Arcade 2013 for Linux — top best games in the Arcade genre

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

Rogue Legacy

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 27 June 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Rogue Legacy is a fantasy platforming roguelite in which a hero explores procedurally generated castles and battles enemies. When a character dies, an heir takes...

Risk of Rain

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Risk of Rain is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will take you to a distant...

Teslagrad

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and battle horrors as...

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...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

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...

Gunpoint

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Indie, Tactics, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game about a freelance spy who takes jobs infiltrating secure buildings to steal sensitive data. Across 20 missions, a story of murder...

Volgarr the Viking

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Volgarr the Viking is a hardcore arcade platformer in which the Viking hero fights enemies and navigates deadly traps across a series of dangerous worlds. The game...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2013

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Indie, Online

Game released: Linux → 22 August 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore is an expanded version of a dynamic arcade fighting game with a side view in an anime style. The game features many interesting female...

Awesomenauts

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...

Surgeon Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Logic, Indie, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2013

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Surgeon Simulator is a logic action game with simulator elements and a first-person view. You take on the role of Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon with a penchant...

Little Inferno

Arcade, Logic, Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 7 June 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Little Inferno is an unusual puzzle game from the creators of World of Goo. It smelled like something was cooking... And here's your new Little Inferno entertaining...

Electronic Super Joy

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Music game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2013

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A hard platformer set in a world of electronic music follows Captain Lewis as he resists the tyranny of the evil Groove-Wizard, who has seized control and stolen...

Proteus

Arcade, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2013

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This first-person exploration game takes place on dreamlike islands where the surroundings shape the soundtrack. The procedurally generated islands are home to...

Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers

Arcade, Flight Simulator, Action, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 59/100

This arcade flight simulator focuses on aerial battles of the Pacific War. Players take part in historical engagements and fly aircraft recreated in detail. The...

Nimble Quest

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2013

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade action game with role-playing elements centers on a party of heroes that moves constantly through stages while fighting enemy hordes. The player steers...

The Cave

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2013

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The Cave is a new creation by Ron Gilbert, the father of the cult games Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, as well as Double Fine Productions, the studio responsible...

The Bridge

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2013

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Bridge is a two-dimensional logic game that will allow you to look at physics and perspective from a different angle. You have to walk on the ceiling, explore...

Skulls of the Shogun

Arcade, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 July 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This turn-based strategy game with an arcade pace follows samurai warriors in the afterlife, where General Akamoto assembles an army for battle. His forces include...

Survivor Squad

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Steam: 67/100

This tactical action game with strategy elements follows a squad of survivors searching for supplies in a world overrun by the infected. The player commands up to...

Tiny Diggers 2

Arcade, Action, God Simulator, Business / Management, Third-person view, Indie

Game canceled: Linux → 23 November 2013

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

Tiny Diggers 2 is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, business simulator and indie game from developers from the TouchTilt Games studio. The game is...

Snapshot

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 1 October 2013

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Snapshot is a side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game. The game will tell the story of a cute robot named Peak, who is collecting mysterious energy scattered...

Castle Story

Arcade, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Strategy, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 55/100

A strategy sandbox set among floating fantasy islands, Castle Story puts the player in command of creatures called Bricktrons, who build castles and settlements...

Bridge Constructor

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Bridge Constructor is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Using the proposed materials, you have to build the strongest bridge that can withstand various types of...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal, the player will...

Wooden Sen'SeY

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2013

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Wooden Sen'SeY is an action platformer set in a humorous “Japan Steam Rock” universe. It follows Goro, a village chief seeking revenge across a series of levels...

Beat Hazard Ultra

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2013

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An expansion for Beat Hazard, Beat Hazard Ultra adds modes, enemies and customization options to the music-driven arcade shooter. Combat intensity and firepower...

Waking Mars

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2013

Players: 1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Waking Mars is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. In 2097, life was discovered on Mars. During the mission to make first contact, you find yourself...

Trine 2: Complete Story

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Trine 2: Complete Story is a complete edition of the atmospheric action platformer with a side view in the fantasy setting of Trine 2, which contains all previously...

Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp (1994)

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Interactive movie, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2013

Steam: 76/100

This arcade interactive adventure, presented through animated scenes, follows the rescue of Princess Daphne from the evil wizard Mordroc. Dirk the Daring sets off...

Type: Rider

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2013

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Type: Rider is a side-scrolling educational arcade platformer. You have to immerse yourself in the mysterious and fantastic world of letters. By controlling the...

Super Hexagon

Arcade, Music game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Super Hexagon is an indie music arcade game. This is one of the most difficult games you will ever play. A pulsating soundtrack underscores the danger as swirling...

Dark Matter

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2013

Steam: 38/100

Dark Matter is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the distant future, where you have to explore an abandoned...

Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians

Arcade, Music game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2013

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This musical adventure with arcade elements follows Beatbuddy, an ethereal creature who awakens and sets out to save his companions and his own immortality. Along...

Organ Trail: Director's Cut

Arcade, Logic, Zombies, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 19 March 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This retro zombie survival game follows a group of five travelling west in a station wagon. Along the way, the player scavenges for supplies and fights the undead...

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards: Reloaded

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 27 June 2013

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards: Reloaded is a modern reimagining of the popular game Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards...

Legend of Dungeon

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2013

Players: 3.9/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This action RPG beat ’em up with roguelike elements sends the hero into a randomly generated, 26-floor dungeon. In the darkness, the hero encounters mysterious...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2013 for Linux