Free game for Linux — top best games in the Free game genre / Page 5

A.W.O.L.

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Stealth, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2022

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 78/100

A.W.O.L. is a free first-person shooter developed on the Duke Nukem 3D engine and Ion Fury. You'll play as Dwayne Allen, a recently demobilized special forces...

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...

Dino Cats

Side view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Free game, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2024

Steam: 92/100

The player walks through a huge park with dinosaurs, in which more than a hundred cats are hidden. Found animals can be painted in the chosen color so as not to be...

Avalon Lords: Dawn Rises

Strategy, MMO, In real time, Free game, City Building, Sandbox, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2016

Steam: 47/100

Neon Drive

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Free game, Music game, Action

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Neon Drive is a car racing arcade game with retro-futuristic colors. The game is a runner with beautiful visuals and pleasant...

Strife

Online, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Free game, MOBA

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2015

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Strife is a multiplayer MOBA strategy game in a fantasy setting. You will find gameplay familiar to this genre, also three lines and five heroes per team. Only gold...

Vecter

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

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Jelly Brawl

Online, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Top-down view, Sandbox, Mini-game / browser-based, Platformer, Free game

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2020

Steam: 75/100

Jelly Brawl is a top-down cooperative indie action game. This is a game with simple controls that are easy to learn. Without quick reactions and timely taps, it's...

Race On Ice 2021 Pro

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Sports game, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2021

Steam: 69/100

Race On Ice 2021 Pro is a free-to-play, third-person arcade racing game where you compete in competitive seasons to get first place. The games have multiple racers...

Bearcycle

Free game, Side view, Racing, Motorcycle racing, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Stunts, Bicycles

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2023

Steam: 94/100

Free hurricane racing about a bear on a motorcycle. The clubfooted hero sets out to travel through a dense forest, along uneven rails in the suburbs and do...

Cloaks and Capes

Platformer, Roguelike, Fantasy, Side view, Free game, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 14 October 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

A dark pixel game about a magician who wants to resurrect his son. The main character, together with the ashes of the child, sets off to free the city from demons...

Z Arena

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Zombies, Survival horror, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2024; Early Access: Linux → 10 June 2021

Steam: 69/100

A free survival shooter in which the player confronts waves of bloodthirsty zombies that have invaded the planet. There are several modes available in the game...

Soccerboy vs Aliens

Action, Platformer, Sports game, Free game, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 June 2026

Steam: 100/100

A sports action platformer where soccer skills become the main weapon in the fight for humanity's salvation. After the invasion of aliens on Earth and the abduction...

Bitburner

Role-playing game, Educational game (Education), Sandbox, Free game, Text quest, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2021

Steam: 94/100

An unusual role-playing game with elements of programming and automation, set in a cyberpunk world. Instead of the usual battles and quests, the foundation of...

Sportsfriends

Action, Platformer, Sports game, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → Q1 2014

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This collection of local multiplayer games brings together sports contests, duels, and a physical party game. BaraBariBall features retro-styled fights, Super Pole...

Siralim

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2015

Steam: 83/100

Siralim is an indie action role-playing game in the bagel genre. In this game you have to fight your way through randomly generated dungeons and complete randomized...

Emily is Away Too

Adventure, Visual novel, Free game, Indie, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Emily is Away Too is an interactive text adventure with pixel graphics, which is the ideological successor to Emily is Away. Expect more expanded dialogue options...

The Great Geometric Multiverse Tour

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Arcade, Indie, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

The Great Geometric Multiverse Tour is a free-to-play arcade indie shooter with a first-person view. You have to travel through the worlds of the multiverse...

Fatal Theory

Free game, Action, Fighting, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2016

Steam: 86/100

Fatal Theory — shareware classic bitmap with a side view, made in retro style. The main character Nick Mayhem will have to save the city from hordes of...

How Stories Die

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

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

How Stories Die — adventure visual novel with fantasy elements and anime style. Horace lived a comfortable and beautiful life as the Prince of Alteria until...

Martial Law

Adventure, Side view, Visual novel, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 December 2021

Steam: 91/100

Martial Law is a free side-scrolling adventure with visual novel elements. Its main character is one of the inhabitants of communist Poland, abandoned to the mercy...

Race On Ice 2020 Pro

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Sports game, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 3 December 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Race On Ice 2020 Pro is a free-to-play, third-person arcade racing game where you compete in competitive seasons to get first place. The games have multiple racers...

Project Speed 2

Racing, Online, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Open world, Casual game, Action

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2025

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 35/100

Free racing simulator in the open world. The game is in early access. The game currently has three open worlds to choose from (Turtle Coast, Nyarovik and the...

WooLoop

Free game, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 13 January 2023

Players: 4/10

Steam: 90/100

Free tranquil game in the spirit of Crayon Physics Deluxe. The task is to "knit" pictures using colorful threads. The game features meditative gameplay, bright...

LandTraveller

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

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

A hybrid of classic RPG and modern indie sandbox, combining a randomized environment and a hand-built...

CHKN

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Free game, Open world

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 79/100

A colorful sandbox, the events of which unfold on an island inhabited by bizarre animals. Players can try to survive alone, or they can create their own creature...

INFEES

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Zombies, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 22 June 2021

Steam: 64/100

A free-to-play, single-player, voxel-based shooter where players fight off waves of oncoming zombies. The main task is to kill as many enemies as possible. With the...

Dream of the Star Haven

Action, Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Free game

Early Access: Linux → 25 January 2024; Game in development: Linux → 2026

A free first-person platformer about exploring islands floating in the sky. As players progress, they collect stars scattered across the islands using a magical...

Outcast Tales: The First Journey

Free game, Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2024

Steam: 85/100

Free prologue for Outcast Tales. A squad of heroes sets out to explore a post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of fame and fortune. The main feature is the ability...

DUNJUNGUY

Action, Top-down view, Free game, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Medieval era, Procedural generation

Early Access: Linux → 11 August 2024

Steam: 100/100

The Adventurer's Guild Hall was built in the countryside at the top of the mouth of an ancient portcullis. Beyond the steel and stone gates lie the dangerous lands...

The December Job

Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Old school, Survival horror, Horror

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2025

Steam: 83/100

A dark short game where the main character has behaved well for years but hasn't received gifts for Christmas. Therefore, the character sneaks into the workshop...

StarBreak

Arcade, Online, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MMO, Action

Game released: Linux → 10 May 2016

Steam: 78/100

StarBreak is a free-to-play competitive action platformer in a futuristic setting. Procedurally generated locations in seven fantasy worlds await you. There are...

Doorways: Old Prototype

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Free game

Game released: Linux → 5 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Doorways: Old Prototype is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The game is a showcase of what the original Doorways looked like in its early stages...

Miska's Cave

Free game, Arcade, Runner, Side view, Fighting, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2021

Steam: 88/100

Miska's Cave is a free-to-play side-scrolling arcade action runner where you take control of a fighting rabbit named Miska who wants to conquer the cave. The only...

How We Got Here

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Arcade, Free game

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2021

Steam: 84/100

How We Got Here is a rather unusual side-view pixel adventure game about the adventures of a robot on a floating island. The main character discovers that in...

Bombagun

Tactics, Strategy, Card game, In real time, Top-down view, Free game, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2022

Steam: 75/100

Bombagun is a conditionally free competitive card game in a post-apocalyptic style set in the universe of ATOM RPG Trudograd, which can be played online (against...

Tower Survivors

Free game, Indie, Fantasy, Top-down view, Action, Roguelike, Casual game, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Arcade

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2023

Steam: 66/100

Free clone of the popular Vampire Survivors. The evil Necromancer has escaped from the tower and flooded the kingdom with his minions, who are chasing the main...

Heroes Of Avranche

Free game, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 2 December 2019

Steam: 67/100

A free action role-playing game in which the main character tries to restore the power of the Guild and defeat the monsters that threaten it. He has many different...

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 inhabitants, until he...

Ultimate Rock Crawler

Free game, Racing, Indie, Sports game

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2016

Steam: 36/100

A free extreme racing game where gamers drive off-road. There is a garage where you can use the credits you earn to purchase various parts to upgrade your...

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