Action 2024 for Linux — top best games in the Action genre

7 Days to Die - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Early Access: Linux → 13 December 2013; Game released: Linux → 25 July 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 41/100

Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...

KLETKA

Action, Horror, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 13 December 2024; Game released: Linux → 19 February 2026

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Cooperative action-horror from the creators of Kuzhlevka. Players try to survive in the Gigakhryushchevka, riding a living and voracious elevator...

Drova - Forsaken Kin

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2024

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The main action takes place in a dark fantasy world in which people have discovered the power of a dead empire, which allows them to receive the powers of spirits...

Halls of Torment

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Old school

Early Access: Linux → 24 May 2023; Game released: Linux → 24 September 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

The main action takes place in a dark fantasy world with monsters, demons and magic. The brave hero sets out to explore various underground spaces to find new...

Last Epoch

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, Hack and slash, Isometric, Free game, Fantasy, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2024

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A free-to-play action RPG set in a fantasy world where players travel back in time to save time from the Void. Humanity is forced to live underground in order to...

Portal: Revolution

Free game, Action, First-person view, Science fiction, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2024

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Free fan modification for Portal 2. The game offers an original story with new characters, set between Portal and Portal 2. The plot follows a test subject who...

Men of War 2

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, In real time, Historical, Tanks, Action, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2024

Players: 7/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Continuation of a series of historical strategies known in the CIS under the name “Behind Enemy Lines.” The events of the game again take place on the battlefields...

Survival Nation: Lost Horizon

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Zombies, Survival

Early Access: Linux → 15 April 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 55/100

A post-apocalyptic online survival game where the player takes on the role of a survivor of a zombie apocalypse. The main goal in the game is to survive. To do...

Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists

Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 7 October 2024; Game released: Linux → 27 October 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 80/100

The game is about an alchemist named Cassandria, who uses an iron whip and her knowledge to fight formidable demons. Various chemical elements can be used to...

Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona

Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 7 August 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 77/100

A dark metroidvania inspired by the Castlevania and Dark Souls series. The main character is the doomed Lord Derek Erikon, who escaped a fatal end in favor of a...

Selaco

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Old school

Early Access: Linux → 31 May 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

A fast-paced shooter inspired by the classic games F.E.A.R., Quake and Doom. The style is based on F.E.A.R. — one of the most iconic action films of the...

Kvark

Action, Shooter, Science fiction, First-person view, Horror, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2024

VGTimes: 4.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 85/100

The game takes place in a fictional version of the Czech Republic in the 1980s. The main character finds himself in an underground structure, which falls apart as...

Fear the Spotlight

Adventure, Survival horror, Third-person view, Stealth, Exploration, Action, Old school, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2024

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The main character Vivian, together with her friend Amy, decides to have a seance at Sunnyside School, but the situation gets out of control. Vivian finds herself...

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Action

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A classic shooter designed to become the spiritual successor to cult games — Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem, Blood, Unreal and Hexen. The plot tells the story of a...

Anima Flux

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

A cooperative game that pits two genetically modified soldiers against mutants in a deserted space city. Each character has their own characteristics and skills...

Guardian of the Grave

Action, First-person view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Adventure, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2024

Steam: 87/100

The main character makes his way through devilish labyrinths, where he must avoid traps and fight the undead to get to the treasure. In this case, you need to...

The Spell Brigade

Action, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Arcade, Casual game, Top-down view, Online

Early Access: Linux → 16 September 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 86/100

A cooperative game in which four gamers control wizards and confront hordes of dark creatures. You need to complete tasks, choose upgrades and combine very powerful...

Kilonova

Free game, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2024

Steam: 93/100

A free bitmap about the heavenly warrior Sol, who is trying to cleanse the world of corruption. The hero has cosmic power, which allows him to crush enemies with...

Towers of Aghasba

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: Linux → 19 November 2024

Players: 1/10

Steam: 67/100

Adventure sandbox with an open world. The main action takes place in a fantasy universe. It is home to the Shimu people, who are trying to retake their homeland...

STRAFTAT

Free game, Online, Shooter, First-person view, Action

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

A free competitive shooter that focuses on multiplayer battles in 1v1 mode. Battles take place on different maps, and the match consists of several rounds. The...

Exiled Survivors

Free game, Top-down view, Fantasy, Roguelike, Slasher, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2024

Steam: 66/100

A pixel game in which the gamer fights formidable monsters and dangerous bosses. You need to accumulate experience in order to discover new, stronger skills. As you...

BioGun

Side view, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Open world, Exploration, Adventure

Early Access: Linux → 16 April 2024; Game released: Linux → 31 July 2024

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 87/100

The main character, named Beck, goes on a journey to save all dogs from extinction caused by an ominous virus. The character explores the crazy hand-drawn world of...

Firestone Online Idle RPG

Clicker, Online, Fantasy, Role-playing game, MMO, Free game, Strategy, Action

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 71/100

A fantasy MMO clicker in which players gather a team of valiant heroes and go to fight evil. As you progress, you can improve your skills and equipment, communicate...

Templar 2

Action, Side view, Medieval era, Demons, Metroidvania, Platformer, Comics, Slasher, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 July 2024

Steam: 82/100

The game takes place in a medieval world in which the red plague has turned most people into terrible demons. Only the last Templar knight, Rui, can cope with evil...

Saviorless

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Indie, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2024

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A dark action-platformer in which two main characters try to escape the cursed lands known as the Smiling Isles. The main characters realize that they are inside...

Elsie

Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Futurism (Future), Old school, Combat robots, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2024

Steam: 70/100

A fast-paced platformer with vibrant pixel art and an emphasis on fast-paced combat and acrobatic moves. The player takes on the role of Elsie, a brave heroine who...

Beer Factory

Indie, Simulation, First-person view, Business / Management, Action, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 10 January 2024

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 40/100

A simulator about managing your own brewery. Players take control of a modern brewery, where they need to set up beer production, import and export goods, monitor...

Pepper Grinder

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2024

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A pixel game about a pirate girl, Pepper, whose ship crashed and her treasure was stolen. In the hands of the heroine, Grinder is a powerful drilling machine. The...

Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot

Top-down view, Roguelike, Action, Arcade, Slasher, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2024

Steam: 79/100

A game from the creators of Despot's Game and Despotism 3k. The gamer controls a green jelly that confronts hundreds of enemies. You can use different weapons and...

Seablip

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Open world

Early Access: Linux → 17 May 2024; Game in development: Linux → 2027

Players: 9/10

Steam: 81/100

A colorful role-playing sandbox with an open world, ships and the romance of sea adventures. A long journey awaits the player, full of secrets and adventures. The...

DarkStorm

Free game, Action, Combat robots, Indie, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 20 January 2024

Steam: 60/100

Free action game about a robot programmed to destroy aliens. The goal of the game is to resist endless waves of aliens. With each wave the map expands. In the new...

Hands of Necromancy 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy, Demons, Old school, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Grim old-school shooter in the spirit of Heretic and DOOM (1995). The player takes on the role of a powerful necromancer, exploring various locations, fighting...

DUNJUNGUY

Action, Top-down view, Free game, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Medieval era, Procedural generation

Early Access: Linux → 11 August 2024

Steam: 100/100

The Adventurer's Guild Hall was built in the countryside at the top of the mouth of an ancient portcullis. Beyond the steel and stone gates lie the dangerous lands...

Fixeight

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

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2024

Steam: 93/100

Spiritual successor of Out Zone. According to the plot, humanity faces an unprecedented threat as omnipotent beings from another dimension start attacking people...

Circuit Thunder

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2024

Steam: 80/100

The game takes place on the planet Photonus. The protagonist embarks on a journey to retrieve an artifact and prevent enemies from destroying the planet. The...

Dungeons and Robots

Action, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2024

Steam: 39/100

This online action shooter RPG is set in a future where humanity has left an uninhabitable Earth and settled on the planet TSI-5. While exploring its dungeons...

Cart To The End

Free game, Online, Action, Indie, Casual game, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2024

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

A multiplayer game in which you need to drive to the end of the railway, avoiding various obstacles and eluding other gamers in order to win. Among the traps there...

Lorn's Lure

Action, Platformer, Parkour, Adventure, Exploration, First-person view, Horror

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

A story-driven retro game with climbing mechanics. You can climb almost any surface using equipment. The main character is an android who leaves his colony and goes...

Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok

Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Exploration, Role-playing game

Early Access: Linux → 15 December 2022; Game released: Linux → 26 April 2024

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 88/100

After Ragnarok, Yggdrasil, the World Tree, lost almost all of its energy needed to support the Nine Realms. Only a few heroes survived the End of the World...

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic

DLC, MMO, Online, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2024

Players: 9.6/10

Global expansion for the classic version of the legendary MMO World of Warcraft Classic. Heroes have defeated the armies of the Lich King and ended Arthas's...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2024 for Linux