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

Rat Race - a game in the Free game genre

Racing, Free game, Casual game, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2025

Steam: 100/100

Arcade time race, where a rat courier rushes through toxic waste-filled sewers in a homemade car made from a can with wheels. Each order turns into a test of speed...

RPG MO

Free game, Role-playing game, MMO

Early Access: Linux → 18 August 2015

Steam: 74/100

RPG MO is an online multiplayer role-playing game set in an open world where players choose their own activities and develop their characters’ skills. Combat and...

Iron Snout

Action, Fighting, Free game

Game released: Linux → 27 January 2016

Steam: 97/100

Iron Snout is an arcade fighting game about a piglet fending off wolves attacking from both sides. Fights take place in a forest and a city, and enemies come in...

Dino Age: The First Fracture

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Free game, Survival, Crafting, Action

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2026

Steam: 77/100

An adventure with survival elements, telling the story of Owen, the hero of the Dino Age novel series. You need to gather resources, explore the wild terrain, and...

Seduce Me

Strategy, Indie, Casual game, Adventure, Free game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2015

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 41/100

After receiving an invitation to a wealthy socialite’s holiday home, the protagonist finds himself in a Mediterranean mansion by the sea. He meets a range of...

Plague Inc: The Cure

Free game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Business / Management, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Plague Inc: The Cure is a free expansion for the unique simulator with elements of a management strategy for modern platforms. You will lead several research teams...

Tank Force

Tanks, Third-person view, Action, Simulation, MMO, Casual game, Online, Historical, Free game

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 65/100

A dynamic game about tank battles in 10x10 format. In battles, various modern tanks and their modifications created in the Russian Federation, NATO countries or the...

World War Legion

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Free game

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2025

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 67/100

A multiplayer game set during World War II. There is also an offline mode with various maps. The game does not strive for historical accuracy, so it contains...

One Thousand Lies

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Free game

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2016

Steam: 89/100

Aperture Desk Job

Free game, Simulation, Adventure, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Action

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Aperture Desk Job is a free-to-play adventure game with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting, set in the Portal universe. In the game you will find yourself in...

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...

Taking London

Strategy, Online, MMO, In real time, Top-down view, Free game, City Building, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2025

Steam: 81/100

Multiplayer real-time strategy inspired by classic RTS and reimagined with modern mechanics. The story begins with a young politician who becomes disillusioned with...

Tales from the Dragon Mountain 2: The Lair

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2014

Steam: 57/100

Set in the fantasy world of Dragon Mountains, this puzzle adventure follows the return of a dark force after Lord Strix was defeated. Mina and her companion Malik...

Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok

Adventure, Indie, Free game, Side view, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2014

Steam: 88/100

A hybrid of an adventure game and RPG, inspired by Norse mythology. The story begins with the summoning of the heroine by the earl Yarnvidr, who is desperately...

Varenje

Adventure, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 3 July 2018

Steam: 86/100

An adventure quest follows a hero who, while spending the summer in the countryside, tries an unfamiliar berry by a stream and shrinks to the size of a bug. At this...

Gear Up

Arcade, Online, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Free game, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 70/100

Gear Up is an arcade game with a mixture of online games, action, shooter and tank simulator from the Doctor Entertainment AB studio. The game is published by...

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...

Frontline 1942: Battles of the World War 2

Shooter, First-person view, Online, Historical, Online, Free game, Action, Simulation, Sports game

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2023

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 54/100

Multiplayer shooter dedicated to battles in the setting of the Second World War. Each map is interesting in its own way, and each has its own characteristics. There...

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...

Endless Sky

Space, Free game, Open world

Game released: Linux → 30 October 2015

Steam: 93/100

A 2D space trading and combat game set in the 31st century, across a galaxy with hundreds of systems. The player begins as the captain of a new ship, choosing a...

The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns

Visual novel, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 January 2016

Steam: 90/100

This visual novel follows fourteen-year-old Toma Andrews, who feels like an outsider among the living and prefers spending time in graveyards. There, she meets a...

Simutrans

Simulation, Free game, Trains

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2016

Steam: 76/100

This transportation simulator challenges players to build a successful transport company and connect cities, districts, public buildings, industries and tourist...

Crush Crush

Anime / Manga, Free game

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2016

Steam: 89/100

An idle dating sim about meeting the women in a town and gradually winning their affection. After a few disastrous introductions, the player builds the...

No Heroes

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Free game

Frozen: Linux → 10 December 2017

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

No Heroes is a shareware shooter with a first-person view and a well-developed physical model of the destructibility of the...

Carpe Diem

Free game, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 30 November 2015

Steam: 88/100

A short visual novel about Jung’s date with Ai, told from the protagonist’s point of view. Ai seems like the perfect woman to Jung, but he chooses to overlook one...

RavenWeald

Free game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Fantasy, Isometric, Procedural generation, Adventure

Early Access: Linux → 13 January 2021; Game released: Linux → 8 September 2022

Steam: 89/100

A free strategy game with turn-based combat and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. The main action takes place in a magical forest filled with deadly...

Pixel Frontier: Tactics

Strategy, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2025

Steam: 50/100

Turn-based strategy with elements of roguelike and a dice-rolling system, where the player assembles a team of heroes and completes missions in the dangerous world...

One Manga Day

Free game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 4 May 2015

Steam: 61/100

A visual novel about a Japanese manga translator tasked with the work and with navigating relationships within a team that may be more than strictly professional...

Transmissions: Element 120

Free game, Action, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2016

Steam: 94/100

This short single-player shooter is set in the Half-Life universe and places its protagonist in an unexplained location at an unknown time. The player wields a...

Clown House (Palyaço Evi)

Horror, Free game, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 24 August 2015

Steam: 50/100

A short horror game styled after an old black-and-white film, in which the player searches for a key to escape the Clown House. Some of its residents are harmless...

Emily is Away

Free game, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2015

Steam: 87/100

An interactive story about a student and their relationship with Emily, a fellow high school student, set in the era of Windows XP and AIM chat. The player creates...

The Art of War: Card Game

Tactics, Collectible card game (CCG), Top-down view, Free game, Strategy, Card game, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 August 2024

Steam: 79/100

A game in a fantasy-medieval setting. The plot is based on the conflict between four kingdoms, each pursuing its own interests in the ongoing war on the continent...

Blobun Mini

Casual game, Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Old school

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2025

Steam: 98/100

A free puzzle game with nice pixel graphics. The rules are simple - the player needs to touch every tile on the map, but can only step on a tile...

Digital Defender ORC

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2026

Steam: 100/100

A free tactical game in the "tower defense" format with role-playing elements set in a cyberpunk future, where the player defends monsters from digital assassins...

The Average Everyday Adventures of Samantha Browne

Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2016

Steam: 81/100

An interactive story about Samantha Browne, a painfully introverted college student who needs to make oatmeal in her dorm’s communal kitchen. Even this simple task...

Time Clickers

Free game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2015

Steam: 86/100

An incremental clicker game in which the player destroys cubes, fights enemies, and collects gold. Gold can be spent to upgrade weapons, including the Click Pistol...

Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus

Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Online, DLC, Free game, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 46/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus is a free expansion for the side-scrolling, turn-based RPG Darkest Dungeon. The expansion introduces PvP battles where...

SCP: Escape Together

Adventure, Action, Horror, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, First-person view, Online, Free game

Early Access: Linux → 7 January 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

SCP: Escape Together is an action-horror adventure with a first-person view and co-op based on the 2012 horror film SCP: Containment Breach. You'll team up or...

Introvert: A Teenager Simulator

Free game, Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Role-playing game, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Introvert: A Teenager Simulator is a free-to-play arcade side-scrolling adventure game with role-playing elements. In the game, the main character is told a...

Find Love or Die Trying

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

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2021

Steam: 93/100

Find Love or Die Trying — a romantic visual novel with anime girls about dating, featuring seven endings and the option to play as a man, a woman, or a non-binary...

Free game

Best Games in the Free game genre for Linux