Action for Linux — top best games in the Action genre

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: Linux → 2 February 2021

Players: 8.5/10

A fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and raiding tombs, building bases...

7 Days to Die

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

Early Access: Linux → 13 December 2013

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Huntdown: Overtime

Action, Shooter, Cyberpunk, Roguelike, Side view, Old school

Early Access: Linux → 7 May 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Prequel to the action-platformer Huntdown. The events unfold in futuristic New Detroit in the year 2084 — a grim metropolis where corporations have replaced...

Unturned

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox

Early Access: Linux → 7 July 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and hostile players...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Early Access: Linux → 19 February 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...

Halls of Torment

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

Early Access: Linux → 24 May 2023

Players: 7.4/10

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...

Prodeus

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

Early Access: Linux → 9 November 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Prodeus is a fast-paced first-person shooter set in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the DOOM 64 and Quake series. You can expect realistic blood, modern...

The Spell Brigade

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

Early Access: Linux → 16 September 2024

Players: 8.6/10

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...

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...

Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok

Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy

Early Access: Linux → 15 December 2022

Players: 6.9/10

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...

Клеть

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

Early Access: Linux → 13 December 2024

Players: 8.4/10

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

VEIN

Action, Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Zombies

Early Access: Linux → 24 October 2025

Players: 8.8/10

Multiplayer sandbox with survival elements and an open world. In the near future, an apocalypse has occurred: zombies roam the Earth, most people have died, and...

Besiege

Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action

Early Access: Linux → 28 January 2015

Players: 7.5/10

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

Viscerafest

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

Early Access: Linux → 20 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

A fast-paced arena shooter set in the year 3796. Mercenary Caroline with a strong desire for violence dreams only of a wedding. She already has a boyfriend, but the...

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...

Interstellar Marines

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Tactics

Early Access: Linux → 2 July 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Into the Necrovale

Action, Roguelike, Fantasy, Beat them all, Dungeons, Adventure, Medieval era

Early Access: Linux → 26 January 2024

The main action of the game takes place in a dark medieval world, namely Necroval. The main character is a convicted criminal who is entrusted with an important...

PULSAR: Lost Colony

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Virtual Reality (VR)

Early Access: Linux → 15 September 2015

PULSAR: Lost Colony is a unique co-op spaceship management simulator inspired by FTL and Space Station 13. You will explore a vast galaxy that is randomly...

Towers of Aghasba

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

Early Access: Linux → 19 November 2024

Players: 1/10

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...

Seablip

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

Early Access: Linux → 17 May 2024

Players: 9/10

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...

Skillshot City

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

Early Access: Linux → 23 May 2017

Players: 6.2/10

An open-world, top-down arcade co-op shooter inspired by the legendary GTA 2. Experience intense action, 5v5 multiplayer, and four-player co-op. Use miniguns...

Stick It to the Stickman

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Early Access: Linux → 18 August 2025

Players: 10/10

An unusual roguelike that combines dynamic action and platformer elements, where the player acts as an office worker - Stickman, striving for career heights. The...

Planet Centauri

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

Early Access: Linux → 3 June 2016

Players: 6.8/10

Necesse

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

Early Access: Linux → 12 December 2019

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...

Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Indie, God Simulator

Early Access: Linux → 2 April 2020

Players: 6.3/10

Destructive Physics — Destruction Simulator is a full-fledged destruction simulator with a first-person view. In the game you can slow down time, cause an...

Starr Mazer: DSP

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Side view

Early Access: Linux → 26 August 2016

Starr Mazer: DSP is a side view role-playing game with action and shooter elements from the studios Imagos Softworks and Pixeljam. The game is published by AGM...

RadSpire

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Survival, Fantasy

Early Access: Linux → 1 May 2026

An adventure action game focused on survival, set in a post-apocalyptic world where remnants of technology intertwine with unstable magic. The ruined lands hide...

Fraymakers

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 19 January 2023

Players: 7/10

A fighting game with famous characters from popular indie games. Up to four players can fight at the same time, where each can call an assistant. In the editor you...

DUNJUNGUY

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

Early Access: Linux → 11 August 2024

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...

Crazy Justice

Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Steampunk

Early Access: Linux → 23 August 2018

Players: 1/10

Crazy Justice is a team shooter with a third-person view in a steampunk style. The game supports simultaneous multiplayer for 16 people, in which you need to...

Descent: Underground

Online, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future)

Early Access: Linux → 22 October 2015

Players: 10/10

Hive Jump 2: Survivors

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Science fiction

Early Access: Linux → 29 May 2024

After a squad of brave paratroopers is killed in an intergalactic ambush, the only surviving member of the team embarks on a path of retribution and engages in...

Last Leviathan

Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Puzzle, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 22 June 2016

Last Leviathan is a shipbuilding simulator with a detailed physics model. You will construct combat ships and test them against monsters that inhabit the ancient...

SCP: Escape Together

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

Early Access: Linux → 7 January 2021

Players: 5.5/10

SCP: Escape Together is an action-horror adventure with a first-person view and co-op based on the 2012 horror film SCP: Containment Breach. You'll team up or...

Fly Dangerous

Action, Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Virtual Reality (VR)

Early Access: Linux → 24 May 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Fly Dangerous is a free space racing simulator with first and third person views. You have to control flying cars that can reach enormous speeds. The game has both...

Brawlerz: Nitro

Arcade, Action, Racing

Early Access: Linux → 27 May 2017

Brawlerz: Nitro is an arcade game with elements of action and racing. In some circles, Brawlerz: Nitro is also called Brawlerz...

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

Action, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Early Access: Linux → 20 September 2018

Players: 7.2/10

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...

Who's Your Daddy

Action, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 23 December 2015

Players: 6.2/10

Who's Your Daddy is an indie action game with a first-person view, where you, in the role of a father, need to stop the kid's suicidal attempts. You can play as...

Scrapvival

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

Early Access: Linux → 22 November 2021

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...

Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists

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

Early Access: Linux → 7 October 2024

Players: 8.5/10

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...

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Best Games in the Action genre for Linux (Early Access)