Free game for Linux — top best games in the Free game genre / Page 7

Heroes of Dire - a game in the Free game genre

Game released: Linux → 15 March 2017

Steam: 68/100

Heroes of Dire is a tactical role-playing MMO about guild warfare against monsters and other players. A hero assembles a squad of fighters and leads it through...

Lines X Free

Puzzle, Casual game, Free game

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2017

Steam: 93/100

This Numberlink-based puzzle game challenges players to connect colored tiles on a grid by finding paths between them. Lines X Free features 50 puzzles, with...

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...

Doner Kebab: Fear and Loathing in Samara

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Free game

Early Access: Linux → 7 June 2024; Game in development: Linux → 2027

Players: 5.5/10

A free visual novel about several residents of Samara who have one thing in common — a love for shawarma. In this visual novel, players can find out how...

Batography

Free game, Adventure, Side view, Exploration, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2025

Steam: 97/100

A colorful game about a bat, which went to the adventure to take the perfect photo of the moon. Exploring the city flooded with moonlight, you can get acquainted...

Hidden Cats: City

Puzzle, Free game, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 7 March 2025

Steam: 98/100

The player explores a large black and white picture, where he tries to find all the hidden cats. As you pass, you can paint the image in bright colors. You can...

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...

Quintet

Free game, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Steam: 77/100

Quintet is a science-fiction multiplayer game in which a crew works together to operate a single spaceship. Players take on five roles: Captain, Helm, Tactical...

Chasing Styx

Free game, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2017

Steam: 84/100

This run-and-gun action game with bullet-hell elements follows Cerberus, guardian of the Underworld, after a herd of woodland rabbits wanders into the realm of the...

Cities: Skylines - Match Day

Strategy, Simulation, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Free game

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2016

Steam: 90/100

Cities: Skylines — Match Day is a free-to-play add-on for the city-building simulator Cities: Skylines. It includes detailed customization of sports facilities...

Cayne

Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Free game

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2017

Steam: 80/100

Cayne is a shareware adventure horror game with an isometric camera view. The game's events revolve around a pregnant woman named Hadley, who is about to give...

Sabotris

Free game, Puzzle, Arcade, Casual game, Online, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2022

Steam: 85/100

Sabotris is a free, unusual game in which you need to combine different shapes into solid blocks. The main difference from other similar projects is that players...

Tidal Shock: Off The Hook

Shooter, Action, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

A multiplayer game in which up to 12 people fight each other under water. On the arenas, you can use special torpedoes for quick movement. There is a variety of...

Slumbering Feline

Free game, Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 March 2025

Steam: 72/100

The story of Momo, who has lost his way in a strange dream and is trying to get out of it. It is necessary to use magical equipment to fight enemies and discover...

A Night Before the Deadline

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Runner, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2021

Steam: 78/100

A free adventure game with minimalist graphics and an atmospheric soundtrack. The story tells about a developer named Joe, who stays in the office late at night to...

Viridi

Free game, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 20 August 2015

Steam: 91/100

A casual simulation about caring for succulents that grow in real time. The player tends a small pot of plants and checks in on them to keep them...

Zaccaria Pinball

Simulation, Free game, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2025

Steam: 75/100

A pinball simulator featuring digital recreations of tables by the Italian manufacturer Zaccaria, one of the world’s largest pinball makers during the heyday of the...

Istrolid

Free game, Strategy, Construction

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2016

Steam: 86/100

Istrolid is a space strategy game centered on building a fleet from ships assembled out of a wide range of parts. With no fixed units or factions, each design can...

Mystic Destinies: Serendipity of Aeons

Visual novel, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2016

Steam: 81/100

This urban fantasy visual novel follows university student Tsubasa Fujimoto, who gains immense magical powers after a ritual. She discovers the supernatural world...

The Abbey of Crime Extensum

Free game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2016

Steam: 86/100

Set in a Benedictine abbey, this adventure follows the Franciscan William of Occam and his young novice, Adso of Melk, as they investigate a series of murders. The...

Ortus Regni

Free game, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 June 2016

Steam: 83/100

A strategic card game about Anglo-Saxon earls competing for land and power in the late Anglo-Saxon period. Players take the roles of earls seeking to bring...

拯救大魔王2 Rescue the Great Demon 2

Free game, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2016

Steam: 73/100

This role-playing game is set on a continent ruled by humans, who have enslaved every race that opposed them. The demons have been held in bondage for 80 years...

Connected Hearts - Visual novel

Free game, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 August 2017

Steam: 89/100

A thriller, mystery, and fantasy visual novel follows a protagonist who has a strange dream shortly after moving away. In it, he meets Alice, who tells him that he...

Only If

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

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2014

Steam: 61/100

Only If is a surreal first-person adventure puzzle game about Anthony Clyde, who wakes up in an unfamiliar bed after a night of partying with no memory of what...

Warfork

Free game, Action, Online

Early Access: Linux → 16 August 2019

Steam: 90/100

Warfork is an online first-person shooter focused on speed, aim, movement, and competitive play. It has no character leveling or purchasable weapons, and avoids...

Oh…Sir! The Insult Simulator

Simulation, Fighting, Logic, Indie, Side view, Comedy, Free game

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Oh...Sir! The Insult Simulator is a full-fledged remake of the logic simulator with elements of the fighting game Oh...Sir!. You have to engage in active debate...

Himno

Action, Platformer, Free game, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 26 April 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Himno is a free-to-play side-scrolling action platformer that combines parkour mechanics, old-school pixel art, and an endless supply of procedurally generated...

Industry Idle

Arcade, Free game, Simulation, Business / Management, Roguelike, Clicker, Strategy, Construction

Early Access: Linux → 29 March 2021; Game released: Linux → 13 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

A production simulator with clicker elements, where everything revolves around factories, resources and precise calculations. Here, every step is a decision, every...

Mortimer: First Launch

Adventure, Casual game, Third-person view, Exploration, Puzzle, Stealth, Open world, Free game

Game released: Linux → 18 December 2024

Steam: 88/100

An adventure set in a whimsical version of a Florida park located near the Kennedy Space Center. Mortimer the Raccoon explores the world around him, solves puzzles...

SurfsUp

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Online, Racing, Platformer, First-person view, Free game, Runner

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2025

Steam: 85/100

A multiplayer air surfing game where you can jump on ramps and perform tricks. There are daily random maps and global leaderboards. Various cosmetic items and...

Guac & Load

Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Zombies, Survival, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2025; Early Access: Linux → 12 July 2025

Steam: 100/100

The player manages a restaurant where true chaos reigns. You will have to cook dishes in the kitchen, deliver orders to guests, and work at the cash register to...

Off-Peak

Free game, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2016

Steam: 89/100

This first-person adventure is set in the near future at a cathedral-like train station. Stranded there while searching for a ticket out of town, the protagonist...

CS2D

Shooter, Online, Free game

Game released: Linux → 15 November 2017

Steam: 89/100

CS2D is a top-down multiplayer shooter in which two teams fight in matches with different objectives. Matches can be played online, over a local network or against...

Zombo Buster Rising

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Free game, Side view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

A 2D action game with tower-defense elements, in which the player fights off zombies by shooting at them from a terrace. Two AI-controlled characters assist in...

Cities: Skylines - Pearls from the East

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Free game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Cities: Skylines — Pearls from the East is a free add-on for the city-building simulator Cities: Skylines. You will find three new buildings that affect the...

Lawyer Guy: Defender of Justice

Side view, Platformer, Science fiction, Action, Free game, Old school, Combat robots

Early Access: Linux → 6 November 2020

Steam: 78/100

Lawyer Guy: Defender of Justice — A fantastic side-scrolling platformer with action elements. There are no gimmicks here, just quality level design and...

Scrapvival

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 22 November 2021

Steam: 55/100

Scrapvival is an atmospheric multiplayer shooter with survival elements and a first-person view. The game will take you to a landfill where the main threat is...

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...

Islet Hell

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Educational game (Education), Indie, Free game, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2022

Steam: 92/100

A free, old-school flight simulator where players can learn how to control a plane as it flies over various islands. The game has ten levels with increasing...

Hypersomnia

Shooter, Science fiction, Top-down view, Online, Old school, Free game

Game released: Linux → 29 December 2023

Steam: 94/100

In the game world, three factions oppose each other. Gamers can fight on arena maps in one-on-one duels or team bomb defusal modes. The arsenal includes 24 unique...

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Best Games in the Free game genre for Linux