Action 2018 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Way of the Passive Fist - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Way of the Passive Fist is a side-scrolling 2D arcade fighting game. As a mysterious traveler, you will go on a dangerous adventure around the world in search of...

Basingstoke

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2018

Steam: 80/100

Basingstoke is an isometric arcade action game with roguelike and stealth elements. You will travel to the expanses of the post-apocalyptic world of Basingstoke...

Judge Dredd 95

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

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 54/100

Judge Dredd 95 is a hardcore action-platformer with a side view, inspired by the movie "Judge Dredd". You will take on the role of an executioner and judge in one...

Shootout on Cash Island

Indie, Action, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 18 January 2018

Steam: 86/100

This action platformer follows Bobby of Team HOT GUNS on an island quest to find the legendary Money Tree. He is not the only one searching for it, and must use...

Coffee Crisis

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2018

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Coffee Crisis is an arcade action-slasher with a side view and the possibility of co-op. You have to play the role of a brave barista and fight the aliens who have...

Dandara Trials of Fear

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

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2018

Steam: 85/100

Dandara Trials of Fear is a side-scrolling fantasy action-adventure platformer. The citizens, once free-spirited, are now oppressed and isolated. But all is not...

Lethal League Blaze

Arcade, Fighting, Sports game, Side view, Action, Indie, Baseball, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2018

Steam: 97/100

Lethal League Blaze is a side-scrolling arcade sports game that allows up to four people to play together. You will go to fight in various arenas, where the main...

Hyper Sentinel

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

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2018

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hyper Sentinel is a top-down retro sci-fi shooter. You have to go through 12 different levels, full of action in the best traditions of the scrolling shooter genre...

Crossing Souls

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

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Crossing Souls is an action-adventure game with role-playing elements in a pixel style. California, 1986. A group of friends finds a mysterious pink stone that...

Dead Maze

Action, Horror, MMO, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Survival, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 67/100

Dead Maze is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. Players must team up to...

Niffelheim

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Crafting

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

This action role-playing game with survival and crafting elements follows a fallen warrior whose soul ends up in the harsh world of Niffelheim instead of reaching...

Jet Racing Extreme: The First Encounter

Racing, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2018

Steam: 66/100

This action racing game centers on piloting a jet-powered vehicle in an extreme driving simulator. The goal is to reach the finish line while managing the vehicle’s...

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

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

Early Access: Linux → 20 September 2018; Game released: Linux → 1 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience is a side-scrolling survival game with roguelike elements. You have to find the answer to the question: “If you were...

Exiled Kingdoms

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

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

An isometric single-player action RPG set in a fantasy world where four kingdoms struggle to survive after a magical cataclysm destroyed the Andorian Empire. A...

Ghost Theory

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game canceled: Linux → 31 December 2018

Ghost Theory is an action-horror adventure game with first-person view and support for virtual reality devices. As a ghost hunter, you'll explore spooky mansions...

Story Goes On

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2018

Steam: 70/100

This top-down action-adventure takes place inside an unfinished book by an author reflecting on his life’s work. The hero explores repeating, randomly generated...

BFF or Die

Action, Stealth, Online, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2018

Steam: 65/100

BFF or Die is a top-down cooperative stealth action game about funny aliens. You have two options: either help each other or die. As you play the game, you will use...

Event Horizon

Action, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 20 December 2018

Steam: 60/100

This space action RPG centers on exploring the galaxy and commanding a fleet. The player surveys star systems and planets, fights hostile aliens and enemy...

LifeZ - Survival

Action, Isometric, Simulation, Role-playing game, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2018

Steam: 68/100

LifeZ — Survival is a fun sandbox action game with an isometric camera view in an open world. The game takes place during a zombie apocalypse, where you will...

Odium To the Core

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2018

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Odium To the Core is a dynamic arcade action game with a side view. You will take control of an amazing furry animal, which will have to go through dangerous caves...

Tanglewood

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2018

Steam: 92/100

Tanglewood is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The plot of the game tells about a creature named Nimn, who has gone too far from his beloved home and...

Gummy's Life

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Online, Fighting, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2018

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A multiplayer arcade fighting game about living gummies battling one another in arenas and using their surroundings to attack. Gummy's Life features local and...

I Hate Running Backwards

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Beat them all, Indie, Roguelike, Action, Runner

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 65/100

I Hate Running Backwards — a dynamic arcade action game with a top-down view in the "Serious Sam" universe. You will engage in a bone-crushing battle against...

Iro Hero

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

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018

Metacritic: 57/100

Iro Hero is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. The year is 2306. After alien visitors taught humanity how to generate electricity from their...

Murnatan

Free game, Action, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 24 March 2018

Steam: 63/100

A team-based first-person shooter with real-time strategy elements, Murnatan pits humans against aliens in a fight for survival and the destruction of the opposing...

Make Sail

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Simulation, Construction, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 30 March 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 53/100

Make Sail is a fun adventure arcade game where you can build fancy ships on your own and travel through a world filled with water. The essence of the game is to...

Fall Part 2: Unbound

Action, Adventure, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2018

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This side-scrolling action adventure continues the story of a dystopian world through the perspective of Arid, an AI infected by an unknown program. After breaking...

Eternum EX

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2018

Steam: 84/100

Eternum EX is a classic side-scrolling action platformer with pixel graphics. Sir Arthur became old, too old. He lost everything he had and loved. With great...

Deep Sixed

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Roguelike, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2018

Steam: 85/100

Deep Sixed is an amazing simulator with a third-person view and roguelike elements. A secret corporation with a monopoly on the technology necessary to “bend space...

Dungreed

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

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Dungreed is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with roguelike elements. The events of the game will take you to a dark fantasy world, where an entire...

Minit

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 3 April 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Minit is an unusual top-down action adventure game. You have to get out of the cozy house and help the funny characters of the black and white world. Many secrets...

Orphan

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2018

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 59/100

Orphan is a 2D dark platformer with stealth elements and a side view. The main character is an orphan who survived an alien attack on Earth. You have to solve...

Woodpunk

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

Game released: Linux → 22 November 2018

Steam: 68/100

Woodpunk is a dynamic action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view in a medieval setting. You will play the role of a skilled inventor who accidentally...

Tower of Time

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Turn-based, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 12 April 2018

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Tower of Time is a tactical action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in the gloomy world of...

Fox n Forests

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

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Fox n Forests is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with pixel graphics. You will play as a lively representative of nature, the fox cub Fox. In the game...

Unearned Bounty

Free game, Online, Action

Game released: Linux → 22 August 2018

Steam: 67/100

Unearned Bounty is a pirate-themed naval action game built around free-for-all multiplayer battles, where players compete to become the most infamous pirate...

Prototype Mansion - Used No Cover

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2018

Steam: 68/100

Prototype Mansion — Used No Cover is a pixelated action-horror game with a third-person view and survival elements, inspired by the classic Resident Evil. In...

Splash Blast Panic

Arcade, Action, Board / Group Game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2018

Steam: 100/100

Splash Blast Panic is a side-scrolling co-op action game where you shoot, ram, and dodge your opponents while trying to push them off the screen using a variety of...

Steel Rats

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Motorcycle racing, Action, Racing, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2018

Players: 6/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Steel Rats is an isometric combat race with realistic physics and control of a motorcycle in a retro-butter setting. Actions unfold in atmospheric America of the...

Shooty Skies

Arcade, Shooter, Indie, Free game, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 March 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Shooty Skies is a pixel arcade game for mobile platforms. The main task is to shoot enemies and accumulate bonuses. Players can expect colorful graphics, many...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2018 for Linux