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

Space Pirates and Zombies 2 - a game in the Action genre

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

This post-apocalyptic space strategy game with action and role-playing elements follows survival in a galaxy after a zombie apocalypse. Infrastructure has...

Downward

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

Game released: Linux → 13 July 2017

Steam: 69/100

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...

Ninja Shodown

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

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2017

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Ninja Shodown is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where you compete for the jade katana. Alone or together with friends, you will try on the role of guards...

Signal From Tölva

Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 71/100

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...

Vaporum

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Puzzle, Steampunk, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 28 September 2017

Players: 6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Vaporum is a hardcore action RPG with a first-person view in a steampunk style, inspired by the classic games Eye of Beholder and Dangeon Master from 1983. A...

Dragon Bros

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

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2017

Steam: 85/100

This 2D side-scrolling action platformer draws on retro run-and-gun games. A team of young dragons sets out to rescue their kidnapped mother after the robotic...

Slaps And Beans

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

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2017

Steam: 91/100

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...

Pinstripe

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

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile

Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2017

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a 2D action platformer about a bloody quest for revenge, played as either Yuki, a prisoner with machine arms, or the reanimated...

Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

Arcade, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Action, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2017

Steam: 94/100

Brigador: Up-Armored Edition — improved version of the original Brigador with refined controls, lighting, and revised mechanics. The main character is a heavily...

Hand of Fate 2

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Roguelike, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Hand of Fate 2 is a card action role-playing game in a fantasy setting. The events of the game develop 100 years after those in the previous part. The protagonist...

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...

River City Ransom: Underground

Fighting, Beat them all, Side view, Action, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2017

Steam: 73/100

River City Ransom: Underground is a modern take on the old classic beat'em up games. It has over 500 different street battle moves, tons of weapons and fun...

88 Heroes

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

One Dog Story

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

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2017

Steam: 71/100

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...

Yooka-Laylee

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

Cyberia

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Cyberpunk, Adventure, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

This futuristic cyberpunk action game with puzzles follows Zak, an outlaw computer hacker who infiltrates a secret terrorist base in 2027 to steal a doomsday...

Cryptark

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

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Steam: 83/100

Space arcade shooter with a side view. The player takes on the role of a futuristic mercenary who earns money from government contracts and attacks space stations...

Sky Rogue

Flight Simulator, Action, Indie, Procedural generation, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 August 2017

Steam: 92/100

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...

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...

Alien Arena: Warriors Of Mars

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

Game released: Linux → 3 November 2017

Steam: 77/100

Alien Arena: Warriors Of Mars is a free-to-play competitive dynamic shooter with a first-person view with an abundance of alien enemies, weapons, upgrades and more...

Rise and Shine

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 13 January 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Rise & Shine is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with colorful graphics. The game takes place on the planet where the characters from their classic games...

Ghost Blade HD

Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2017

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Ghost Blade HD is an improved edition of the top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. 10,000 years ago, an artificial intelligence named Shira was created...

Charlie Murder

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Board / Group Game, Beat them all, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Punk rock band Charlie Murder faces an apocalypse brought on by rival death metal group Gore Quaffer and its legions of evil. In this role-playing beat ’em up...

Passpartout: The Starving Artist

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Steam: 87/100

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...

Rocket Wars

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

Game released: Linux → 15 June 2017

Steam: 86/100

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...

AereA

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy, Adventure, Indie, Music game

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Steam: 46/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Musical role-playing action set on the shattered flying island of Aezir. The story centers around one of the students of the great maestro Guido, who must explore...

Time Recoil

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

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

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...

Necrosphere

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017

Steam: 91/100

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...

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...

BRAIN / OUT

Online, Action, Shooter, MMO, Side view, Free game

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 80/100

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...

Serious Sam's Bogus Detour

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

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Serious Sam's Bogus Detour is a classic top-down co-op shooter set in the Serious Sam universe. The essence of the game is to pick up new weapons, ammunition...

The End Is Nigh

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Pirate: Plague of the Dead

Action, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Pirate: Plague of the Dead is a free-to-play action adventure game dedicated to pirate sea battles for mobile platforms. You will take on the role of Captain Jack...

Diluvion

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Diluvion is an action-adventure game with a third-person view, based on the works of Jules Verne. The action takes place after the global flood. The world lies in...

Bleed 2

Arcade, Action, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 February 2017

Steam: 96/100

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...

Flinthook

Action, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

Next Jump: Shmup Tactics

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

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

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...

Voxel Turf

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2017

Steam: 88/100

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...

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...

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