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Statuses
Best Games in the Action genre for Linux
Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Side view
Game released: Linux → 25 May 2018
Players:
10/10
Steam:
83/100
Catmaze is an action adventure game in the Metroidvania genre with elements of anime and fantasy. Cats have always been the link between the worlds of Yav and Navi...
DLC, Side view, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Comics, Beat them all, Arcade, Online, Adventure, Indie
Game released: Linux → 31 August 2023
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
87/100
The Neutrino alien race from Dimension X needs help again: Shredder is planning to take over the entire multiverse by moving between dimensions. The add-on...
Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Dungeons
Game released: Linux → 1 March 2018
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Heroes of Hammerwatch is an indie role-playing game with action elements in a medieval setting. Explore procedurally generated levels, destroying enemies and...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror
Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020
Players:
6.2/10
Steam:
42/100
Outbreak: Epidemic — a cooperative shooter with a classic survival theme among insane hordes of zombies, as seen in Killing Floor and Left 4 Dead. Four...
Action, Shooter, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 5 June 2021
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose, only armed and...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Game in development: Linux → 2027
Edrick's Conquest is an action-RPG slasher adventure game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the world of Plesmoor, which...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Virtual Reality (VR), Open world, Simulation
Early Access: Linux → 15 September 2015; Game released: Linux → 22 June 2021
Steam:
89/100
PULSAR: Lost Colony is a unique co-op spaceship management simulator inspired by FTL and Space Station 13. You will explore a vast galaxy that is randomly...
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots
Game released: Linux → 19 April 2001
Players:
5.5/10
Metacritic:
88/100
A team-based first-person shooter set in the 40th century and a sequel to Starsiege: Tribes. Players battle in teams across outdoor environments in online matches...
Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Sports game
Game released: Linux → 8 May 2018
Steam:
53/100
Metacritic:
65/100
Trailblazers is an arcade co-op racer with a third-person view, in which the tracks are created completely randomly. The game features mechanics reminiscent of...
Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Sandbox
Game released: Linux → 1 July 2013
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
73/100
X3: Terran Conflict is a continuation of the global management strategy in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place back in 2938, where the greatest...