Arcade 2016 for Linux — top best games in the Arcade genre / Page 2

Mini-game / browser-based, Casual game, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2016

Steam: 88/100

12 orbits is an arcade party game built around local competition for two to twelve players on a single device. Each player uses one button, and rounds last about...

Pirate Pop Plus

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2016

Steam: 88/100

This pirate-themed arcade platformer follows Pete Jr and Polly as they take on the nefarious Bubble Pirate and try to free townsfolk trapped in bubbles. The player...

1993 Space Machine

Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Side view

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2016

Steam: 74/100

A side-scrolling space shoot ’em up inspired by classic arcade shooters, in which a band of mercenaries seizes a terraforming machine and begins building an army...

StarBreak

Arcade, Online, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MMO, Action

Game released: Linux → 10 May 2016

Steam: 78/100

StarBreak is a free-to-play competitive action platformer in a futuristic setting. Procedurally generated locations in seven fantasy worlds await you. There are...

Move or Die

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online, Action

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

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Postal Redux

Arcade, Beat them all, Isometric, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Postal Redux — re-releases of the original Postal for modern platforms. You can expect improved and expanded models of characters and the game world...

Poly Bridge

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Construction, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The game allows you to build bridges from different parts. Buildings must comply with the laws of physics, especially those parts that relate to the resistance of...

Le Havre: The Inland Port

Arcade, Strategy, Board / Group Game, Card game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2016

Steam: 55/100

Le Havre: The Inland Port is an arcade game with strategy and card game elements from developers from the Digidiced studio. The game is published by...

King Oddball

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade puzzle game follows a king who swings a boulder with his tongue and uses it to destroy targets. The player chooses when to release the rock, with...

Woodle Tree Adventures Deluxe

Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2016

Steam: 70/100

Woodle Tree Adventures Deluxe is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. You'll find all the classic elements from 90's games plus some cool new ideas. You...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

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

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...

Neon Drive

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Free game, Music game, Action

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Neon Drive is a car racing arcade game with retro-futuristic colors. The game is a runner with beautiful visuals and pleasant...

Clustertruck

Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie, Parkour

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Clustertruck is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view, in which the player has to stay on top of speeding long-range trucks. Jumping from one car to...

GoNNER

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Platformer, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 79/100

GoNNER is a brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. The game tells the story of the friendship between Hiccup...

Shooting Stars!

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

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2016

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 59/100

This arcade shooter in the style of classic space-invader games sends its hero to save Earth from evil aliens disguised as celebrities. Enemies include parodies of...

Bridge Constructor Stunts

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 56/100

Bridge Constructor Stunts is an arcade puzzle game for mobile devices, where instead of bridges you will build ramps and trampolines. Even the slowest trucks will...

Chime Sharp

Arcade, Music game, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2016

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Chime Sharp is a top-down arcade music puzzle game. By dragging blocks of various shapes, you have to create your own tracks. As and in what order you arrange the...

Snow Horse

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

Game released: Linux → 4 August 2016

Steam: 90/100

Snow Horse — arcade racing game with a third-person view. Players will play as a horse that masterfully conquers the snowy slopes on a snowboard. If just a...

Secrets of Magic: The Book of Spells

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Horror, Match-3 (Three in a row), Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2016

Steam: 92/100

Secrets of Magic: The Book of Spells is a Halloween-themed arcade match-3 puzzle game. You have to help the aspiring sorceress Victoria master the art of magic and...

Bot Vice

Shooter, Isometric, Adventure, Arcade, Cyberpunk, Anime / Manga, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2016

Steam: 93/100

Bot Vice is an adventure arcade shooter in the cyberpunk genre with an isometric view. In this game you have to demonstrate your skills and reactions. You can take...

Glittermitten Grove

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Farm Simulator, City Building, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2016

Players: 4/10

Steam: 82/100

Glittermitten Grove is a fantasy real-time strategy game with a side view. You will find yourself in a colorful magical world, where you need to build a settlement...

Tadpole Treble

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Music game, Side view, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 7 May 2016; Game released: Linux → 3 September 2016

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tadpole Treble is a side-scrolling adventure music rhythm game. You have to take on the role of a newly born fish who is eager to explore the world around him. She...

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space

Arcade, Action, DLC, Third-person view, Science fiction, Simulation, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space is an addition to the fantastic arcade sandbox with a third-person view, Goat Simulator. The addition will send our goat to conquer...

Candle

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 11 November 2016

Players: 5.1/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Candle is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to take on the role of the brave young man Teku, who is trying to save the shaman from...

Melodys Escape

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Music game, Indie, Runner, Side view

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2016

Steam: 90/100

A side-scrolling rhythm runner where the obstacles and the heroine’s actions adapt to the beat and energy of music from the player’s own library. Melody runs along...

Clouds & Sheep 2

Arcade, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Clouds & Sheep 2 is an indie arcade game from the developers of HandyGames. The game is a simulator of a sheep farm, where you can grow garden animals, take care of...

Flat Heroes

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 8 September 2016

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Flat Heroes is a minimalist top-down arcade action game. You have to compete with your opponent in intense competitions. The game provides both local and online...

Scrap Garden

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Scrap Garden is an arcade platformer with a third-person view. The game tells about the adventures of the little robot Kenny, who wakes up in a world where there is...

Zombo Buster Rising

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Free game, Side view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

A 2D action game with tower-defense elements, in which the player fights off zombies by shooting at them from a terrace. Two AI-controlled characters assist in...

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

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

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is an arcade platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The events of the game take place in the distant future, where life...

Rive

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 77/100

RIVE is a futuristic shooter-platformer about space scavenger Roughshot, who becomes trapped aboard a mysterious starship and has to form an unexpected alliance...

Star Vikings Forever

Arcade, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row), Science fiction, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2016

Steam: 90/100

Star Vikings Forever is an arcade strategy game with role-playing elements and a side view. Your task will be to assemble your invincible team of Vikings and fight...

Evo Explores

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2016

Steam: 91/100

Evo Explores is an arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. You have to go to a fantastic reality and help the space traveler Evo, who is trying to explore a...

Tumblestone

Arcade, Online, Puzzle, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2016

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Tumblestone is an action-puzzle game with a story campaign and competitive multiplayer. Players solve increasingly difficult puzzles, help a sausage make friends...

Slash It

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2016

Steam: 70/100

Slash It is an educational arcade puzzle game that can teach you how to quickly type on the keyboard. Along with the music, keys appear on the screen that you need...

Clock Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Clock Simulator is a meditative arcade puzzle game from independent developers from the Kool2Play studio. The game will give you the opportunity to immerse yourself...

Cats are Liquid

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Cats are Liquid is a funny arcade platformer with a side of the side, where you have to take a cat under control, which behaves as if it is a drop of liquid. The...

Conga Master

Arcade, Action, Music game, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2016

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This arcade music game is about dancing in nightclubs and building the longest possible conga line. The player guides a dancer across the floor and recruits people...

Starward Rogue

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Role-playing game, Dungeons, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 22 January 2016

Steam: 89/100

Starward Rogue is a futuristic top-down arcade game. The player will take on the role of a space marine who must rescue his colleague Rodney from a huge alien ship...

Devil Daggers

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Horror

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2016

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Devil Daggers is an arcade shooter in the spirit of the 90s with a first-person view. Battles take place in vast arenas where endless hordes of monsters are...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2016 for Linux