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Best Games in the Adventure genre for Linux

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Zarya-1: Mystery on the Moon - a game in the Adventure genre
Zarya-1: Mystery on the Moon
Adventure, Indie, Text quest
Game released: Linux → 30 May 2017
Steam: 88/100
This text-based adventure blends science fiction and horror in a story about investigating a distress signal from the far side of the Moon. Four astronauts are sent...
Desperados 3 - a game in the Adventure genre
Desperados 3
Action, Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Tactics
Game released: Linux → 16 June 2020
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Desperados 3 is the continuation of the popular tactical strategy series Desperados from the creators of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. The game allows you...
Entity: The Black Day - a game in the Adventure genre
Entity: The Black Day
Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Survival horror, Horror, Action
Game released: Linux → 8 January 2026; Early Access: Linux → 14 November 2023
Players: 4.7/10
Steam: 79/100
The action unfolds in a dark underground bio-laboratory complex. The player takes on the role of Adam, a former special forces operative sent on a secret mission to...
Qbik - a game in the Adventure genre
Qbik
Indie, Casual game, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 17 November 2017
Steam: 92/100
A pixel-art puzzle game about a small, one-eyed square exploring caves and uncovering the story of its origins. The story begins with a dot floating in a white...
Black Mirror - a game in the Adventure genre
Black Mirror
Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Point & Click
Game released: Linux → 28 November 2017
Players: 6.7/10
Steam: 47/100
Metacritic: 57/100
Black Mirror (2017) — point and click horror adventure with puzzle elements. Since childhood, our hero, David, has been tormented by nightmares and visions...
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil - a game in the Adventure 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 of weapons...
Scarlett Mysteries: Cursed Child - a game in the Adventure genre
Scarlett Mysteries: Cursed Child
Adventure, Casual game, Hidden Objects
Game released: Linux → 8 June 2017
Steam: 88/100
This hidden-object adventure follows Scarlett Everitt, who returns from a convent orphanage to search for her missing father. Clues lead her to a train station near...
Rising World - a game in the Adventure genre
Rising World
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Construction, Sandbox, Survival
Early Access: Linux → 3 December 2014
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 86/100
Rising World is a voxel-based open-world sandbox with procedurally generated, destructible environments and survival elements. Starting with basic tools, players...
Brutal Legend - a game in the Adventure genre
Brutal Legend
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Third-person view, Comedy
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 imitation covers. The...
Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest - a game in the Adventure genre
Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest
Adventure, Casual game, Hidden Objects
Game released: Linux → 20 July 2017
Steam: 78/100
An adventure and hidden-object game set in Brie, a tiny forest kingdom where people live alongside animals. Max returns home to help his mother save their house...
Cassette Beasts - a game in the Adventure genre
Cassette Beasts
Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Tactics, Open world, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 27 April 2023
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 83/100
The action of the game unfolds on an island inhabited by different creatures. The detachment of the protagonist arrives in this mysterious place to find the best...
TOEM 2 - a game in the Adventure genre
TOEM 2
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 29 September 2026
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 82/100
A black and white game about a curious photographer who goes on another adventure. Along the way, the character helps new friends and documents various sights...
Return to Castle Wolfenstein - a game in the Adventure genre
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural
Game released: Linux → 16 March 2002
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a legendary first-person shooter with elements of mysticism and horror. The game takes place in 1940 during World War II. As in the...
Kingdom Rush - a game in the Adventure genre
Kingdom Rush
Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics
Game released: Linux → 6 January 2014
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 89/100
Kingdom Rush is a real-time strategy game with fantasy elements and a top-down view. In this game you have to fight enemies with the help of your towers and protect...
Dex - a game in the Adventure genre
Dex
Role-playing game, Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Action
Game released: Linux → 7 May 2015
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 67/100
Dex is a 2D open-world cyberpunk RPG that focuses on exploration and non-linear...
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You - a game in the Adventure genre
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Simulation
Game released: Linux → 27 October 2016
Players: 8/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You is a first-person puzzle adventure game based on George Orwell's novel 1984. You have to take on the role of Big Brother and monitor...
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk - a game in the Adventure genre
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Old school, Text quest
Game released: Linux → 26 August 2020
Steam: 96/100
A small visual novel that turns a simple everyday task into a story with a deep emotional subtext. Behind the attempt to buy regular milk lies reflections on daily...
Darkest Dungeon: The Fire's Edge - a game in the Adventure genre
Darkest Dungeon: The Fire's Edge
Role-playing game, Adventure, DLC, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy
Game released: Linux → 18 August 2026
Steam: 79/100
The expansion introduces the Duelist and the Runaway from Darkest Dungeon 2, along with the new mechanics of setting fire, which opens up new tactical options in...
Dreamspring - a game in the Adventure genre
Dreamspring
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Open world, Fantasy, Old school
Game released: Linux → 3 October 2026; Early Access: Linux → 20 May 2025
Steam: 87/100
A dark first-person RPG inspired by Morrowind and King's Field. It takes place in the ruined kingdom of Mortis, where the people suffer from nightmares and the...
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove - a game in the Adventure 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 the evil...
OneShot - a game in the Adventure genre
OneShot
Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie
Game released: Linux → 8 December 2016
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 98/100
Metacritic: 80/100
This surreal top-down puzzle adventure follows a child travelling through a mysterious world in an attempt to restore its long-dead sun. In OneShot, the world is...
Pilgrims - a game in the Adventure genre
Pilgrims
Adventure, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Replayability, Point & Click, Card game
Game released: Linux → 7 October 2019
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 95/100
Pilgrims — an atmospheric side-view adventure from the creators of Machinarium and Samorost 3. The game will delight you with the absence of a rigid script...
Demonschool - a game in the Adventure genre
Demonschool
Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics, Comedy, Japanese role-playing game, Isometric
Game released: Linux → 19 November 2025
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 74/100
A tactical RPG with an unusual approach to combat, where every move is also an action. The story takes place on a mysterious island, where the boundary between the...
Crowsworn - a game in the Adventure genre
Crowsworn
Action, Adventure, Slasher, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania
Game in development: Linux → 2027
Anticipation Rating: 9.9/10
The game takes place in the kingdom of Fearandal, which was once hit by a dark curse that destroyed most of the population and summoned terrible creatures into the...
Firewatch - a game in the Adventure genre
Firewatch
Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator
Game released: Linux → 9 February 2016
Players: 9/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Firewatch is an indie adventure with a first-person view, developed by former developers of The Walking Dead and BioShock 2. The action takes place in the forests...
State of Mind - a game in the Adventure genre
State of Mind
Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Science fiction
Game released: Linux → 15 August 2018
Players: 6.4/10
Steam: 76/100
Metacritic: 68/100
State of Mind is a futuristic adventure with a third-person view in a cyberpunk style. The events of the game take place in Berlin in 2048. The planet suffers from...
Beholder 2 - a game in the Adventure genre
Beholder 2
Adventure, Stealth, Puzzle, Side view, Strategy, Simulation, Point & Click
Game released: Linux → 5 December 2018
Players: 8/10
Steam: 81/100
Beholder 2 is a continuation of the side-view adventure strategy that will take you to a world where totalitarianism has reached almost every citizen. The main...
Survival Nation: Lost Horizon - a game in the Adventure genre
Survival Nation: Lost Horizon
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Zombies, Survival
Early Access: Linux → 15 April 2024
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 55/100
A post-apocalyptic online survival game where the player takes on the role of a survivor of a zombie apocalypse. The main goal in the game is to survive. To do...
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream - a game in the Adventure genre
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Cyberpunk, Point & Click, Horror
Game released: Linux → 31 October 1996
Players: 9/10
Steam: 88/100
This point-and-click adventure horror follows five people imprisoned deep beneath the Earth in the insane computer AM. After a hundred and nine years in captivity...
Mercenary Kings - a game in the Adventure 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...
Oxenfree - a game in the Adventure genre
Oxenfree
Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie
Game released: Linux → 15 January 2016
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 80/100
Oxenfree is a mystical adventure with a side view about teenagers who decide to spend a weekend on a mysterious island. The main character, along with her friends...
The Longing - a game in the Adventure genre
The Longing
Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 5 March 2020
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 79/100
The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...
Amnesia: The Dark Descent - a game in the Adventure genre
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Survival horror, Puzzle
Game released: Linux → 8 September 2010
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game will tell the story of Daniel, who wakes up in a deserted...
The Tiny Bang Story - a game in the Adventure genre
The Tiny Bang Story
Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Point & Click
Game released: Linux → 22 April 2011
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 63/100
The game takes place in a funny universe where you need to piece together a planet destroyed by a meteorite. The game uses point-and-click mechanics in the best...
Transistor - a game in the Adventure genre
Transistor
Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Cyberpunk, Science fiction
Game released: Linux → 20 May 2014
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Transistor is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell the story of a girl named Red. She is going to take...
Talos Principle - a game in the Adventure genre
Talos Principle
Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Science fiction
Game released: Linux → 11 December 2014
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Talos Principle is a first-person adventure puzzle game in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Serious Sam. In an unknown place, deserted and seemingly divorced...
We Were Here Together - a game in the Adventure genre
We Were Here Together
Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration
Game released: Linux → 10 October 2019
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 90/100
A story about two companions trapped within the icy walls of an ancient citadel, where every room oozes mystery and the joker's laughter echoes through the gloomy...
Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG - a game in the Adventure genre
Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Strategy
Game released: Linux → 7 September 2021
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 73/100
The main character is a participant in the C.R.O.N.U.S. project, which studies the technologies and artifacts of a long-gone civilization. On his way, he will make...
Detention - a game in the Adventure genre
Detention
Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural
Game released: Linux → 12 January 2017
Players: 9.9/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Detention is an indie puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. At Greenwood High School, located in a remote mountainous area, two students are trapped...
Psychonauts 2 - a game in the Adventure genre
Psychonauts 2
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Comedy, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 24 August 2021
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 89/100
Psychonauts 2 is a fantastic sequel to the third-person action platformer that takes players back to the world of psychonauts. The dream of the protagonist of the...
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