Action 2020 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre

Metro Exodus - a game in the Action genre

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

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Continuation of the Metro shooter series. This time, the events will go beyond the familiar Moscow metro and allow you to explore the world of post-apocalyptic...

Friday Night Funkin'

Action, Music game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Friday Night Funkin' is a musical action game with elements of adventure. This is a game where you have to perform musical feats to get closer to your girlfriend...

Streets of Rage 4

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Streets of Rage 4 is a continuation of the iconic side-view beatmap from the 90s. You will find bright graphics made in the style of comics, as well as characters...

Metro Exodus - Sam's Story

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

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metro Exodus — Sam's Story is a story addition for the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter Metro Exodus. The addition is dedicated to the former American...

Desperados 3

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Desperados 3 is the continuation of the popular tactical strategy series Desperados from the creators of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. The game allows you...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...

Fury Unleashed

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Online, Action, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Fury Unleashed is a 2D arcade platformer with a side view, made in a comic book style. You will play as the cool Scumbag, a comic book hero whose goal is to save...

Huntdown

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...

Besiege

Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action, Medieval era

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A construction game in which the player creates unique medieval siege engines and uses them to destroy fortified fortresses. Players can build siege weapons...

Black Mesa

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Remake, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Black Mesa is a remake of the most legendary adventure shooter with a first-person view, Half-Life. The events of the game completely repeat the story of the...

Iratus: Lord of the Dead

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

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Iratus: Lord of the Dead — a party-based RPG with roguelike elements and a side view, inspired by the popular Darkest Dungeon and Dungeon Keeper. An enraged...

ScourgeBringer

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

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...

Unrailed!

Arcade, Online, Action, MMO, Business / Management, Trains, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Unrailed! is a crazy multiplayer action game in which you have to build a railway in an endless procedurally generated world. Together with your friends, you will...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

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

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...

Beyond a Steel Sky

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Action, Puzzle, Point & Click, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 16 July 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Beyond a Steel Sky is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting, which is a continuation of the cult Beneath a Steel Sky. In the game...

Chronicon

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

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Chronicon is a top-down action RPG in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in a fictional setting, in which, with the help of a magical device, the chosen ones...

Lair of the Clockwork God

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Action

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2020

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Lair of the Clockwork God is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. A unique blend of genres awaits you in the form of...

One Step from Eden

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Card game, Roguelike, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

One Step from Eden is an action-adventure game with elements of a card roguelike, where you will need to build a powerful deck, attack opponents with spells, find...

Hellpoint

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Hellpoint is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the future on the Irid Novo space station, which...

Avorion

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Sandbox, Exploration, Construction

Game released: Linux → 9 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 89/100

This cooperative space sandbox follows an expedition across a galaxy divided by a cataclysm. A ring of torn hyperspace fabric blocks access to its center, where the...

Superhot: Mind Control Delete

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 16 July 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Superhot: Mind Control Delete — A stand-alone add-on for a puzzle shooter with a first-person view. The game includes roguelike elements, so the gameplay...

From the Depths

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Construction, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2020

Steam: 90/100

A vehicle-building sandbox with strategy and simulation elements, From the Depths lets players assemble war machines from blocks and command them in battles across...

Total War: Three Kingdoms - Mandate of Heaven

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

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Total War: Three Kingdoms — Mandate of Heaven is an add-on for a large-scale historical strategy from the Total War series. 182 Internal conflicts plague the...

Total War: Three Kingdoms - The Furious Wild

DLC, Strategy, Isometric, Top-down view, Action

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 52/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Total War: Three Kingdoms — The Furious Wild is an add-on for a large-scale historical strategy from the Total War series. The addition brings an expanded map...

9 Monkeys of Shaolin

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Historical, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a side-scrolling co-op arcade action game from the creators of Redeemer. Expect thrilling gameplay based on the techniques of the ancient...

Dying Light: Hellraid

Action, Arcade, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 41/100

Dying Light: Hellraid is an add-on for dynamic action in an open world with a first-person view and a zombie apocalypse setting. The new chapter will make you feel...

DDraceNetwork

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

Game released: Linux → 17 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 93/100

DDraceNetwork is a side-scrolling team-based competitive action platformer where you and your friends compete against other players to speed through various levels...

Neversong

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

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Neversong is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game will tell the story of a little boy named Pete. Waking up from a coma, he discovers that his...

Vigil: The Longest Night

Arcade, Side view, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 14 October 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Vigil: The Longest Night is a 2D platformer with RPG elements and a side view, inspired by the Castlevania and Salt and Sanctuary series. You have to go together...

Space Crew: Legendary Edition

Action, Science fiction, Space, Business / Management, Indie, Roguelike, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Steam: 77/100

The player, as a captain, controls a spaceship. It is necessary to recruit crew members, explore the galaxy and confront aliens. The legendary edition of Space...

Outbreak: Epidemic

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 42/100

Outbreak: Epidemic — a cooperative shooter with a classic survival theme among insane hordes of zombies, as seen in Killing Floor and Left 4 Dead. Four...

Shing!

Action, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Fighting, Beat them all, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 79/100

Shing! — a dynamic action-adventure with a side view, where you will play the role of a deadly ninja and begin to chop down hordes of demons. In the game you...

Heliborne: Enhanced Edition

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Helicopters, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade

Game released: Linux → 20 August 2020

Steam: 74/100

Heliborne: Enhanced Edition is an improved edition of the military action game about helicopter aviation for modern consoles. At your disposal will be dozens of...

Total War: Warhammer 2 - The Warden & The Paunch

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

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Total War: Warhammer 2 — The Warden & The Paunch — an add-on for a fantasy strategy with game mechanics from the Total War game series in the Warhammer...

Resolutiion

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Resolutiion is a top-down action-adventure game set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in a dystopian future world where you have to collect pieces of...

What the Golf?

Arcade, Indie, Sports game, Golf, Action, Comedy, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

What the Golf? is a fun arcade golf game where you can use literally everything around as a ball, and all this according to the laws of realistic physics. You will...

StarCrossed

Arcade, Online, Side view, Science fiction, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Shooter, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

StarCrossed is a co-op, dynamic side-scrolling action game set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to join a group of 5 space heroes who travel among the...

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

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

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...

Space Commander: War and Trade

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 67/100

Space Commander: War and Trade is a fantasy-style tactical action RPG with real-time management elements and an isometric view. You will have to create your fleet...

Them's Fightin' Herds

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Anime / Manga, Action

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Them's Fightin' Herds is a 2D arcade fighting game created by fans of the My Little Pony animated series, where you will fight and explore the mysterious lands of...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2020 for Linux (Game released)