Action 2015 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

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

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2015

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 85/100

SOMA

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

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

SOMA is a new project from Frictional Games, the creators of Penumbra and Amnesia. The plot revolves around the underwater research facility PATHOS-2, where...

Victor Vran

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

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Victor Vran is an isometric RPG with an action/fantasy twist from Haemimont Games. The game is published by Haemimont Games and EuroVideo Medien. Victor Vran is...

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 March 2015

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a continuation of the dynamic top-down action game. The main action takes place parallel to the events of the original Hotline...

Metro: Last Light Redux

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

Game released: Linux → 15 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Metro: Last Light Redux is an improved version of the post-apocalyptic shooter with a first-person view. The Metro universe tells the story of Moscow residents...

Jotun

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2015

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Jotun is a hand-drawn action adventure game set in the world of Norse mythology. In the game, you will try on the role of Toru, a Viking warrior who died an...

The Escapists

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

The Escapists is a fun indie prison escape game. This can be done by any means. For example, organize a riot. Or dig a tunnel right under the prison. Or quietly...

Nuclear Throne

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2015

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Nuclear Throne is a dynamic arcade action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. Having chosen one of 12 unique characters and armed with an arsenal of...

Party Hard

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 60/100

AdVenture Capitalist

Arcade, Action, Free game

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2015

Players: 10/10

AdVenture Capitalist is a shareware arcade clicker game in which you can become rich and taste the rich life. Start your business with a small business and grow it...

Magicka 2

Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Magicka 2 is an isometric action game with a mixture of fantasy, tactical, adventure and co-op games from the developers of Pieces Interactive AB. The main...

Besiege

Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action

Early Access: Linux → 28 January 2015; Game released: Linux → 18 February 2020

Players: 7.5/10

A construction game in which the player creates unique medieval siege engines and uses them to destroy fortified fortresses. Players can build siege weapons...

Barony

Role-playing game, Roguelike, First-person view, Indie, Action, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 23 June 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Barony is a cooperative action-adventure game with a first-person view and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. You have to explore dangerous dungeons full of...

Hand of Fate

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

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2015

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Hand of Fate is an indie role-playing adventure game with elements of action and strategy, with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to play with a...

Axiom Verge

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

Game released: Linux → 14 May 2015

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds himself in a...

Skyhill

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...

Monstrum

Action, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2015

Players: 7.8/10

Monstrum is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. All levels in the game are procedurally generated, so with each playthrough you will encounter...

Steredenn

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

Game released: Linux → 1 October 2015

Metacritic: 79/100

Steredenn is a side-scrolling sci-fi shooter. You have to destroy enemies using a large arsenal of weapons, accompanied by beautiful heavy music. And of course...

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered is an improved edition of the third-person interactive adventure Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy. A bank teller in a trance kills...

Trapped Dead: Lockdown

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Trapped Dead: Lockdown is an isometric RPG with action, strategy and tactical elements from Bigmoon Studios. The main publisher of the game is Headup...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...

Catlateral Damage

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2015

Metacritic: 57/100

Catlateral Damage is a first-person simulator with action and indie game elements from Chris Chung studio. The game is published by Fire Hose Games. It seems that...

Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2015

Players: 10/10

Verdun

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2015

Players: 6.7/10

Verdun is an online first-person shooter set in the First World War. Realistic gameplay awaits you, allowing you to feel the horror of war. The game features...

Circa Infinity

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2015

Metacritic: 83/100

Circa Infinity is an arcade action game from indie developers from the Kenny Sun studio. The players' task is to move through an endless cycle of circle levels...

Blockstorm

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2015

Players: 6.3/10

Blockstorm is a fun arcade sandbox with a first-person view. You will go to the amazing world of destructible blocks, where you can create any fighter and map with...

White Night

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2015

Metacritic: 65/100

White Night is an adventure black-and-white horror game in the noir style. The action of the game takes place in the 1930s, where you will explore the sinister and...

Kidnapped

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

Game released: Linux → 4 August 2015

Kidnapped is a first-person action game with elements of adventure, horror and indie game from the developers of the Deceptive Games studio. The game is published...

StarDrive 2

Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2015

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 70/100

StarDrive 2 is an action game with a mixture of strategy and indie game from developers from the Zero Sum Games studio. The game is published by Iceberg...

Grave

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

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Grave is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. The surreal world of the game will give you a huge space to explore with mystical, strange...

BlackHole

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2015

BlackHole is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with a variety of puzzles in a sci-fi setting. When Ender's spaceship is sucked into a black hole, the crew...

Paper Dungeons

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Logic, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2015

Paper Dungeons is a role-playing logic action game with elements of a bagel and a board game. You start each dungeon as a new board from a long adventure set: each...

GunSlugs 2

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015

GunSlugs 2 is a side view action game with elements of an indie game, platformer, arcade and from developers from the OrangePixel studio. The game is published by...

JumpJet Rex

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Masterplan

Action, Strategy, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 4 June 2015

Metacritic: 68/100

Masterplan is an action game with a mixture of strategy, indie game and tactical game from the developers from the Shark Punch studio. The main publisher of the...

Bloodbath Kavkaz

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Descent: Underground

Online, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future)

Early Access: Linux → 22 October 2015

Players: 10/10

Audiosurf 2

Arcade, Action, Music game, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Audiosurf 2 is a continuation of the musical racing arcade game with a third-person view. The sequel features many improvements over the original. First of all...

Galak-Z

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 29 October 2015

Metacritic: 80/100

Galak-Z is a top-down arcade game with action and shooter elements from developers from the 17-BIT studio. The main publisher of the game is 17-BIT. Galak-Z is also...

Capsule Force

Arcade, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 August 2015

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2015 for Linux