Action
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Statuses
Best Games in the Action genre for Linux
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018
Players:
5.9/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
72/100
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...
Free game, Simulation, Adventure, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Action
Game released: Linux → 1 March 2022
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
94/100
Aperture Desk Job is a free-to-play adventure game with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting, set in the Portal universe. In the game you will find yourself in...
Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox, Survival, Zombies
Early Access: Linux → 7 July 2014; Game released: Linux → 7 July 2017
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
90/100
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...
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting
Early Access: Linux → 19 November 2024
Players:
1/10
Steam:
67/100
Adventure sandbox with an open world. The main action takes place in a fantasy universe. It is home to the Shimu people, who are trying to retake their homeland...
Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy, Space
Game released: Linux → 14 September 2012
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
95/100
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...
Role-playing game, Roguelike, First-person view, Indie, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Dungeons
Game released: Linux → 23 June 2015
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
90/100
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...
Action, Roguelike, Third-person view, Platformer, Parkour, Open world, Exploration, Casual game, Runner
Game released: Linux → 1 April 2025
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Supersonic action with procedural generation of levels. The game talks about a heroine traveling through a destroying universe. Players need to go through the level...
