Arcade 2014 for Linux — top best games in the Arcade genre / Page 2

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Old school, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2014

Steam: 92/100

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...

Pajama Sam: Lost and Found

Arcade, Action, Casual game, Adventure, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Steam: 58/100

This children’s arcade game follows a hero who jumps and glides through unusual worlds, collecting toys and avoiding dangers. In Pajama Sam, players tackle more...

Magnetic By Nature

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2014

Steam: 76/100

A science-fiction platformer about the last surviving robot, who journeys through forgotten ruins to reactivate its friends. The levels are built without...

Elliot Quest

Arcade, Role-playing game, Adventure, Platformer, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2014

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 76/100

An adventure platformer with role-playing elements follows Elliot, who has been cursed with immortality and is slowly turning into a demon. After his wife...

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2014

Steam: 90/100

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...

1001 Spikes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2014

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade platformer with puzzle elements follows Aban Hawkins as he searches the ruins of Ukampa in South America for his missing father, archaeologist Jim...

Lethal League

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Baseball, Sports game, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Lethal League is a side-scrolling arcade sports game that can be played cooperatively by up to four people. You will go to fight in various arenas, where the main...

OlliOlli

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Sports game, Indie, Skateboards

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2014

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This skateboarding arcade game revolves around landing tricks and maintaining control through obstacle-filled levels. Players perform more than 120 tricks and...

BlazeRush

Arcade, Action, Racing, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2014

Players: 6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 66/100

BlazeRush is an arcade survival racer set in a futuristic world, where the focus is on fighting for position: cars have no health, levelling system or brakes...

Super Roman Conquest

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → summer 2014

Super Roman Conquest is an action, platformer and fantasy arcade game from SeaCliff Interactive. The game is published by SeaCliff...

Little Racers STREET

Racing, Arcade, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2014

Steam: 84/100

A top-down arcade racer that combines straightforward racing with street events across two cities. The career begins from scratch and spans around 200 events on...

Gigantic Army

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Indie, Runner

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2014

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Gigantic Army is a classic side-scrolling arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the 21st century, where Earth is at war with the Ramulons, an...

Chicken Invaders 4

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

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 98/100

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...

Q*bert: Rebooted

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 July 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 50/100

This arcade puzzle game centers on jumping across a pyramid of blocks, combining the classic 2D Q*bert mode with a 3D reimagining called Rebooted. In both versions...

Back to Bed

Arcade, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2014

Steam: 79/100

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...

Ascendant

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

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2014

Steam: 76/100

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...

Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack

Arcade, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Puzzle, Pinball, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014

Steam: 91/100

This collection of 15 educational and recreational activities combines classic games, puzzles, and creative tasks. Children can explore colors, numbers, and shapes...

Flockers

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Strategy, Action

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2014

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 64/100

F...

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...

Shiny The Firefly

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2014

Steam: 76/100

A platform adventure about Shiny, a firefly searching for his children, scattered across a mysterious garden after an accident. The garden is home to dangerous...

Last Door

Arcade, Adventure, Point & Click, Horror

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2014

Steam: 95/100

Last Door — In the point anfd click adventure, the player controls a character, moves him through various locations, collects and uses items to advance the...

SPY Fox in "Hold the Mustard"

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Steam: 51/100

An arcade action-adventure about SPY Fox, who sets out to save the world’s ketchup supply from the villainous King Konglomerate. The agent pilots the M.E.S.S. ship...

Eets Munchies

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 11 March 2014

Players: 5/10

Steam: 81/100

A puzzle platformer about a hungry creature trying to reach cake. In Eets Munchies, players solve increasingly difficult puzzles through physics-based interactions...

Putt-Putt and Pep's Dog on a Stick

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Adventure, Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 1 May 2014

Steam: 88/100

This arcade game follows Pep, a dog hopping on a stick to collect goodies before his rivals catch up. Players make their way through levels, navigating obstacles...

Sproggiwood

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Roguelike, Adventure, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2014

Steam: 79/100

Sproggiwood is an arcade RPG with action and roguelike elements with an isometric view. You are a simple farmer from the peaceful island of Clog. One moment you are...

EMILY

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Cyberpunk

Game canceled: Linux → 17 October 2014

EMILY is an arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from the masters at Pixel Worm, LLC. The game is published by Pixel Worm...

Munin

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 10 June 2014

Players: 5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This puzzle-platformer set in Norse mythology follows Munin, Odin’s messenger, on a journey through Yggdrasil to reclaim her power. The player moves mountains and...

Pixel Piracy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Simulation, Platformer, Indie, Sandbox, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Powerpuff Girls: Defenders of Townsville

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2014

Steam: 84/100

This action-platform adventure in a Metroidvania style follows the Powerpuff Girls as they explore Townsville and try to recover their lost powers. Blossom, Bubbles...

Freddi Fish & Luther's Maze Madness

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

This arcade puzzle game follows Freddi Fish and Luther as they navigate a maze of underwater caves and collect scattered kelp seeds. Players explore more than 50...

Hyper Gauntlet: The Legacy of Nozzlethrust 3

Arcade, Logic, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: Linux → Q1 2014

Hyper Gauntlet: The Legacy of Nozzlethrust 3 is an arcade game with elements of a browser or mini-game from the masters from the Udell Games studio. The main...

Boson X

Action, Arcade, Runner

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2014

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Boson X is an arcade runner set inside a particle accelerator, where the character navigates a subatomic space without conventional floors or ceilings. The aim is...

Amazing Frog?

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Indie, Sandbox, Open world, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 21 November 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 94/100

An open-world physics sandbox turns Swindon into a playground for farting ragdoll frogs that can be flung around by collisions. In Amazing Frog?, players explore...

Spoiler Alert

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 30 June 2014

Steam: 77/100

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...

Three Dead Zed

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2014

Steam: 62/100

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...

Rube Works

Arcade, Logic, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2014

Steam: 89/100

A puzzle game about solving everyday problems with elaborate machines in the style of Rube Goldberg. Based on his original cartoons, Rube Works has players build...

Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries

Arcade, Action, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 1 May 2014

Steam: 58/100

This arcade game follows Freddi Fish and Luther as they try to stop the ocean from draining and save its sea creatures. Luther must pop air bubbles before they...

You Have to Win the Game

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania, Free game

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2014

Steam: 92/100

An exploration platformer with the look and sound of 1980s PC games, set among the ruins of a lost world. The player runs and jumps past deadly pitfalls while...

XenoRaptor

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2014

Steam: 81/100

This top-down space shooter follows a cyberdragon battling an armada of space skeletons. The player salvages parts from defeated enemies to build weapons and equips...

Retrobooster

Arcade, Action, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2014

Steam: 100/100

Retrobooster is a 2.5D arcade shooter about piloting a nimble ship through strange worlds filled with enemies and hazards. Its flight controls use thrust and...

Arcade

Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2014 for Linux