Action 2012 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - a game in the Action genre

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2012

VGTimes: 9.6/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 88/100

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is a continuation of the third-person role-playing game, based on the series of novels of the same name by Polish writer Andrzej...

Spec Ops: The Line

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 29 June 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Spec Ops: The Line is an unusual cinematic third-person shooter that will force you to confront not only real opponents, but even your own principles. Get ready to...

Torchlight 2

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2012

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Torchlight 2 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The new heroes must navigate the path of...

Hotline Miami

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Hotline Miami is a brutal and bloody top-down action game. You have to step into the shoes of a serial killer who kills hundreds of various bandits and simply not...

FTL: Faster Than Light

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...

Postal 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Open world, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 2 November 2012

Players: 9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 50/100

Postal 2 is an open-world satirical action-adventure game with a first-person view. The main character in the game is a certain Dude, who is used to solving his...

Psychonauts

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 12 June 2012

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...

Legend of Grimrock

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 19 December 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Legend of Grimrock is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A group of prisoners are sentenced to death by exile to the...

Dead Pixels

Zombies, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2012

Steam: 86/100

This zombie action game begins when toxic waste contaminates the water supply and causes the recently deceased to rise from their graves. To escape the city, the...

Streets of Rage 3

Arcade, Action, Anime / Manga, Side view, Beat them all

Game released: Linux → 3 May 2012

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Streets of Rage 3 — After Mr. X suffered two defeats, he founded the research company RoboCy Corporation to cover his illegal activities. Dr. Zahn, the...

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Side view, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 2 May 2012

Steam: 100/100

Monsters have overrun a fantasy land, leaving its citizens afraid for their lives as they wait for a hero to restore peace. Wonder Boy in Monster World is an action...

Golden Axe 3

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 2 May 2012

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Golden Axe 3 is a fantasy action game about four heroes who oppose the risen Prince of Darkness, intent on conquering the world. Their goal is to stop him and...

Guns of Icarus Online

Online, Action, Shooter, MMO, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Third-person view, Steampunk, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 29 October 2012

Players: 2.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Guns of Icarus Online is a multiplayer competitive action game with a third-person view in a steampunk style. The events of the game take place in a fictional world...

Super Crate Box

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

An arcade platform action game inspired by classic games, built around chasing a high score while fighting endless hordes of enemies. The player collects weapon...

Lone Survivor

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 7 June 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This psychological survival horror follows a masked man trying to escape a city ravaged by disease as he questions whether what he sees is real. Hunger and...

Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

An expansion for Serious Sam Collection, set during the events of Serious Sam 3: BFE. Sam and his team head to the Temple of Isis on the island of Philae, where...

Postal 2: Complete

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Open world, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

This first-person shooter with dark humor follows a week in the life of The Dude, an ordinary man trying to complete everyday errands: buying milk, returning an...

Containment: The Zombie Puzzler

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2012

Players: 5/10

Steam: 89/100

An action puzzle game about containing a zombie outbreak in Franklin County. To defeat the undead, the player surrounds them with survivors of the same color, while...

Dynamite Headdy

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 2 May 2012

Steam: 100/100

A platform action game about Dynamite Headdy, a puppet caught up in a plot unfolding in the puppet world. His stage rival, Trouble Bruin, and the evil doll Dark...

Iron Sky: Invasion

Action, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 14 December 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 49/100

This sci-fi space action game centers on an invasion of Earth by the Fourth Reich, launched from a lunar base in 2018. The player takes control of a pilot and...

Nexuiz (2005)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 10 May 2012

Nexuiz (2005) is a first-person action game with shooter elements from developers from the studios Alientrap Games Inc. and IllFonic. The game is published by...

Dustforce

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dustforce — the gameplay is based on acrobatic stunts. Playing as one of four cleaning heroes, the player tries to clear the dirt from the level as quickly as...

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

Arcade, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2012

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in which you become an alien bubble and try to destroy all of humanity. The game...

They Bleed Pixels

Arcade, Platformer, Slasher, Action

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2012

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An action platformer with slasher elements, inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft and classic horror. A young girl arrives at Lafcadio Academy for Troubled Young...

Cargo Commander

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2012

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a new Cargo Corps recruit sent into dangerous sectors of space to salvage valuable cargo from containers filled with...

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2012

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This 2D action-adventure with shooter and metroidvania elements follows a journey toward the center of the mysterious Shadow Planet. The protagonist explores...

Will Fight for Food

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2012

Will Fight for Food is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of action and fighting from Pyrodactyl Games. The main publisher of the game is Pyrodactyl...

Rijn the Specpyre in... Manor of the Damned!

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 13 November 2012

Rijn the Specpyre in... Manor of the Damned! is an isometric RPG with action and fantasy elements from The Hideout studio. The main publisher of the game is The...

Waveform

Action, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2012

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Waveform — A unique side-scrolling rhythm puzzle game set in a sci-fi setting. You have to ride a beam of light and go to conquer various solar systems. As...

Beyond Oasis

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 2 May 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 100/100

This top-down action-adventure with role-playing elements follows Prince Ali, who uncovers a gold armlet once belonging to a powerful sorcerer. When Ali puts it on...

Virus Named Tom

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2012

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This action-puzzle platformer follows TOM, a virus created for revenge after a corporation fires its creator, Dr. X. Players rewire circuits to spread the virus...

Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 June 2012

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This comic-styled platformer with puzzle elements follows Tiny, an inventor crossing a desert to reclaim his grandfather’s favorite possession: a pair of white...

Intrusion 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 September 2012

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

This futuristic action platformer takes place on a reserve planet seized by a hostile military corporation conducting research into forbidden technologies...

Mari0

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2012

Players: 9.5/10

Mari0 is an action game with a mixture of platformer and puzzle from the developers from the Stabyourself.net...

Revenge of Shinobi

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 2 May 2012

Steam: 71/100

An arcade platformer about the ninja Joe Musashi, who sets out to take revenge on the criminal syndicate Neo Zeed. The revived organization has killed his teacher...

Vectorman 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 2 May 2012

Steam: 83/100

An arcade platformer about Vectorman, who returns to Earth after a mysterious missile damages his ship. He lands near an abandoned research facility and sets out to...

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This side-scrolling action platformer with puzzles is set in Albatropolis, a land ruled by a totalitarian penguin regime. Hardboiled Chicken sets out to assassinate...

Valley Without Wind

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2012

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 54/100

A 2D platforming action game with tactical combat and settlement building, Valley Without Wind takes place in a post-ice-age world in the distant future. Players...

Adventures of Shuggy

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 June 2012

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A puzzle platformer about Shuggy, who inherits a castle inhabited by goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. To make his new home liveable, he explores more than 100...

Dynamite Jack

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 10 May 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This top-down action-adventure follows Jack, a space marine trying to escape the Anathema Mines. He can sneak past guards or use bombs to eliminate enemies, while a...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2012 for Linux (Game released)