Exploration for Linux — top best games in the Exploration genre / Page 4

Thirty Flights of Loving - a game in the Exploration genre

Arcade, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2012

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A short first-person story about a heist gone wrong, involving schemers and criminals entangled in romance. The player explores the world and encounters its...

InnerSpace

Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2018

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 65/100

InnerSpace is a post-apocalyptic atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The game will take you to a destroyed world, which, unlike the Fallout series, is...

FoxTail

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

Early Access: Linux → 1 March 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 91/100

FoxTail is a pixelated "point and click" adventure game with a side view. The game tells the story of a little fox named Lia, who travels in search of medicine for...

Enemy Remains

Arcade, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival horror, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2022

Steam: 66/100

Enemy Remains is a dynamic shooter with horror elements and an isometric camera view in a post-apocalyptic...

Thyria: Step Into Dreams

Strategy, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Side view, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2023

Steam: 72/100

The main action takes place in the world of dark fantasy. Warrior Tyria travels with the Guardians through the dreams of the cursed inhabitants to perform various...

BioGun

Side view, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Open world, Exploration, Adventure

Early Access: Linux → 16 April 2024; Game released: Linux → 31 July 2024

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 87/100

The main character, named Beck, goes on a journey to save all dogs from extinction caused by an ominous virus. The character explores the crazy hand-drawn world of...

Sinweaver

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Slasher, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2026

The main action unfolds in the fifth circle of hell, where sinners roam freely through a fiery landscape, committing violence in the name of the Archangel. The...

RadSpire

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Survival, Fantasy, Exploration, Role-playing game, Slasher

Early Access: Linux → 1 May 2026; Game in development: Linux → 2027

Steam: 25/100

An adventure action game focused on survival, set in a post-apocalyptic world where remnants of technology intertwine with unstable magic. The ruined lands hide...

Cat Squeeze

Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 1 July 2026

Steam: 100/100

Cozy puzzle with watercolor drawing takes you on a journey through colorful mazes as a curious fluffy cat. In each level, you need to find the exit by carefully...

Flotilla

Strategy, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2010

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A turn-based space strategy game with tactical combat in three-dimensional space, Flotilla puts the player in command of a fleet traveling through the galaxy. The...

Black Ice

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Steampunk, Exploration, Cyberpunk, Open world

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2014

Steam: 77/100

This first-person cyberpunk shooter with role-playing elements takes place in an open cyberspace where corporations protect their data with artificial intelligence...

Merchant of the Skies

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Business / Management, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Merchant of the Skies is a real-time management strategy with a side view. In the game, you will act as the captain of an airship, who will have to trade, collect...

Lost Islands

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Online, Exploration, Open world, Role-playing game, Logic

Game released: Linux → 3 May 2021

Steam: 32/100

A survival RPG with an open world to explore. The player gets his own food and looks for supplies to create various items. For example, to explore dark dungeons...

Dude, Where Is My Beer?

Casual game, Comics, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Puzzle, Comedy, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

Steam: 76/100

An unusual adventure, the main character of which is trying to uncover a conspiracy with the disappearance of the Pilsner beer in the city of Oslo. To investigate...

Please, Touch The Artwork 2

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

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2024

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A relaxing game in which you have to look for objects in paintings. A gamer helps a lost skeletal artist find his way home in a surreal, hand-drawn universe. This...

World of Diving

Simulation, First-person view, Sports game, Indie, Adventure, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 26 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 49/100

World of Diving is a multiplayer diving simulator in which players explore the ocean and take on underwater missions, with optional VR support. Dives include...

Quern - Undying Thoughts

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 28 November 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Quern - Undying Thoughts is a first-person adventure puzzle game about exploring the island of Quern and uncovering its mysteries. The player solves puzzles to...

Pharaonic

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2016

Steam: 77/100

Pharaonic is a side-scrolling action RPG that will take players to Ancient Egypt. You have to explore the cursed kingdom to solve the riddle of the Red Pharaoh. The...

SkateBIRD

Arcade, Third-person view, Sports game, Skateboards, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2021

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 59/100

SkateBIRD is a dynamic racing arcade game with a third-person view about birds on skateboards. Expect the familiar gameplay of skate simulators, several platforms...

The Garden Path

Simulation, Business / Management, Adventure, Top-down view, Sandbox, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2024

Steam: 70/100

A meditative life simulator with unusual graphics, where time flows the same way as in the real world. As the player progresses, he extracts resources, trades...

My brother lives in a canyon

Adventure, Casual game, Exploration, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2021

Steam: 92/100

My brother lives in a canyon is a casual adventure game with exploration elements and a first-person view. You play as Jake and start walking down the path to meet...

The Abandoned Planet

Puzzle, Science fiction, Hidden Objects, Space, Adventure, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

An atmospheric adventure game that immerses the player in the world of a mysterious and forgotten planet. As the player explores abandoned ruins and wild...

Randy And Teddy Adventure Road

Puzzle, Platformer, Side view, Action, Exploration, Comics

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2021

Steam: 89/100

The main character named Randy and his puppy Teddy go through levels with challenges and puzzles. There are 5 different worlds: training, stone, sand, metal and...

Star Shift Rebellion

Top-down view, Tactics, Science fiction, Exploration, Space, Japanese role-playing game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 9 February 2024

Steam: 93/100

The game takes place in a mining colony on the Outer Rim that is under occupation. With the help of a hacked android, the rebels are trying to gain freedom. There...

Curious Expedition

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2016

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Curious Expedition is a procedurally generated adventure role-playing game set in the 19th century. You can feel like a real explorer and discoverer. Choose one of...

What Lives Below

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Combat robots, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.2/10

What Lives Below is a first-person action-adventure game about sea monster hunters. In the game, a lone fisherman will have to face giant underwater monsters and...

Dino Hazard: Chronos Blackout

Adventure, Role-playing game, Open world, Top-down view, Exploration, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 22 December 2023

Steam: 88/100

The game takes place on a tropical island in 2147. A group of people are trapped in a high-tech base and must survive against malicious artificial intelligence...

Ancient Kingdoms

Role-playing game, Open world, Exploration, Dungeons, Fantasy, Top-down view, Action, Old school, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 15 January 2025

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Old school RPG action with pixel graphics. The world of Eratiat is open for exploration: ancient ruins, mysterious catacombs and hidden treasures await their...

The Away Team: Lost Exodus

Top-down view, Simulation, Text quest, Adventure, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2016

Steam: 73/100

The scientific and fantastic adventure of the AI-Pilot of the last inter-star ship of the Earth, which is instructed to find a house for his team-the last remnants...

Echoes of Vasteria

Adventure, Business / Management, Top-down view, Casual game, Exploration, Fantasy, Side view

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2025

Steam: 70/100

A pixel adventure where the main character wanders around an endless world and fights on his own, allowing the player to focus on strategy. You will have to spend...

Wolfhound

Action, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Old school, Metroidvania, Adventure

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Old-school metroidvania with a side view, set on a mysterious island in the Bermuda Triangle, where a secret Nazi base is hidden. The player takes on the role of...

Unrest

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Exploration, Visual novel, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2014

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This story-driven role-playing adventure is set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India, where five ordinary people struggle to survive in the famine-stricken...

Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Indie, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

This action-puzzle adventure follows a spider exploring an abandoned estate built by a secret society. In Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon, the player weaves webs...

Epistory: Typing Chronicles

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2016

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Epistory: Typing Chronicles is an adventure game with action elements. The story follows a writer who asks his muse to help him write a book. Players, in the role...

Good Snowman Is Hard to Build

Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Open world, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2015

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Good Snowman Is Hard to Build is a top-down puzzle game in which you have to build snowmen, so that they really are snowmen, and not some shapeless towers. The...

Miniatures

Visual novel, Casual game, Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2024

Steam: 95/100

A collection of four graphic adventures about childhood. The player follows the story and interacts with certain objects. The stories merge imagination and reality...

Dark Traveller

Free game, Exploration, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 16 March 2023

Steam: 50/100

A free-to-play adventure puzzle game in which the protagonist travels through the fabric of time and space to save his homeland. The game has multiple endings, side...

Lonesome Village

Adventure, Fantasy, Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2022

Steam: 73/100

A relaxing pixel game about a coyote without the battles. The character must uncover the village's mysterious magical past and save it from the hands of evil. The...

7Groves

Adventure, Casual game, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2024

Steam: 67/100

A relaxing game in which the gamer leisurely strolls through beautiful and surreal forests that look like paintings come to life. Along the way, you can collect...

FALLSTRUKTUR

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Parkour, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

A short game of 20-60 minutes, the main character of which descends into a geometric dream world. You need to jump on different platforms and winding branches of...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for Linux