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

Eagle Island - a game in the Exploration genre

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...

Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince

Exploration, Slasher, Adventure, Top-down view, Remake, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 16 August 2022

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince is a top-down retro action-adventure game with RPG elements. Several centuries have passed since the events of The Sleeping...

Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Fantasy, Adventure, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 12 December 2024; Game released: Linux → 16 December 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 75/100

A turn-based role-playing game about a wanderer traveling through the lands of New Draconia. One day, a mysterious artifact falls into the hands of the hero, which...

The Campsite

Free game, Adventure, Puzzle, Old school, Exploration, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2025

Steam: 87/100

A free short quest with a retro schedule about the team of adventure seekers, which went to the night forest in search of a mysterious treasure. The night sortie...

Maseylia: Echoes of the Past

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration, Parkour

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2026

Players: 1/10

Steam: 79/100

An adventurous action metroidvania built around exploration, freedom of movement, and the discovery of forgotten secrets in a vast interconnected world. Each new...

BABBDI

First-person view, Casual game, Simulation, Exploration, Walking Simulator, Free game

Game released: Linux → 22 December 2022

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 97/100

A short adventure in which you need to escape from an abandoned area. You need to use different found objects and collect...

Quest of Dungeons

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2014

Steam: 78/100

This turn-based dungeon crawler with 16-bit retro visuals follows a group of heroes confronting the Dark Lord, who has stolen all the light. Players choose a...

The Station

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction, Puzzle, Horror, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on board a spaceship. The plot tells about the distant future, when a group of researchers decided to find out what is beyond the boundaries of...

Space Commander: War and Trade

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 67/100

Space Commander: War and Trade is a fantasy-style tactical action RPG with real-time management elements and an isometric view. You will have to create your fleet...

Кужлевка

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Business / Management, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 6 April 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 91/100

1992 In the midst of the confusion reigning in the country, another unexpected test falls on the heads of the Kuzhlevites, residents of an ordinary Russian village...

Planet Centauri

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world

Early Access: Linux → 3 June 2016

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 73/100

Planet Centauri is an action RPG and sandbox adventure about developing a planet and protecting the native Chloridian species from the Night Walkers. The player...

Soulless: Ray of Hope

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

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2016

Steam: 71/100

Soulless: Ray of Hope — a dark puzzle-platformer in the spirit of Limbo about a "ray of hope," a lonely white creature. The game tells the story of Elin's...

GNAW

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2026

The game takes place in the decaying city of New Dino, which must be saved from destruction. Players take on the role of Mac Ripley, a dinosaur with supernatural...

Proteus

Arcade, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2013

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This first-person exploration game takes place on dreamlike islands where the surroundings shape the soundtrack. The procedurally generated islands are home to...

Mable & The Wood

Adventure, Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Horror, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2019

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Mable & The Wood is a side-scrolling Metroidvania adventure with horror elements set in a dark fantasy world. The plot tells the story of a mysterious girl named...

MirrorMoon EP

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2013

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 73/100

MirrorMoon EP — atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game takes you on a surreal space adventure on an unknown...

Kanun 1919

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Puzzle, Horror

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A detective adventure set in a gloomy Russian province at the beginning of the 20th century. As a messenger, the player needs to deliver an important telegram to...

Isle of Jura

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2022

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 77/100

The fishing simulator, where players in the role of a girl named Jura are exploring a beautiful island, looking for artifacts, communicate with local residents and...

Lifeless Planet

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Space

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lifeless Planet is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game tells the story of an astronaut who discovers an abandoned Soviet...

Elegy for a Dead World

Adventure, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 65/100

An adventure about exploring three dead worlds and writing stories about their long-vanished societies. The settings draw inspiration from the poetry of Keats...

Ara Fell

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Exploration, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 2 June 2016

Steam: 94/100

Ara Fell is an indie role-playing adventure in a fantasy setting with pixel graphics. A large open world awaits you to explore with many mysteries and mystical...

SCHiM

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Exploration, Puzzle

Game canceled: Linux → 18 July 2024

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 72/100

An unusual 3D platformer in which the player controls an entity that resembles a shadow. This is the soul, which in the game is called Shim. One day she is somehow...

Kredolis

Adventure, Puzzle, First-person view, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2022

Steam: 54/100

Kredolis is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place on a small island that remains from Atlantis. A mysterious...

No Longer Home

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Visual novel, Arcade, Point & Click, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2021

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 73/100

No Longer Home is an exciting adventure game with visual novel elements. Bo and Ao are graduating from university and are about to leave the apartment they've lived...

Anodyne

Arcade, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 22 March 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Anodyne is a 2D action-adventure set in the surreal dream world of a human named Young. The protagonist explores natural, urban, and abstract locations, speaks with...

Stellar Interface

Shooter, Indie, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Top-down view, Side view, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 21 November 2016

Steam: 78/100

A hardcore shooter made in the style of NES games. In a randomly generated universe and random perks, no journey will be the same. The game has over 100 perks and...

Aeon Drive

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cyberpunk, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2021

Steam: 76/100

Aeon Drive is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a sci-fi setting. The action takes you to the neon-lit streets of Neo-Barcelona. You will try on the role of...

Colossal Cave 3D

Adventure, Exploration, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 20 January 2023

Steam: 90/100

The main character goes on a timeless journey through caves filled with treasures, creatures and challenging puzzles. There are 14 different regions, each offering...

A Tiny Sticker Tale

Puzzle, Logic, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 5 October 2023

Steam: 97/100

A miniature adventure about changing the world with the help of stickers. You can take something from the world around you, turn it into a sticker and place it in...

Occulto

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Side view, Old school, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 31 July 2026; Game in development: Linux → 2028

Steam: 73/100

An artistic adventure with complex puzzles and hand-drawn scenes about a young magic apprentice named Eliot. The main character navigates traps and tries to find...

Run Shiba Run!

Platformer, Third-person view, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2026

Steam: 96/100

The game takes place in Shiba Park, where someone has left their pet unattended. Now the dog is running around the park, trying to eat as many cookies as possible...

Star Control 2

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 2002

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Star Control 2 is a top-down action game with a dash of shooter and strategy from the masters at Toys for Bob. The game is published by Accolade, Inc.. Star Control...

Fall Of The Dungeon Guardians

Role-playing game, First-person view, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2015

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Fall Of The Dungeon Guardians is a first-person RPG set in a dungeon world. The protagonist is a guard who was hired to guard a prison. During his shift, strange...

Alchemic Cutie

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Exploration, Business / Management, Open world

Game released: Linux → 12 November 2021

Steam: 51/100

Alchemic Cutie is a cute top-down adventure RPG. The game takes place on the colorful island of Wimba, where you manage your own jelly farm. You will explore...

Resolutiion

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

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 66/100

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...

A Bavarian Tale - Totgeschwiegen

Third-person view, Detective, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2023

Players: 6/10

Steam: 77/100

The game takes place in the picturesque Bavarian village of Wolpertshofen, full of dark secrets, unexplained events and social tensions, in 1866. A detective comes...

Duskers

Exploration, Space, Roguelike, Tactics, Top-down view, Science fiction, Horror

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2016

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The player controls a drone and explores abandoned spaceships to find means of survival and learn how the universe turned into a giant graveyard. Dangerous...

Koira

Adventure, Casual game, Exploration, Puzzle, Stealth

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2025

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The adventure, whose main character travels through the musical forest with a puppy. You need to get acquainted with the local inhabitants and solve puzzles to find...

Flats Full of Cats

Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Exploration, Hidden Objects, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 3 August 2026

Steam: 97/100

Cozy game in the genre of object search, dedicated to exploring cute apartments filled with fluffy inhabitants. The game features three themed locations related to...

the static speaks my name

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Free game, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2015

Steam: 81/100

A short psychological adventure from the first person. The game tells the story of a man's last night, obsessed with a painting of two palm trees. He spends time in...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for Linux