Action 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre / Page 6

Man of Honor - a game in the Action genre

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 100/100

Man of Honor is a top-down shooter. You will try on the role of gangster Emilio Gallo, who was betrayed by the mafia and left for dead, shot in the back. He...

Machine Hunt

Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2017

Steam: 53/100

Machine Hunt is a first-person shooter about armed humans fighting machines intent on destroying humanity. When an advanced weapons base goes dark, George Flow is...

Face It - A game to fight inner demons

Indie, Adventure, Action

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2017

Steam: 58/100

This 3D platformer combines puzzles with a maze of feelings, turning darker aspects of consciousness into monsters and traps and brighter states of mind into powers...

Astral Traveler

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 55/100

Astral Traveler is a futuristic arcade racer with a third-person view. Make your way through 47 challenging tracks that require you to dodge obstacles at breakneck...

Patchman vs. Red Circles

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction, Stealth, Action

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Steam: 93/100

Patchman vs. Red Circles is an indie arcade adventure set in a fantasy world. You will find constant stealth, smart disguises, searching for seeds for planting a...

TTV2

Indie, Action, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 11 September 2017

Steam: 86/100

A retro-styled arcade game about navigating mazes with quick reflexes, TTV2 is a sequel to Trip to Vinelands. This indie project features original audio and artwork...

Torn Tales

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

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 50/100

Torn Tales is an action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in the world of various fairy tales...

Splody

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 21 March 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Splody is an explosive top-down arcade game in Japanese style. The game is built on the classic ideas of the popular "Bomberman", only now you have the opportunity...

Gemstone Keeper

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2017

Steam: 100/100

Gemstone Keeper is a 2D side-view arcade action game. You have to explore multi-level caves, defend against monsters in the form of symbols and find rare gems. Any...

Last Stitch Goodnight

Action, Adventure, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2017

Steam: 100/100

Last Stitch Goodnight is a side-scrolling action-adventure game. The main character has to escape from the mansion of an evil doctor who is experimenting on people...

Go Go Electric Samurai

Arcade, Action, Racing, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2017

Steam: 74/100

Go Go Electric Samurai is a minimalist arcade action game with a third-person view. Expect dynamic and exciting battles on futuristic aircraft accompanied by an...

Cybercube

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

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

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...

Radar Warfare

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Free game, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2017

Steam: 75/100

Radar Warfare is a shareware top-down real-time arcade strategy game for mobile platforms. You have to take control of your own army and go against countless...

Color Jumper

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

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

This abstract puzzle platformer centers on color matching and precise movement, with the goal of reaching the exit in each level. The player controls a block with a...

ICEBOX: Speedgunner

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Racing

Game released: Linux → 21 November 2017

Steam: 100/100

This first-person shooter combines 3D platforming with speedrunning in a futuristic digital labyrinth called the Icebox. To escape before time runs out, the hero...

WAVESHAPER

Casual game, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 May 2017

Steam: 87/100

WAVESHAPER is a minimalist score-attack arcade game about stopping a vector menace, one obstacle at a time. Its gameplay uses four-button controls, and the...

Orbt XL

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

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Blaite

Indie, Action, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 2 January 2017

Steam: 81/100

A difficult platformer built around repeating levels until they are completed. Players tackle the stages again and again, and can challenge friends. Up to five new...

Stardrift Nomads

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2017

Steam: 100/100

Stardrift Nomads is an arcade space shooter set in outer space with a top-down view. You will use the features of your ships and work together with other players to...

Robot Named Fight

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

Game released: Linux → 7 September 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Robot Named Fight is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a sci-fi setting. You will go on a dangerous journey through a randomly generated world in order...

SubTerra

Action, In real time, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Role-playing game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2017

Steam: 67/100

SubTerra is a role-playing game about humanity, banished from Earth’s surface to an underground world where the remnants of civilization live under the shadow of...

Dead Horizon: Origin

Indie, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2017

Steam: 95/100

A mouse-controlled western adventure follows Bonnie Starr, a former farmgirl turned infamous gunslinger who seeks redemption at the end of a gun. In Dead Horizon...

Slime-san

Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2017

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This platforming action game follows a slime swallowed by a giant worm. Trapped inside, the protagonist must find a way out before an advancing wall of stomach acid...

JASEM: Just Another Shooter with Electronic Music

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

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Players: 4.8/10

Steam: 66/100

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...

Space Jammers

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

Early Access: Linux → 8 March 2017

Steam: 62/100

Space Jammers is a top-down cooperative arcade shooter. You will go to conquer various levels that are generated randomly, where a gang of space pirates will travel...

Zangeki Warp

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

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2017

Steam: 76/100

Zangeki Warp is a Japanese-style side-scrolling arcade shooter. You have to take control of a futuristic warship that has unique hyperspace jump capabilities. And...

Rumpus

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

Game released: Linux → 12 April 2017

Steam: 100/100

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...

Screamer (1995)

Arcade, Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2017

Steam: 73/100

An arcade racing game with first- or third-person views, set on high-speed tracks. Players choose a racing car and compete against other drivers, sliding through...

Jay Fighter: Remastered

Free game, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2017

Steam: 72/100

Jay Fighter: Remastered is a top-down shooter set in a world defined by combat. Players fight endless waves of enemies alone or alongside...

CropDuster Supreme

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2017

Steam: 90/100

An arcade action game about Buster, who sets out to win the heart of his crush using an unusual weapon: flatulence. Fueled by burritos from the “Burrito Hut,” he...

Dash Fleet

Arcade, Free game, Side view, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2017

Steam: 71/100

Dash Fleet is a shareware, entertaining arcade game with a side view. You have to control a small, but at the same time proud bird, which must avoid collisions with...

LandTraveller

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

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

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

Diamo XL

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Action, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2017

Steam: 93/100

Diamo XL is a top-down arcade puzzle game where your main goal is to beat your records. You have to control a small ball and move along a diamond-shaped level, on...

Jettomero: Hero of the Universe

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2017

Jettomero: Hero of the Universe is a fantastic arcade action game with a third-person view, in which you take on the role of a giant, clumsy robot Jettomero, who is...

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2017 for Linux