Action 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

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

Early Access: Linux → 23 February 2017

Players: 4/10

Exiled is an isometric role-playing game with online, action, massively multiplayer and fantasy elements from developers Fairytale Distillery. The game is published...

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...

Skillshot City

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 23 May 2017; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 6.2/10

An open-world, top-down arcade co-op shooter inspired by the legendary GTA 2. Experience intense action, 5v5 multiplayer, and four-player co-op. Use miniguns...

BRAIN / OUT

Online, Action, Shooter, MMO, Side view

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2017

Players: 9.2/10

BRAIN / OUT is an online shooter with a side view. You have to fight on the territory of the post-Soviet space. Fight not for glory or country, but simply for...

Cybercube

Platformer, Arcade, Action, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Cybercube is an arcade indie platformer with action elements and a side view. You will have to go through 100 levels with a mesmerizing background, each of which...

Rumpus

Online, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 12 April 2017

Rumpus is a side-scrolling co-op action platformer for 2-4 players. You have to fight in various arena locations, using a variety of skills and abilities of the...

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...

Voxel Turf

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2017

Voxel Turf is an engaging third-person sandbox simulator. In the game, you will not be building meager block shelters, but entire cities with full-fledged...

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...

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...

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...

The Coma: Recut

Action, Adventure, Horror, Side view

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Coma: Recut is an improved edition of adventure horror with survival elements. The main character will be a Korean student who fell asleep while taking an exam...

Orbt XL

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

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Orbt XL is a dynamic top-down action puzzle game in a sci-fi setting. Stay in orbit while avoiding obstacles or being sucked into a black...

I Am The Hero

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2017

Metacritic: 65/100

I Am The Hero is an arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view. The events of the game will tell the story of a mysterious hero with a glorious...

Soul Harvest

Free game, Indie, Strategy, Action, Online, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2022; Early Access: Linux → 26 May 2017

Soul Harvest — A free multiplayer action strategy game set in the depths of Hell. You will take control of archdemons as they fight each other for valuable...

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...

Hive Jump

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

Game released: Linux → 18 January 2017

Hive Jump is a futuristic side-scrolling action platformer. In the 24th century, humanity is at war with a hostile alien race. Space Corporation J.U.M.P. remains...

Forma.8

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2017

Metacritic: 78/100

Hole New World

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

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2017

Hole New World is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will play as a Potions Master — the only one who can fight evil and win...

Dragon Bros

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2017

Dragon Bros is a side view arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from Space Lizard Studio LTD. The game is published by Space Lizard Studio...

Pressure Overdrive

Arcade, Action, Racing, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Pressure Overdrive is a racing arcade action game with a top-down view. You have to get behind the wheel of an unusual vehicle and join the ranks of La Protesta in...

Sky Rogue

Flight Simulator, Action, Indie, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 24 August 2017

A combat flight simulator where you can cut through the skies near countless randomly generated islands. The game has different missions in which you need to...

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...

Rocket Wars

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

Game released: Linux → 15 June 2017

Rocket Wars is a local multiplayer action arcade game in a sci-fi setting. You have to take control of a spaceship, which has unique features and weaknesses, and go...

World to the West

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2017

Metacritic: 75/100

World to the West is a top-down action/puzzle hybrid set in the Teslagrad universe. Four heroes with their unique abilities will have to travel through a colorful...

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...

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...

Citadale: The Legends Trilogy

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2017

Citadale: The Legends Trilogy is a side-scrolling hardcore action platformer set in a dark fantasy universe. The game includes all three parts of the retro game...

SubTerra

Action, In real time, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2017

SubTerra is a top-down action game with puzzle and sandbox elements from Warfare Studios. The game is published by Epic Quest...

JASEM: Just Another Shooter with Electronic Music

Top-down view, Isometric, Action, Shooter, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Players: 4.8/10

JASEM: Just Another Shooter with Electronic Music is an arcade twin-stick shooter with non-stop shooting, epic bosses and hurricane gameplay. It is better to...

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...

One Dog Story

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2017

One Dog Story is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to take on the role of a dog (EO-43) from a mysterious underground...

No Heroes

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Free game

Frozen: Linux → 10 December 2017

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

No Heroes is a shareware shooter with a first-person view and a well-developed physical model of the destructibility of the...

Runic Rampage

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

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2017

Runic Rampage is a top-down slasher role-playing game in a fantasy setting. You will find yourself in the role of a furious dwarf, destroying your opponents with...

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...

Riskers

Arcade, Action, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2017

Players: 10/10

Riskers is a top-down arcade game with action elements from the masters at ShotX Studio. The game is published by...

LandTraveller

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2017

Players: 10/10

A hybrid of classic RPG and modern indie sandbox, combining a randomized environment and a hand-built...

SEUM: The Drunk Side of the Moon

Arcade, Action, DLC, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2017

Players: 10/10

SEUM: The Drunk Side of the Moon is an add-on for an arcade action platformer with a first-person view that combines the ideas of Quake 3 and the complexity of...

Press X to Not Die

Adventure, Interactive movie, Horror, Action, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Press X to Not Die is a fun interactive action game, much like a trash zombie movie, that makes fun of all the classic tropes and stereotypes. The game plays in the...

Signal From Tölva

Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2017

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 69/100

The Signal From Tölva is a futuristic action game with a first-person view. The game takes place on an unknown planet, where a mystical signal comes from. The...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2017 for Linux