Exploration for Linux — top best games in the Exploration genre / Page 6

Stardeus - a game in the Exploration genre

Early Access: Linux → 12 October 2022

Steam: 87/100

This colony sim with sandbox and crafting elements is set aboard a wrecked starship, where drones work alongside humans in cryosleep. The player...

Black Ice

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

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2014

Steam: 95/100

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

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...

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...

Fractal Space

Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Players: 8.7/10

Fractal Space is an adventure quest with a first-person view in a fantasy...

MirrorMoon EP

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

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2013

Steam: 65/100

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...

Faraday Protocol

Adventure, Indie, Action, Puzzle, First-person view, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 12 August 2021

Players: 1/10

Steam: 83/100

Faraday Protocol is a first-person action-puzzle adventure set in a retro-futuristic style where you take on the role of an alien archaeologist who...

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...

Miniatures

Visual novel, Casual game, Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2024

Steam: 90/100

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

Dude, Where Is My Beer?

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

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

Steam: 75/100

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...

Lonesome Village

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

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2022

Steam: 72/100

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...

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...

Pirates: Rogue's Fortune

Action, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Roguelike, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 4 March 2026

Steam: 100/100

The game takes place in the Caribbean Sea, where Henry Barrington travels on a homemade pirate ship. You can dive into the depths to collect valuable...

Spindle

Puzzle, Exploration, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2025

Steam: 94/100

This old-school action-adventure puzzle game follows a hero who awakens in an unfamiliar world and discovers that they have become Death. Accompanied...

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...

Pineapple on pizza

First-person view, Free game, Comedy, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Free short adventure. The main character finds himself on an island with dancing people. He simply explores the territory, gets to know the...

Helium Rain

Free game, Space, Simulation, Strategy, Indie, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2018

Steam: 79/100

A free space simulator in which the player manages his own company. During the passage, you can trade resources, buy ships and entire stations. In...

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...

Wish Upon a Cat

Adventure, Top-down view, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2025

Steam: 96/100

The heroes set off on a journey through the worlds of various games in the Odencat series to track down a cat who dives into other dimensions. You...

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...

Dungeon Divers

Top-down view, Logic, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2024

Steam: 78/100

The player explores random pixel dungeons, solving puzzles. There may be unique conditions for completing the level. Also, items with mysterious...

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...

Targeted –10 Days

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration, Hidden Objects, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2024

Steam: 100/100

The game offers you the chance to feel like a former mafia member who is about to testify against the Don. The hero becomes a target, so before each...

Interstellaria

Space, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2015

Steam: 53/100

This real-time space exploration and crew management sim follows a fleet travelling across the galaxy in search of adventure and profit. In...

Tanglewood

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2018

Steam: 92/100

Tanglewood is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The plot of the game tells about a creature named Nimn, who has gone too far from his...

Hypernova: Escape from Hadea

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Science fiction, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, City Building, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2017

Steam: 74/100

This real-time strategy game with tower-defense elements follows the Scynthians as they leave their home planet, Hadea, to escape their star’s...

Moon Hunters

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 10 March 2016

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Moon Hunters is a top-down cooperative RPG set in a fantasy setting. You have to team up with three friends and go to an ancient world that changes...

IDID:IT

Adventure, First-person view, Logic, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Detective

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2020

IDID:IT (Inexplicable Deaths In Damipolis: Inner Thoughts) is a first-person noir adventure in the spirit of old black and white films. The plot of...

Haven Park

Isometric, Puzzle, Adventure, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 5 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A bright game about a chick named Flint. He arranges his grandmother's park and helps visiting tourists. You will have to communicate a lot with...

Desolatium

Adventure, First-person view, Horror, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2024

Steam: 26/100

Adventure horror based on the myths and horrors of Howard Lovecraft. Carter wakes up on a bed in a strange room. He can't remember anything, not even...

Kanun 1919

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

Game in development: Linux → 2027

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...

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...

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...

Zezenia Online

Isometric, Top-down view, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2016

Steam: 68/100

Zezenia Online is a medieval 2D MMORPG in which characters explore the world, complete quests, and fight monsters and other players. Players choose...

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...

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...

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...

Overfall

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Exploration, Survival

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 75/100

Overfall is a side-scrolling turn-based action RPG in a fantasy setting. You have to go on a long and dangerous journey in search of the missing...

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 12 August 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust is a continuation of the action-adventure Anodyne. You take on the role of Nova, a nanoscavenger tasked with collecting...

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...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for Linux