Action 2014 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre

Borderlands 2 - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, Beat them all, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2014

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Borderlands 2 is a continuation of a dynamic cooperative shooter with a first-person view and role-playing elements in a post-apocalyptic world. A new era of...

Alien: Isolation

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival horror, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Alien: Isolation is a first-person stealth horror adventure set in the Alien universe. The plot of the game takes place fifteen years after the events of Ridley...

Crimsonland

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 11 June 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Crimsonland is an isometric action game in a post-apocalyptic fantasy setting. You have to destroy huge numbers of enemies, pick up weapons and destroy enemies...

This War of Mine

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Survival, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The game allows you to plunge into the life of ordinary civilians trying to...

Wasteland 2

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Banner Saga

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 14 January 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 88/100

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactical strategy game about the secret organization XCOM fighting a global alien invasion. The player manages the...

Bound by Flame

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2014

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Bound by Flame is an action-adventure role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting from the creators of Mars: War Logs. You will play the role...

Towerfall: Ascension

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Online, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Towerfall: Ascension is a fun side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer where you take on the role of archers who hate each other very much and fight on a...

Hero Siege

Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Indie, Role-playing game, Online

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 60/100

This pixel-art action RPG with hack-and-slash combat and roguelike elements takes place in Tarethiel, a world besieged by the forces of Hell. The hero battles...

Goat Simulator

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Comedy, Open world

Game released: Linux → 27 June 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Mercenary Kings

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game released: Linux → 14 October 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a dynamic shooter with role-playing elements and a first-person view in the Borderlands universe. The game takes place after the...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 26 June 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Insurgency

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Tactics

Game released: Linux → 22 January 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Insurgency is a tactical multiplayer shooter that supports up to 32 players. More than 10 modes are presented, including both cooperative and competitive, as well...

BattleBlock Theater

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 85/100

BattleBlock Theater is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer. There are a total of eight different modes available in the game. In Soul, the player will...

Vangers

Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Racing, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2014

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Vangers is a top-down racing action game set in a fantasy setting. Humanity learned to colonize new worlds thanks to technology and esotericism, but when faced with...

Outlast: Whistleblower

Action, Adventure, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Outlast: Whistleblower is an add-on for the first-person horror adventure game Outlast. The add-on will tell the story of software engineer Waylon Park, who worked...

Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault

Action, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics, Online

Game released: Linux → 17 November 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 41/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault is a standalone add-on for the historical real-time strategy Company of Heroes 2. The Ardennes Operation was an offensive...

Tomb Raider GOTY Edition

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2014

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Tomb Raider GOTY Edition is a special edition of the action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Game of the Year version. It includes the game itself and...

Frederic: Resurrection of Music

Arcade, Action, Music game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2014

Steam: 85/100

Frederic: Resurrection of Music is a dynamic musical arcade game with a colorful visual style. You will be able to join Fryderyk, one of the most important...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Neverending Nightmares is a side-scrolling adventure horror game. You have to get used to the role of Thomas — a man who has fallen into a long string of...

Breach and Clear

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 22 March 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Breach and Clear — You take control of US Army Rangers, German KSK, Canadian JTF2, British SAS and others — and challenge a variety of opponents with...

Never Alone

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the mystery of an...

Wargame: Red Dragon

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics, Online

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Wargame: Red Dragon is a real-time tactical strategy game with an isometric camera view. The plot of the game tells about the confrontation between Western...

Blade Symphony

Action, Fighting, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 7 May 2014

Steam: 67/100

Blade Symphony is a dynamic slasher game with a third-person view, where you have to compete in fencing. You can fight in tactical sword fights with other players...

Descent

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Old school

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 68/100

Descent is an exciting first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting. Alien invaders have occupied a number of mining complexes located throughout the Solar System. They...

LEGO Minifigures Online

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 29 October 2014

Players: 5.5/10

LEGO Minifigures Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Funcom and released in 2014. The game recreates a toy world whose...

Freedom Planet

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This combat-focused platform adventure follows the dragon girl Lilac and her friends as they defend the world of Avalice from an alien attack. The heroes face...

Defense Zone 2

Strategy, Tactics, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2014

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Defense Zone 2 is a continuation of the top-down tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre. New interesting levels with even more beautiful graphics and...

Mount & Blade: Warband – Viking Conquest

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, DLC, Slasher, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Medieval era

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2014

Steam: 69/100

An expansion for Mount & Blade: Warband, transporting players to the harsh Viking era of the 9th century. Britain and the coasts of Northern Europe become the...

Octodad: Dadliest Catch

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 30 January 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This comedic adventure follows an octopus posing as a human father and trying to keep his true nature secret from his family. In Octodad: Dadliest Catch, the hero...

Tower of Guns

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

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A fast-paced first-person shooter with roguelike elements, Tower of Guns sends players through a tower whose levels, enemies, and power-ups change with each run...

Joe Danger 2: The Movie

Arcade, Racing, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → Q1 2014

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade stunt game follows Joe Danger as he performs daredevil feats on the set of a blockbuster movie. Across 100 levels, he pursues crooks on a police bike...

Lifeless Planet

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Space

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lifeless Planet is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game tells the story of an astronaut who discovers an abandoned Soviet...

Outland

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Outland is a fantastic action-plate with a side of the side, where you have to use the forces of light and darkness in an epic journey to save the world from the...

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Horror

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation is a continuation of the hardcore and bloody third-person shooter, which is a re-release of the original Painkiller, released in 2004...

Infinity Runner

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Runner

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2014

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Infinity Runner is an adventure shooter with horror elements and a first-person view in a sci-fi setting, supporting virtual reality devices. The events of the game...

T.E.C. 3001

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Racing

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

T.E.C. 3001 — futuristic arcade runner with a third-person view. You will try on the role of a robot who will have to run through more than 40 different...

Knightmare Tower

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A fantasy action arcade game in which a hero fights upward through a tower, rescuing princesses and escaping rising boiling lava. The ascent is filled with monsters...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2014 for Linux (Game released)