Arcade 2018 for Linux — top best games in the Arcade genre

Horizon Chase Turbo - a game in the Arcade genre

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Horizon Chase Turbo is an exciting third-person racing arcade game from the creators of the original Horizon Chase. The game features 73 tracks in 32 different...

7 Billion Humans

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

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 93/100

7 Billion Humans is the sequel to the fun indie puzzle game Human Resource Machine. This time you have to automate a swarm of employees so that they become part of...

Farm Together

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Online, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 92/100

Farm Together is an arcade farming simulator with a third-person view and elements of economic strategy. Start from scratch, with a small plot, and end up with a...

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a special version of the side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements for Nintendo Switch. The events of the game...

Timespinner

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 25 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...

Trailblazers

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Sports game

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2018

Steam: 53/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Trailblazers is an arcade co-op racer with a third-person view, in which the tracks are created completely randomly. The game features mechanics reminiscent of...

Lethal League Blaze

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

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2018

Steam: 97/100

Lethal League Blaze is a side-scrolling arcade sports game that allows up to four people to play together. You will go to fight in various arenas, where the main...

Chasm

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...

Story Goes On

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2018

Steam: 70/100

This top-down action-adventure takes place inside an unfinished book by an author reflecting on his life’s work. The hero explores repeating, randomly generated...

Iconoclasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

Out of The Box

Arcade, Strategy, Adventure, Adult game, Indie, Simulation, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2018

Players: 1/10

Steam: 88/100

Out of The Box is an adventure arcade game with strategy elements. The events of the game will tell the story of Warren Baker, a simple bouncer who works in the...

Russian Subway Dogs

Arcade, Action, Side view, Old school

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Russian Subway Dogs is a fun arcade action game with a side view. The simplicity of a dog's life depends on the place it calls home. In Russia, as you know...

Full Metal Furies

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2018

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Full Metal Furies is a side-scrolling arcade co-op action RPG from the creators of Rogue Legacy. In this team game, almost every player is important. Along with...

Chronicles of Magic: Divided Kingdoms

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Point & Click, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 22 March 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Chronicles of Magic: Divided Kingdoms is an arcade hidden object adventure set in a fantasy setting. Peaceful life in the White Kingdom is overshadowed by the...

Iro Hero

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

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018

Metacritic: 57/100

Iro Hero is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. The year is 2306. After alien visitors taught humanity how to generate electricity from their...

Guts and Glory

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

Game canceled: Linux → 19 July 2018

Steam: 82/100

Guts and Glory is a crazy racing arcade game with a third-person view. You have to take part in a real race with death. The only goal is to get to the finish line...

Gravel

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Gravel is a crazy racing arcade game on absolute off-road with a third-person view. The vehicle fleet consists not only of SUVs, but also cars of various types...

Ultimate Racing 2D

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

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2018

Steam: 87/100

A top-down sports game featuring 35 racing classes, over 45 tracks, a career mode, a championship mode and local multiplayer. In addition to highways, the game has...

Die For Valhalla

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Side view, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2018

Steam: 70/100

Die For Valhalla is a dynamic action game with role-playing elements and a side view. In the game you will play the role of a warrior Valkyrie and set out to...

Slipstream

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Music game

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Slipstream is a fun third-person arcade racing game inspired by classic games from the 80s. In the game you can ride through many interesting locations, from city...

Way of the Passive Fist

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Way of the Passive Fist is a side-scrolling 2D arcade fighting game. As a mysterious traveler, you will go on a dangerous adventure around the world in search of...

Regular Human Basketball

Arcade, Online, Basketball, Sports game, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2018

Steam: 93/100

Regular Human Basketball is an unusual competitive arcade game with a side view, where you will participate in a post-apocalyptic basketball battle. You will...

Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 22 August 2018

Steam: 84/100

Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter with bagel elements in a sci-fi setting. The H-34-RT robot is activated on an abandoned space station...

Endless Fables 3: Dark Moor

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2018

Steam: 85/100

Endless Fables 3: Dark Moor is the third part of the adventure puzzle game in the hidden object genre. You will again join Pamela Cavendish, who this time goes to...

Varion

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2018

Steam: 100/100

Varion is an arcade isometric action game in a sci-fi setting. You will find dynamic battles designed for four people, which take place in a futuristic universe...

Crossing Souls

Arcade, Adventure, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Crossing Souls is an action-adventure game with role-playing elements in a pixel style. California, 1986. A group of friends finds a mysterious pink stone that...

Cycle 28

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

Game released: Linux → 9 March 2018

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Cycle 28 is a top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. You will get into the role of Lieutenant Olivia Bergen, who, due to an unusual coincidence, is separated...

Splash Blast Panic

Arcade, Action, Board / Group Game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2018

Steam: 100/100

Splash Blast Panic is a side-scrolling co-op action game where you shoot, ram, and dodge your opponents while trying to push them off the screen using a variety of...

Steel Rats

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Motorcycle racing, Action, Racing, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2018

Players: 6/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Steel Rats is an isometric combat race with realistic physics and control of a motorcycle in a retro-butter setting. Actions unfold in atmospheric America of the...

Gravity Wars

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

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2018

Steam: 71/100

Gravity Wars — hardcore arcade shooter with a top-down view and aesthetics of the nineties. You are offered hardcore gameplay, 12 arenas, retrowave music and...

Violet Cycle

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2018

Steam: 57/100

Violet Cycle is an arcade action roguelike with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. Something terrible has happened to life itself in the far corner of...

Algo Bot

Arcade, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2018

Steam: 82/100

Algo Bot is an arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on the cross-galactic colonizer ship...

Basingstoke

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2018

Steam: 80/100

Basingstoke is an isometric arcade action game with roguelike and stealth elements. You will travel to the expanses of the post-apocalyptic world of Basingstoke...

Desert Child

Arcade, Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Side view, Racing, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2018

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Desert Child is a dynamic racing arcade game with RPG elements and a side view in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will try on the role of a young and talented...

Boo! Greedy Kid

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Steam: 85/100

Boo! Greedy Kid is a fun arcade puzzle action game with stealth elements and a side view. There's a new bully in the house! You have to try on the role of a little...

Fox n Forests

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

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Fox n Forests is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with pixel graphics. You will play as a lively representative of nature, the fox cub Fox. In the game...

I Hate Running Backwards

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

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 65/100

I Hate Running Backwards — a dynamic arcade action game with a top-down view in the "Serious Sam" universe. You will engage in a bone-crushing battle against...

The Pizza Delivery Boy Who Saved the World

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 7 September 2018

Steam: 95/100

The Pizza Delivery Boy Who Saved the World is an unusual visual novel in which a pizza delivery boy saves the world at his leisure. The plot will tell about a guy...

VR Soccer '96

Third-person view, Sports game, Simulation, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2018

Steam: 100/100

A soccer simulation with a 3D pitch and camera views from different points on the field, including the perspective of a player on the pitch. VR Soccer '96 lets...

Verdant Skies

Simulation, Arcade, Adventure, Role-playing game, Indie, Isometric, Farm Simulator, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2018

Steam: 78/100

Verdant Skies is an arcade adventure simulator with RPG elements and an isometric view. You will be immersed in a lovingly hand-drawn alien world. You can ensure...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2018 for Linux