vran
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Linux → 24 July 2015
Players: 7.6/10
Metacritic: 75/100
Victor Vran is an isometric RPG with an action/fantasy twist from Haemimont Games. The game is published by Haemimont Games and EuroVideo Medien. Victor Vran is...
Supraland - a game in the Action genre
Supraland
Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle
Game released: Linux → 5 April 2019
Players: 8.2/10
Supraland is an exciting action platformer with a first-person view. In the game you have to solve fun puzzles, explore the environment, find secrets and fight...
Halls of Torment - a game in the Action genre
Halls of Torment
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Old school
Early Access: Linux → 24 May 2023; Game released: Linux → 24 September 2024
Players: 7.4/10
Metacritic: 88/100
The main action takes place in a dark fantasy world with monsters, demons and magic. The brave hero sets out to explore various underground spaces to find new...
Hellpoint - a game in the Action genre
Hellpoint
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Linux → 30 July 2020
Players: 7.3/10
Metacritic: 61/100
Hellpoint is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the future on the Irid Novo space station, which...
Astral Ascent - a game in the Action genre
Astral Ascent
Action, Roguelike, Side view, Slasher, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Fantasy
Game released: Linux → 14 November 2023
Players: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 85/100
Four heroes with unique personalities try to escape from the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 godlike and treacherous Zodiacs. The game has dozens of unique...
Forager - a game in the Action genre
Forager
Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Open world, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 18 April 2019
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 78/100
Forager is a fun top-down arcade clicker game with RPG elements, inspired by Stardew Valley, Terraria and Zelda. You will explore everything around, create objects...
TerraTech - a game in the Action genre
TerraTech
Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie
Game released: Linux → 10 August 2018
Players: 7.8/10
TerraTech is an exciting sandbox where you can manage a fleet of unique cars and fight enemies for valuable resources. Particular emphasis is placed on...
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - a game in the Action genre
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie
Game released: Linux → 10 March 2015
Players: 9/10
Metacritic: 75/100
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a continuation of the dynamic top-down action game. The main action takes place parallel to the events of the original Hotline...
Salt and Sanctuary - a game in the Action genre
Salt and Sanctuary
Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view
Game released: Linux → 17 May 2016
Players: 9/10
Metacritic: 82/100
Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...
Quake - a game in the Action genre
Quake
Action, Shooter, First-person view
Game released: Linux → 1996
Players: 8.6/10
Metacritic: 84/100
Quake is a legendary sci-fi first-person shooter. You will try on the role of a nameless soldier who needs to fight the legions of death sent by a mysterious enemy...
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 - a game in the Action genre
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Linux → 20 July 2022
Players: 5.5/10
Metacritic: 74/100
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 is a top-down fantasy action RPG that will take gamers into the fantasy world of Forgotten Realms from the Dungeons & Dragons board...
Police Stories - a game in the Action genre
Police Stories
Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike
Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019
Players: 7.6/10
Police Stories is a top-down tactical shooter with horror elements. You will play as a policeman and, together with your partner Rick, go to storm various premises...
Iratus: Lord of the Dead - a game in the Action genre
Iratus: Lord of the Dead
Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike
Game released: Linux → 23 April 2020
Players: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 78/100
Iratus: Lord of the Dead — a party-based RPG with roguelike elements and a side view, inspired by the popular Darkest Dungeon and Dungeon Keeper. An enraged...
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