Action 2015 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre / Page 5

Nature's Zombie Apocalypse - a game in the Action genre

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

Early Access: Linux → 23 July 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Nature's Zombie Apocalypse is an arcade zombie shooter with an isometric camera view. You have to go to the world of post-apocalypse and fight hordes of the living...

Mystik Belle

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

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2015

Steam: 86/100

Mystik Belle is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. You have to go to the amazing school of magic Hagmore. Freshman witch Bella...

Vapour

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

Game released: Linux → 3 July 2015

Steam: 36/100

This experimental first-person horror game combines elements of classic and modern horror with the fast-paced action of a shooter. The protagonist, a warlock named...

Feist

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Feist is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer. The game combines a minimalist art style and physics reminiscent of Limbo. As a small black animal, you will...

Never Alone: Foxtales

Arcade, DLC, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2015

Steam: 83/100

An expansion for Never Alone, in which Nuna and Fox travel across the waters of Northwest Alaska to rescue a new friend. The companions paddle a sealskin canoe...

Duet

Arcade, Indie, Action, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 4 August 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Duet is an arcade game about guiding two linked spheres, orbiting a shared center, through mazes of falling obstacles. The player turns them left or right to dodge...

Void Invaders

Indie, Action, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2015

Steam: 88/100

An arcade shoot-’em-up inspired by classic games such as Galaga and Space Invaders. Players fight through more than 40 levels, facing dozens of enemy types and...

Sublevel Zero

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2015

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Sublevel Zero is a procedurally generated space shooter with a first-person view. Players will have to explore locations on a spaceship and destroy crowds of...

Animal Gods

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2015

Steam: 16/100

Metacritic: 50/100

This 2D top-down adventure follows the fall of the Animal Gods, sacred beings turned into haunted beasts by toxic fumes from a bronze industry. Thistle, a small and...

Uebergame

Free game, Action, Online

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2015

Steam: 54/100

An open-source multiplayer shooter built around casual deathmatch matches across a range of scenarios. Players can also create their own levels with the in-game...

World War 2 GI

Action, First-person view, Historical

Game released: Linux → 13 November 2015

Steam: 45/100

This first-person historical shooter centers on the Allied landings in Normandy on D-Day. The player takes the role of a soldier in the 101st Airborne Division...

ROOT

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 November 2015

Steam: 75/100

ROOT is a first-person action game with elements of stealth and cyberpunk style. Cyberterrorism is a dangerous profession where risks have real consequences...

Taimumari: Definitive Edition

Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2015

Steam: 77/100

A retro-style platformer about Himari, a young wizard travelling through different periods of time to restore its disrupted flow. The story takes place in Zaria...

Noct

Online, Action, Horror, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2015

A top-down multiplayer horror game that combines survival and RPG elements. The main character, who survived the apocalypse, will have to explore the wasteland...

Expander

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2015

Steam: 100/100

Expander is an indie puzzle game from the developers of All Civilized Planets. Players will have to collect stars and adjust the width of the controllable block so...

VoidExpanse

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Space, Open world

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Steam: 68/100

An open-world, top-down science-fiction action RPG about a spaceship pilot exploring the far reaches of space. The player mines asteroids, trades, completes story...

Riddled Corpses

Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 2 June 2015

Steam: 68/100

An arcade-style twin-stick shooter inspired by 8- and 16-bit games, Riddled Corpses follows a hero fighting through hordes of enemies to destroy the source of evil...

Alien Robot Monsters

Strategy, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2015

Steam: 83/100

This sci-fi tower defense game follows colonists battling hostile robots on a planet capable of supporting human life. An expedition sends a colony ship and a small...

Flight of the Paladin

Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2015

Steam: 53/100

A fast-paced top-down shooter in which a knight of light battles creatures of darkness. In Campaign Mode, the hero fights increasingly numerous enemies, with each...

Poncho

Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Action

Game released: Linux → 3 November 2015

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This puzzle-platforming adventure follows Poncho, a robot exploring a ruined world where humanity has vanished and only robots remain. The journey leads toward the...

DungeonRift

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

Early Access: Linux → 1 July 2015

Steam: 100/100

A top-down action RPG about fighting through shifting dungeons, collecting loot and reaching the exit portal. After enemies are defeated, the Rift rebuilds the...

MadOut Ice Storm

Arcade, Action, Racing, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2015

Players: 5.1/10

Steam: 42/100

MagNets

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 30 January 2015

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 49/100

MagNets is a fun arcade action platformer with an isometric camera view. In the game you will fight in various arenas to restore order in the Polar City. To do...

UBERMOSH

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2015

Players: 1.2/10

Steam: 92/100

UBERMOSH is a cyberpunk arcade shooter with an isometric view. Just like a pinball table or a slot machine, this game is designed to give you an adrenaline rush in...

Reign of Bullets

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

Game released: Linux → 19 August 2015

Steam: 84/100

This 2D side-scrolling shoot ’em up follows Troy, a mechanic whose garage is destroyed by the Titan corporation. Flying an old jet, he travels through different...

DiscStorm

Arcade, Top-down view, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 August 2015

Steam: 88/100

A top-down arcade action game about arena battles, where players dodge discs ricocheting off walls at high speed. In single-player mode, the hero travels through...

Never Ending Night

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2015

Steam: 37/100

Never Ending Night is an adventure platformer with action elements. The action takes place in a night that lasts forever. The game has the opportunity to play with...

Polychromatic

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2015

Steam: 94/100

Polychromatic is a physics-based arcade shooter where you have to destroy clumps of...

Eternal Step

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2015

Steam: 60/100

Eternal Step is an action role-playing game with a top-down procedurally generated world in a fantasy setting. The main character will have to climb the highest...

Starlord

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Action

Game released: Linux → 13 November 2015

Steam: 66/100

A space strategy game about a struggle for galactic dominance. The player rules a planet and seeks to extend the power of a family dynasty, competing against a...

Deity Quest

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

Game released: Linux → 20 January 2015

Steam: 60/100

Deity Quest is an action RPG about a young god assigned to the world of Aberos, where the goal is to convert inhabitants into followers and gain enough power to...

Joe's Diner

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

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2015

Steam: 47/100

This first-person horror game with puzzles takes place in Joe’s Diner, a roadside restaurant built on the site of a Native American cemetery. Working the night...

99 Waves to Die

Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2015

Steam: 77/100

99 Waves to Die is a twin-stick arcade shooter inspired by arcade games and 8-bit home computers and consoles of the 1980s. The player pilots a ship and fights off...

INK

Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 August 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

INK is a color-based platformer about navigating levels with invisible terrain, gradually revealing the surroundings with paint. The goal is to defeat every enemy...

Solar Shifter EX

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 September 2015

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 53/100

This science-fiction shoot ’em up follows humanity’s war against a powerful alien race preparing to destroy the Sun. After the humans’ defeat, pirate raiders scour...

Wicked Witches

Arcade, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 27 November 2015

Steam: 36/100

Wicked Witches is an arcade shooter with a third-person view. The game will tell about the adventures of a witch who can mock people using simple magic, and also...

Isbarah - The First Journey

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2015

Steam: 83/100

A 2D bullet-hell platformer in which every level is a duel with a boss. Iria is a goddess and her father’s only weapon and shield as he rules the world and harshly...

NotTheNameWeWanted

Arcade, Indie, Action, Horror, Adventure, Top-down view, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 3 July 2015

Steam: 89/100

NotTheNameWeWanted is a top-down arcade action game that is a parody of the popular GTA series. You will find amazing graphics, incredible sound, spectacular...

Zotrix

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2015

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Zotrix is an arcade space shooter inspired by arcade games from the 1980s and early 1990s. The player escorts a cargo ship through deep space and fights aliens in...

Circa Infinity

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2015

Steam: 92/100

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2015 for Linux