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...

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...

Slime Rancher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A bright first-person adventure that combines elements of farming, exploration, and arcade shooting. The action takes place on a distant planet where humanity has...

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: 7.8/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sumoman

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2017

An unusual adventure puzzle-platformer set in a stylized medieval Japan. The main character is a clumsy but determined sumo wrestler returning home after a...

AereA

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

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Metacritic: 48/100

AereA is an action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game develop in the fairy-tale world of Aezir. Your hero...

88 Heroes

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

88 Heroes is an indie platformer with side-scrolling action elements, made in a retro style. The game offers a non-standard approach to gameplay, because with each...

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...

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...

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...

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...

ONRAID

Online, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Free game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2017

Players: 10/10

ONRAID is a free-to-play side-scrolling co-op action platformer. Epic PVP battles, powerful team bosses and interesting missions await you, where you will have to...

Overgrowth

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Overgrowth is a third-person action game about brave rabbits who master martial arts. There are other animals in the game that complement the medieval universe of...

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is an add-on for a unique party-based side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on introduces a new campaign, the action...

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...

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...

Slash It Ultimate

Action, Music game, Indie, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2017

Slash It Ultimate is an indie musical action game with arcade elements. The goal of the game is to play the rhythm of the song in various game modes and compete...

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...

Bleed 2

Arcade, Action, Side view

Game released: Linux → 8 February 2017

Metacritic: 80/100

Bleed 2 is a continuation of the fun arcade action game with a side view. As in the original, you will again have to save the world from an impending disaster in...

Caveman Warriors

Arcade, Action, Online, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2017

Metacritic: 52/100

Caveman Warriors is a side-scrolling co-op action platformer. The events of the game will take you to prehistoric times, when people lived in caves, and there was...

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...

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...

Ellipsis

Arcade, Action, Indie, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2017

Ellipsis — A top-down neon skydiving shooter where you control a futuristic spaceship. The main task — Avoid all sorts of obstacles on your way. In the...

Slime-san

Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2017

Metacritic: 82/100

Slime-san is a side view action game with elements of adventure and indie game from developers from Fabraz studio. The game is published by Headup Games. It seems...

Guns of Icarus Alliance

Online, Simulation, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2017

Metacritic: 67/100

Guns of Icarus Alliance is a paid add-on for the online action game Guns of Icarus Online. It will introduce a new game mode, a whole range of ships, guns and...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2017 for Linux