Action 2014 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Game released: Linux → 30 October 2014

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This arcade platformer follows Dave Lonuts as he tries to survive an alien invasion and collect as many coins as possible. He fights back by throwing alien eggs...

Deadly 30

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 8 January 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Deadly 30 is a retro-style survival horror game set in a zombie-infested world, where the goal is to survive 30 days and nights while fighting off waves of the...

Dungeon Defenders Eternity

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 48/100

A fantasy action RPG with tower-defense elements, Dungeon Defenders Eternity follows a team of heroes defending Etheria from the army of the Old Ones. Players...

Unepic

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in the ancient and...

Strife (1996)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2014

Steam: 90/100

This science-fiction first-person shooter with role-playing elements unfolds in a world threatened by an evil force. The protagonist joins the resistance and seeks...

Earth: Year 2066

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Players: 1/10

Earth: Year 2066 is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter from developers from Killing Day Studios. The main publisher of the game is Killing Day...

MouseCraft

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 July 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 72/100

MouseCraft is a puzzle game about guiding mice to their goal as the cat scientist Schrödinger works on a mysterious mouse-powered machine. Players stack Tetromino...

Daedalus: No Escape

Arcade, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Online

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2014

Steam: 80/100

Daedalus: No Escape is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. You will act as a brave space marine and go to clear a large spaceship. A horde of...

DreadOut

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 55/100

DreadOut is an action-horror game played from a third-person perspective. The events of the game will tell the story of young Linda and her friends, who find...

Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now

Action, Zombies, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 June 2014

Steam: 86/100

An isometric shooter about fighting zombies and monsters in an apocalyptic city. In the story mode, the protagonist moves through levels, meets characters, takes on...

GoD Factory: Wingmen

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2014

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 76/100

GoD Factory: Wingmen is a team-based multiplayer space action game from Nine Dots Studio. Two teams of 4 people each will have to fight each other in various space...

Magnetic By Nature

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2014

Steam: 76/100

A science-fiction platformer about the last surviving robot, who journeys through forgotten ruins to reactivate its friends. The levels are built without...

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2014

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is a top-down arcade action game. In this game you will find: more than 100 levels, including 40 completely new ones; classic game modes...

Castle Breakers

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

Game released: Linux → Q2 2014

Castle Breakers is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of action, fantasy and indie games from the masters at Black Black Beast. The game is published...

Beyond Gravity

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2014

Steam: 88/100

Beyond Gravity is an arcade game with elements of action, platformer and indie game from developers from the Qwiboo studio. The game is published by Qwiboo. It...

1001 Spikes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2014

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade platformer with puzzle elements follows Aban Hawkins as he searches the ruins of Ukampa in South America for his missing father, archaeologist Jim...

Victory at Sea

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Isometric, Simulation, Action

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2014

Steam: 75/100

Victory at Sea is an isometric strategy game with elements of a warship simulator from the developers of Evil Twin Artworks. The game is published by Evil Twin...

Lethal League

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Baseball, Sports game, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Lethal League is a side-scrolling arcade sports game that can be played cooperatively by up to four people. You will go to fight in various arenas, where the main...

IO (2007)

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

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2014

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A physics-based platformer about guiding a ball through puzzle-filled levels using momentum and changes in size. Growing or shrinking the ball affects its speed and...

10,000,000

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

10,000,000 — Action role-playing roguelike in a fantasy style with puzzle elements and a side view. In this game you have to run non-stop, overcome obstacles...

BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 2

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

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2014

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 82/100

BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea — Episode 2 — The beginning of the 20th century, Elizabeth is basking in the sun in the city she was so eager to get to...

Rex Rocket

Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 August 2014

Steam: 71/100

Set in Earth’s distant future, this 2D platformer follows a former war hero trying to stop a starship’s rogue artificial intelligence. The player chooses Captain...

Quest of Dungeons

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2014

Steam: 78/100

This turn-based dungeon crawler with 16-bit retro visuals follows a group of heroes confronting the Dark Lord, who has stolen all the light. Players choose a...

6180 the Moon

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2014

Steam: 91/100

This platforming puzzle game follows the Moon on a journey to find the Sun after it disappears. The top and bottom edges of the screen are connected: when the Moon...

Defense Grid 2

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Action

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2014

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Defense Grid 2 is a continuation of the exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre with an isometric camera view. In the sequel, you will find an...

BlazeRush

Arcade, Action, Racing, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2014

Players: 6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 66/100

BlazeRush is an arcade survival racer set in a futuristic world, where the focus is on fighting for position: cars have no health, levelling system or brakes...

Descent 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Old school

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

This first-person shooter sends the player into dangerous alien mines in the Zeta Aquilae system, where the goal is to destroy a stronghold of hostile robots...

Last Tinker: City of Colors

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2014

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This third-person action adventure takes place in Colortown, a world built around creativity, emotion, and collaboration. Koru, a boy from the city’s slums, sets...

Ascendant

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2014

Steam: 76/100

Ascendant is an arcade role-playing action platformer with roguelike elements and a side view. You become a demigod who invades the dimension and must defeat hordes...

Battle Group 2

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 June 2014

Steam: 84/100

A real-time strategy game with a top-down view, Battle Group 2 follows a modern naval fleet's fight against the terrorist group Talon. The player commands a...

OlliOlli

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Sports game, Indie, Skateboards

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2014

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This skateboarding arcade game revolves around landing tricks and maintaining control through obstacle-filled levels. Players perform more than 120 tricks and...

Hack 'n' Slash

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

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2014

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Hack 'n' Slash is a fantasy puzzle adventure about a hero who defies a wizard’s restrictions and sets out to discover why the kingdom has fallen into disarray...

The Impossible Game

Action, Indie, Side view, Platformer, Music game

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 64/100

The player taps the jump screen and tries to navigate the orange square while avoiding traps to reach the end of the level. Any mistake will result in instant death...

Akaneiro: Demon Hunters

Role-playing game, Online, Hack and slash, Isometric, Free game, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 53/100

An action RPG set in a dark fantasy interpretation of Edo-era Japan, where Japanese folklore meets elements of Little Red Riding Hood. Players hunt mythical...

Meltdown (2014)

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2014

Steam: 87/100

This tactical arcade shooter is set in a sci-fi world and follows Zed as he tries to escape a remote space station after a system malfunction. Enemies have distinct...

Elliot Quest

Arcade, Role-playing game, Adventure, Platformer, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2014

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 76/100

An adventure platformer with role-playing elements follows Elliot, who has been cursed with immortality and is slowly turning into a demon. After his wife...

Retro City Rampage DX

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Open world, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 November 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Retro City Rampage DX is a retro arcade action game with a top-down view, which was developed under the impression of the first parts of the same GTA series. Very...

Pajama Sam: Lost and Found

Arcade, Action, Casual game, Adventure, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Steam: 58/100

This children’s arcade game follows a hero who jumps and glides through unusual worlds, collecting toys and avoiding dangers. In Pajama Sam, players tackle more...

Murder Miners

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2014

Steam: 90/100

A multiplayer first-person shooter built around arenas, destructible and constructible environments, and zombie survival. Its core gameplay takes inspiration from...

Lovely Planet

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Lovely Planet is a first-person shooter set in a colorful abstract world, where the player fights through five enemy-filled worlds on the way to a distant...

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