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

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove - a game in the Arcade genre

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 26 June 2014

Players: 8/10

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...

Pixel Piracy

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

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 52/100

Talos Principle

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2014

Players: 9.3/10

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...

Last Tinker: City of Colors

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2014

Last Tinker: City of Colors is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and beat 'em up from Unity Games. The game is published by Mimimi...

BattleBlock Theater

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

BattleBlock Theater is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer. There are a total of eight different modes available in the game. In Soul, the player will...

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2014

Metacritic: 85/100

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is a top-down arcade action game. In this game you will find: more than 100 levels, including 40 completely new ones; classic game modes...

Towerfall: Ascension

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Online

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2014

Metacritic: 85/100

Towerfall: Ascension is a fun side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer where you take on the role of archers who hate each other very much and fight on a...

The Fall

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2014

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...

LOVE

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Old school

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2014

A minimalist game with a retro aesthetic and an emphasis on challenge without being unfair. The game features an innovative revival system, 16 levels and an...

Back to Bed

Arcade, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2014

Metacritic: 61/100

Back to Bed is a fun puzzle platformer with an isometric camera view. You have to help sleepwalker Bob get to bed safe and sound, passing through the labyrinths of...

Chicken Invaders 4

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Chicken Invaders 4 is a top-down, sci-fi arcade action game. They came without warning, squawking menacingly, their ruffled feathers darkening the sun. An invasion...

Monochroma

Arcade, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Monochroma is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with horror elements and a side view. The game takes place in a gloomy industrial world. You will learn the story of...

A Bird Story

Arcade, Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

A Bird Story is an atmospheric, top-down adventure from the creators of To The Moon, set in a single game world. The game will tell the story of a little boy and...

Lilly Looking Through

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: Linux → I квартал 2014

Metacritic: 71/100

Lilly Looking Through is an arcade game with adventure and platform elements from the Geeta Games studio. The game is published by Geeta Games. It seems that Lilly...

Ascendant

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2014

Ascendant is an arcade role-playing action platformer with roguelike elements and a side view. You become a demigod who invades the dimension and must defeat hordes...

Magicite

Arcade, Role-playing game, Online, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Magicite is an action role-playing platformer with procedurally generated levels. The player, together with his friends, will have to explore the dungeons. The game...

Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake

Arcade, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: Linux → 1 July 2014

Metacritic: 89/100

Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake is an isometric arcade game with puzzle elements from SleepNinja Games. The game is published by Cartoon Network Games. Overall, the...

Hatoful Boyfriend

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2014

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...

Three Dead Zed

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2014

Three Dead Zed — a hand-drawn platformer where players are asked to control an experimental zombie. He can transform into other forms, which allows him to...

Joe Danger 2: The Movie

Arcade

Game released: Linux → I квартал 2014

Metacritic: 80/100

Spoiler Alert

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 June 2014

Spoiler Alert is a hardcore side-scrolling indie platformer. You will find yourself in a completely completed game: the main villain is defeated, all the coins are...

Deadly 30

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 January 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Deadly 30 is an arcade game with elements of action, shooter, horror, slasher, platformer and indie game from the studios Gonzalo Villagomez and Ignatus Zuk. The...

Roundabout

Arcade, Action, Racing, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2014

Metacritic: 75/100

Roundabout is an isometric arcade game with action and racing elements from the masters from the No Goblin studio. The game is published by No Goblin. It seems that...

Munin

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 June 2014

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Daedalus: No Escape

Arcade, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2014

Daedalus: No Escape is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. You will act as a brave space marine and go to clear a large spaceship. A horde of...

Spacebase DF-9

Arcade, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2014

Players: 10/10

Retro City Rampage DX

Arcade, Action, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 11 November 2014

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Retro City Rampage DX is a retro arcade action game with a top-down view, which was developed under the impression of the first parts of the same GTA series. Very...

Lumino City

Arcade, Adventure, Logic, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 2 December 2014

Metacritic: 73/100

A game created entirely by hand from paper, cardboard, miniature light bulbs and mechanisms. The main character explores the city of Lumino and solves puzzles to...

Orbital Gear

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

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2014

OlliOlli

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Sports game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2014

Metacritic: 79/100

OlliOlli is an action, platformer, sports and indie arcade game from the developers of Blit Software, Curve Studios and Roll7 Games. The main publishers of the game...

Escape Goat 2

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2014

Metacritic: 76/100

Escape Goat 2 is an arcade game with a mixture of platformer and puzzle from the developers from the MagicalTimeBean studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Kill The Bad Guy

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014

Kill The Bad Guy is a fun arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view. Does everyone deserve a second chance? Is it possible to forgive a person for his...

So Many Me

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Platformer, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2014

Metacritic: 78/100

So Much Me is an arcade game with a mixture of educational game, platformer and indie game from developers from Extend Interactive Co., Ltd. studios. and Extend...

Shiny The Firefly

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2014

Shiny The Firefly is an action, adventure, platformer and indie arcade game from the masters at Stage Clear Studios. The game is published by Headup Games and Merge...

Hexcells

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2014

Hexcells is an arcade puzzle game for mobile platforms. The gameplay of the game resembles a hexagonal minesweeper with a very nice design. Only there are only six...

You Have to Win the Game

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2014

You Have to Win the Game is an arcade game with elements of action, platformer and indie game from the masters from the Minor Key Games studio. The main publisher...

Super Win the Game

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 October 2014

Super Win the Game is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and indie game from the developers of Minor Key Games. The game is published by Minor Key...

Woah Dave!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 October 2014

Metacritic: 71/100

Woah Dave! is an arcade game with elements of action, platformer and indie game from developers from MiniVisions studio. The game is published by Choice...

Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2014

Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge is an isometric arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter, adventure and platformer from the developers of the Last Dimension...

Tesla Breaks the World!

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2014

Tesla Breaks the World! is an arcade game with a mixture of adventure, platformer and indie game from the developers of the Archetype Global studio. The game is...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2014 for Linux