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

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System Shock Remake - a game in the Action genre
System Shock Remake
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Remake
Game released: Linux → 30 May 2023
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 78/100
A remake of the legendary role-playing shooter System Shock. The game takes place in the year 2072, where all resources on Earth have been practically depleted...
Last Epoch - a game in the Action genre
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...
Ravenfield - a game in the Action genre
Ravenfield
Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics, Sandbox, Action
Game released: Linux → 18 May 2017
Players: 7.9/10
Steam: 97/100
Ravenfield is a tactical shooter with a first-person view for single player play. Together with the blue men you have to destroy those annoying red men using...
Carrion - a game in the Action genre
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...
Dead Island - a game in the Action genre
Dead Island
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Open world, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 31 May 2016
VGTimes: 8.0/10
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 74/100
Dead Island is an action role-playing game with elements of horror, shooter and first-person view. The heroes of the Game are tourists who had to deal with the...
Portal - a game in the Action genre
Portal
Action, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Science fiction
Game released: Linux → 10 October 2007
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 98/100
Metacritic: 90/100
A first-person puzzle game set in the mysterious laboratories of Aperture Science. In Portal, the player solves physics-based puzzles and overcomes challenges by...
Outlast - a game in the Action genre
Outlast
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Survival horror
Game released: Linux → 4 September 2013
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Outlast is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place in the Mount Massive Asylum, which for a long time served as a home...
Machine Party - a game in the Action genre
Machine Party
Action, Horror, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 30 July 2026
Steam: 88/100
Cooperative game for 2–4 players, inspired by the tense atmosphere of Buckshot Roulette. Participants must go through a series of brutal mini-games, where any...
Mount & Blade: Warband - a game in the Action genre
Mount & Blade: Warband
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world
Game released: Linux → 31 March 2010
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 68/100
Mount & Blade: Warband is an action role-playing game with strategy elements and a third-person view in a medieval setting. You will be able to become the ruler of...
Spec Ops: The Line - a game in the Action genre
Spec Ops: The Line
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view
Game released: Linux → 29 June 2012
VGTimes: 9.0/10
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Spec Ops: The Line is an unusual cinematic third-person shooter that will force you to confront not only real opponents, but even your own principles. Get ready to...
Portal: Revolution - a game in the Action genre
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...
Quake - a game in the Action genre
Quake
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Online
Game released: Linux → 1996
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Quake is a legendary sci-fi first-person shooter. You will try on the role of a nameless soldier who needs to fight the legions of death sent by a mysterious enemy...
Pankapu - a game in the Action genre
Pankapu
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 21 September 2016
Steam: 73/100
Pankapu: The Gates of Omnia is an episodic side-scrolling action platformer. The events of the game develop in the fantasies of Jaarell, a child who once...
Soulstone Survivors - a game in the Action genre
Soulstone Survivors
Role-playing game, Indie, Top-down view, Fantasy, Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Crafting
Game released: Linux → 17 June 2025
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 91/100
An action RPG with roguelike elements, where the fantasy world is filled with hordes of monsters and giant bosses. The player becomes a Void Hunter, destroying...
Dwarf Fortress - a game in the Action genre
Dwarf Fortress
Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Simulation, Strategy, City Building
Game released: Linux → 23 October 2011
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 93/100
Dwarf Fortress — in the main mode, the player indirectly controls a group of dwarves, trying to build an underground fortress in a procedurally generated...
Streets of Rage 4 - a game in the Action genre
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...
SOMA - a game in the Action genre
SOMA
Action, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Survival horror
Game released: Linux → 22 September 2015
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 82/100
SOMA is a new project from Frictional Games, the creators of Penumbra and Amnesia. The plot revolves around the underwater research facility PATHOS-2, where...
Asylum - a game in the Action genre
Asylum
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie
Game released: Linux → 13 March 2025
Players: 10/10
Steam: 83/100
The main character once ended up in a psychiatric hospital-a place full of pain and suffering. He dreamed of forgetting this horror, but the memories did not let...
Darkest Dungeon - a game in the Action genre
Darkest Dungeon
Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Dungeons
Game released: Linux → 19 January 2016
Players: 8/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Darkest Dungeon is a unique party RPG, where the skills of your heroes are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real...
Darkwood - a game in the Action genre
Darkwood
Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Survival, Simulation, Survival horror
Game released: Linux → 17 August 2017
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Top-down survival action-horror adventure. Events take place in a mysterious forest, where every night threatens to be the last. Players control a nameless hero who...
This War of Mine - a game in the Action genre
This War of Mine
Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Survival, Simulation
Game released: Linux → 14 November 2014
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 82/100
This War of Mine is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The game allows you to plunge into the life of ordinary civilians trying to...
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - a game in the Action genre
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world
Game released: Linux → 31 July 2015
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Set in the open world of Mordor, this fantasy action game with role-playing elements follows a hero pursued by a spirit seeking to bend him to its will. As he...
Brotato - a game in the Action genre
Brotato
Action, Indie, Top-down view, Roguelike, Shooter, Casual game, Procedural generation, Comedy, Online, Survival
Game released: Linux → 23 June 2023
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 96/100
Arena shooter about a combat potato in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. The game tells the story of Spud from the planet Potato, who crashes on an alien planet...
Saints Row: The Third - a game in the Action genre
Saints Row: The Third
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Comedy
Game released: Linux → 15 November 2011
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Saints Row: The Third is a continuation of the fun action game with a third-person view in the open world. In this world there is possible professional wrestling...
Blasphemous - a game in the Action genre
Blasphemous
Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie
Game released: Linux → 10 September 2019
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 79/100
A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...
Banner Saga - a game in the Action genre
Banner Saga
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics
Game released: Linux → 14 January 2014
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...
Road Redemption - a game in the Action genre
Road Redemption
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Motorcycle racing, Racing
Game released: Linux → 4 October 2017
Players: 7/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 67/100
Road Redemption is the spiritual successor to the Road Rush series of racing and brutal motorcycle chases. The game takes you on a brutal journey across the United...
DOOM (1993) - a game in the Action genre
DOOM (1993)
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Old school, Demons
Game released: Linux → 1994
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Moonlighter - a game in the Action genre
Moonlighter
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike, Slasher, Dungeons
Game released: Linux → 29 May 2018
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 80/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy dungeons populated by...
Men of War 2 - a game in the Action genre
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...
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe - a game in the Action genre
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator
Game released: Linux → 27 April 2022
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 90/100
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an improved version of the office adventure with a first-person view. You will play the role of office plankton Stanley, who...
Torchlight 2 - a game in the Action genre
Torchlight 2
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Dungeons
Game released: Linux → 20 September 2012
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Torchlight 2 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The new heroes must navigate the path of...
Hotline Miami - a game in the Action genre
Hotline Miami
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie
Game released: Linux → 23 October 2012
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Hotline Miami is a brutal and bloody top-down action game. You have to step into the shoes of a serial killer who kills hundreds of various bandits and simply not...
Hitman - a game in the Action genre
Hitman
Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view
Game released: Linux → 11 March 2016
Players: 7.4/10
Steam: 82/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Hitman is an episodic stealth action game with a third-person view, which is a continuation of the popular series of games about Agent 47. The game tells the story...
Salt and Sanctuary - a game in the Action genre
Salt and Sanctuary
Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 17 May 2016
Players: 9/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...
Metro: Last Light Redux - a game in the Action genre
Metro: Last Light Redux
Action, Shooter, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Collection, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Linux → 15 April 2015
Players: 8/10
Steam: 88/100
Metro: Last Light Redux is an improved version of the post-apocalyptic shooter with a first-person view. The Metro universe tells the story of Moscow residents...
Roots of Pacha - a game in the Action genre
Roots of Pacha
Top-down view, Action, Role-playing game, Simulation, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Farm Simulator, Crafting
Game released: Linux → 25 April 2023
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Sandbox with elements of a farmer simulator. The player is building a settlement in the Stone Age. You can grow plants to harvest crops, tame animals, and explore...
Scott Pilgrim EX - a game in the Action genre
Scott Pilgrim EX
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Online
Game released: Linux → 3 March 2026
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 75/100
An action adventure based on the comic book series of the same name and made in the format of a pixel beat-em-up. Players have to save Toronto from chaos caused by...
Black Mesa - a game in the Action genre
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...
Brick Rigs - a game in the Action genre
Brick Rigs
Action, Racing, Online, Sandbox, Open world, Construction
Game released: Linux → 14 July 2023
Players: 7.5/10
Steam: 95/100
A colorful action sandbox that allows you to create different types of vehicles from bricks. The game has a lot of opportunities for constructing and destroying...
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