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

Police Stories - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Forager

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

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2019

Players: 8.5/10

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

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2019

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Volcanoids

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Steampunk

Early Access: Linux → 29 January 2019

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Indivisible

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

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2019

Players: 9.5/10

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

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Undead Horde

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

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2019

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...

Evoland Legendary Edition

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

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2019

Evoland Legendary Edition — a collection of two adventure RPGs ( Evoland and Evoland 2) with action elements, inspired by classic games of the 80s and 90s. The...

Deadly Days

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Action, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Deadly Days is an arcade action strategy game with bagel elements and a top-down view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. In the game you will control a group of...

We Need To Go Deeper

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

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2019

Players: 10/10

Hell is Other Demons

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

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2019

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...

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...

Planet Nomads

Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Early Access: Linux → 3 May 2019

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Tannenberg

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

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2019

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Necesse

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

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

Players: 6.8/10

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

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 August 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust is a continuation of the action-adventure Anodyne. You take on the role of Nova, a nanoscavenger tasked with collecting dangerous nanodust...

Sky Racket

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

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2019

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...

Eagle Island

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2019

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Project RIP

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

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2019

Project RIP is a dynamic first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting. The usual life no longer exists - hordes of undead and demons have appeared and now rule the...

Padre

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2019

Padre is a survival-horror adventure that combines deep, evocative storytelling, monster-slaying, and puzzle-solving in a dark, Lovecraftian setting. You are a...

Shovel Knight Showdown

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

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

As a result of a magical disaster, the world is plunged into endless battles, and now the heroes and villains of the Shovel Knight saga are forced to find the...

OMON Simulator

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

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2019

Players: 6.6/10

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...

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove

Arcade, Action, Adventure, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2019

Moonlighter: Between Dimensions

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

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2019

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

Woven

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

Game released: Linux → 15 November 2019

Woven is an arcade action-puzzle adventure with a third-person view. The events of the game take place in a fairy-tale world consisting of wool, cotton and fabric...

Angeldust

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

Game released: Linux → 22 December 2019

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

Super Cane Magic ZERO

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

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2019

Metacritic: 69/100

Super Cane Magic ZERO — A colorful top-down action RPG based on the popular Scottecs cartoon. A tragedy occurred in a fairy-tale world — a powerful...

Dead End Job

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Dead End Job is a 2D top-down cartoon shooter in a fantasy setting. You have to get used to the role of an efficient ghost hunter and carry out various contracts to...

Battle Royale Tycoon

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Business / Management, Top-down view

Early Access: Linux → 2 September 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Battle Royale Tycoon is a management simulator in the Battle Royale genre, where you have to create your own arenas for the popular game mode. You will be able to...

Smith and Winston

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2019

Smith and Winston is an arcade voxel shooter with a Metroid-style isometric camera view. The events of the game take place in a ring world of the future, which...

OSK - The End of Time

Action, Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2019

OSK — The End of Time is an indie adventure platformer with action and puzzle elements. The world burns as you rise to the sky in the biggest tree you've ever...

Byte Driver

Arcade, Action, Racing, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2019

Byte Driver — arcade retrowave race in which the main character drives along the roads and fights with other cars. Self-driving cars have become self-aware...

Gunslugs: Rogue Tactics

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2019

Gunslugs: Rogue Tactics is a side-scrolling tactical arcade action game where you take control of an elite squad of soldiers trying to destroy the Black Duck army...

Akuto: Showdown

Arcade, Action, Online, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2019

Akuto: Showdown is an isometric multiplayer action game where you will fight with swords against other players in various arenas. The game itself takes place in...

Riot: Civil Unrest

Action, Strategy, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2019

Players: 1/10

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...

Heroes Of Avranche

Free game, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 2 December 2019

A free action role-playing game in which the main character tries to restore the power of the Guild and defeat the monsters that threaten it. He has many different...

Objects in Space

Action, Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2019

Players: 5.4/10

Objects in Space is an exciting simulator with management elements and a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the open world of Apollo, a...

From Orbit

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2019

From Orbit is a sci-fi arcade action game with real-time strategy elements and a top-down view. In the game you have to control the crew of a spaceship traveling...

This War of Mine: Final Cut

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

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2019

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Electronic Super Joy 2

Arcade, Action, Indie, Free game, Side view

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2019

Players: 5.3/10

Electronic Super Joy 2 is a free-to-play hardcore action platformer with a pixelated side view. The game involves a lot of running and jumping, making your way...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2019 for Linux