Action 2021 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Centipede: Recharged - a game in the Action genre

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Centipede: Recharged is a re-release of the classic arcade game with a top-down view and local co-op. The game features vibrant graphics for modern 16:9 screens, as...

Bitardia

Adventure, Action, Open world

Game released: Linux → 28 December 2021

Steam: 88/100

An open-world action adventure rooted in Russian imageboard culture. A nerdy homebody is transported to a mysterious island after following a link to a strange...

Miska's Cave

Free game, Arcade, Runner, Side view, Fighting, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2021

Steam: 88/100

Miska's Cave is a free-to-play side-scrolling arcade action runner where you take control of a fighting rabbit named Miska who wants to conquer the cave. The only...

Z Arena

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Zombies, Survival horror, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2024; Early Access: Linux → 10 June 2021

Steam: 70/100

A free survival shooter in which the player confronts waves of bloodthirsty zombies that have invaded the planet. There are several modes available in the game...

Can't Drive This

Arcade, Online, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 March 2021

Steam: 81/100

Can't Drive This is a top-down, third-person cooperative arcade action racing game. The essence of the game is that while you are participating in the race, someone...

Battle Axe

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Top-down view, Slasher, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2021

Steam: 61/100

Battle Ax is an arcade action-slasher adventure game with a top-down view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in the fairy-tale world of Mercia...

Vomitoreum

Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Metroidvania, Action

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2021

Steam: 91/100

Vomitoreum is an atmospheric old-school shooter with a first-person view, metroidvania and horror elements. The game takes place in a world affected by an ominous...

Residual

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Survival, Exploration, Action

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2021

Steam: 66/100

A lonely explorer makes an emergency landing on a strange planet that holds an ancient secret. The character explores a procedurally generated world, gathers food...

Savage Lands

Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival, Open world, Online

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2021

Steam: 55/100

Savage Lands is an action game with survival elements and a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A huge open world awaits you, where there is only one goal...

Scrapvival

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 22 November 2021

Steam: 55/100

Scrapvival is an atmospheric multiplayer shooter with survival elements and a first-person view. The game will take you to a landfill where the main threat is...

Luminyte

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Slasher, Top-down view, Arcade, Fantasy, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2021

Steam: 85/100

Luminyte is a top-down arcade action-adventure game in the fantasy genre with roguelike elements. Complete darkness surrounds you. Only the old lantern you found...

Lost Islands

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Online, Exploration, Open world, Role-playing game, Logic

Game released: Linux → 3 May 2021

Steam: 32/100

A survival RPG with an open world to explore. The player gets his own food and looks for supplies to create various items. For example, to explore dark dungeons...

Break Iron Man 3D

Action, Third-person view, Comics, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Break Iron Man 3D is a game about Iron Man in which he has to fly and dodge meteorites falling on him. The main task is to hold out as long as...

SuperMash

Arcade, Indie, Simulation, Action, Japanese role-playing game, Stealth, Old school

Game released: Linux → 13 January 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 58/100

An exciting game that mixes several genres. The game takes place in a video game store, where a brother and sister find a mysterious console. It is impossible to...

MAZEMAN

Action, Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2021

Steam: 76/100

MAZEMAN is an arcade action-adventure fantasy game with an isometric view. You have to enter the labyrinth and search for the key, while avoiding all kinds of...

Sub Rosa

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

Early Access: Linux → 25 March 2021

Steam: 67/100

A multiplayer first-person shooter built around tense deals, betrayal and shootouts that can spill into high-speed car chases. In World Mode, corporations compete...

Tomb Rumble

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

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2021

Steam: 72/100

Tomb Rumble is a free-to-play side-scrolling pixel platformer with an MMO component in which players compete to find treasure. The game features hundreds of levels...

Utopos

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

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2021

Steam: 60/100

The game takes us to an era when humanity has spread across asteroids, turning space battles into the galaxy's primary pastime. Here, pilots compete not for...

Secret Agent HD

Arcade, Side view, Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 30 June 2021

Steam: 98/100

Secret Agent HD is a re-release of the old-school action-adventure platformer with a side view, where you get into the role of Agent 006 — the only hope of...

Real Cars Extreme Racing

Racing, Action, Simulation, Online, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Real Cars Extreme Racing is a fast-paced, third-person arcade racing game featuring 30 supercars, 180 tracks, and multiple game modes including career...

Meow Pow

Sports game, Action, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Football, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2021

Steam: 85/100

Meow Pow is an arcade soccer game with action elements and co-op. This is an energetic, fast game. With intuitive controls and fluid physics-based movement, players...

UNHERD

Adventure, Platformer, Free game, Indie, Action, Old school, Puzzle, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2021

Players: 3.6/10

Steam: 77/100

UNHERD is a free-to-play adventure puzzle platformer with a third-person perspective. The game tells the story of a brave chinchilla who wakes up in a fantasy world...

Moonshot - The Great Espionage

Free game, Platformer, Puzzle, Detective, Old school, Stealth, Action

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2021

Steam: 96/100

A free fantasy platformer with stealth elements, set in an alternate 60s. The main character is a spy who must reveal classified NASA...

Eddie Hill in the Curse of the Skull Medallion

Side view, Platformer, Action, Indie, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2021

Steam: 94/100

Eddie Hill in the Curse of the Skull Medallion is an indie side-scrolling platformer with action elements. In this adventure, Eddie has to find a skull medallion...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2021 for Linux