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

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Wedding Witch - a game in the Action genre
Wedding Witch
Action, Roguelike, Isometric, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Survival, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 3 November 2023
Players: 6.3/10
Steam: 92/100
The main character goes on a dangerous journey to find the Succubus potion. To do this, she explores randomly generated maps with many opponents. The drink helps...
Shadows of the Past - a game in the Action genre
Shadows of the Past
Action, Third-person view, Free game, The Lord of the Rings, Fantasy, Medieval era, Adventure, Exploration, Hidden Objects
Game released: Linux → 5 September 2025
A fan remake lord of the rings: concuest (2009) with updated graphics and improved gameplay. The game is created on the Unreal Engine 5, so the world of Middle...
The Bard's Tale - a game in the Action genre
The Bard's Tale
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Comedy
Game released: Linux → 11 December 2009
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 77/100
Metacritic: 75/100
The Bard's Tale is a fun role-playing adventure with an isometric camera view in the fantasy universe of The Bard's Tale. In the game you will try on the role of an...
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 secret information...
Tiki Man - a game in the Action genre
Tiki Man
Action, Casual game, Indie
Game released: Linux → 6 June 2015
Steam: 81/100
A casual arcade game about chopping down the world’s tallest tiki. The player cuts through its faces while avoiding hazardous arms, aiming to work as quickly as...
Freedom Planet - a game in the Action genre
Freedom Planet
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie
Game released: Linux → 21 July 2014
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 83/100
This combat-focused platform adventure follows the dragon girl Lilac and her friends as they defend the world of Avalice from an alien attack. The heroes face...
Isonzo - a game in the Action genre
Isonzo
Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Historical, Simulation, Indie, MMO
Game released: Linux → 13 September 2022
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 71/100
Isonzo is a multiplayer first-person shooter from the creators of Tannenberg and Verdun. The game takes place in the Alps during World War I. You will head to...
Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault - a game in the Action genre
Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault
Action, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics, Online
Game released: Linux → 17 November 2014
Players: 10/10
Steam: 41/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault is a standalone add-on for the historical real-time strategy Company of Heroes 2. The Ardennes Operation was an offensive...
Never Alone - a game in the Action genre
Never Alone
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Side view
Game released: Linux → 18 November 2014
Players: 6.8/10
Steam: 78/100
Metacritic: 70/100
Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the mystery of an...
Grim Fandango Remastered - a game in the Action genre
Grim Fandango Remastered
Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Point & Click, Comedy
Game released: Linux → 27 January 2015
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 83/100
A puzzle adventure set in a blend of film noir and Mexican folklore. Manny Calavera works as a travel agent at the Department of Death, selling souls tickets for a...
99 Waves to Die - a game in the Action genre
99 Waves to Die
Action, Indie
Game released: Linux → 9 April 2015
Steam: 78/100
99 Waves to Die is a twin-stick arcade shooter inspired by arcade games and 8-bit home computers and consoles of the 1980s. The player pilots a ship and fights off...
Square Brawl - a game in the Action genre
Square Brawl
Action, Indie
Game released: Linux → 22 October 2015
Steam: 79/100
Square Brawl is a local multiplayer action party game built around battles with weapons and combinations of their effects. Matches support up to four players, with...
Dragon's Wake - a game in the Action genre
Dragon's Wake
Adventure, Indie, Action
Game released: Linux → 11 December 2015
Steam: 89/100
This 2D adventure platformer follows a young dragon hatching into a world where a mysterious black knight is already hunting dragons. The story unfolds without...
Jelly Killer - a game in the Action genre
Jelly Killer
Indie, Casual game, Action
Game released: Linux → 24 March 2016
Steam: 81/100
This retro platformer combines action and puzzles with a story about a sentient biological weapon that escapes from a laboratory in 2784. After decades of zombie...
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 passengers from...
Swords of Ditto - a game in the Action genre
Swords of Ditto
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 24 April 2018
Players: 10/10
Steam: 63/100
Metacritic: 74/100
Swords of Ditto is a top-down action-adventure RPG in a fantasy setting. The game is dedicated to creating unique adventures for each new hero of the legend...
Zero G Arena - a game in the Action genre
Zero G Arena
Action, Indie, Online
Game released: Linux → 9 August 2018
Steam: 88/100
Zero G Arena is an arena shooter set in zero gravity, where ragdoll physics shape both movement and combat. Players switch between running on magnetic surfaces and...
Dungeon Defenders - a game in the Action genre
Dungeon Defenders
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: Linux → 26 March 2013
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Dungeon Defenders is a dynamic cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view and elements of the tower defense genre in a fantasy setting. You have...
Shadow Warrior - a game in the Action genre
Shadow Warrior
Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Comedy
Game released: Linux → 26 September 2013
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Shadow Warrior is a dynamic shooter with fighting game elements and a first-person view, which is a restart of the 1997 game of the same name. You will see the...
Alien Robot Monsters - a game in the Action genre
Alien Robot Monsters
Strategy, Action, Indie
Game released: Linux → 10 September 2015
Steam: 83/100
This sci-fi tower defense game follows colonists battling hostile robots on a planet capable of supporting human life. An expedition sends a colony ship and a small...
UBERMOSH:WRAITH - a game in the Action genre
UBERMOSH:WRAITH
Action, Indie, Arcade
Game released: Linux → 29 January 2017
Steam: 92/100
UBERMOSH:WRAITH is an arcade action game and the fourth entry in the UBERMOSH series. In an arena filled with enemies and bullets, the player cuts down projectiles...
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania - a game in the Action genre
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania
DLC, Action, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Roguelike, Platformer, Gothic
Game released: Linux → 6 March 2023
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 88/100
An expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action roguelike Dead Cells, which brings original content inspired by Castlevania to the game. The main character...
Haste - a game in the Action genre
Haste
Action, Roguelike, Third-person view, Platformer, Parkour, Open world, Exploration, Casual game, Runner
Game released: Linux → 1 April 2025
Players: 9.7/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Supersonic action with procedural generation of levels. The game talks about a heroine traveling through a destroying universe. Players need to go through the level...
Mercenary Kings - a game in the Action genre
Mercenary Kings
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 25 March 2014
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...
Unearned Bounty - a game in the Action genre
Unearned Bounty
Free game, Online, Action
Game released: Linux → 22 August 2018
Steam: 67/100
Unearned Bounty is a pirate-themed naval action game built around free-for-all multiplayer battles, where players compete to become the most infamous pirate...
RFLEX - a game in the Action genre
RFLEX
Action, Casual game, Indie
Game released: Linux → 26 August 2015
Steam: 91/100
RFLEX is a neo-arcade action game centered on dodging hazards and chasing high scores across a series of levels. Players tackle five challenging stages, trying to...
Skyhill - a game in the Action genre
Skyhill
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Survival, Indie
Game released: Linux → 6 October 2015
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 69/100
Metacritic: 63/100
Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...
Iron Snout - a game in the Action genre
Iron Snout
Action, Fighting, Free game
Game released: Linux → 27 January 2016
Steam: 97/100
Iron Snout is an arcade fighting game about a piglet fending off wolves attacking from both sides. Fights take place in a forest and a city, and enemies come in...
Yooka-Laylee - a game in the Action genre
Yooka-Laylee
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Indie
Game released: Linux → 11 April 2017
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Yooka-Laylee is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view, created according to the canons of the classic Banjo-Kazooie. The main characters are the...
Chasm - a game in the Action genre
Chasm
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018
Players: 5.9/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...
Astral Ascent - a game in the Action genre
Astral Ascent
Action, Roguelike, Side view, Slasher, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Fantasy, Replayability
Game released: Linux → 14 November 2023
Players: 7/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Four heroes with unique personalities try to escape from the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 godlike and treacherous Zodiacs. The game has dozens of unique...
The Stanley Parable - a game in the Action genre
The Stanley Parable
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator
Game released: Linux → 17 October 2013
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 88/100
The Stanley Parable is an indie project with a first-person view. The player plays the role of office plankton Stanley, who has spent his whole life pressing keys...
Gunnheim - a game in the Action genre
Gunnheim
Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 16 October 2015
Steam: 40/100
Gunnheim is a top-down cooperative shooter about Viking warriors armed with guns. When the Lord of Death gets drunk during Ragnarok and chaos breaks loose, the...
Flamebreak - a game in the Action genre
Flamebreak
Indie, Action, Role-playing game
Game released: Linux → 16 October 2015
Steam: 93/100
Flamebreak is a roguelite action RPG that combines twin-stick combat with MOBA-style arena battles. The goal is to slay a god while fighting through a procedurally...
Surfingers - a game in the Action genre
Surfingers
Casual game, Indie, Action
Game released: Linux → 27 January 2016
Steam: 83/100
This arcade surfing game challenges players to travel as far as possible through hazardous settings, including oceans, snowy slopes, deserts and other worlds...
Overload Playable Teaser 3.0 - a game in the Action genre
Overload Playable Teaser 3.0
Action, Free game, Online
Game released: Linux → 8 March 2016
Steam: 93/100
This six-degrees-of-freedom shooter takes place in a fully 3D environment and centers on combat against robots. Overload Playable Teaser 3.0 is a demo of Overload...
Dead Island: Riptide - a game in the Action genre
Dead Island: Riptide
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Online
Game released: Linux → 31 May 2016
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 73/100
Metacritic: 60/100
A first-person action game about surviving a zombie apocalypse, continuing the story of Dead Island. After escaping Banoi, the heroes find themselves aboard a...
Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo - a game in the Action genre
Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo
Indie, Action
Game released: Linux → 10 June 2016
Steam: 99/100
This vertical-scrolling arcade shoot ’em up takes place in a mechanized world where the young scientist Veloce has eradicated humanity with her Mecha creations. The...
Antihorror - a game in the Action genre
Antihorror
Action, Indie, Horror
Game released: Linux → 27 July 2016
Steam: 71/100
An action horror game about a wayfarer who finds himself in an unfamiliar place after a strange turn of events. The surroundings are ominously deserted, with no one...
Supraland - a game in the Action genre
Supraland
Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Metroidvania, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 5 April 2019
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 95/100
Supraland is an exciting action platformer with a first-person view. In the game you have to solve fun puzzles, explore the environment, find secrets and fight...
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