Hack and slash for Linux — top best games in the Hack and slash genre

Dota 2 - a game in the Hack and slash genre

Role-playing game, Strategy, Hack and slash, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, MOBA

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2013

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Dota 2 is a continuation of the legendary team tactical and strategic game with role-playing game elements, in which each player controls one hero, and, if the hero...

Nunholy

Action, Roguelike, Hack and slash, Adult game, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Isometric, Gothic, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2025

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

A fantasy action game in which militant nuns go into dark dungeons to destroy vampires and cleanse the world of evil. By defeating enemies, you can absorb their...

Last Epoch

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, Hack and slash, Isometric, Free game, Fantasy, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2024

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A free-to-play action RPG set in a fantasy world where players travel back in time to save time from the Void. Humanity is forced to live underground in order to...

Children of Morta

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, Top-down view, Roguelike, Fantasy, Medieval era, Online, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game tells the story of the Bergson family, who live at the foot of a cursed mountain. An ancient evil has awakened and now only a famous family can stop it...

Left 4 Dead 3

Action, Shooter, Horror, Hack and slash, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Not officially announced: Linux → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 7.8/10

The game is a prequel to Left 4 Dead and tells about the first month of infection. Six chapters, four characters, one of which fights with fists and has a unique...

Hero Siege

Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Indie, Role-playing game, Online

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 60/100

This pixel-art action RPG with hack-and-slash combat and roguelike elements takes place in Tarethiel, a world besieged by the forces of Hell. The hero battles...

Sui Generis

Role-playing game, Horror, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game canceled: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.3/10

Sui Generis is an action RPG with an isometric camera view set in an open fantasy world. In a treacherous world with a tormented history, the meager remnants of...

Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

Action, Shooter, Fighting, Hack and slash, First-person view, Old school

Game released: Linux → 8 July 2013

Players: 4.4/10

Steam: 88/100

This first-person shooter is set in a near-future Japan where corporations control everyday life and employ Shadow Warriors to eliminate opposition. Lo Wang, the...

FORCED

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2013

Players: 5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 72/100

FORCED is an arcade action RPG with puzzle and tactical elements. From one to 4 players can take part in the game at the same time. The character of the game is a...

Niffelheim

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Crafting

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

This action role-playing game with survival and crafting elements follows a fallen warrior whose soul ends up in the harsh world of Niffelheim instead of reaching...

Die For Valhalla

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Side view, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2018

Steam: 70/100

Die For Valhalla is a dynamic action game with role-playing elements and a side view. In the game you will play the role of a warrior Valkyrie and set out to...

Vendetta - Curse of Raven's Cry

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 45/100

Metacritic: 27/100

Vendetta — Curse of Raven's Cry is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view from the creators of the Two Worlds series. The main character of the game...

Akaneiro: Demon Hunters

Role-playing game, Online, Hack and slash, Isometric, Free game, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 53/100

An action RPG set in a dark fantasy interpretation of Edo-era Japan, where Japanese folklore meets elements of Little Red Riding Hood. Players hunt mythical...

Knightmare Tower

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A fantasy action arcade game in which a hero fights upward through a tower, rescuing princesses and escaping rising boiling lava. The ascent is filled with monsters...

Land of Labyrinth

Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Frozen: Linux → 4 July 2014

Land of Labyrinth is a third-person action-adventure game with puzzle and fantasy elements. Sven, a young adventurer searching for his missing father, must navigate...

Nekro

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → I квартал 2014

Nekro is an isometric RPG with action, hack and slash and fantasy games from DarkForge and darkForge Games LLC. The game is published by DarkForge and darkForge...

Golden Rush

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Online, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Mini-game / browser-based, MOBA

Early Access: Linux → 23 September 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Golden Rush is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game in a fantasy setting. In it you can become one of the legendary heroes fighting for the treasures...

Upside-Down Dimensions

Role-playing game, Action, Stealth, Hack and slash, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure

Early Access: Linux → 9 August 2017

Set in a paper kingdom threatened by an army led by the Dark Shogun, this action-adventure combines role-playing, platforming, stealth and hack-and-slash combat...

Rack N Ruin

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2015

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 59/100

This isometric action-adventure with arcade shooter elements follows Rack, a demon wizard sent by the dark lord Ruin to conquer a world. Rack usually destroys the...

Heldric - The Legend of the shoemaker

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Steam: 66/100

Heldric — The Legend of the shoemaker is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of action, slasher, hack-and-slash and indie games from Astral Byte...

Dungeon Kingdom

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, First-person view, Dungeons, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 20 November 2015

Steam: 61/100

Dungeon Kingdom is a hack-and-slash RPG with a first-person perspective. This is a modern real-time dungeon crawling RPG. You will plunge into a fantastic adventure...

A Wizard's Lizard

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Mini-game / browser-based, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2014

Steam: 69/100

An isometric action RPG with roguelike elements, A Wizard's Lizard follows a wizard’s loyal pet lizard on a quest to rescue its master in Amberfall. After the...

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