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Best Games in the Action genre for Linux

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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: 7.9/10
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...
Pankapu - a game in the Action genre
Pankapu
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view
Game released: Linux → 21 September 2016
Pankapu: The Gates of Omnia is an episodic side-scrolling action platformer. The events of the game develop in the fantasies of Jaarell, a child who once...
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...
Hyper Light Drifter - a game in the Action genre
Hyper Light Drifter
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie
Game released: Linux → 31 March 2016
Players: 7.6/10
Metacritic: 82/100
Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...
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...
Huntdown: Overtime - a game in the Action genre
Huntdown: Overtime
Action, Shooter, Cyberpunk, Roguelike, Side view, Old school
Early Access: Linux → 7 May 2026; Game in development: Linux → 2027
Players: 5.5/10
Prequel to the action-platformer Huntdown. The events unfold in futuristic New Detroit in the year 2084 — a grim metropolis where corporations have replaced...
SUPERHOT - a game in the Action genre
SUPERHOT
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)
Game released: Linux → 25 February 2016
Players: 8.3/10
Metacritic: 83/100
SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter-puzzle game from the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team. The main feature of the game mechanics is the passage of time — only...
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...
Mina the Hollower - a game in the Action genre
Mina the Hollower
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Top-down view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Old school
Game released: Linux → 29 May 2026
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 92/100
The game takes you to a dark gothic world where a cursed island hides behind a thick curtain of darkness. The main character is the agile and fearless Mina, who is...
VEIN - a game in the Action genre
VEIN
Action, Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Zombies
Early Access: Linux → 24 October 2025; Game in development: Linux → 2029
Players: 8.8/10
Multiplayer sandbox with survival elements and an open world. In the near future, an apocalypse has occurred: zombies roam the Earth, most people have died, and...
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...
Slain: Back from Hell - a game in the Action genre
Slain: Back from Hell
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher
Game released: Linux → 25 March 2016
Players: 9.2/10
Metacritic: 70/100
Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a Gothic world and...
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...
Jotun - a game in the Action genre
Jotun
Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie
Game released: Linux → 29 September 2015
Players: 7/10
Metacritic: 75/100
Jotun is a hand-drawn action adventure game set in the world of Norse mythology. In the game, you will try on the role of Toru, a Viking warrior who died an...
Magicka 2 - a game in the Action genre
Magicka 2
Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015
Players: 8.5/10
Metacritic: 71/100
Magicka 2 is an isometric action game with a mixture of fantasy, tactical, adventure and co-op games from the developers of Pieces Interactive AB. The main...
Death Road to Canada - a game in the Action genre
Death Road to Canada
Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike
Game released: Linux → 22 July 2016
Players: 5.5/10
Metacritic: 79/100
Death Road to Canada is a top-down action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. You will go to the center of a full-scale invasion of the living dead. Having taken...
Barony - a game in the Action genre
Barony
Role-playing game, Roguelike, First-person view, Indie, Action, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 23 June 2015
Players: 7.4/10
Barony is a cooperative action-adventure game with a first-person view and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. You have to explore dangerous dungeons full of...
Dome Keeper - a game in the Action genre
Dome Keeper
Action, Adventure, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Survival, Old school, Procedural generation
Game released: Linux → 27 September 2022
Players: 8.9/10
Metacritic: 76/100
Dome Keeper is an exciting post-apocalyptic survival game with roguelike elements, a side view and resource management. As you progress, you will have to mine...
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove - a game in the Action genre
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view
Game released: Linux → 26 June 2014
Players: 8/10
Metacritic: 88/100
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat the evil...
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...
Indivisible - a game in the Action genre
Indivisible
Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view
Game released: Linux → 8 October 2019
Players: 9.5/10
Metacritic: 79/100
Indivisible is a colorful action-RPG platformer with turn-based combat and a side view. You have to try on the role of the girl Ajna, who goes on a journey around...
ScourgeBringer - a game in the Action genre
ScourgeBringer
Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike
Game released: Linux → 21 October 2020
Players: 9.7/10
Metacritic: 77/100
ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...
Goat Simulator - a game in the Action genre
Goat Simulator
Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie
Game released: Linux → 27 June 2014
Players: 7.9/10
Metacritic: 58/100
Goat Simulator is an unusual goat simulator with a third-person view. You have to control such extraordinary characters in the world of computer games as a goat...
Gang Beasts - a game in the Action genre
Gang Beasts
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie
Game released: Linux → 12 December 2017
Players: 7.6/10
Metacritic: 68/100
Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...
Trine - a game in the Action genre
Trine
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Linux → 2 November 2010
Players: 8.8/10
Metacritic: 82/100
Trine is a third-person action, platformer, puzzle and fantasy game from the developers of Frozenbyte, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Frozenbyte, Inc.. It...
Volcanoids - a game in the Action genre
Volcanoids
Simulation, Action, First-person view, Steampunk
Early Access: Linux → 29 January 2019
Players: 8.6/10
Volcanoids is an atmospheric survival simulator with a first-person view in a steampunk style. You are about to go on an expedition to an abandoned island that was...
Worms W.M.D - a game in the Action genre
Worms W.M.D
Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view
Game released: Linux → 23 August 2016
Players: 7.2/10
Metacritic: 78/100
Worms W.M.D is a turn-based tactical action strategy game with a side view. A continuation of the popular game series, where two squads of worms will clash again in...
Wasteland 2 - a game in the Action genre
Wasteland 2
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie
Game released: Linux → 19 September 2014
Players: 7.2/10
Metacritic: 78/100
Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...
Aragami - a game in the Action genre
Aragami
Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view
Game released: Linux → 4 October 2016
Players: 8.8/10
Metacritic: 77/100
Aragami is a classic Japanese-style third-person stealth action game. The game tells the story of a mysterious ninja who is a warrior-killer revived after death who...
DOOM (1993) - a game in the Action genre
DOOM (1993)
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Linux → 1994
Players: 8.1/10
Metacritic: 82/100
Nuclear Throne - a game in the Action genre
Nuclear Throne
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie
Game released: Linux → 5 December 2015
Players: 9/10
Metacritic: 86/100
Nuclear Throne is a dynamic arcade action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. Having chosen one of 12 unique characters and armed with an arsenal of...
Savage Lands - a game in the Action genre
Savage Lands
Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Linux → 16 December 2021
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...
Mother Russia Bleeds - a game in the Action genre
Mother Russia Bleeds
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Side view
Game released: Linux → 5 September 2016
Players: 8.8/10
Metacritic: 70/100
Mother Russia Bleeds is a side-scrolling arcade action game. You advance through the level, destroying all enemies along the way using hand-to-hand combat and...
Mr. Shifty - a game in the Action genre
Mr. Shifty
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Comics, Beat them all
Game released: Linux → 13 April 2017
Players: 9/10
Metacritic: 68/100
Mr. Shifty is a top-down arcade action adventure where you have to dodge the path and move at lightning speed. In the game, you get into the most guarded building...
The Spell Brigade - a game in the Action genre
The Spell Brigade
Action, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Arcade, Casual game, Top-down view
Early Access: Linux → 16 September 2024
Players: 8.6/10
A cooperative game in which four gamers control wizards and confront hordes of dark creatures. You need to complete tasks, choose upgrades and combine very powerful...
Quake 3: Arena - a game in the Action genre
Quake 3: Arena
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Linux → декабрь 1999
Players: 8.2/10
Quake 3: Arena is a cult multiplayer shooter with a first-person view. The game does not have a single-player story campaign (there is a mode where the player...
Besiege - a game in the Action genre
Besiege
Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action
Early Access: Linux → 28 January 2015; Game released: Linux → 18 February 2020
Players: 7.5/10
A construction game in which the player creates unique medieval siege engines and uses them to destroy fortified fortresses. Players can build siege weapons...
Chasm - a game in the Action genre
Chasm
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike
Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018
Players: 5.9/10
Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...
Niffelheim - a game in the Action genre
Niffelheim
Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018
Players: 5.5/10
Monstrum - a game in the Action genre
Monstrum
Action, Horror, First-person view
Game released: Linux → 20 May 2015
Players: 7.8/10
Monstrum is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. All levels in the game are procedurally generated, so with each playthrough you will encounter...
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