Arcade 2015 for Linux — top best games in the Arcade genre

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - a game in the Arcade genre

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 March 2015

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a continuation of the dynamic top-down action game. The main action takes place parallel to the events of the original Hotline...

AdVenture Capitalist

Arcade, Action, Free game

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2015

Players: 10/10

AdVenture Capitalist is a shareware arcade clicker game in which you can become rich and taste the rich life. Start your business with a small business and grow it...

The Escapists

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

The Escapists is a fun indie prison escape game. This can be done by any means. For example, organize a riot. Or dig a tunnel right under the prison. Or quietly...

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 5 October 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a colorful continuation of the fantasy platformer from developers from Frozenbyte. The plot of the game tells about the...

Running with Rifles

Arcade, Shooter, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Running with Rifles is an isometric top-down tactical shooter set in an open world where you take on the role of a common soldier. Together with your squad, you...

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 30 October 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. It adds over 100 hours of content, including the new...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...

Axiom Verge

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

Game released: Linux → 14 May 2015

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds himself in a...

Absolute Drift

Arcade, Racing, Top-down view, Sports game

Game released: Linux → 29 July 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Absolute Drift is a racing arcade game that will make you a true drifting master. On each track, you must get the maximum score by smashing various objects, doing...

Escapists: The Walking Dead

Arcade, Adventure, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2015

Players: 6.2/10

Escapists: The Walking Dead is a pixel adventure based on the famous zombie universe of The Walking Dead. The events of the game follow the canon of the original...

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2015

Players: 7.3/10

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is a remake of the side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. Expect dynamic lighting, beautiful animations and...

Assault Android Cactus

Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2015

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Assault Android Cactus is an isometric arcade game with a dash of shooter and beat 'em all from the masters at Witch Beam. The game is published by Witch...

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Arcade, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is an arcade game with action and indie elements from developers from the Asteroid Base studio. The game is published by Asteroid...

Kung Fury: Street Rage

Arcade, Fighting, Beat them all

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2015

Move or Die

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Early Access: Linux → 16 December 2015; Game released: Linux → 21 January 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Move or Die is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer for a noisy group. The game is a collection of mini-games in which several people can participate. Among the...

Timberman

Arcade, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Timberman is an arcade game with a side view about the hard everyday life of lumberjacks. The player's task is to cut down as many trees as possible in order to...

Toby: The Secret Mine

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2015

Metacritic: 56/100

Toby: The Secret Mine is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with puzzle elements. The main character Toby is trying to find out where his friends disappeared. He...

Bloodbath Kavkaz

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2015

Players: 8.4/10

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015

Players: 10/10

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition is a complete edition of the arcade platformer with puzzle elements. As a bizarre creature, you have to fly through colorful...

Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

Arcade, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 4 December 2015

Players: 10/10

Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2015

Players: 10/10

GunSlugs 2

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

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015

GunSlugs 2 is a side view action game with elements of an indie game, platformer, arcade and from developers from the OrangePixel studio. The game is published by...

Quiplash

Arcade, Board / Group Game, Indie, Puzzle, Logic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 30 June 2015

Quiplash is a fun quiz for a group of 3 to 8 people, in which participants must give the funniest answer to a given question. The player who scores the most points...

Lumini

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Lumini is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure that takes you on a path to unprecedented discoveries and encounters a long-forgotten species of creatures on an...

Mayan Death Robots

Arcade, Action, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2015

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Mayan Death Robots is a side view arcade game with action elements from Sileni Studios. The game is published by Sileni Studios. Mayan Death Robots is definitely...

Feist

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Feist is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer. The game combines a minimalist art style and physics reminiscent of Limbo. As a small black animal, you will...

Not A Hero

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Beat them all

Game released: Linux → 14 May 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Not A Hero is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Professional hitman Steve, who has become the campaign manager for mayoral candidate Bunny Lord, must...

JumpJet Rex

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Coffin Dodgers

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 8 July 2015

Players: 4.1/10

Metacritic: 41/100

Coffin Dodgers is a racing arcade action game with a third-person view. You are about to go to the most unusual village for the elderly, where mind-blowing races on...

BlackHole

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2015

BlackHole is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with a variety of puzzles in a sci-fi setting. When Ender's spaceship is sucked into a black hole, the crew...

Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders

Arcade, Action, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 8 January 2015

Action Henk

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2015

Metacritic: 73/100

Action Henk is a fun arcade runner with a third-person view. As the fearless Hank, you have to conquer the crazy and wonderful world of toys. You will run, jump...

Showing Tonight: Mindhunters Incident

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 12 November 2015

Showing Tonight: Mindhunters Incident is an adventure arcade game in the hidden object genre about a gloomy cinema in which something otherworldly is happening. The...

Audiosurf 2

Arcade, Action, Music game, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Audiosurf 2 is a continuation of the musical racing arcade game with a third-person view. The sequel features many improvements over the original. First of all...

OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood

Arcade, Platformer, Sports game, Skateboards

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2015

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood is an arcade game with a mixture of platformer, sports game and skateboard simulator from developers from the studios Roll7 Games and...

Hyperdrive Massacre

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

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2015

Players: 7.8/10

Hyperdrive Massacre is a top-down arcade action game made in the style of the 80s. The game features local multiplayer in which you and your friends can fight...

Solar Shifter EX

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

Game released: Linux → 11 September 2015

Metacritic: 53/100

Solar Shifter EX is a top-down arcade game with shooter elements from developers from the Ede Tarsoly studio. The main publisher of the game is Headup Games. It...

Circa Infinity

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2015

Metacritic: 83/100

Circa Infinity is an arcade action game from indie developers from the Kenny Sun studio. The players' task is to move through an endless cycle of circle levels...

Aqua Panic!

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: Linux → 9 November 2015

Metacritic: 77/100

Aqua Panic! is an arcade game with a hint of puzzle from the Eko Software SARL studio. The game's primary publisher is Atari, Inc. In some circles, Aqua Panic! also...

Sky Force Anniversary

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

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2015

Metacritic: 72/100

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2015 for Linux