Action 2018 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre

Graveyard Keeper - a game in the Action genre

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true medieval cemetery manager. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your cemetery. Each new...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

TerraTech

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2018

Players: 7.8/10

TerraTech is an exciting sandbox where you can manage a fleet of unique cars and fight enemies for valuable resources. Particular emphasis is placed on...

Overcooked 2

Action, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Overcooked 2 is a continuation of the cooperative management strategy with an isometric camera view. You still have to prepare dishes in extreme conditions, when...

For the King

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

For the King is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view and random level generation. You have to travel through an endless fantasy world. You can play...

Moonlighter

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy dungeons populated by...

Chasm

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...

Niffelheim

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a special version of the side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements for Nintendo Switch. The events of the game...

Wizard of Legend

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

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Wizard of Legend is a dynamic top-down action game in a fantasy setting. Your main goal is to become the most powerful wizard. And to do this, you have to clear...

Overload

Action, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2018

Players: 8/10

Overload is an anti-gravity first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting with support for virtual reality devices. The game takes place in futuristic levels devoid of...

Vagante

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

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...

Minit

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

Game released: Linux → 3 April 2018

Players: 5.9/10

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...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2018

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

Underworld Ascendant

Role-playing game, Action, Stealth, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 15 November 2018

Metacritic: 37/100

Underworld Ascendant is an action-adventure action RPG with a first-person view from the creators of Ultima Underworld, Deus Ex and System Shock. The game takes...

Dandara

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Dandara is an adventure action-platformer with a side view. You will witness the story of a young girl named Dandara, who wakes up in a world unfamiliar to her and...

Don't Starve: Hamlet

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

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Don't Starve: Hamlet is an add-on for the isometric survival action game Don't Starve. It begins when Wilson opens a portal in the place where the Pigmen come from...

Die For Valhalla

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Side view, Role-playing game, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2018

Die For Valhalla is a dynamic action game with role-playing elements and a side view. In the game you will play the role of a warrior Valkyrie and set out to...

Dead Maze

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

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2018

Players: 10/10

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...

Exiled Kingdoms

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

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Tesla vs Lovecraft

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2018

Metacritic: 73/100

Tesla vs Lovecraft is a fast-paced top-down shooter that combines the dark horror of Lovecraft and the sci-fi inventions of Tesla. The events of the game will tell...

Heroes of Hammerwatch

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Heroes of Hammerwatch is an indie role-playing game with action elements in a medieval setting. Explore procedurally generated levels, destroying enemies and...

Tower of Time

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

Game released: Linux → 12 April 2018

Players: 6.9/10

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...

HellCat

Free game, Action, Side view, Slasher, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 15 June 2018

HellCat is a free, playful action game with a side view about a cat who is trying to recapture his girlfriend from the devilish creatures. An evil enemy took our...

CrossCode

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

CrossCode is a top-down action RPG in a fantasy style. This game combines SNES-style 16-bit graphics with smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging...

Basingstoke

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

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2018

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...

Trailblazers

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2018

Metacritic: 65/100

Trailblazers is an arcade co-op racer with a third-person view, in which the tracks are created completely randomly. The game features mechanics reminiscent of...

LifeZ - Survival

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

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2018

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...

Volleying

Third-person view, Action, Simulation, Volleyball

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2018

Volleying is a casual arcade game with single-player mode and multiplayer, in which gamers will play something like volleyball, where the athletes are balls. The...

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2018

Players: 10/10

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness is an expansion for a unique side-scrolling party-based RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on has added a new type of task...

Eternum EX

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2018

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...

Timespinner

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

Game released: Linux → 25 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...

Perspectrum

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2018

Perspectrum is a side-scrolling arcade action adventure game. You will take on the role of the Tall Stranger — a being who has awakened with the ability to...

Fall Part 2: Unbound

Action, Adventure, Side view

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2018

Metacritic: 72/100

Fox n Forests

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2018

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Mana Spark

Action, Role-playing game, Indie, Top-down view, Roguelike, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2018

Mana Spark is a top-down action adventure roguelike with soulslick elements in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to explore a dangerous dungeon and fight the...

Kontrakt

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Top-down view, Adult game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2018

Kontrakt is a top-down hardcore action game. You are assigned the role of a hired killer involved in a mysterious murder contract. You have to uncover the dirty...

Prototype Mansion - Used No Cover

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

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2018

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...

Story Goes On

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2018

Story Goes On is a top-down arcade game with a dash of action and Roguelike from Scarecrow Arts. The game is published by KISS ltd. The Story Goes On is an...

Odium To the Core

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2018

Players: 6.6/10

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2018 for Linux (Game released)