Action 2019 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre

Blasphemous - a game in the Action genre

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...

Descenders

Simulation, Third-person view, Bicycles, Sports game, Racing, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 May 2019

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Descenders is a cycling arcade simulator with a third-person view. You have to ride a bike through procedurally generated levels. The game contains various...

Planet Nomads

Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Procedural generation, Sandbox

Early Access: Linux → 3 May 2019

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 63/100

Planet Nomads is a futuristic action game with a first-person view, where you have to fight for your life. The main character crashes a starship and finds himself...

Police Stories

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 82/100

Police Stories is a top-down tactical shooter with horror elements. You will play as a policeman and, together with your partner Rick, go to storm various premises...

Tannenberg

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Horror

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Tannenberg is a standalone add-on for the multiplayer third-person shooter about the First World War Verdun. The game will focus on the events of the Eastern Front...

Volcanoids

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Steampunk, Crafting, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 29 January 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Volcanoids is an atmospheric survival simulator with a first-person view in a steampunk style. You are about to go on an expedition to an abandoned island that was...

Necesse

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation, Online

Early Access: Linux → 12 December 2019; Game released: Linux → 16 October 2025

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled with various...

Forager

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Open world, Adventure, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Forager is a fun top-down arcade clicker game with RPG elements, inspired by Stardew Valley, Terraria and Zelda. You will explore everything around, create objects...

Supraland

Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Metroidvania, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Supraland is an exciting action platformer with a first-person view. In the game you have to solve fun puzzles, explore the environment, find secrets and fight...

Metro Exodus - The Two Colonels

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 20 August 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 82/100

Metro Exodus — The Two Colonels is a story addition for the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter Metro Exodus. The story tells about Khlebnikov, who returns...

Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight

Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 April 2019

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 56/100

An air action dedicated to large-scale battles of World War II. The game offers five campaigns for the USA, Great Britain, the USSR, Japan, and Germany, where...

Quake 2 RTX

Online, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Action

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2019

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Quake 2 RTX is a unique version of the legendary first-person meat shooter with ray tracing technology supported by Nvidia RTX video cards. Enjoy free access to the...

Shovel Knight: King of Cards

Arcade, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Shovel Knight: King of Cards is the final standalone campaign for the side-scrolling arcade action platformer Shovel Knight. You have to get used to the role of the...

Feudal Alloy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Medieval era, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Feudal Alloy is a fun side-scrolling action RPG in which the main character is an aquarium fish dressed in medieval armor. Bandits attacked the protagonist’s home...

Escape from Chernobyl

Action, Adventure, Tactics, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 5 July 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Escape from Chernobyl is an action-adventure game with a third-person view and tactical elements. You will plunge into the darkness and danger of the Chernobyl...

Angeldust

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 22 December 2019

Steam: 64/100

Angeldust is a first-person MMORPG with indie action elements. Explore endless magical worlds and battle fearsome creatures with millions of friends. Ride your...

Splitgate

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2019

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Splitgate is a free-to-play multiplayer shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game offers dynamic gameplay, where regular shooting is...

Undead Horde

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

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2019

Steam: 86/100

Undead Horde is a colorful top-down action RPG in a fantasy setting from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. You have to try on the role of a powerful...

Eagle Island

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Roguelike, Side view, Exploration, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Eagle Island is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Discover the birdlife of Eagle Island with Quil and his faithful owl companion Koji. You'll explore...

This War of Mine: Final Cut

Action, Historical, Business / Management, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation, Survival

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine: Final Cut — an enhanced and complete edition of the atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The package includes an expanded...

Indivisible

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Indivisible is a colorful action-RPG platformer with turn-based combat and a side view. You have to try on the role of the girl Ajna, who goes on a journey around...

Pine

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Pine is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. You have to go to a world in which people have never been the dominant species, inferior to other...

Riot: Civil Unrest

Action, Strategy, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2019

Players: 4.6/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Riot: Civil Unrest is a real-time uprising simulator that puts you in the thick of world-famous conflicts. The following campaigns await you: Outraged (Spain), Arab...

Total War: Three Kingdoms - Eight Princes

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Turn-based, Action

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2019

Steam: 36/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Total War: Three Kingdoms — Eight Princes is an add-on for a large-scale historical strategy from the Total War series. The events of the add-on take place...

Sparklite

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

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2019

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Sparklite is an action-adventure RPG with roguelike elements and a top-down view. The game takes place in the unusual country of Geodia, where you can fight crowds...

Urban Trial Playground

Arcade, Stunts, Motorcycle racing, Side view, Racing, Sports game, Action

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2019

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Urban Trial Playground is a side-view arcade racing game where you have to do various stunts on a motorcycle. The game takes you to the sunny beaches of California...

Moonlighter: Between Dimensions

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

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2019

Steam: 53/100

Moonlighter: Between Dimensions is an action RPG expansion with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Along with the expansion...

Warlocks 2: God Slayers

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 18 July 2019

Metacritic: 59/100

Warlocks 2: God Slayers is a side-scrolling co-op action RPG with a pixel art style. Challenge the vile gods and wring their necks with the help of wizards and...

Project 5: Sightseer

Adventure, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: Linux → 16 August 2019

Steam: 72/100

Project 5: Sightseer is a multiplayer sandbox RPG with action elements, set in a procedurally generated open world that can be explored solo or with other players...

Total War: Warhammer 2 - The Prophet & The Warlock

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

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Total War: Warhammer 2 — The Prophet & The Warlock is a fantasy strategy add-on with game mechanics from the Total War series of games in the Warhammer...

Total War: Three Kingdoms - Reign of Blood

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Turn-based, Action

Game released: Linux → 27 June 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 28/100

Total War: Three Kingdoms — Reign of Blood is an add-on for a large-scale historical strategy from the Total War series. The add-on adds bloody effects...

OMON Simulator

Role-playing game, Online, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2019

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 69/100

OMON Simulator is an unusual simulator with a first-person view, which will offer you to take on the role of an officer of a special squad, ensuring the safety of...

Bombfest

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2019

Steam: 100/100

Bombfest is a fast-paced arcade action game with an isometric camera view for multiple players. Along with your friends, you'll battle through wooden forts, folding...

Shotgun Farmers

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Action

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Shotgun Farmers is a fun multiplayer first-person shooter where you use weapons that sprout from the ground. All battles take place on farmland, where the amount of...

Hell is Other Demons

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

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2019

Steam: 92/100

Hell is Other Demons is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. The game has you exploring a vast, hand-crafted world filled with...

Sky Racket

Indie, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2019

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Sky Racket is an adventure arcade shooter with a side view in a sci-fi setting. The game features a unique combination of genres that mixes classic shoot'em up and...

Marble Skies

Arcade, Puzzle, Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Racing

Game released: Linux → 4 July 2019

Steam: 82/100

Marble Skies is a 3D action platformer with a third-person view where you control a marble. The player goes through intricate levels and overcomes difficult...

Warfork

Free game, Action, Online

Early Access: Linux → 16 August 2019

Steam: 90/100

Warfork is an online first-person shooter focused on speed, aim, movement, and competitive play. It has no character leveling or purchasable weapons, and avoids...

We Need To Go Deeper

Action, Steampunk, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Total War: Warhammer 2 - The Hunter & The Beast

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

Game released: Linux → 11 September 2019

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 61/100

Total War: Warhammer 2 — The Hunter & The Beast is a fantasy strategy add-on with game mechanics from the Total War series of games in the Warhammer universe...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2019 for Linux