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

Knock-knock - a game in the Arcade genre

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Anomaly 2

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...

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...

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...

The Cave

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2013

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Foul Play

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2013

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This side-scrolling co-op action game unfolds entirely on a theatre stage, where daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth reenacts episodes from his life, from the deserts of...

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...

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...

Chaos Engine

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Steampunk, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 40/100

Chaos Engine is a steampunk top-down shooter with cooperative play, originally developed for the Amiga by The Bitmap Brothers. Abstraction Games restored the game...

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...

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...

Stealth Bastard

Arcade, Stealth, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2013

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade stealth platformer sends an unarmed, unarmoured hero into a deadly facility, where the goal is to reach the exit without being caught by its security...

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...

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...

Race The Sun

Arcade, Third-person view, Indie, Procedural generation, Runner, Racing

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2013

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An arcade runner about a solar-powered craft racing through a procedurally generated world toward sunset. The sun acts as a timer, and collecting boosts can briefly...

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...

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...

Gravity Badgers

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 November 2013

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 48/100

A physics-based arcade puzzle game follows Captain T Bayback, a badger venturing into deep space to save his friends, family and the universe from the Evil Honey...

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...

Element4l

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Element4l is an experimental platform game about four elements bound together on a journey to shape life. Nature and the sun stand in their way, while progress...

Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers

Arcade, Flight Simulator, Action, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 58/100

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...

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...

King Arthur's Gold

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online, Construction

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2013

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 82/100

King Arthur's Gold is a free-to-play side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will travel back to the glory days of King Arthur, where you...

Savant: Ascent

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Music game

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2013

Steam: 93/100

This arcade action-platformer follows the Alchemist, a mechanical wizard cast from his tower by a mysterious orb that turns his surroundings into dangerous enemies...

Arcade

Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2013 for Linux (Game released)