Action 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre / Page 3

Sky Force Reloaded - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: Linux → 29 November 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Sky Force Reloaded is an arcade scrolling shooter in which players pilot a combat aircraft through futuristic environments and battle enemy forces. Stages feature...

Ellipsis

Arcade, Action, Indie, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2017

Steam: 96/100

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...

Splasher

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Splasher is a 2D platformer in which a young hero sets out to rescue the workers of the Inkorp factory from its greedy boss, Docteur. Armed with a paint cannon, the...

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...

ONRAID

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

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

Immortal Redneck

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Silver

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Action

Game released: Linux → 2 June 2017

Steam: 93/100

Silver is a Japanese-style fantasy role-playing game. You are assigned the role of a newly-crowned emperor who will have to destroy the god of evil Apocalypse and...

Victor Vran: Fractured Worlds

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

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 29/100

Victor Vran: Fractured Worlds is an add-on for an action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The add-on will tell you a completely...

Death Point

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

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 54/100

Death Point is a top-down stealth action-adventure game inspired by the Metal Gear Solid, Payday and Hitman series. You will find a large selection of weapons, as...

OVIVO

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Action, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 September 2017

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

OVIVO is a minimalist side-scrolling indie platformer. In the world of the game, Black and White live in harmony. Intertwining and replacing each other, they...

The Coma: Recut

Action, Adventure, Horror, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Platformer, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2017

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This third-person action-adventure draws on the mythology of ancient Egypt. Sphinx travels between worlds through magical portals to thwart Set’s plans and recover...

Polyball

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Racing

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2017

Steam: 75/100

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...

Emily Wants to Play Too

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

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2017

Steam: 82/100

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...

I Am The Hero

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

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2017

Steam: 81/100

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...

Hive Jump

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

Game released: Linux → 18 January 2017

Steam: 68/100

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...

Serious Sam Fusion

Shooter, Virtual Reality (VR), First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: Linux → 21 March 2017

Steam: 91/100

Serious Sam Fusion is a first-person shooter in virtual reality. You will experience extreme violence, inexplicable joy, some sadness, sometimes all at once, and...

Mr. Shifty

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Comics, Beat them all, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 April 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Man O' War: Corsair

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2017

Steam: 63/100

Set in the Warhammer world and based on Games Workshop’s Man O' War tabletop game, this naval adventure blends action and role-playing elements. The player takes...

Strafe

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

Black the Fall

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2017

Players: 5/10

Steam: 79/100

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...

Aztez

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Beat them all, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2017

Steam: 80/100

Aztez is a monochrome mix of bitmap and turn-based strategy that tells the story of the Aztec empire. The game's plot takes place in the Aztec Empire before the...

Dimension Drive

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Anime / Manga, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2017

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Dimension Drive is an arcade fantasy shooter with a top-down view in a comic book style. The game has the ability to teleport, single player mode and co-op mode. In...

Asura: Vengeance Expansion

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

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Runic Rampage

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

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2017

Steam: 86/100

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...

Randall

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

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 38/100

Randall is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a futuristic setting. The events of the game take place in the distant and dark future on a planet that is...

Victor Vran: Motörhead Through the Ages

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

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Steam: 70/100

Victor Vran: Motörhead Through the Ages is an add-on for an action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The add-on will allow...

Ashworld

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 54/100

Ashworld is a top-down post-apocalyptic arcade action game for mobile platforms. You have to join a group of people forced to survive and rebuild some semblance of...

SEUM: The Drunk Side of the Moon

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

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Prehistorik

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

Game released: Linux → 17 November 2017

Steam: 90/100

Prehistorik is a platform game about a hunter from the T-Bone Tribe who sets out in search of food. The journey takes the hero across Antarctica’s ice fields...

Satellite Repairman

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

Satellite Repairman is an arcade action game with a side view. All the planets in the system suddenly decided that the galaxy was not big enough for all the...

Xenon Valkyrie

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 3 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 64/100

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...

Upside Down

Arcade, Indie, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2017

Steam: 83/100

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...

Sumoman

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

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2017

Steam: 79/100

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...

Hyper Knights

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2017

Steam: 88/100

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...

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...

Total War: Warhammer - Bretonnia

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Free game, Action

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2017

Steam: 82/100

Total War: Warhammer — Bretonnia is a free addition to the fantasy strategy with the game mechanics of the Total War game series in the Warhammer universe...

Hell-Copter

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Helicopters, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2017

Steam: 66/100

This third-person arcade shooter puts players in control of an experimental military drone defending the planet from an attack and taking on enemy air support...

Samurai Riot

Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2017

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 64/100

Samurai Riot is a two-dimensional cooperative fighting game with a side view that will send you to conquer the ancient eastern worlds. Together with a friend, you...

Citadale: The Legends Trilogy

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

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2017

Steam: 52/100

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...

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