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Best Games in the Action genre for Linux

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Space Crew: Legendary Edition - a game in the Action genre
Space Crew: Legendary Edition
Action, Science fiction, Space, Business / Management, Indie, Roguelike, Comedy, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020
Steam: 77/100
The player, as a captain, controls a spaceship. It is necessary to recruit crew members, explore the galaxy and confront aliens. The legendary edition of Space...
Death by Scrolling - a game in the Action genre
Death by Scrolling
Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Comedy, Horror
Game released: Linux → 28 October 2025
Steam: 76/100
A pixelated roguelike RPG set in the chaotic depths of Purgatory. The player chooses one of several characters with unique abilities and progresses through endless...
Heart Forth, Alicia - a game in the Action genre
Heart Forth, Alicia
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Metroidvania
Game in development: Linux → 2027
Heart Forth, Alicia is a classic Metroidvania with action RPG elements and a side view. The events of the game unfold around the young sorceress Alicia, who sets...
Half-Life: Opposing Force - a game in the Action genre
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction
Game released: Linux → 1 November 1999
Players: 9/10
Steam: 95/100
Half-Life: Opposing Force is one of the most famous additions to the first-person shooter Half-Life. You will experience the familiar events that happened in the...
Unreal Tournament 2003 - a game in the Action genre
Unreal Tournament 2003
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox
Game released: Linux → 4 November 2002
Players: 9.2/10
Metacritic: 86/100
Unreal Tournament 2003 — the campaign begins with a kind of preparation for the tournament. There are four rounds of different game modes to play, each...
Space Ace (1995) - a game in the Action genre
Space Ace (1995)
Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics, Interactive movie, Adventure, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 27 August 2013
Steam: 80/100
Space Ace (1995) is a third-person action game with elements of an interactive movie game from the developers of Don Bluth Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is...
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers - a game in the Action genre
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers
Arcade, Flight Simulator, Action, Simulation
Game released: Linux → 3 October 2013
Players: 10/10
Steam: 58/100
This arcade flight simulator focuses on aerial battles of the Pacific War. Players take part in historical engagements and fly aircraft recreated in detail. The...
Dark Matter - a game in the Action genre
Dark Matter
Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Side view
Game released: Linux → 17 October 2013
Steam: 44/100
Dark Matter is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the distant future, where you have to explore an abandoned...
King Arthur's Gold - a game in the Action genre
King Arthur's Gold
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online, Construction
Game released: Linux → 5 November 2013
Players: 5.9/10
Steam: 82/100
King Arthur's Gold is a free-to-play side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will travel back to the glory days of King Arthur, where you...
Santa's Big Adventures - a game in the Action genre
Santa's Big Adventures
Action, Indie, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 19 December 2016
Steam: 74/100
A casual platformer about Santa Claus collecting lost presents and putting them in a chimney to save Christmas. The player completes levels, gathering presents...
Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now - a game in the Action genre
Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
Action, Zombies, Indie
Game released: Linux → 4 June 2014
Steam: 86/100
An isometric shooter about fighting zombies and monsters in an apocalyptic city. In the story mode, the protagonist moves through levels, meets characters, takes on...
Defense Grid 2 - a game in the Action genre
Defense Grid 2
Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Action
Game released: Linux → 23 September 2014
Players: 6.9/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Defense Grid 2 is a continuation of the exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre with an isometric camera view. In the sequel, you will find an...
Bombing Bastards - a game in the Action genre
Bombing Bastards
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Isometric, Logic, Indie
Game released: Linux → 4 December 2014
Steam: 57/100
Bombing Bastards is an isometric arcade, action, beat 'em up and indie game from the developers of Sanuk Games. The game is published by Sanuk Games. In some...
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition - a game in the Action genre
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition
Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Action
Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015
Players: 10/10
Steam: 81/100
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition is a complete edition of the arcade platformer with puzzle elements. As a bizarre creature, you have to fly through colorful...
Gunslugs - a game in the Action genre
Gunslugs
Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Shooter, Action
Game released: Linux → 2 June 2015
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Gunslugs is a side-scrolling tactical arcade action game where you take control of an elite squad of soldiers trying to destroy the Black Duck Army and stop their...
CHKN - a game in the Action genre
CHKN
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Free game, Open world
Game released: Linux → 1 April 2016
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 79/100
A colorful sandbox, the events of which unfold on an island inhabited by bizarre animals. Players can try to survive alone, or they can create their own creature...
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh - a game in the Action genre
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view
Game released: Linux → 10 August 2016
Steam: 74/100
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is a chilling horror game with a first-person view, based on the works of Lovecraft. The final episode of the Doorways horror...
Clustertruck - a game in the Action genre
Clustertruck
Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie, Parkour
Game released: Linux → 27 September 2016
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Clustertruck is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view, in which the player has to stay on top of speeding long-range trucks. Jumping from one car to...
Hybrid Wars - a game in the Action genre
Hybrid Wars
Action, Shooter, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view
Game released: Linux → 29 September 2016
Steam: 67/100
Hybrid Wars is a sci-fi action game with an isometric camera view. The events take place in 2060, in which massive wars of war machines take place. You will play as...
Rise and Shine - a game in the Action genre
Rise and Shine
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Shooter
Game released: Linux → 13 January 2017
Players: 6.1/10
Steam: 73/100
Metacritic: 65/100
Rise & Shine is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with colorful graphics. The game takes place on the planet where the characters from their classic games...
2Dark - a game in the Action genre
2Dark
Arcade, Action, Horror, Top-down view, Indie, Stealth
Game released: Linux → 10 March 2017
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 82/100
Metacritic: 62/100
2Dark is an arcade action-horror game with survival elements and a top-down view. The main character discovers his beloved dead, and his two children are kidnapped...
Yooka-Laylee - a game in the Action genre
Yooka-Laylee
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Indie
Game released: Linux → 11 April 2017
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Yooka-Laylee is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view, created according to the canons of the classic Banjo-Kazooie. The main characters are the...
Asura: Vengeance Expansion - a game in the Action genre
Asura: Vengeance Expansion
Action, Slasher, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike
Game released: Linux → 14 April 2017
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 85/100
Asura: Vengeance Expansion is a top-down fantasy action-slasher with roguelike elements. You will be able to take on the role of the lower demon Asura to fight your...
Bomber Crew - a game in the Action genre
Bomber Crew
Simulation, Action, Strategy, Flight Simulator, Business / Management
Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Bomber Crew is a strategic flight simulator with survival and management elements. You will take control of the crew of a large bomber from the Second World War...
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy - a game in the Action genre
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Action, Platformer, Top-down view, Horror
Game released: Linux → 6 December 2017
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 84/100
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is an unusual side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will play as a naked man in a cauldron, moving around the world...
Story Goes On - a game in the Action genre
Story Goes On
Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Casual game, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 2 March 2018
Steam: 70/100
This top-down action-adventure takes place inside an unfinished book by an author reflecting on his life’s work. The hero explores repeating, randomly generated...
Just Shapes & Beats - a game in the Action genre
Just Shapes & Beats
Action, Music game, Side view, Online, Indie
Game released: Linux → 31 May 2018
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Just Shapes & Beats is a hardcore multiplayer rhythm game with fast-paced shootouts. Together with your friends you have to survive the attack of musical waves...
Eternum EX - a game in the Action genre
Eternum EX
Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view
Game released: Linux → 25 October 2018
Steam: 84/100
Eternum EX is a classic side-scrolling action platformer with pixel graphics. Sir Arthur became old, too old. He lost everything he had and loved. With great...
Shotgun Farmers - a game in the Action genre
Shotgun Farmers
Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Action
Game released: Linux → 8 March 2019
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 93/100
Shotgun Farmers is a fun multiplayer first-person shooter where you use weapons that sprout from the ground. All battles take place on farmland, where the amount of...
Fury Unleashed - a game in the Action genre
Fury Unleashed
Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Online, Action, Replayability
Game released: Linux → 8 May 2020
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Fury Unleashed is a 2D arcade platformer with a side view, made in a comic book style. You will play as the cool Scumbag, a comic book hero whose goal is to save...
Lost Ruins - a game in the Action genre
Lost Ruins
Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 13 May 2021
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 59/100
Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...
Aeon Drive - a game in the Action genre
Aeon Drive
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cyberpunk, Side view, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 30 September 2021
Steam: 75/100
Aeon Drive is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a sci-fi setting. The action takes you to the neon-lit streets of Neo-Barcelona. You will try on the role of...
Savage Lands - a game in the Action genre
Savage Lands
Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival, Open world, Online
Game released: Linux → 16 December 2021
Steam: 55/100
Savage Lands is an action game with survival elements and a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A huge open world awaits you, where there is only one goal...
Ampersat - a game in the Action genre
Ampersat
Role-playing game, Action, Dungeons, Fantasy, Old school, Roguelike, Top-down view, Procedural generation, Slasher
Game released: Linux → 6 May 2022
Steam: 85/100
An action RPG that combines retro styling with modern game mechanics. The one-man project is inspired by Gauntlet, Smash TV and Angband, offering an unusual...
Frogun - a game in the Action genre
Frogun
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Comedy
Game released: Linux → 2 August 2022
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 74/100
Frogun is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person perspective. Renata's parents are world-famous explorers, archaeologists and inventors who travel...
Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince - a game in the Action genre
Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince
Exploration, Slasher, Adventure, Top-down view, Remake, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy
Game released: Linux → 16 August 2022
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince is a top-down retro action-adventure game with RPG elements. Several centuries have passed since the events of The Sleeping...
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin - a game in the Action genre
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Action
Game released: Linux → 27 February 2024
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 72/100
A classic shooter designed to become the spiritual successor to cult games — Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem, Blood, Unreal and Hexen. The plot tells the story of a...
The Dark Queen of Mortholme - a game in the Action genre
The Dark Queen of Mortholme
Action, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game, Gothic
Game released: Linux → 15 August 2025
Players: 10/10
Steam: 85/100
The player takes on the role of the Dark Queen of Mortholme, the final boss of the game, and fights a tenacious hero who tries to defeat the enemy time after time...
Catanks - a game in the Action genre
Catanks
Shooter, Third-person view, Tanks, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Action
Game released: Linux → 25 September 2025
Players: 10/10
Steam: 100/100
The player controls a tank, driven by a cat, and tries to defend their home from a rat invasion. Each location offers new mechanics and challenges, such as...
Skarven - a game in the Action genre
Skarven
Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Horror, Action, Science fiction
Game in development: Linux → 2026
Anticipation Rating: 10/10
A first-person shooter inspired by the Half-Life series. The player will explore an alternative Denmark at the turn of the millennium, distorted by a technological...
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