Action 2014 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre / Page 3

Game released: Linux → 5 September 2014

Steam: 86/100

Orborun is an indie action racing game. You have to control your Orbot to collect goods, avoid obstacles and the dangerous world of Orbo. You will complete levels...

DeadCore

Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

DeadCore is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to try on the role of a hero who lost his memory...

Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries

Arcade, Action, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 1 May 2014

Steam: 57/100

This arcade game follows Freddi Fish and Luther as they try to stop the ocean from draining and save its sea creatures. Luther must pop air bubbles before they...

Millie

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2014

Steam: 83/100

This casual puzzle game with arcade elements follows a millipede who dreams of flying and sets off for aviation school to become a pilot. The journey to that goal...

Shiny The Firefly

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2014

Steam: 76/100

A platform adventure about Shiny, a firefly searching for his children, scattered across a mysterious garden after an accident. The garden is home to dangerous...

Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon

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

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2014

Steam: 66/100

Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon is a top-down action RPG shooter set in dynamically generated dungeons filled with enemies. Pixel Boy descends into the...

Space Run

Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Space

Game released: Linux → 13 June 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Space Run is an exciting tower defense strategy game set in a sci-fi setting. You have to try on the role of a space courier and transport various cargo from one...

Black Ice

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Steampunk, Exploration, Cyberpunk, Open world

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2014

Steam: 78/100

This first-person cyberpunk shooter with role-playing elements takes place in an open cyberspace where corporations protect their data with artificial intelligence...

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...

Orbital Gear

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

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2014

Steam: 82/100

A side-scrolling shooter-platformer about mech battles in space, where the gravity of celestial bodies provides momentum and affects movement and weapons. Each mech...

Sportsfriends

Action, Platformer, Sports game, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → I квартал 2014

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This collection of local multiplayer games brings together sports contests, duels, and a physical party game. BaraBariBall features retro-styled fights, Super Pole...

Life Goes On: Done to Death

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This tragicomic puzzle platformer follows a band of knights searching for the Cup of Life. Progress depends on their deaths: fallen bodies become tools for solving...

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...

Retrobooster

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

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2014

Steam: 100/100

Retrobooster is a 2.5D arcade shooter about piloting a nimble ship through strange worlds filled with enemies and hazards. Its flight controls use thrust and...

McDROID

Action, Strategy, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 5 September 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 74/100

This science-fiction game blends arcade action, real-time strategy and tower defense. The modular robot McDROID must protect its shuttle and crops from mutants, and...

Woah Dave!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

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...

X Rebirth: The Teladi Outpost

Simulation, DLC, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Action, Space

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

An expansion for X Rebirth, adding a new star system with two sectors and numerous missions. One sector contains a massive Teladi space station with factories and...

LOVE

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Old school, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2014

Steam: 92/100

A minimalist game with a retro aesthetic and an emphasis on challenge without being unfair. The game features an innovative revival system, 16 levels and an...

Eschalon: Book 3

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

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Eschalon: Book 3 is an isometric role-playing game with action and fantasy elements from the developers of Basilisk Games. The main publisher of the game is...

Bullet Bros

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

Game released: Linux → ноябрь 2014

Bullet Bros is an arcade game with action, shooter and platform elements from the Jason Stokes studio. The game is published by Jason...

Kill The Bad Guy

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Strategy, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014

Steam: 65/100

Kill The Bad Guy is a fun arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view. Does everyone deserve a second chance? Is it possible to forgive a person for his...

Nightmare Cooperative

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 16 July 2014

Steam: 63/100

A turn-based strategic roguelike about a band of unlikely companions seeking gold to help their village through hard times. Each character brings a different...

Lovely Planet

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

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 79/100

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...

Schrodinger's Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2014

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 60/100

This puzzle platformer set in a world of quantum physics follows the chaos at the Particle Zoo after an emergency leaves it overrun with leptons, gluons and bosons...

Fight the Dragon

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

Game released: Linux → 4 December 2014

Steam: 78/100

This fantasy hack-and-slash RPG centers on adventures created by players, where heroes battle enemies and collect loot. Adventures can be played solo or with other...

Jazzpunk

Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2014

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate-reality Cold War, where corporate espionage and cybercrime coexist with sentient martinis. The player takes the...

WazHack

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2014

Steam: 89/100

WazHack is an action role-playing strategy game in the roguelike genre. There are over 300 unique items to find, and you'll invent your own solutions to difficult...

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...

Lost Marbles

Action, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2014

Steam: 100/100

Lost Marbles is a platforming puzzle game in which the player controls three marbles at once, combining their properties to cross hazards and solve level...

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...

Cult of the Wind

Online, Action, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 July 2014

Steam: 69/100

This third-person online action game follows cultists who worship the wreckage of ancient airplanes and mimic dogfights in a world resembling a mausoleum to an Art...

Three Dead Zed

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2014

Steam: 62/100

Three Dead Zed — a hand-drawn platformer where players are asked to control an experimental zombie. He can transform into other forms, which allows him to...

Pivvot

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2014

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This arcade game of avoidance challenges players to guide a moving object along a winding path while dodging obstacles. The route grows more difficult as the run...

Mega Coin Squad

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This 2D platformer with arcade action centers on collecting Mega Coins across a single-player campaign. Procedurally generated levels change as the game progresses...

Particulars

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2014

Steam: 68/100

This arcade-action puzzle game unfolds in the mysterious world of subatomic particles. The player controls a quark and interacts with other particles, which push...

Imagine Me

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 9 December 2014

Steam: 31/100

This 2D action platformer follows Robbe as he explores dungeons in an effort to reclaim his memories and confront his fears. The player searches spike-filled levels...

Nekro

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → I квартал 2014

Nekro is an isometric RPG with action, hack and slash and fantasy games from DarkForge and darkForge Games LLC. The game is published by DarkForge and darkForge...

99 Levels To Hell

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2014

Steam: 58/100

This fantasy platform shooter sends the hero into dungeons filled with monsters, traps, and a path leading to the devil. Each run generates a new set of levels...

Heldric - The Legend of the shoemaker

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Steam: 66/100

This action game combines hack-and-slash combat with tower defense, casting the player as a village shoemaker who joins the locals to protect their home from waves...

Wyv and Keep: The Temple of the Lost Idol

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2014

Steam: 82/100

This puzzle-platform adventure follows two rookie treasure hunters on an expedition into an ancient Amazonian temple in search of a legendary idol. Their route...

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