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The Last Train - a game in the Indie genre

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Simulation, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Trains, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2018

Players: 1/10

The Last Train is an indie role-playing simulator with elements of a post-apocalyptic adventure. You play the role of one of the last surviving train drivers in...

Stalker Apocalypse

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game canceled: Linux → 2015

Anticipation Rating: 8.2/10

Stalker Apocalypse is a first-person role-playing game with a mixture of action, shooter, adventure, fantasy and indie games from West Games. The game is published...

Refactor

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Frozen: Linux → 2020

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

Refactor is a side-scrolling, physics-based adventure puzzle platformer. The game takes place in a very bizarre world, which in itself is a huge puzzle. You can...

Akuto: Showdown

Arcade, Action, Online, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2019

Akuto: Showdown is an isometric multiplayer action game where you will fight with swords against other players in various arenas. The game itself takes place in...

10,000,000

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2014

Players: 5.5/10

10,000,000 — Action role-playing roguelike in a fantasy style with puzzle elements and a side view. In this game you have to run non-stop, overcome obstacles...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...

Masterplan

Action, Strategy, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 4 June 2015

Metacritic: 68/100

Masterplan is an action game with a mixture of strategy, indie game and tactical game from the developers from the Shark Punch studio. The main publisher of the...

KIDS

Indie, Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2019

Players: 10/10

KIDS is a short interactive animated game created by Michael Frei and Mario von Rickenbach. The passage is designed to last up to 30 minutes and will allow you to...

NEO Scavenger

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2013

Players: 8/10

NEO Scavenger is a turn-based strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat. In the game, you will need to survive in post-apocalyptic Michigan, travel...

NoseBound

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2021

NoseBound is a classic point and click side-scrolling adventure with a noir style. The game tells the story of private detective Ray Hammond, who is trying to catch...

Woah Dave!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 October 2014

Metacritic: 71/100

Woah Dave! is an arcade game with elements of action, platformer and indie game from developers from MiniVisions studio. The game is published by Choice...

Detail

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Point & Click,

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Detail is an episodic point and click adventure in a noir style, inspired by the HBO series The Wire. The game tells an intriguing story of police officer Reginald...

Crowsworn

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.9/10

The game takes place in the kingdom of Fearandal, which was once hit by a dark curse that destroyed most of the population and summoned terrible creatures into the...

Byte Driver

Arcade, Action, Racing, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2019

Byte Driver — arcade retrowave race in which the main character drives along the roads and fights with other cars. Self-driving cars have become self-aware...

The Roottrees are Dead

Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2025

Metacritic: 86/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Return of the Obra Dinn, but set in the 90s. The main character is a young investigative journalist trying to establish the...

Gamblers Table

Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Clicker

Game released: Linux → 11 January 2026

A minimalist clicker with pixel graphics and cute helpers. The gameplay revolves around tossing coins. If the coin falls as a dollar — you earn money, if it falls...

Tallowmere

Arcade, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2015

Players: 6/10

Tallowmere is an arcade game with a mixture of platformer and indie game from the developers of the Chris McFarland studio. The game is published by Chris...

TinyKeep

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 December 2014

TinyKeep is an isometric RPG with action, fantasy and indie elements from the developers of Phigames. The game is published by Digital Tribe...

Chicken Invaders 4

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Chicken Invaders 4 is a top-down, sci-fi arcade action game. They came without warning, squawking menacingly, their ruffled feathers darkening the sun. An invasion...

Kingdom Draw

Card game, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Kingdom Draw is a top-down tactical turn-based strategy game in the fantasy genre for multiple players. You have to gather your armies, prepare your spells and dive...

Alwa's Awakening

Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Alwa's Awakening is a classic side-scrolling adventure platformer. The main character Zoya really loves video games. And one day, when she sat at the monitor and...

Metropolisim

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie

Frozen: Linux → 2020

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A city-building simulator with an isometric view, where managing a city becomes as exciting as building it. Every decision impacts millions of residents: everyone...

This War of Mine: Final Cut

Action, Historical, Business / Management, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine: Final Cut — an enhanced and complete edition of the atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The package includes an expanded...

Кризис в Кремле: Холодная война

Simulation, Strategy, Historical, Indie, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2025

Players: 9.9/10

A global political strategy in real time, dedicated to the last decade of the USSR. As you progress, you must manage the economy, domestic politics and foreign...

Cybercube

Platformer, Arcade, Action, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Cybercube is an arcade indie platformer with action elements and a side view. You will have to go through 100 levels with a mesmerizing background, each of which...

The Wild Case

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2021

Players: 8.3/10

The Wild Case is an indie point and click adventure puzzle game with supernatural elements. In this game, players meet a variety of colorful characters, experience...

Switch 'N' Shoot

Action, Shooter, Indie, Futurism (Future), Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2016

Switch 'N' Shoot is a vertical shoot 'em up shooter about once again saving the Earth from an alien threat. You are the pilot of a future space fighter with only...

A.N.N.E.

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Early Access: Linux → 26 June 2019; Game in development: Linux → 2027

A.N.N.E. is an adventure platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of robot Number25, accused of loving another robot A.N.N.E. Love...

Survivor Squad: Gauntlets

Action, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 November 2015

Survivor Squad: Gauntlets is an action game with a dash of strategy and indie game from the masters at Endless Loop Studios. The main publisher of the game is...

Banebush

Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 December 2024

Players: 9.7/10

A gloomy adventure made in black and red colors and inspired by fairy tales. The game has several endings, the receipt of which depends on the decisions made by the...

OVIVO

Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 8 September 2017

Metacritic: 71/100

OVIVO is a minimalist side-scrolling indie platformer. In the world of the game, Black and White live in harmony. Intertwining and replacing each other, they...

The Mims Beginning

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2016

The Mims Beginning is a vibrant god simulator where you control your own race of alien creatures. The plot takes place in an unknown space and time. In this galaxy...

Molecats

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Molecats is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game set in the mysterious and wonderful world of cats. They love to collect mushrooms in the most dangerous...

Tiles

Action, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2017

Tiles is a unique puzzle game that will challenge your mind and burn your fingertips. It's simple, you need to move from green tiles to red ones, clearing the blue...

Jaded

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2025

Players: 10/10

A fun platformer where you can slow down time, perform 360-degree dashes and fight hordes of enemies. The main character explores picturesque snowy mountains, dense...

Toast Time

Arcade, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 November 2014

Metacritic: 81/100

Toast Time is an arcade game with action elements and indie games from developers from the Force Of Habit studio. The game is published by Force Of Habit. Toast...

Robocraft

Role-playing game, Simulation, Shooter, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 24 August 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Robocraft is a shareware multiplayer robot simulator in which you have to build your own personal robot and then send it to fight with other similar creatures of...

Defend the Highlands

Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2015

Defend the Highlands is a humorous tower defense strategy game set in a medieval setting. The events of the game take place in Scotland, where proud highlanders are...

Curious Expedition

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2016

Metacritic: 71/100

Curious Expedition is a procedurally generated adventure role-playing game set in the 19th century. You can feel like a real explorer and discoverer. Choose one of...

Life Goes On: Done to Death

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Life Goes On: Done to Death is an isometric arcade game with action, platformer, puzzle and indie elements from developers from the Infinite Monkeys studio. The...

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