Action 2013 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Nimble Quest - a game in the Action genre

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2013

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade action game with role-playing elements centers on a party of heroes that moves constantly through stages while fighting enemy hordes. The player steers...

Paranautical Activity

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

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Paranautical Activity is a dynamic indie shooter with a first-person view and roguelike elements. The game features randomly generated levels, super-fast gameplay...

Chaos Engine

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Steampunk, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 40/100

Chaos Engine is a steampunk top-down shooter with cooperative play, originally developed for the Amiga by The Bitmap Brothers. Abstraction Games restored the game...

X3: Terran Conflict

Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 1 July 2013

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Enclave

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

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This third-person fantasy action game takes place in a world where the lands of Light and the realms of Darkness are divided by a bottomless rift that has begun to...

Dark Matter

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2013

Steam: 38/100

Dark Matter is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the distant future, where you have to explore an abandoned...

Survivor Squad

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Steam: 67/100

This tactical action game with strategy elements follows a squad of survivors searching for supplies in a world overrun by the infected. The player commands up to...

Tales of Maj'Eyal

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Roguelike, Turn-based, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Tales of Maj'Eyal is an exciting tactical RPG with turn-based combat and top-down view in a fantasy setting. You can create a unique character by choosing from a...

Ittle Dew

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Ittle Dew is an indie action-adventure game with fantasy RPG elements and an isometric view. Adventurer Itl Du and her companion Tipsy are shipwrecked and find...

King Arthur's Gold

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online, Construction

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2013

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 82/100

King Arthur's Gold is a free-to-play side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will travel back to the glory days of King Arthur, where you...

Violett

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 61/100

This fantasy point-and-click adventure follows Violett, a rebellious teenager whose parents move her from the city to an old house in the countryside. After...

Deadfall Adventures

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 15 November 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Deadfall Adventures is an adventure first-person shooter from the creators of Painkiller: Hell & Damnation. The game takes place in 1930, where you will be...

Element4l

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Element4l is an experimental platform game about four elements bound together on a journey to shape life. Nature and the sun stand in their way, while progress...

Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

Action, Shooter, Fighting, Hack and slash, First-person view, Old school

Game released: Linux → 8 July 2013

Players: 4.4/10

Steam: 88/100

This first-person shooter is set in a near-future Japan where corporations control everyday life and employ Shadow Warriors to eliminate opposition. Lo Wang, the...

Worms: Clan Wars

Action, Strategy, MMO, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view, Online

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Worms: Clan Wars is a new part of the exciting turn-based strategy in the Worms universe with an emphasis on the multiplayer component. The game contains 25 single...

Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers

Arcade, Flight Simulator, Action, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 59/100

This arcade flight simulator focuses on aerial battles of the Pacific War. Players take part in historical engagements and fly aircraft recreated in detail. The...

Megabyte Punch

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2013

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A fighting game with beat ’em up elements set in a computer world, Megabyte Punch lets players assemble a combat robot from parts taken from defeated creatures. The...

Beat Hazard

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Music game, Space, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2013

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Beat Hazard is a musical arcade shooter with a top-down view and elements of a rhythm game. In the game, you will control a spaceship to upbeat music. Each track in...

Grave Digger

Action, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Stealth, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2013

Steam: 73/100

This stealth action-adventure blends whimsical English comedy with grim, Dickensian horror. The player controls Fagus, a grave robber who sneaks through graveyards...

Beat Hazard Ultra

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2013

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An expansion for Beat Hazard, Beat Hazard Ultra adds modes, enemies and customization options to the music-driven arcade shooter. Combat intensity and firepower...

Volgarr the Viking

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Volgarr the Viking is a hardcore arcade platformer in which the Viking hero fights enemies and navigates deadly traps across a series of dangerous worlds. The game...

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...

Foul Play

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2013

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This side-scrolling co-op action game unfolds entirely on a theatre stage, where daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth reenacts episodes from his life, from the deserts of...

Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp (1994)

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Interactive movie, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2013

Steam: 76/100

This arcade interactive adventure, presented through animated scenes, follows the rescue of Princess Daphne from the evil wizard Mordroc. Dirk the Daring sets off...

Iesabel

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Steam: 28/100

Iesabel is an indie action RPG with slasher elements. In times of darkness, only the strongest heroes can save the world. You'll stand up to evil alone in epic...

Legends of Aethereus

Role-playing game, Online, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2013

Players: 1/10

Steam: 26/100

This third-person fantasy role-playing game takes place on Aethereus, a planet recovering from the devastation of three Great Skyfalls. The discovery of the...

Snuggle Truck

Arcade, Action, Racing, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2013

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Snuggle Truck is an arcade driving game about delivering a load of quirky animals to the zoo without letting them fall out or get hurt. The player steers a truck...

BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Runner

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2013

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A side-scrolling rhythm platformer where progress through each level is tied to music and the character’s actions. In Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien...

La•Mulana

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

Game released: Linux → 15 April 2013

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 82/100

La•Mulana is an archaeological action-platformer about exploring ancient ruins said to hold the Secret Treasure of Life, the beginning of all civilization. Players...

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...

Teleglitch: Die More Edition

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This top-down roguelike shooter with pixel graphics is set in a grim future, where a small planet on the edge of habitable space hosts a secret research facility...

X³: Reunion (Collector's Edition)

Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 1 July 2013

Steam: 73/100

X³: Reunion (Collector's Edition) is a first-person simulator with elements of action, flight simulator and business simulator from the masters from the...

Electronic Super Joy

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Music game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2013

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A hard platformer set in a world of electronic music follows Captain Lewis as he resists the tyranny of the evil Groove-Wizard, who has seized control and stolen...

Savant: Ascent

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Music game

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2013

Steam: 93/100

This arcade action-platformer follows the Alchemist, a mechanical wizard cast from his tower by a mysterious orb that turns his surroundings into dangerous enemies...

Eldritch

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2013

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A first-person fantasy horror game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The player explores strange worlds, uncovers ancient...

Bleed

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 July 2013

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This action platformer follows Wryn, a heroine who dreams of becoming the greatest videogame hero and sets out to challenge the heroes already celebrated as the...

Eryi's Action

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 19 November 2013

Steam: 89/100

Eryi's Action is an arcade game with elements of action, platformer, anime or manga and fantasy games from the Xtal Sword studio. The game is published by Nyu...

Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Online, Action

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2013

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest is a real-time strategy game with arcade elements, set in a digital world where tribes fight over Darwinia’s resources. Once...

Dead Sky

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 22 November 2013

Steam: 37/100

Set amid a mysterious outbreak, this isometric survival shooter takes place in contaminated areas overrun by hordes of mutated creatures. The player fights enemies...

Fields of War

Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2013

Fields of War are online games with a third-person view with elements of action, shooter and robot simulator from developers from Thermal Erosion studio. The main...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2013 for Linux (Game released)