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

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

Game released: Linux → 8 January 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Deadly 30 is a retro-style survival horror game set in a zombie-infested world, where the goal is to survive 30 days and nights while fighting off waves of the...

Joe Danger 2: The Movie

Arcade, Racing, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → Q1 2014

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade stunt game follows Joe Danger as he performs daredevil feats on the set of a blockbuster movie. Across 100 levels, he pursues crooks on a police bike...

Lilly Looking Through

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → Q1 2014

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This animated point-and-click adventure follows Lilly as she travels through a variety of magical environments. Along the way, she seeks to rewrite the past, change...

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...

6180 the Moon

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2014

Steam: 91/100

This platforming puzzle game follows the Moon on a journey to find the Sun after it disappears. The top and bottom edges of the screen are connected: when the Moon...

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...

Meltdown (2014)

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2014

Steam: 87/100

This tactical arcade shooter is set in a sci-fi world and follows Zed as he tries to escape a remote space station after a system malfunction. Enemies have distinct...

Magicite

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

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

Freedom Planet

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This combat-focused platform adventure follows the dragon girl Lilac and her friends as they defend the world of Avalice from an alien attack. The heroes face...

Starwhal: Just the Tip

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Side view, Online, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2014

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Starwhal: Just the Tip is a side-scrolling multiplayer arcade fighting game featuring exciting space battles between narwhals, cetacean mammals armed with a long...

Woah Dave!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 October 2014

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This arcade platformer follows Dave Lonuts as he tries to survive an alien invasion and collect as many coins as possible. He fights back by throwing alien eggs...

Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Arcade, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2014

Steam: 94/100

This children’s adventure game follows Putt-Putt, a purple car accidentally blasted to the Moon from a fireworks factory. There he meets Rover, a lunar vehicle left...

Spy Chameleon: RGB Agent

Arcade, Stealth, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 June 2014

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This arcade-puzzle game with stealth elements follows a chameleon secret agent who changes color to blend into the surroundings and avoid detection. Across five...

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...

Escape Goat 2

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2014

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer about a goat attempting to traverse the Stronghold of Toragos, which no one has conquered before. The goat must find a path...

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...

Kill The Bad Guy

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Strategy, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014

Steam: 65/100

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...

Derrick the Deathfin

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Derrick the Deathfin is a unique side-scrolling arcade adventure game with a world made entirely of paper. You will plunge into a bizarre underwater world, where...

Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon

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

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2014

Steam: 66/100

Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon is a top-down action RPG shooter set in dynamically generated dungeons filled with enemies. Pixel Boy descends into the...

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...

Orbital Gear

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

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2014

Steam: 82/100

A side-scrolling shooter-platformer about mech battles in space, where the gravity of celestial bodies provides momentum and affects movement and weapons. Each mech...

Schrodinger's Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2014

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 60/100

This puzzle platformer set in a world of quantum physics follows the chaos at the Particle Zoo after an emergency leaves it overrun with leptons, gluons and bosons...

Imagine Me

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 9 December 2014

Steam: 31/100

This 2D action platformer follows Robbe as he explores dungeons in an effort to reclaim his memories and confront his fears. The player searches spike-filled levels...

99 Levels To Hell

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2014

Steam: 58/100

This fantasy platform shooter sends the hero into dungeons filled with monsters, traps, and a path leading to the devil. Each run generates a new set of levels...

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...

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...

A Bird Story

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

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Magnetic By Nature

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2014

Steam: 75/100

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

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...

Life Goes On: Done to Death

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This tragicomic puzzle platformer follows a band of knights searching for the Cup of Life. Progress depends on their deaths: fallen bodies become tools for solving...

Millie

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2014

Steam: 83/100

This casual puzzle game with arcade elements follows a millipede who dreams of flying and sets off for aviation school to become a pilot. The journey to that goal...

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...

Pivvot

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2014

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This arcade game of avoidance challenges players to guide a moving object along a winding path while dodging obstacles. The route grows more difficult as the run...

So Many Me

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

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2014

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 78/100

So Many Me is a puzzle platformer about a creature who can control many clones of himself, joining forces to save a world threatened by an ancient evil. The hero...

Super TIME Force

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2014

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Super TIME Force is a platform shooter in which a fighter battles across different eras and manipulates time. The player can rewind events and choose when to return...

Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

Arcade, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2014

Steam: 61/100

This puzzle game with strategy and horror elements follows Henry B. Knight, a ghost trying to drive the tenants out of his mansion. He earned the house through hard...

Tom Sparks And The Quakes Of Ruin

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 May 2014

Tom Sparks And The Quakes Of Ruin is a top-down arcade game with a mix of action, shooter, adventure, platformer, puzzle and indie game from Tasty Poison Games. The...

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...

Always Sometimes Monsters

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2014

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Always Sometimes Monsters is an adventure RPG visual novel with horror elements and a top-down view. The events of the game will tell the story of the main...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2014 for Linux (Game released)