Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 11

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2013

Steam: 44/100

Dark Matter is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the distant future, where you have to...

Teslagrad

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and...

Outlast: Whistleblower

Action, Adventure, Horror, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Outlast: Whistleblower is an add-on for the first-person horror adventure game Outlast. The add-on will tell the story of software engineer Waylon...

Gods Will Be Watching

Strategy, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2014

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A science-fiction point-and-click thriller set amid an interstellar conflict, where decisions shape the fate of a crew and the people it is sworn to...

Spring Falls

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 17 November 2019

Steam: 96/100

This puzzle game about water, erosion, and plant growth unfolds on a mountainside. The player reshapes the landscape to direct the flow of water...

Getaway Storm

Action, Racing, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2020

Steam: 82/100

An arcade racing game with procedurally generated tracks, where a group tries to stay on the road for as long as possible. Online races support one...

Strip 4: Classmate Study

Casual game, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 February 2020

Steam: 73/100

This casual simulator combines Connect Four with an erotic premise: a classmate invites the protagonist to study for exams, but soon asks to play...

Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two

Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 7 May 2020

Steam: 98/100

This interactive adventure with romance continues the story of a detective in the quiet town of Wayhaven, where supernatural events are unfolding...

Stranded In Time

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 July 2015

Steam: 76/100

Stranded In Time is an indie point-and-click adventure puzzle game. This game takes you back to the good old days of graphic adventure games, where...

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Arcade, Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Space

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This co-op space shooter follows a crew exploring a colorful galaxy aboard a shared neon battleship and fighting the forces of Anti-Love. Players...

//TODO: today

Free game, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2021

Steam: 92/100

This slice-of-life visual novel with dating-sim elements follows Teal, a college dropout and aspiring artist who cannot afford rent. An AI appears on...

Isonzo

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Historical, Simulation, Indie, MMO

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Isonzo is a multiplayer first-person shooter from the creators of Tannenberg and Verdun. The game takes place in the Alps during World War I...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Dimension Shellshock

DLC, Side view, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Comics, Beat them all, Arcade, Online, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2023

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 87/100

The Neutrino alien race from Dimension X needs help again: Shredder is planning to take over the entire multiverse by moving between dimensions. The...

BZZZT

Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 November 2023

Steam: 93/100

BZZZT is a pixel-art platformer about the small robot ZX8000, whose mission is to thwart the plans of the evil scientist Badbert in a future setting...

Rauniot

Adventure, Indie, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2024

Steam: 86/100

Rauniot is an isometric post-apocalyptic point-and-click adventure set in Northern Finland after a natural disaster devastated civilization in 1975...

Between Me and The Night

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 22 January 2016

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This surrealist action adventure follows a young boy exploring a mysterious house on the thin line between sanity and madness. The player searches...

Metropolis: Lux Obscura

Interactive movie, Visual novel, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Metropolis: Lux Obscura is a unique blend of visual novel and match-3 puzzle game set in a noir setting. The game takes place in the gloomy city of...

AER Memories of Old

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

AER Memories of Old is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a girl who can turn...

while True: learn()

Educational game (Education), Simulation, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 18 January 2019

Steam: 88/100

An indie puzzle game with elements of a simulator and adventure, where all the mechanics are tied to machine learning. The main character is a...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in...

The Battle of Polytopia

Strategy, Simulation, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Online

Game released: Linux → 4 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Battle of Polytopia is a minimalist global strategy game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. In the game you will go to conquer...

Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare

Arcade, Side view, DLC, Fighting, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Streets Of Rage 4 — Mr. X Nightmare — an expansion for the old-school side-scrolling beat 'em up Streets of Rage 4. After the events of the...

Legend of Grimrock

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 19 December 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Legend of Grimrock is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A group of prisoners are sentenced to death by exile...

Surgeon Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Logic, Indie, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2013

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Surgeon Simulator is a logic action game with simulator elements and a first-person view. You take on the role of Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon...

Lifeless Planet

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Space

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lifeless Planet is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game tells the story of an astronaut who discovers an...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 26 June 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat...

Jackbox Party Pack

Arcade, Board / Group Game, Casual game, Trivia, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 November 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Jackbox Party Pack is a fun, arcade game for a large group. Using your mobile devices and computer, you have to play simple, uncomplicated games with...

Morok

Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 14 October 2019

Steam: 79/100

A visual novel with a northern atmosphere follows a stranger who wakes up in a swamp near a Karelian village. The locals know the protagonist, but he...

Dear Devere

Indie, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2020

Steam: 95/100

A romantic mystery visual novel told through correspondence and set in Scotland in 1935. Angela Bard, a quiet and solitary woman, receives a...

Cyber Attack

Strategy, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 20 August 2020

Steam: 69/100

A strategy game with economic elements about a team of hackers intercepting communications between corporations, governments, and criminals around...

Flipon

Indie, Arcade, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2020

Steam: 92/100

This arcade puzzle game follows Kat and her crew of flipoblock miners on a journey through the Flipon solar system. The player aligns blocks to...

Doodle God

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Free game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 September 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Doodle God is a casual, logical game for all ages. You will have four elements in your hands: air, water, earth and fire. By combining them, the...

Tandis

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2022

Steam: 94/100

Tandis is a 3D puzzle game about exploring geometric forms. Players discover unusual shapes using simple transformations and can export their...

12 is Better Than 6

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

12 is Better Than 6 is a hardcore top-down action game from indie developers from the studio Ink Stains Games. The game will tell the story of a...

Reigns

Board / Group Game, Card game, Logic, Medieval era, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Reigns is a card board game where you will become the ruler of a small kingdom and take part in important elections that will determine your reign...

Vintage Story

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2016

Players: 9.6/10

A hardcore sandbox survival game inspired by the ideas of classic voxel games in the spirit of Minecraft, but reimagined through the lens of realism...

Slayaway Camp

Arcade, Strategy, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Slayaway Camp is an exciting strategy game with horror elements and a lot of puzzles. You have to get used to the role of a maniac killer, calling...

Robot Named Fight

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 September 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Robot Named Fight is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a sci-fi setting. You will go on a dangerous journey through a randomly generated...

Dead in Vinland

Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Survival, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 12 April 2018

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dead in Vinland is an adventure role-playing game with survival and management elements, which is a direct sequel to Dead In Bermuda. Finding himself...

TerraTech

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Construction, Sandbox, Open world

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

TerraTech is an exciting sandbox where you can manage a fleet of unique cars and fight enemies for valuable resources. Particular emphasis is placed...

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