Adventure 2014 for Linux — top best games in the Adventure genre

Dreamfall Chapters - a game in the Adventure genre

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Dreamfall Chapters is an episodic adventure set in the universe of The Longest Journey. The game will continue the story of Zoë Castillo and will be the conclusion...

Alien: Isolation

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival horror, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Alien: Isolation is a first-person stealth horror adventure set in the Alien universe. The plot of the game takes place fifteen years after the events of Ridley...

Everlasting Summer

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel, Free game

Game released: Linux → 19 November 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

This visual novel follows Semyon, an ordinary young man who falls asleep on a bus in winter and wakes up in the heat of summer beside the pioneer camp Sovyonok. His...

Broken Age

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Broken Age is an exciting point-and-click side-scrolling adventure from the author of Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. The game will tell two parallel developing...

Wasteland 2

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...

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...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Papers, Please is an unusual simulator of an immigration officer. You will have to sit in a small booth and check the documents of visiting residents, identify...

Deponia: The Complete Journey

Adventure, Collection, Futurism (Future), Side view, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 8 July 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 79/100

Deponia: The Complete Journey is the complete edition of a series of exciting point and click adventures, which includes: Deponia, Chaos on Deponia and ]Goodbye...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Vangers

Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Racing, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2014

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Vangers is a top-down racing action game set in a fantasy setting. Humanity learned to colonize new worlds thanks to technology and esotericism, but when faced with...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Neverending Nightmares is a side-scrolling adventure horror game. You have to get used to the role of Thomas — a man who has fallen into a long string of...

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 Park, who worked...

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Hidden Objects, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood is a hidden object adventure puzzle game set in a fantasy setting. You have to go on a dangerous adventure on the trail of a...

Icewind Dale

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 30 October 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Icewind Dale is a fantasy RPG with an isometric view. The game takes place in Icewind Dale — the northern region of Faerun beyond the Spine of the World, in...

A Bird Story

Role-playing game, Arcade, Adventure, Top-down view, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A atmospheric top-down adventure from the creators of To the Moon, set in the same game universe. At the heart of the story is a little boy who meets a bird with a...

Whispered World

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This point-and-click fantasy adventure follows Sadwick, who dreams of a mysterious blue sphere and a world collapsing around him. The oracle Shana foretells the end...

Whispering Willows

Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the estate in search...

Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 30 October 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons, this isometric role-playing game sends a party of heroes into the snowbound lands of the Spine of the World. The player...

Tomb Raider GOTY Edition

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2014

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Tomb Raider GOTY Edition is a special edition of the action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Game of the Year version. It includes the game itself and...

Hatoful Boyfriend

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hatoful Boyfriend is an arcade visual novel with anime-style adventure elements. You have been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious Saint Dove...

Among the Sleep

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Among the Sleep is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. The main character is a very young child. He is hiding from a mysterious...

Infinity Runner

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Runner

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2014

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Infinity Runner is an adventure shooter with horror elements and a first-person view in a sci-fi setting, supporting virtual reality devices. The events of the game...

Tales from the Dragon Mountain 2: The Lair

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2014

Steam: 57/100

Set in the fantasy world of Dragon Mountains, this puzzle adventure follows the return of a dark force after Lord Strix was defeated. Mina and her companion Malik...

Choice of Robots

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Text quest, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 19 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Choice of Robots — fantasy role-playing game with adventure elements in the visual novel genre. This is an epic 300,000 word interactive sci-fi novel by Kevin...

Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Arcade, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2014

Steam: 94/100

This children’s adventure game follows Putt-Putt, a purple car accidentally blasted to the Moon from a fireworks factory. There he meets Rover, a lunar vehicle left...

Derrick the Deathfin

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Derrick the Deathfin is a unique side-scrolling arcade adventure game with a world made entirely of paper. You will plunge into a bizarre underwater world, where...

Gunspell

Role-playing game, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 51/100

This fantasy RPG adventure with puzzle elements follows a member of an Order tasked with protecting Earth from monsters. Guns and magic work together as the hero...

LISA: The Painful

Role-playing game, Side view, Comedy, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2014

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A dark role-playing game in a post-apocalyptic world, full of dark humor and unexpected stories. Going in search of the protagonist's daughter, the player is faced...

Lifeless Planet

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Space

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lifeless Planet is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game tells the story of an astronaut who discovers an abandoned Soviet...

Gods Will Be Watching

Strategy, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2014

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A science-fiction point-and-click thriller set amid an interstellar conflict, where decisions shape the fate of a crew and the people it is sworn to protect. The...

Costume Quest 2

Role-playing game, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Costume Quest 2 is a continuation of the fun role-playing game with turn-based combat and third-person view. You will once again take on the role of children who...

DreadOut

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 55/100

DreadOut is an action-horror game played from a third-person perspective. The events of the game will tell the story of young Linda and her friends, who find...

Octodad: Dadliest Catch

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 30 January 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This comedic adventure follows an octopus posing as a human father and trying to keep his true nature secret from his family. In Octodad: Dadliest Catch, the hero...

Putt-Putt Joins the Parade

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Steam: 96/100

This children’s adventure with puzzles follows Putt-Putt, a car preparing to take part in Cartown’s annual Pet Parade. Along the way, he meets local residents...

The Fall

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2014

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Fall is an adventure shooter with a view of the side of the science fiction setting, which will tell about artificial intelligence trying to save its master...

Adventure

Best Games in the Adventure genre of 2014 for Linux (Game released)