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

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Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight - a game in the Action genre
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...
Pac-Man 256 - a game in the Action genre
Pac-Man 256
Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 21 June 2016
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Pac-Man 256 is a continuation of the popular top-down arcade game starring Pac-Man. The game is made in an unusual style: the main character is followed by a wave...
Bomber Crew - a game in the Action genre
Bomber Crew
Simulation, Action, Strategy, Flight Simulator, Business / Management
Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Bomber Crew is a strategic flight simulator with survival and management elements. You will take control of the crew of a large bomber from the Second World War...
Total War: Three Kingdoms - Mandate of Heaven - a game in the Action genre
Total War: Three Kingdoms - Mandate of Heaven
Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Turn-based, DLC, Historical, Action
Game released: Linux → 16 January 2020
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 62/100
Metacritic: 80/100
Total War: Three Kingdoms — Mandate of Heaven is an add-on for a large-scale historical strategy from the Total War series. 182 Internal conflicts plague the...
Fury Unleashed - a game in the Action genre
Fury Unleashed
Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Online, Action, Replayability
Game released: Linux → 8 May 2020
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Fury Unleashed is a 2D arcade platformer with a side view, made in a comic book style. You will play as the cool Scumbag, a comic book hero whose goal is to save...
Superhot: Mind Control Delete - a game in the Action genre
Superhot: Mind Control Delete
Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Roguelike
Game released: Linux → 16 July 2020
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Superhot: Mind Control Delete — A stand-alone add-on for a puzzle shooter with a first-person view. The game includes roguelike elements, so the gameplay...
Mighty Goose - a game in the Action genre
Mighty Goose
Action, Shooter, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 5 June 2021
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose, only armed and...
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...
Penumbra: Black Plague - a game in the Action genre
Penumbra: Black Plague
Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Puzzle
Game released: Linux → 13 May 2008
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 78/100
This first-person adventure horror follows explorer Philip, who is trapped in an underground complex and searches for the truth behind his father's disappearance...
Ecco the Dolphin - a game in the Action genre
Ecco the Dolphin
Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 53/100
This action-adventure with puzzles follows Ecco, a dolphin searching for his family after a strange whirlpool sweeps them from their home bay. He explores a vast...
Shadow Warrior Classic Redux - a game in the Action genre
Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
Action, Shooter, Fighting, Hack and slash, First-person view, Old school
Game released: Linux → 8 July 2013
Players: 4.4/10
Steam: 88/100
This first-person shooter is set in a near-future Japan where corporations control everyday life and employ Shadow Warriors to eliminate opposition. Lo Wang, the...
Guacamelee! - a game in the Action genre
Guacamelee!
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 8 August 2013
Players: 7/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Guacamelee! is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The plot revolves around the brave Mexican Juan Agacata, who must save the daughter of the President of...
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...
GunSlugs 2 - a game in the Action genre
GunSlugs 2
Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Science fiction
Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015
Steam: 56/100
A side-scrolling arcade platformer about the elite Gunslugs squad fighting the Black Duck Army, which has returned with alien technology and is taking its war to...
Not A Hero - a game in the Action genre
Not A Hero
Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Beat them all, Action, Indie, Comedy
Game released: Linux → 14 May 2015
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Not A Hero is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Professional hitman Steve, who has become the campaign manager for mayoral candidate Bunny Lord, must...
Catmaze - a game in the Action genre
Catmaze
Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Side view
Game released: Linux → 25 May 2018
Players: 10/10
Steam: 83/100
Catmaze is an action adventure game in the Metroidvania genre with elements of anime and fantasy. Cats have always been the link between the worlds of Yav and Navi...
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 in the distant...
N++ - a game in the Action genre
N++
Arcade, Indie, Side view, Action, Parkour
Game released: Linux → 25 August 2016
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 85/100
N++ is a side-scrolling platformer set in a science-fiction world where success depends on controlling momentum. The player navigates obstacles, evades hostile...
Feudal Alloy - a game in the Action genre
Feudal Alloy
Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Medieval era, Indie, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 17 January 2019
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 69/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Feudal Alloy is a fun side-scrolling action RPG in which the main character is an aquarium fish dressed in medieval armor. Bandits attacked the protagonist’s home...
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion - a game in the Action genre
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 22 April 2021
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is an adventure RPG puzzle game with horror elements and an isometric view. You are a nice baby turnip who was declared an enemy of...
PULSAR: Lost Colony - a game in the Action genre
PULSAR: Lost Colony
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Virtual Reality (VR), Open world, Simulation
Game released: Linux → 22 June 2021
Steam: 89/100
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...
Saviorless - a game in the Action genre
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...
The Dark Queen of Mortholme - a game in the Action genre
The Dark Queen of Mortholme
Action, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game, Gothic
Game released: Linux → 15 August 2025
Players: 10/10
Steam: 84/100
The player takes on the role of the Dark Queen of Mortholme, the final boss of the game, and fights a tenacious hero who tries to defeat the enemy time after time...
Scott Pilgrim EX - Back in the Band - a game in the Action genre
Scott Pilgrim EX - Back in the Band
Action, Adventure, DLC, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Online
Game released: Linux → 27 August 2026
Steam: 100/100
Three new playable characters have been added to the expansion — Stephen Stills, Kim Pine, and Knives Chau. Each character has their own fighting style: Stephen...
Ecco the Dolphin: Complete - a game in the Action genre
Ecco the Dolphin: Complete
Adventure, Collection, Side view, Casual game, Old school, Action
Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010
Steam: 84/100
The return of the iconic Ecco the Dolphin series, more than three decades after its debut on the Sega Mega Drive. The collection brings together classic games about...
Trine - a game in the Action genre
Trine
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 2 November 2010
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 82/100
This fantasy action-platformer with physics-based puzzles follows a wizard, a knight and a thief whose fates become bound by a mysterious artifact called the Trine...
Standpoint - a game in the Action genre
Standpoint
Arcade, Action, First-person view, Indie, Puzzle
Game released: Linux → 5 March 2015
Steam: 71/100
Standpoint is a first-person puzzle platformer set in a labyrinth where the player can change the orientation of the world. Walls become floors, and corridors and...
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 rescue space...
Shadwen - a game in the Action genre
Shadwen
Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 17 May 2016
Steam: 77/100
Metacritic: 52/100
Shadwen is an action game with a third-party view and stealth elements from the developers of Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power. Your name is Chaudwen, your mission...
Super Blood Hockey - a game in the Action genre
Super Blood Hockey
Arcade, Action, Hockey, Top-down view, Sports game, Business / Management
Game released: Linux → 17 August 2017
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 65/100
Super Blood Hockey is an exciting top-down hockey arcade game. To win the match you have to play as hard as possible, using all sorts of dirty tricks. The game...
Story Goes On - a game in the Action genre
Story Goes On
Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Casual game, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 2 March 2018
Steam: 70/100
This top-down action-adventure takes place inside an unfinished book by an author reflecting on his life’s work. The hero explores repeating, randomly generated...
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...
TerraTech - a game in the Action genre
TerraTech
Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Construction, Sandbox, Open world
Game released: Linux → 10 August 2018
Players: 7.9/10
Steam: 92/100
TerraTech is an exciting sandbox where you can manage a fleet of unique cars and fight enemies for valuable resources. Particular emphasis is placed on...
Lethal League Blaze - a game in the Action genre
Lethal League Blaze
Arcade, Fighting, Sports game, Side view, Action, Indie, Baseball, Online, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 24 October 2018
Steam: 97/100
Lethal League Blaze is a side-scrolling arcade sports game that allows up to four people to play together. You will go to fight in various arenas, where the main...
Rain on Your Parade - a game in the Action genre
Rain on Your Parade
Action, Isometric, Comedy, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle, Stealth
Game released: Linux → 15 April 2021
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 78/100
A fun arcade game with an isometric camera view. A mischievous cloud wants to ruin the lives of absolutely everyone on the planet. She travels the world inventing...
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists - a game in the Action genre
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Exploration
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...
Tribes 2 - a game in the Action genre
Tribes 2
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots
Game released: Linux → 19 April 2001
Players: 5.5/10
Metacritic: 88/100
A team-based first-person shooter set in the 40th century and a sequel to Starsiege: Tribes. Players battle in teams across outdoor environments in online matches...
Gish - a game in the Action genre
Gish
Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 7 July 2005
Players: 9.6/10
Steam: 61/100
Metacritic: 80/100
This action-adventure game with puzzle elements follows Gish, a ball of tar who ventures into the subterranean sewers of the forgotten city of Dross to rescue his...
Penumbra: Requiem - a game in the Action genre
Penumbra: Requiem
Action, Adventure, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie
Game released: Linux → 17 November 2008
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 53/100
Metacritic: 67/100
An expansion for Penumbra: Black Plague, in which Philip faces puzzles and encounters characters from his past. The story follows the previous installments 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...
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