Arcade 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Arcade genre / Page 3

Jettomero: Hero of the Universe - a game in the Arcade genre

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2017

Jettomero: Hero of the Universe is a fantastic arcade action game with a third-person view, in which you take on the role of a giant, clumsy robot Jettomero, who is...

Son of Scoregasm

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

Game released: Linux → 29 November 2017

Steam: 70/100

Son of Scoregasm is a top-down sci-fi arcade shooter. You are entrusted with the most important task — to destroy all the alien invaders and save the favorite...

Polyball

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Racing

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2017

Steam: 75/100

Polyball is an arcade action-platformer with a third-person view that is the modern equivalent of rolling ball games. The game offers more than 60 different levels...

Magibot

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

Game released: Linux → 18 December 2017

Steam: 60/100

Magibot is a side-scrolling arcade adventure puzzle platformer. The adventures of ILO, a small magical robot sent by people to the planet in search of the last hope...

Slash It 2

Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Action, Music game, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2017

Steam: 88/100

Slash It 2 is an indie musical adventure game. The goal is to press letters, numbers and enter words at the right time and in the right...

Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 29 June 2017

Steam: 90/100

Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders is an arcade adventure in the hidden object genre. Dark clouds are gathering over Persia — the glorious king Badia is...

Flight of Light

Arcade, Racing, Casual game, Music game

Game released: Linux → 4 August 2017

Flight of Light is a rhythm-racing game about flying through fantastical worlds, from forests and coral reefs to asteroid colonies. Moving in time with the music...

Forma.8

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2017

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This Metroidvania action-adventure follows forma.8, a small exploration probe stranded alone on the surface of an alien planet after an accident. To survive, it...

DragoDino

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Steam: 76/100

DragoDino is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with procedurally generated levels. You need to help the little dragon get to the top of the giant...

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

Business / Management, In real time, Strategy, Simulation, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2017

Steam: 90/100

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! is an arcade restaurant management simulator that will give you complete control over absolutely everything. You can go the hard way...

SmuggleCraft

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2017

Steam: 90/100

SmuggleCraft is a sci-fi racing arcade game with a third-person view. You have to try on the role of a space smuggler and go to the vastness of various planets to...

Maybot Run

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

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Steam: 100/100

Maybot Run is a crazy arcade runner with a side view. Run through randomly generated levels, collect bonuses, taxes and votes. Jump over crazy enemies from angry...

Man of Honor

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 100/100

Man of Honor is a top-down shooter. You will try on the role of gangster Emilio Gallo, who was betrayed by the mafia and left for dead, shot in the back. He...

Orbt XL

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

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Orbt XL is a dynamic top-down action puzzle game in a sci-fi setting. Stay in orbit while avoiding obstacles or being sucked into a black...

Color Jumper

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

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

This abstract puzzle platformer centers on color matching and precise movement, with the goal of reaching the exit in each level. The player controls a block with a...

Brave Furries

Free game, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2017

Steam: 83/100

Brave Furries is a puzzle game with cute furry monsters who go in search of a princess in the castle of an evil wizard. He kidnapped the furry princess, taking half...

Riders of Asgard

Arcade, Side view, Motorcycle racing, Sports game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2017

Steam: 92/100

Riders of Asgard — a fun racing arcade game with a side view, where you, as a medieval Viking, have to compete on medieval BMX bikes. As you complete...

Race Arcade

Arcade, Racing, Top-down view, Indie, Sports game

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2017

Steam: 60/100

Race Arcade is an exciting top-down racing arcade game. Expect dynamic racing sessions in small cars in a variety of environments. Track themes range from regular...

Brawlerz: Nitro

Arcade, Action, Racing

Early Access: Linux → 27 May 2017

Brawlerz: Nitro is an arcade game with elements of action and racing. In some circles, Brawlerz: Nitro is also called Brawlerz...

Reflection of Mine

Puzzle, Arcade, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2017

Steam: 75/100

This psychological puzzle game unfolds in the mind of Lilly Witchgan, a girl with dissociative identity disorder, and asks which of her personalities is real. Its...

Splody

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 21 March 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Splody is an explosive top-down arcade game in Japanese style. The game is built on the classic ideas of the popular "Bomberman", only now you have the opportunity...

In The Shadows

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2017

Steam: 60/100

In The Shadows is a side-scrolling adventure platformer with various puzzles. The main character suffers from a psychological disorder and is fully aware of it. You...

CropDuster Supreme

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2017

Steam: 90/100

An arcade action game about Buster, who sets out to win the heart of his crush using an unusual weapon: flatulence. Fueled by burritos from the “Burrito Hut,” he...

Screamer (1995)

Arcade, Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2017

Steam: 73/100

An arcade racing game with first- or third-person views, set on high-speed tracks. Players choose a racing car and compete against other drivers, sliding through...

Alien Rampage

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2017

Steam: 90/100

Alien Rampage is an arcade action platformer about an alien whose ship has crash-landed on a planet overrun by mutants. With its cargo lost, the protagonist sets...

Radar Warfare

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Free game, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2017

Steam: 75/100

Radar Warfare is a shareware top-down real-time arcade strategy game for mobile platforms. You have to take control of your own army and go against countless...

Running Through Russia

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

Early Access: Linux → 21 May 2017

Players: 1/10

Steam: 72/100

Running Through Russia is a simple arcade platformer with a side view. You have to, in the role of an alcoholic, run for vodka and jump over bears in...

Imprint-X

Arcade, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2017

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Imprint-X is a top-down arcade puzzle game for mobile platforms. You will be able to go into the minds of robotic creatures that are infected with a deadly virus...

Zangeki Warp

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2017

Steam: 76/100

Zangeki Warp is a Japanese-style side-scrolling arcade shooter. You have to take control of a futuristic warship that has unique hyperspace jump capabilities. And...

Stardrift Nomads

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

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2017

Steam: 100/100

Stardrift Nomads is an arcade space shooter set in outer space with a top-down view. You will use the features of your ships and work together with other players to...

Greedy Guns

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017

Steam: 73/100

This 2D run-and-gun platformer follows a team of mercenaries sent to explore alien worlds and retrieve artifacts and DNA samples for HOLO CORP. The team takes on...

Space Jammers

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Adventure

Early Access: Linux → 8 March 2017

Steam: 62/100

Space Jammers is a top-down cooperative arcade shooter. You will go to conquer various levels that are generated randomly, where a gang of space pirates will travel...

Dash Fleet

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

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2017

Steam: 71/100

Dash Fleet is a shareware, entertaining arcade game with a side view. You have to control a small, but at the same time proud bird, which must avoid collisions with...

Battlesloths 2025: The Great Pizza Wars

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

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Steam: 82/100

A multiplayer twin-stick shooter about sloths battling for pizza. Battlesloths 2025: The Great Pizza Wars is a sequel to Battlesloths in which players compete...

Go Go Electric Samurai

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

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2017

Steam: 73/100

Go Go Electric Samurai is a minimalist arcade action game with a third-person view. Expect dynamic and exciting battles on futuristic aircraft accompanied by an...

Hole New World

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2017

Steam: 75/100

Hole New World is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will play as a Potions Master — the only one who can fight evil and win...

Astral Traveler

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 57/100

Astral Traveler is a futuristic arcade racer with a third-person view. Make your way through 47 challenging tracks that require you to dodge obstacles at breakneck...

Gemstone Keeper

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2017

Steam: 100/100

Gemstone Keeper is a 2D side-view arcade action game. You have to explore multi-level caves, defend against monsters in the form of symbols and find rare gems. Any...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2017 for Linux