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螢幕判官 Behind the Screen - a game in the Indie genre

Game released: Linux → 4 April 2018

Steam: 82/100

An adventure game combining puzzles, stealth and combat, with stories inspired by real events in Taiwan. Players explore these stories through a...

Secret Little Haven

Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 16 April 2018

Steam: 98/100

This adventure game follows Alex Cole, a teenage trans girl in 1999 who is still figuring herself out. She spends her free time online, chatting with...

PLANES ATTACK

Free game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2019

Steam: 78/100

This arcade shoot ’em up follows the last pilot at a military base as enemy planes approach the skies of their homeland. In PLANES ATTACK, the player...

Depraved Awakening

Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2019

Steam: 91/100

This adult detective visual novel follows a private eye in Free City whose client is found dead. The police believe it was suicide, but as the...

FULFILLMENT

Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 12 November 2019

Steam: 92/100

A casual indie game with social commentary about working at a fulfillment center. Each workday brings new rules and restrictions, and the player must...

Oppaidius Tropical Cruise!

Casual game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2020

Steam: 91/100

This visual novel follows a cruise trip during which the protagonist meets Angela, a famous singer. The journey begins with a ticket from his friend...

Loop-Loop DX

Free game, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 20 April 2020

Steam: 97/100

This retro-style space shooter follows Commander Carl, convicted of a minor space felony and locked in the intergalactic prison known as The Prisom...

Mists of Noyah

Indie, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2022

Steam: 63/100

This co-op survival game with RPG elements begins in an abandoned fort destroyed by corruption. Players explore the world, gather resources, and...

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

Horror, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk is a visual novel in the horror genre with point and click elements. A psychedelic narrative full of...

Prodeus

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Early Access: Linux → 9 November 2020; Game released: Linux → 23 September 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Prodeus is a fast-paced first-person shooter set in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the DOOM 64 and Quake series. You can expect realistic blood...

Game Dev Tycoon

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Game Dev Tycoon is a game developer simulator in which you play the role of a project manager. You will be able to come up with names for games...

The Stanley Parable

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 88/100

The Stanley Parable is an indie project with a first-person view. The player plays the role of office plankton Stanley, who has spent his whole life...

Drunken Robot Pornography

Shooter, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2014

Steam: 83/100

Drunken Robot Pornography is a first-person bullet-hell shooter in which former bar owner Reuben Matsumoto battles giant robots attacking Boston. The...

8-in-1 IQ Scale Bundle

Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 January 2018

Steam: 73/100

This collection of cognitive mini-games draws on tasks researchers use to assess mental abilities. Its featured activity, Dual N-Back, asks the...

文字獄

Free game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2019

Steam: 89/100

This word-based puzzle game follows a prisoner trying to escape by forming sentences from words found in the prison. Exploration yields cards bearing...

Nice Jumper

Free game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2019

Steam: 81/100

A casual arcade game with minimalist neon graphics, built around jumping as high as possible and testing reaction speed. The player earns coins by...

Sky Force Anniversary

Arcade, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2015

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Sky Force Anniversary is an arcade scrolling shooter set in futuristic aerial battles against waves of enemies and powerful bosses. Missions...

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Action

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition is a complete edition of the arcade platformer with puzzle elements. As a bizarre creature, you have to fly through...

Dandelions in the Sky

Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2020

Steam: 87/100

This visual novel about school bullying follows a new student with a troubling reputation and a classmate who is isolated and picked on by her peers...

Escapists: The Walking Dead

Arcade, Adventure, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Survival, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2015

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Escapists: The Walking Dead is a pixel adventure based on the famous zombie universe of The Walking Dead. The events of the game follow the canon of...

Figment

Adventure, Music game, Isometric, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Figment is an adventure game with a memorable visual style and music. Events take place in a world that is filled with secret thoughts, desires and...

Gachi Revenge

Adventure, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2020

Steam: 93/100

An action-adventure about Mr. FLEX, who sets out to retrieve his stolen saxophone. After a night spent with the instrument, he finds a note from...

Mighty Goose

Action, Shooter, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose...

Crowsworn

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

Game in development: Linux → 2027

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...

NewCity

Simulation, City Building, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 12 June 2020

Steam: 55/100

NewCity is a city-building simulator in which the player leads a settlement from a rural town to a metropolis. As mayor, the player makes the...

Discouraged Workers

Anime / Manga, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2015

Steam: 61/100

This kinetic visual novel, the fifth episode in the Project DW series, follows Ga-yeon, a former hospital coordinator who withdraws from society...

Waking Mars

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2013

Players: 1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Waking Mars is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. In 2097, life was discovered on Mars. During the mission to make first contact, you find...

Kentucky Route Zero

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2013

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 86/100

A mystical adventure with a side view and a unique graphic design. The main character Conway travels to Kentucky to deliver a package. Upon arrival...

Among the Sleep

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Among the Sleep is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. The main character is a very young child. He is hiding from...

Auf Abwegen

Free game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 9 March 2019

Steam: 73/100

This narrative mini-puzzle platformer follows a red fox in its natural habitat as it hunts for food to feed its family. The forest poses threats from...

Who wants to strip this babe? Streamer Girl

Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2019

Steam: 78/100

A casual quiz with adult-game elements in which a streamer girl tests the player's knowledge of video games. Each correct answer makes her remove one...

No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut

Indie, Horror, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2020

Steam: 85/100

This retro horror adventure follows a keeper who arrives on a small island off the coast of the United States to take over from a missing...

a new life.

Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2020

Steam: 97/100

a new life. is a visual novel about a classic love story, from meeting and marriage to growing old. At its heart is the question of what to do when a...

Plague Inc: Evolved

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Business / Management, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Plague Inc: Evolved is an updated version of an unusual simulator with elements of management strategy for modern platforms. The game will give you...

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2017

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a visual novel with a first-person view and elements of a dating simulator. You and your daughter have just...

Space Commander: War and Trade

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 67/100

Space Commander: War and Trade is a fantasy-style tactical action RPG with real-time management elements and an isometric view. You will have to...

CryptoClickers: Crypto Idle Game

Free game, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2021

Steam: 64/100

An incremental clicker game about cryptocurrency-themed systems, where progress comes from clicking and accumulating resources. CryptoClickers does...

Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives

Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2021

Steam: 94/100

This text-based interactive horror role-playing story takes place in Ottawa, where the vampire Prince has vanished. His second-in-command, Eden...

Necesse

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation, Online

Early Access: Linux → 12 December 2019; Game released: Linux → 16 October 2025

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled...

Seeds of Chaos

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 31 January 2020

Steam: 79/100

This dark fantasy visual novel combines role-playing and strategy elements. It follows former hero Rowan Blackwell, forced to serve an evil power, as...

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