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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Coma: Recut

Action, Adventure, Horror, Side view

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2017

Players: 8.5/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tiles

Action, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2017

Tiles is a unique puzzle game that will challenge your mind and burn your fingertips. It's simple, you need to move from green tiles to red ones, clearing the blue...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Forma.8

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

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2017

Metacritic: 78/100

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...

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...

Greedy Guns

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017

Greedy Guns is a side view arcade game with action and platform elements from developers from the Tio Atum studio. The game is published by Tio...

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...

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...

Torn Tales

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

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2017

Players: 5.5/10

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...

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...

Asura: Vengeance Expansion

Action, Slasher, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Asura: Vengeance Expansion is a top-down fantasy action-slasher with roguelike elements. You will be able to take on the role of the lower demon Asura to fight your...

Passpartout: The Starving Artist

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Passpartout: The Starving Artist is an arcade action game with simulator elements. You will find yourself in the role of an aspiring French artist who is struggling...

De Mambo

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2017

De Mambo is a side view action game with elements of indie games, platformers and cooperative games from the masters from The Dangerous Kitchen studio. The game is...

Emily Wants to Play Too

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

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2017

Emily Wants to Play Too is a sequel to the first-person indie horror game where you have to survive in a haunted house. You play as a pizza delivery guy who needs...

Zangeki Warp

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

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2017

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2017 for Linux (Game released)