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Best Games in the Action genre for Linux

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Rune: Halls of Valhalla - a game in the Action genre
Rune: Halls of Valhalla
Action, Fighting, DLC, Third-person view
Game released: Linux → 24 August 2001
Metacritic: 61/100
An add-on for Rune (2000) featuring multiplayer combat in a Viking setting. Rune: Halls of Valhalla adds 30 levels, maps and modes, along with a patch for the...
Cleared Hot - a game in the Action genre
Cleared Hot
Shooter, Top-down view, Helicopters, Old school, Action, Isometric
Early Access: Linux → 20 November 2025
Steam: 96/100
Old-school isometric game where you need to complete various missions with a helicopter. You have to transport squads, shoot, dodge missiles, and use the...
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source - a game in the Action genre
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
Action, Online, Shooter
Game released: Linux → 1 May 2006
Steam: 75/100
A multiplayer shooter set in the Half-Life universe, recreating the series’ first game for online matches. Half-Life Deathmatch: Source features the original’s...
ThinkTanks - a game in the Action genre
ThinkTanks
Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Tanks
Game released: Linux → 9 May 2003
Players: 10/10
ThinkTanks is a third-person arcade game with action and tank simulator elements from Bravetree Productions. The game is published by GarageGames, Inc., Akella is...
Cave Story - a game in the Action genre
Cave Story
Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 19 September 2007
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 89/100
This futuristic action-platformer combines shooting and puzzles with the story of an amnesiac boy who wakes in a dark cave. As he explores the world, he discovers a...
X³: Reunion - a game in the Action genre
X³: Reunion
Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Strategy
Game released: Linux → 5 December 2008
Steam: 73/100
Metacritic: 71/100
X³: Reunion — simulator with first person view. The sequel to the award-winning XBI: The Threat. New 3D engine, new story, new ships and new features that...
Nation Red - a game in the Action genre
Nation Red
Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Zombies, Indie
Game released: Linux → 3 September 2009
Players: 4.2/10
Steam: 90/100
Nation Red is a top-down arena shooter about fighting hordes of zombies and their bosses. After a long lull, the undead return to the Arizona desert, and some are...
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation - Heaven's Above - a game in the Action genre
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation - Heaven's Above
Action, Shooter, Horror, DLC, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Linux → 20 June 2013
Steam: 47/100
An add-on for Painkiller: Hell & Damnation that shifts the action from a first-person perspective to a top-down shooter. It features five campaign maps...
Sir, You Are Being Hunted - a game in the Action genre
Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Survival
Game released: Linux → 19 August 2013
Players: 6.5/10
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 63/100
Sir, You Are Being Hunted is an indie shooter with stealth elements and a first-person view in a fantasy setting. You find yourself in a dimension similar to...
Haunted Memories - a game in the Action genre
Haunted Memories
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view
Game released: Linux → 30 September 2013
Players: 10/10
Haunted Memories is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter and horror from the MadMan Theory Games studio. The main publisher of the game is MadMan...
Anomaly: Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign - a game in the Action genre
Anomaly: Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: Linux → 6 November 2013
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 92/100
Anomaly: Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign is a continuation of the top-down strategy game in the sci-fi setting of Anomaly: Warzone Earth, which adds 15 new missions...
Quest of Dungeons - a game in the Action genre
Quest of Dungeons
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Casual game, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 25 March 2014
Steam: 78/100
This turn-based dungeon crawler with 16-bit retro visuals follows a group of heroes confronting the Dark Lord, who has stolen all the light. Players choose a...
Dungeon Defenders Eternity - a game in the Action genre
Dungeon Defenders Eternity
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 22 July 2014
Players: 10/10
Steam: 48/100
A fantasy action RPG with tower-defense elements, Dungeon Defenders Eternity follows a team of heroes defending Etheria from the army of the Old Ones. Players...
Outland - a game in the Action genre
Outland
Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 29 September 2014
Players: 7.9/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Outland is a fantastic action-plate with a side of the side, where you have to use the forces of light and darkness in an epic journey to save the world from the...
LEGO Minifigures Online - a game in the Action genre
LEGO Minifigures Online
Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Linux → 29 October 2014
Players: 5.5/10
LEGO Minifigures Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Funcom and released in 2014. The game recreates a toy world whose...
Project Jazzgame - a game in the Action genre
Project Jazzgame
Action, Third-person view, Parkour, Adventure
Game in development: Linux → 2026
Players: 5.5/10
An open-world adventure with parkour and dynamic battles. The main character runs across rooftops and fights against gangs that terrorize the city. You can perform...
Enchanted Cave 2 - a game in the Action genre
Enchanted Cave 2
Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Indie, Dungeons
Game released: Linux → 3 June 2015
Steam: 90/100
Enchanted Cave 2 is a top-down action RPG in the roguelike genre. You'll delve into a strange cave with a seemingly endless supply of treasure, strategically...
Exile's End - a game in the Action genre
Exile's End
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 1 September 2015
Steam: 67/100
Metacritic: 63/100
Exile's End is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer set in a futuristic setting. The game takes place in the distant future, where the megacorporation...
Body Changer - a game in the Action genre
Body Changer
Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 16 October 2015
Steam: 60/100
This 3D metroidvania combines third-person shooting with puzzles and takes place on a blocked water-storage station in space. The player controls a team of...
Galak-Z - a game in the Action genre
Galak-Z
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Space
Game released: Linux → 29 October 2015
Steam: 77/100
Metacritic: 80/100
A top-down space action game, GALAK-Z combines two-dimensional dogfights with procedurally generated worlds and physics-driven combat. The player pilots an...
NeonXSZ - a game in the Action genre
NeonXSZ
Role-playing game, Action, Warships / Submarines, Futurism (Future), Indie, Sandbox, Open world
Game released: Linux → 22 February 2016
Steam: 75/100
This futuristic action RPG centers on zero-gravity gunship combat and an attempt to escape a strange world structured like a system. The protagonist is an anomaly...
Prison Run and Gun - a game in the Action genre
Prison Run and Gun
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view
Game released: Linux → 16 March 2016
Players: 10/10
Steam: 90/100
Arcade action platformer with pixel graphics about a daring prison escape. The main character must overcome many obstacles, fight enemies, and solve puzzles to win...
Neon Drive - a game in the Action genre
Neon Drive
Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Free game, Music game, Action
Game released: Linux → 12 May 2016
Players: 9.7/10
Steam: 86/100
Neon Drive is a car racing arcade game with retro-futuristic colors. The game is a runner with beautiful visuals and pleasant...
Zombasite - a game in the Action genre
Zombasite
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Indie
Game released: Linux → 23 August 2016
Steam: 76/100
Zombasite is an isometric role-playing action game set in a fantasy zombie apocalypse. Dark elves have always portrayed themselves as gods, creating and perfecting...
Samurai Riot - a game in the Action genre
Samurai Riot
Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure
Game released: Linux → 13 September 2017
Players: 6.5/10
Steam: 64/100
Samurai Riot is a two-dimensional cooperative fighting game with a side view that will send you to conquer the ancient eastern worlds. Together with a friend, you...
Tank Force - a game in the Action genre
Tank Force
Tanks, Third-person view, Action, Simulation, MMO, Casual game, Online, Historical, Free game
Game released: Linux → 23 October 2017
Players: 6.7/10
Steam: 65/100
A dynamic game about tank battles in 10x10 format. In battles, various modern tanks and their modifications created in the Russian Federation, NATO countries or the...
Iconoclasts - a game in the Action genre
Iconoclasts
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 23 January 2018
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...
Violet Cycle - a game in the Action genre
Violet Cycle
Arcade, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Indie
Game released: Linux → 2 February 2018
Steam: 57/100
Violet Cycle is an arcade action roguelike with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. Something terrible has happened to life itself in the far corner of...
Exiled Kingdoms - a game in the Action genre
Exiled Kingdoms
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie
Game released: Linux → 23 February 2018
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 91/100
An isometric single-player action RPG set in a fantasy world where four kingdoms struggle to survive after a magical cataclysm destroyed the Andorian Empire. A...
Escape from Chernobyl - a game in the Action genre
Escape from Chernobyl
Action, Adventure, Tactics, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 5 July 2019
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 81/100
Escape from Chernobyl is an action-adventure game with a third-person view and tactical elements. You will plunge into the darkness and danger of the Chernobyl...
The Climate Trail - a game in the Action genre
The Climate Trail
Free game, Adventure, Visual novel, Action
Game released: Linux → 23 October 2019
Players: 4.3/10
Steam: 68/100
The Climate Trail is a free-to-play visual novel adventure that explores what will happen to our planet if it continues to warm. As you progress, you will...
Them's Fightin' Herds - a game in the Action genre
Them's Fightin' Herds
Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Anime / Manga, Action
Game released: Linux → 30 April 2020
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 80/100
Them's Fightin' Herds is a 2D arcade fighting game created by fans of the My Little Pony animated series, where you will fight and explore the mysterious lands of...
From the Depths - a game in the Action genre
From the Depths
Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Construction, Sandbox, Crafting
Game released: Linux → 6 November 2020
Steam: 89/100
A vehicle-building sandbox with strategy and simulation elements, From the Depths lets players assemble war machines from blocks and command them in battles across...
Godlike Burger - a game in the Action genre
Godlike Burger
Top-down view, Arcade, Roguelike, Business / Management, Simulation, Strategy, Action
Game released: Linux → 21 April 2022
Players: 7/10
Steam: 76/100
The player controls the chef of a space restaurant. The main character cooks the best burgers from his alien guests. The character can use conventional weapons or...
Saga Of Sins - a game in the Action genre
Saga Of Sins
Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Arcade, Metroidvania, Side view, Medieval era
Game released: Linux → 30 March 2023
Steam: 76/100
The game takes place in a dark fantasy world with demons, monsters and dark magic. There are several characters available that you can switch between during battle...
Frontline 1942: Battles of the World War 2 - a game in the Action genre
Frontline 1942: Battles of the World War 2
Shooter, First-person view, Online, Historical, Online, Free game, Action, Simulation, Sports game
Game released: Linux → 14 November 2023
Players: 5.9/10
Steam: 54/100
Multiplayer shooter dedicated to battles in the setting of the Second World War. Each map is interesting in its own way, and each has its own characteristics. There...
Hands of Necromancy 2 - a game in the Action genre
Hands of Necromancy 2
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy, Demons, Old school, Indie
Game released: Linux → 16 September 2024
Players: 10/10
Steam: 91/100
Grim old-school shooter in the spirit of Heretic and DOOM (1995). The player takes on the role of a powerful necromancer, exploring various locations, fighting...
Warfare Legacy Collection - a game in the Action genre
Warfare Legacy Collection
Strategy, Historical, Side view, Tactics, Remake, Casual game, Action
Game released: Linux → 28 April 2025
Steam: 92/100
A combined re-release of the strategies Warfare 1917 and Warfare 1944, complemented by updated graphics, support for full-screen mode and the ability to create...
Project Speed 2 - a game in the Action genre
Project Speed 2
Racing, Online, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Open world, Casual game, Action
Game released: Linux → 22 May 2025
Players: 6.6/10
Steam: 35/100
Free racing simulator in the open world. The game is in early access. The game currently has three open worlds to choose from (Turtle Coast, Nyarovik and the...
Index: Purger - a game in the Action genre
Index: Purger
Shooter, First-person view, Action
Game in development: Linux → 2026
A dynamic shooter set in a dystopian alternative world. The main character is an elite mercenary "Omega Security" who fights in intense, chaotic combat scenarios...
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