Arcade 2020 for Linux — top best games in the Arcade genre

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...

9 Monkeys of Shaolin

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Historical, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a side-scrolling co-op arcade action game from the creators of Redeemer. Expect thrilling gameplay based on the techniques of the ancient...

art of rally

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, Isometric, Sports game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2020

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Exciting rally arcade from the creators of Absolute Drift, where players can participate in the "Golden Era" rally. The game features a career mode with 72 tracks...

Supfly Delivery Simulator

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

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2020

SupFly is a side-scrolling arcade action game with futuristic elements. In this game you play as a delivery robot who transports goods in an endless procedurally...

Golf With Your Friends

Arcade, Golf, Sports game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Simulation

Early Access: Linux → 30 January 2016; Game released: Linux → 19 May 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Golf With Your Friends is a fun sports arcade game dedicated to golf. Exciting matches await you, designed for cooperative play by up to 12 people. You will find 7...

Wanderlust: Transsiberian

Visual novel, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Trains

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2020

Wanderlust: Transsiberian — adventure visual novel with a non-linear narrative. The two main characters embark on an amazing journey through the easternmost...

Estranged: The Departure

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

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Estranged: The Departure is the continuation of the first-person adventure action game with horror elements Estranged: Act I. The game's events tell the story of...

Bite the Bullet

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

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Bite the Bullet is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with RPG elements. In this game you have to eat opponents in order to upgrade your character...

Dying Light: Hellraid

Action, Arcade, Horror, DLC, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2020

Players: 8/10

Dying Light: Hellraid is an add-on for dynamic action in an open world with a first-person view and a zombie apocalypse setting. The new chapter will make you feel...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 5 March 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...

DDraceNetwork

Arcade, Action, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Free game, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 17 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 93/100

DDraceNetwork is a side-scrolling team-based competitive action platformer where you and your friends compete against other players to speed through various levels...

Lair of the Clockwork God

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Side view

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2020

Metacritic: 84/100

Lair of the Clockwork God is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. A unique blend of genres awaits you in the form of...

Gonner 2

Indie, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2020

Gonner 2 is a sequel to the brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. Hikk returns again, and this time he will...

Witches x Warlocks

Free game, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2020

Witches x Warlocks is an adventure visual novel with nice Halloween-themed graphics. At the beginning of the game, you will be able to customize the main...

The Jackbox Party Pack 7

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Indie, Logic

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The Jackbox Party Pack 7 is a new part of a collection of fun arcade games for a large company. The game has a lot of different mini-games that will not let you get...

Cyber Badminton 2020

Arcade, Sports game, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 November 2020

Cyber Badminton 2020 is an indie badminton arcade game with pixel graphics in a cyberpunk setting. The Earth is under threat of the apocalypse. Having learned...

Soldat 2

Arcade, Online, Roguelike, Side view

Early Access: Linux → 22 September 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Soldat 2 is a sequel to the popular side-scrolling multiplayer shooter. The game is based on a combat sandbox with customization and modification capabilities...

Vecter

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Free game, Music game

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Players: 5.8/10

Vecter is a shareware arcade runner with a third-person view in a retrowave style. The game supports multiplayer mode and offers already installed songs and the...

NENA

Arcade, Puzzle, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2020

Players: 6.2/10

A short pixel game about the journey of the protagonist who wants to give freedom to all robots. The character can control various objects on the map to defeat...

Electro Ride: The Neon Racing

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 10 July 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Electro Ride: The Neon Racing is an exciting racing arcade game with a third-person view. On the neon-lit streets of the city, a new form of entertainment is born...

StarCrossed

Arcade, Online, Side view, Science fiction, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Shooter, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 8.4/10

StarCrossed is a co-op, dynamic side-scrolling action game set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to join a group of 5 space heroes who travel among the...

To the Edge of the Sky

Futurism (Future), Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Arcade, Cyberpunk, Adult game

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2020

Players: 5.6/10

To the Edge of the Sky is an adventure visual novel with role-playing elements in a cyberpunk setting. The events of the game will take you to 2077, where you will...

Quiplash 2 InterLASHional

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Indie, Logic

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2020

Players: 1/10

Quiplash 2 InterLASHional is a fun, say-whatever-style quiz for parties. The game features fun questions, over 100 different clues, and a nice, minimalistic visual...

Roguescape

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Action, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 11 June 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Roguescape — A side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with roguelike elements in the spirit of the NES era. You have to explore the dungeon, fight...

Resolutiion

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Resolutiion is a top-down action-adventure game set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in a dystopian future world where you have to collect pieces of...

The Savior

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2020

Players: 7.3/10

The Savior is a side-scrolling arcade platformer. When soldiers go into a strange forest to explore and then their trail disappears and no one knows where they are...

Blush Blush

Free game, Visual novel, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Adventure, Adult game

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2020

Players: 8/10

Blush Blush is an adventure arcade clicker game for adults with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game tells a funny story where you have to save...

Helix Slider

Free game, Puzzle, Arcade, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 September 2020

Helix Slider is a free-to-play arcade puzzle game with incredible visual style. In the game you have to rotate an endless spinning pipe and get through all the...

Super Bernie World

Free game, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 March 2020

Players: 4.2/10

Super Bernie World — A free-to-play side-scrolling arcade platformer. In the game, you take on the role of Bernie, who must run through 11 states and the...

Test Tube Titans

Arcade, Indie, Action, Roguelike, Wrestling

Game released: Linux → 15 June 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Test Tube Titans is a destructive arcade action game with procedurally generated levels. In the game you have to raise your own mutant monster and send it to the...

The Skylia Prophecy

Arcade, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Adventure, Action

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2020

The Skylia Prophecy is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. In it you can help the young girl Mirenia in her quest to atone for...

NYAF

Indie, Arcade, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 9 November 2020

NYAF is a casual arcade game in which you have to look for hidden characters among similar monsters. In addition to them, you can find a lot of interesting things...

WarriOrb

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

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

WarriOrb is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. In a Victorian-era fantasy world, a war rages between industrial superpowers. As...

Ultrabugs

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

Frozen: Linux → 1 September 2020

Ultrabugs is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. Controlling a space attack aircraft, you have to fight a swarm of deadly bugs. The more you...

Space Grunts 2

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

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

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...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2020 for Linux