Adventure 2016 for Linux — top best games in the Adventure genre

Beholder - a game in the Adventure genre

Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 9 November 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Beholder is a side-scrolling adventure strategy game where you have to spy on people. The story of the game will tell us about Karl Stein, a citizen of a...

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 9 February 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Rise of the Tomb Raider is an action-adventure game with a third-person view that follows the new adventures of Lara Croft. The game takes place in Russia, in a...

Sheltered

Role-playing game, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Survival, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 15 March 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Sheltered is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. After many died in a nuclear holocaust, you are lucky enough to survive in a...

Pankapu

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2016

Steam: 74/100

Pankapu: The Gates of Omnia is an episodic side-scrolling action platformer. The events of the game develop in the fantasies of Jaarell, a child who once...

Life is Strange

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Life is Strange is an episodic adventure from developers Dontnod Entertainment. The game takes place in the fictional city of Arcadia Bay, Oregon, USA. The heroine...

Hyper Light Drifter

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...

Aragami

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Aragami is a classic Japanese-style third-person stealth action game. The game tells the story of a mysterious ninja who is a warrior-killer revived after death who...

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...

Tyranny

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

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Tyranny is an RPG with an isometric camera view set in a fantasy world. You will be transported to a world that has recently experienced a massive battle between...

Corpse Party

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This horror adventure with visual-novel elements follows a group of students trapped in an otherworldly version of an abandoned elementary school after performing a...

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner is an addition to the top-down role-playing adventure with horror elements Sunless Sea. If the original action took place on the surface of...

Eventide: Slavic Fable

Adventure, Casual game, Fantasy, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2016

Steam: 93/100

An adventure game about finding items, inspired by ancient myths, where modernity intertwines with the world of legends. The events unfold in the Park of...

Vintage Story

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2016

Players: 10/10

A hardcore sandbox survival game inspired by the ideas of classic voxel games in the spirit of Minecraft, but reimagined through the lens of realism and...

Shardlight

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2016

Players: 4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Shardlight is a "point-and-click" adventure set in a post-apocalyptic environment. The main character is a dying woman named Amy. The thing is, even though Amy is...

Layers of Fear (2016)

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Layers of Fear is a first-person psychological horror about a mad artist around whom horrific things unfold. Players will get into a huge mansion with beautiful...

Lara Croft GO

Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle, Turn-based, Logic, Tactics, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 4 December 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Lara Croft GO is a turn-based tactical puzzle game with an isometric camera view about everyone's favorite tomb raider. The game continues the traditions of Hitman...

Treasure of a Blizzard

Simulation, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 79/100

Treasure of a Blizzard is a simulator with a mixture of adventure, game in the anime or manga genre, and visual novel from the masters of the Flaming Firefly...

Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders

Adventure, Third-person view, Hidden Objects, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 4 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Agatha Christie — The ABC Murders — a point-and-click adventure based on the detective novels of Agatha Christie. Players will take on the role of the...

Seasons after Fall

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Seasons after Fall is a side-view arcade adventure in a fantasy setting. The main character is a wild fox who fell under the control of the spirit of the forest. He...

Balrum

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Crafting, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 78/100

Balrum is an isometric role-playing game with turn-based combat and strategy elements in a fantasy setting. A variety of locations, tons of side quests, an exciting...

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...

Day of the Tentacle Remastered

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 22 March 2016

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Day of the Tentacle Remastered is a remake of the classic 1993 quest, which is a continuation of Maniac Mansion, a 1989 quest. If the first part laid the...

Bear With Me

Adventure, Puzzle, , Hidden Objects, Detective

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2016

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Bear With Me is a noir point and click adventure that tells the story of a little girl, Amber. She has to find her missing brother Flint and turns to Ted E., a...

Little Acre

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2016

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Little Acre — point and click adventure from the developers from the Pewter Games studio. The game tells the story of Irishman Aidan, who is trying to find...

Cobalt

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Cobalt is a side-scrolling co-op action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will take on the role of robot agent Cobalt, who discovers the lost colonization...

Hue

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Hue is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. In it you have to remake the world by changing its background color. Together with a character...

Home Behind

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Roguelike, Side view, Survival

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 53/100

Home Behind is a procedurally generated side-scrolling adventure RPG. You have to become a refugee who is fleeing a devastating war from his country to Europe...

Near Death

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Near Death is an indie action adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The events of the game will take you to the cold corridors of a research...

Crystal Rift

Role-playing game, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2016

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 37/100

Crystal Rift is a first-person role-playing adventure in the spirit of classic games like Eye of Beholder, supporting HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR...

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Roguelike, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 80/100

This War of Mine: The Little Ones is an expansion to the side-scrolling management strategy adventure This War of Mine. The addition tells the story of young...

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This detective visual novel follows a school trip to the abandoned Jabberwock Island, where Monokuma restarts a deadly game. Students from Hope’s Peak Academy must...

Layers of Fear: Inheritance

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

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2016

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 76/100

Layers of Fear: Inheritance is an addition to the adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a first-person view Layers of Fear. The main character will be the...

The Revenge of Johnny Bonasera: Episode 1

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 1 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

The Revenge of Johnny Bonasera: Episode 1 is an indie adventure quest in the point and click genre with puzzle elements. This is the story of Johnny Bonasera, a...

Along the Edge

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2016

Steam: 89/100

Along the Edge is an adventure interactive visual novel that will take you to the European outback, where your choices will affect the personality and appearance of...

Draw Slasher

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Draw Slasher is a side-scrolling arcade action slasher about a ninja named Hanzo. While Hanzo was learning the way of the ninja, pirate zombie monkeys kidnapped his...

Silence

Adventure, Isometric, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 15 November 2016

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This point-and-click adventure takes place in Silence, a world between life and death, where siblings Noah and Renie seek shelter from an ongoing war. When Renie...

Deponia Doomsday

Adventure, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Deponia Doomsday is a continuation of the point-and-click adventures of inventor Rufus on the junkyard planet Deponia. This time the main character finds a real...

Goetia

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2016

Players: 3.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Goetia is a point and click adventure with a side view. The main character is the ghost of a girl, Abigail Blackwood, who died forty years ago and returned to the...

Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Hidden Objects, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala — the continuation of an adventure puzzle game in the "hidden object" genre. The demonic Pastor has fled to distant mountains in...

Valley

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration

Game released: Linux → 24 August 2016

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Valley is a first-person sci-fi adventure from the developers of Slender: The Arrival. The main character of the game is dressed in a special exo-suit L.E.A.F...

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Best Games in the Adventure genre of 2016 for Linux