Action 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre

The Long Dark - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Post-apocalyptic action adventure with first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of pilot Will McKennzie, who caught his plane in a...

Slime Rancher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Slime Rancher is an arcade shooter with a first-person view. You have to become the owner of a funny farm of slugs that live on a new planet colonized by humanity...

ARK: Survival Evolved

Online, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Shooter, Survival, Open world

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 56/100

ARK: Survival Evolved is an open-world action game with a first-person view and survival elements. You have to become a real dinosaur hunter. You will go to a large...

Darkwood

Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Survival, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 17 August 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Top-down survival action-horror adventure. Events take place in a mysterious forest, where every night threatens to be the last. Players control a nameless hero who...

Unturned

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox

Early Access: Linux → 7 July 2014; Game released: Linux → 7 July 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and hostile players...

Vikings: Wolves of Midgard

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

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2017

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Vikings: Wolves of Midgard is an action RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in Midgard, which is known from...

Bomber Crew

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Flight Simulator, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Bomber Crew is a strategic flight simulator with survival and management elements. You will take control of the crew of a large bomber from the Second World War...

Yooka-Laylee

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Yooka-Laylee is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view, created according to the canons of the classic Banjo-Kazooie. The main characters are the...

Gang Beasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...

Road Redemption

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Motorcycle racing

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2017

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Road Redemption is the spiritual successor to the Road Rush series of racing and brutal motorcycle chases. The game takes you on a brutal journey across the United...

Strafe

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Strafe is a bloody retro shooter with a first-person view. The game is a tribute to classic shooters and a subtle play on nostalgia at the same time. You will find...

Mr. Shifty

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Comics, Beat them all

Game released: Linux → 13 April 2017

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Mr. Shifty is a top-down arcade action adventure where you have to dodge the path and move at lightning speed. In the game, you get into the most guarded building...

2Dark

Arcade, Action, Horror, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 10 March 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 62/100

2Dark is an arcade action-horror game with survival elements and a top-down view. The main character discovers his beloved dead, and his two children are kidnapped...

Блицкриг 3

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 2 June 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Blitzkrieg 3 is an exciting continuation of the real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view set during the Second World War. Three eras await you, each of...

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

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

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a side-scrolling remake of the legendary arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of a valiant knight who was turned into...

Slaps And Beans

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2017

Metacritic: 63/100

Slaps And Beans is a retro-style game about Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, Italian actors who together made many action-packed comedies and spaghetti westerns...

Heliborne

Online, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Helicopters

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Heliborne is a dynamic military action game about helicopter aviation. At your disposal will be dozens of helicopters from different eras, from the 1950s to the...

Black the Fall

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2017

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Black the Fall is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer whose main goal is to tell the story of a hero escaping the communist system. Solve puzzles to avoid...

Meganoid

Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2017

Meganoid is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. As a mysterious hero, you have to go into dungeons and destroy as many enemies as...

Nongünz

Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2017

Nongünz is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. You will go on dangerous adventures through dungeons, where a wide variety of monsters and a myriad of traps...

Polyball

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2017

Polyball is an arcade action-platformer with a third-person view that is the modern equivalent of rolling ball games. The game offers more than 60 different levels...

Time Recoil

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

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Time Recoil is a top-down sci-fi shooter from the creators of the cult classic Crimsonland. In the game, every successful kill involves slowing down time, just like...

Crawl

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2017

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Crawl is a fast-paced action roguelike with side-scrolling RPG elements. The game features a variety of dungeons that are randomly generated. The game is designed...

ARK: Aberration

Online, Simulation, Action, DLC, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2017

Players: 8.3/10

ARK: Aberration is an open-world action add-on with a first-person view and survival elements ARK: Survival Evolved. Events unfold on a damaged ark, the internal...

The End Is Nigh

Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The End Is Nigh is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy. You will play as a character named Ash...

Pinstripe

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Pinstripe is an atmospheric side-scrolling exploration adventure from developer Coma and Skinny. The events of the game take place in Hell, where the main character...

Serial Cleaner

Action, Stealth, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2017

Players: 5.1/10

Metacritic: 66/100

An interesting simulator with stealth elements and a view of the top, inspired by the atmosphere of Fargo and Crime Fix. The work is simple, but dangerous: to hide...

Morphite

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Morphite is a first-person action platformer with a procedurally generated world. You have to go on a journey to unknown planets. Their landscapes are generated...

Flinthook

Action, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Flinthook is a side-scrolling action platformer from the creators of Mercenary Kings and Curses N Chaos. You have to play as a little guy who destroys many enemies...

Downward

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 13 July 2017

Downward is an action-adventure game with parkour elements and a first-person view in a post-apocalyptic medieval setting. A large open world awaits you, a leveling...

Necrosphere

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017

Necrosphere is a hardcore side-scrolling pixel action platformer with very simple controls, consisting of just two buttons. The main character dies and ends up in...

Slash It 2

Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Action, Music game

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2017

Slash It 2 is an indie musical adventure game. The goal is to press letters, numbers and enter words at the right time and in the right...

Brawlerz: Nitro

Arcade, Action, Racing

Early Access: Linux → 27 May 2017

Brawlerz: Nitro is an arcade game with elements of action and racing. In some circles, Brawlerz: Nitro is also called Brawlerz...

Locomancer

Simulation, Indie, Arcade, Virtual Reality (VR), First-person view, Trains, Action

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2017

Locomancer is an exciting arcade game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality and Valve Index. In the game...

Next Jump: Shmup Tactics

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Beat them all

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Next Jump: Shmup Tactics is a futuristic top-down action game with elements of turn-based strategy. You will take control of a deadly spaceship and fight alien...

Tank Force

Tanks, Third-person view, Action, Simulation, MMO, Casual game, Online, Historical

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2017

Players: 6.9/10

A dynamic game about tank battles in 10x10 format. In battles, various modern tanks and their modifications created in the Russian Federation, NATO countries or the...

Immortal Redneck

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

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Immortal Redneck is a fast-paced first-person shooter with roguelike elements. You will find unique arenas that are generated randomly, a wide arsenal of weapons...

Xenon Valkyrie

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 3 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Xenon Valkyrie is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG with procedurally generated levels. You will travel to the deepest part of the moon to stop the evil witch...

Hyper Knights

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2017

Hyper Knights is a medieval arcade indie action game with adventure elements. You'll hack and break through hundreds of enemies in a fast-paced, skill-based game...

Upside Down

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

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2017

Upside Down is an adventure platformer with action and puzzle elements. You have to sharpen your reflexes. As a scarecrow, armed only with your wits, you'll face...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2017 for Linux