Arcade 2019 for Linux — top best games in the Arcade genre

A Short Hike - a game in the Arcade genre

Adventure, Indie, Logic, Arcade, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 99/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A Short Hike is an adventure arcade game with a top-down view. The game will take you to the expanses of the colorful mountains of Hawk Peak Provincial Park. You...

We Were Here Together

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

A story about two companions trapped within the icy walls of an ancient citadel, where every room oozes mystery and the joker's laughter echoes through the gloomy...

Forager

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Open world, Adventure, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Forager is a fun top-down arcade clicker game with RPG elements, inspired by Stardew Valley, Terraria and Zelda. You will explore everything around, create objects...

Shovel Knight: King of Cards

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

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Shovel Knight: King of Cards is the final standalone campaign for the side-scrolling arcade action platformer Shovel Knight. You have to get used to the role of the...

Eagle Island

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Roguelike, Side view, Exploration, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Eagle Island is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Discover the birdlife of Eagle Island with Quil and his faithful owl companion Koji. You'll explore...

Feudal Alloy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Medieval era, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Feudal Alloy is a fun side-scrolling action RPG in which the main character is an aquarium fish dressed in medieval armor. Bandits attacked the protagonist’s home...

Little Misfortune

Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Little Misfortune is an exciting side-scrolling interactive adventure. In the game you will try on the role of the little girl Ramirez Hernandez, who goes on a...

Dicey Dungeons

Arcade, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Card game, Role-playing game, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Dicey Dungeons — an exciting card-based turn-based game with RPG elements and a simplified roguelike from the creators of Super Hexagon and VVVVVV. In the...

Space Grunts 2

Arcade, Role-playing game, Card game, Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Futurism (Future), Roguelike

Early Access: Linux → 24 September 2019; Game released: Linux → 27 May 2020

Steam: 66/100

Space Grunts 2 is a continuation of the card role-playing game with strategy elements and turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. You will once again take on the...

A.N.N.E.

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

Early Access: Linux → 26 June 2019; Game in development: Linux → 2027

Steam: 50/100

A.N.N.E. is an adventure platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of robot Number25, accused of loving another robot A.N.N.E. Love...

Stone Story RPG

Arcade, Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Early Access: Linux → 8 August 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Stone Story RPG is an unusual adventure role-playing game with a side view and ASCII animation. The game takes place in a dark world where monsters and sinister...

Urban Trial Playground

Arcade, Stunts, Motorcycle racing, Side view, Racing, Sports game, Action

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2019

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Urban Trial Playground is a side-view arcade racing game where you have to do various stunts on a motorcycle. The game takes you to the sunny beaches of California...

Hell is Other Demons

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

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2019

Steam: 92/100

Hell is Other Demons is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. The game has you exploring a vast, hand-crafted world filled with...

Bombfest

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2019

Steam: 100/100

Bombfest is a fast-paced arcade action game with an isometric camera view for multiple players. Along with your friends, you'll battle through wooden forts, folding...

Marble Skies

Arcade, Puzzle, Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Racing

Game released: Linux → 4 July 2019

Steam: 82/100

Marble Skies is a 3D action platformer with a third-person view where you control a marble. The player goes through intricate levels and overcomes difficult...

Shotgun Farmers

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Action

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Shotgun Farmers is a fun multiplayer first-person shooter where you use weapons that sprout from the ground. All battles take place on farmland, where the amount of...

Sky Racket

Indie, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2019

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Sky Racket is an adventure arcade shooter with a side view in a sci-fi setting. The game features a unique combination of genres that mixes classic shoot'em up and...

Gunslugs: Rogue Tactics

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Stealth, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2019

Steam: 60/100

Gunslugs: Rogue Tactics is a side-scrolling tactical arcade action game where you take control of an elite squad of soldiers trying to destroy the Black Duck army...

From Orbit

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2019

Steam: 28/100

From Orbit is a sci-fi arcade action game with real-time strategy elements and a top-down view. In the game you have to control the crew of a spaceship traveling...

Woven

Adventure, Indie, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Arcade, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 November 2019

Steam: 74/100

Woven is an arcade action-puzzle adventure with a third-person view. The events of the game take place in a fairy-tale world consisting of wool, cotton and fabric...

Bloody Chronicles - New Cycle of Death Visual Novel

Simulation, Adventure, Indie, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2019

Steam: 74/100

Bloody Chronicles — New Cycle of Death Visual Novel is an adventure visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The plot tells the story...

Deadly Days

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Action, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Steam: 86/100

Deadly Days is an arcade action strategy game with bagel elements and a top-down view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. In the game you will control a group of...

Bloody Chronicles Act 1 - Secret Operation

DLC, Simulation, Adventure, Indie, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 33/100

Bloody Chronicles Act 1 — Secret Operation is an add-on for a visual novel adventure with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. It adds two new...

Fantasy Strike

Arcade, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Free game, Online

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2019

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Fantasy Strike is a side-scrolling arcade fighting game in a fantasy setting. The game has many characters with their own special skills and techniques. But it's...

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove

Arcade, Action, Adventure, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2019

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This is an isometric roguelike adventure about aliens ToeJam and Earl, who crash-land on Earth and search for the missing pieces of their ship, the Rapmaster...

KIDS

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

KIDS — a short interactive animated game created by Michael Fray and Mario von Rickenbach. The gameplay lasts up to 30 minutes and allows you to control the...

Xeno Crisis

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

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2019

Steam: 85/100

Xeno Crisis is a top-down arcade shooter with roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. Alone or together with a friend, you have to try on the role of a brave marine...

One Drop Bot

Indie, Puzzle, Roguelike, Platformer, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2019

Players: 5.5/10

One Drop Bot is a hardcore third-person puzzle platformer that puts you in the role of a cute robot. He must pass tests and solve logic puzzles, collecting health...

Endless Fables 4: Shadow Within

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

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2019

Steam: 88/100

Endless Fables 4: Shadow Within — the fourth part of the adventure puzzle game in the "hidden object" genre. The famous anthropologist Pamela Cavendish returns to...

Byte Driver

Arcade, Action, Racing, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2019

Steam: 100/100

Byte Driver — arcade retrowave race in which the main character drives along the roads and fights with other cars. Self-driving cars have become self-aware...

Dead End Job

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

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 71/100

Dead End Job is a 2D top-down cartoon shooter in a fantasy setting. You have to get used to the role of an efficient ghost hunter and carry out various contracts to...

Mushroom Crusher Extreme

Arcade, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 May 2019

Steam: 85/100

Mushroom Crusher Extreme is an isometric arcade game in a fantasy setting and pixel graphics. The main character, Zenon, is a battle mage who must repel an invasion...

Khan VS Kahn

Arcade, Indie, Strategy, Turn-based, Top-down view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2019

Steam: 80/100

Khan VS Kahn is an arcade strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view, in which two races compete with each other. The game combines aspects of...

Electronic Super Joy 2

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

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2019

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Electronic Super Joy 2 is a free-to-play hardcore action platformer with a pixelated side view. The game involves a lot of running and jumping, making your way...

Earthshine

Adventure, Visual novel, Arcade, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 9 December 2019

Steam: 89/100

Earthshine is an adventure visual novel. The game tells the story of two travelers who are trying to cross the desert, but get into trouble. The heroes head to the...

Akuto: Showdown

Arcade, Action, Online, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2019

Steam: 80/100

Akuto: Showdown is an isometric multiplayer action game where you will fight with swords against other players in various arenas. The game itself takes place in...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2019 for Linux