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

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X2: The Threat - a game in the Action genre
X2: The Threat
Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space
Game released: Linux → 30 May 2006
Players: 10/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 72/100
X2: The Threat is a fascinating space simulator that continues the story of X: Beyond The Frontier. A completely updated graphics engine, new ships...
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...
Battle Chasers: Nightwar - a game in the Action genre
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons
Game released: Linux → 3 October 2017
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a classic RPG in the style of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. You will explore dungeons, develop the abilities of your...
Brutal Legend - a game in the Action genre
Brutal Legend
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Third-person view, Comedy, Music game
Game released: Linux → 26 February 2013
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Brütal Legend is an action-adventure set in a world blending fantasy with heavy metal, where demons seek to enslave humanity and bands perform...
Tannenberg - a game in the Action genre
Tannenberg
Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Horror
Game released: Linux → 13 February 2019
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 86/100
Tannenberg is a standalone add-on for the multiplayer third-person shooter about the First World War Verdun. The game will focus on the events of the...
The Night of the Scissors - a game in the Action genre
The Night of the Scissors
Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Exploration, Old school, Survival horror
Game released: Linux → 13 May 2022
Steam: 92/100
An ordinary scrap-metal hunting trip turns into a fight for survival. The main character, Adam, finds himself in a dangerous situation and becomes...
X Rebirth - a game in the Action genre
X Rebirth
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Open world, Survival, Space, Science fiction
Game released: Linux → 15 November 2013
Players: 7.4/10
Steam: 37/100
Metacritic: 33/100
X Rebirth — a space simulator with a first-person view and elements of a global strategy in a sci-fi setting. In space you can be anyone...
Gang Beasts - a game in the Action genre
Gang Beasts
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie, Online, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 12 December 2017
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 68/100
Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action - a game in the Action genre
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Point & Click
Game released: Linux → 21 June 2016
Players: 9/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 81/100
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a unique adventure bartender simulator in a sci-fi cyberpunk setting. The events of the game take place...
Vikings: Wolves of Midgard - a game in the Action genre
Vikings: Wolves of Midgard
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher
Game released: Linux → 24 March 2017
Players: 7.2/10
Steam: 62/100
Metacritic: 66/100
Vikings: Wolves of Midgard is an action RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in Midgard, which is known from...
For the King - a game in the Action genre
For the King
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Turn-based
Game released: Linux → 19 April 2018
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 78/100
For the King is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view and random level generation. You have to travel through an endless fantasy...
Prodeus - a game in the Action genre
Prodeus
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie
Game released: Linux → 23 September 2022
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 92/100
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...
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...
Goat Simulator - a game in the Action genre
Goat Simulator
Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Comedy, Open world
Game released: Linux → 27 June 2014
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 58/100
Goat Simulator is an unusual goat simulator with a third-person view. You have to control such extraordinary characters in the world of computer...
Unturned - a game in the Action genre
Unturned
Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox, Survival, Zombies
Game released: Linux → 7 July 2017
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 90/100
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...
Iratus: Lord of the Dead - a game in the Action genre
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...
Necesse - a game in the Action genre
Necesse
Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation, Online
Game released: Linux → 16 October 2025
Players: 6.6/10
Steam: 94/100
A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled...
Comix Zone - a game in the Action genre
Comix Zone
Arcade, Action, Fighting, Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Side view
Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 94/100
Comix Zone is an arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view in the style of comics. Sketch Turner is an artist based in New York...
The Final Station - a game in the Action genre
The Final Station
Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Survival
Game released: Linux → 30 August 2016
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his...
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil - a game in the Action genre
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Online
Game released: Linux → 16 March 2017
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is a classic dynamic first-person shooter where the brave hero Turok fights a huge number of dangerous enemies using all kinds...
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove - a game in the Action genre
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 26 June 2014
Players: 8/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 88/100
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat...
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions - a game in the Action genre
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view
Game released: Linux → 25 November 2014
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is a top-down arcade action game. In this game you will find: more than 100 levels, including 40 completely new ones...
Anima Flux - a game in the Action genre
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...
Fragile Reflection - a game in the Action genre
Fragile Reflection
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror, Horror
Game released: Linux → 2 September 2025
Players: 9.9/10
Steam: 75/100
The old Japanese town of Nankofuraku is shrouded in a haze of memories and pain. When Karyo Ito returns there to her family, she discovers not a cozy...
Outlast: Whistleblower - a game in the Action genre
Outlast: Whistleblower
Action, Adventure, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie
Game released: Linux → 6 May 2014
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Outlast: Whistleblower is an add-on for the first-person horror adventure game Outlast. The add-on will tell the story of software engineer Waylon...
Nuclear Throne - a game in the Action genre
Nuclear Throne
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike
Game released: Linux → 5 December 2015
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Nuclear Throne is a dynamic arcade action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. Having chosen one of 12 unique characters and armed with...
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment - a game in the Action genre
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Arcade, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Side view, Action, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 5 April 2017
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is a free add-on for owners of the side-scrolling arcade platformer Shovel Knight. You have to take the other side...
FTL: Faster Than Light - a game in the Action genre
FTL: Faster Than Light
Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy, Space
Game released: Linux → 14 September 2012
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 86/100
FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out...
Figment - a game in the Action genre
Figment
Adventure, Music game, Isometric, Indie, Action
Game released: Linux → 22 September 2017
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Figment is an adventure game with a memorable visual style and music. Events take place in a world that is filled with secret thoughts, desires and...
Shank 2 - a game in the Action genre
Shank 2
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 20 February 2013
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 75/100
This 2D side-scrolling action platformer follows Shank, a former mob hitman drawn back into a fight when people close to him are threatened. He uses...
Verdun - a game in the Action genre
Verdun
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), MMO
Game released: Linux → 28 April 2015
Players: 6.7/10
Steam: 88/100
Verdun is an online first-person shooter set in the First World War. Realistic gameplay awaits you, allowing you to feel the horror of war. The game...
Invisible, Inc. - a game in the Action genre
Invisible, Inc.
Action, Strategy, Stealth, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Isometric
Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Invisible, Inc. — a tactical strategy with turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell about a secret organization of special...
Shadows of Kurgansk - a game in the Action genre
Shadows of Kurgansk
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Survival, Indie
Game released: Linux → 9 October 2016
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 66/100
Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone...
Cursed Isle - a game in the Action genre
Cursed Isle
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Arcade, Slasher
Game released: Linux → 1 May 2026
Players: 8/10
Steam: 90/100
Adventure action game where a pirate fights through cursed lands, trying to stop the growing evil. The path goes through dangerous locations filled...
SteamWorld Dig - a game in the Action genre
SteamWorld Dig
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Steampunk
Game released: Linux → 5 December 2013
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 80/100
SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of...
Axiom Verge - a game in the Action genre
Axiom Verge
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania, Indie
Game released: Linux → 14 May 2015
Players: 6.8/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds...
Hatred - a game in the Action genre
Hatred
Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Indie
Game released: Linux → 1 June 2015
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 43/100
An isometric twin-stick shooter about a character known as the Antagonist, who declares war on humanity and seeks to unleash Armageddon. The action...
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - a game in the Action genre
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Arcade, Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Space
Game released: Linux → 9 September 2015
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 82/100
This co-op space shooter follows a crew exploring a colorful galaxy aboard a shared neon battleship and fighting the forces of Anti-Love. Players...
Tanki Online - a game in the Action genre
Tanki Online
Online, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Mini-game / browser-based, Free game
Game released: Linux → 2 March 2017
Players: 5/10
Steam: 59/100
Tanki Online is a shareware multiplayer arcade tank simulator with a third-person view. In the game, you can build your own futuristic tank using a...
Day of Defeat: Source - a game in the Action genre
Day of Defeat: Source
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Online
Game released: Linux → 12 July 2010
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 80/100
Day of Defeat: Source is a multiplayer team-based shooter set in the European theatre of World War II. Players choose a role and take part in...
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