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

Joe Danger 2: The Movie - a game in the Indie genre

Game released: Linux → Q1 2014

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade stunt game follows Joe Danger as he performs daredevil feats on the set of a blockbuster movie. Across 100 levels, he pursues crooks on a police bike...

Choice of Robots

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Text quest, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 19 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Choice of Robots — fantasy role-playing game with adventure elements in the visual novel genre. This is an epic 300,000 word interactive sci-fi novel by Kevin...

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2015

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today is an atmospheric “point and click” adventure with a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. A terrible epidemic turns...

Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey

Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Side view, Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 5 August 2015

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey is a word puzzle game with a side view and a fantasy setting. The main task of the players is to collect English words from letters...

Bug Butcher

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

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2016

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Bug Butcher is a futuristic side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Over the course of more than 50 levels, you will have to face countless hordes of aliens alone...

The Mims Beginning

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, God Simulator, City Building, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2016

Steam: 76/100

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...

ClickRaid

Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2017

Steam: 81/100

A multiplayer incremental game with action and adventure elements, ClickRaid has players team up to fight enemies and steadily increase their numbers and bonuses...

Vagante

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

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...

Swords of Ditto

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Swords of Ditto is a top-down action-adventure RPG in a fantasy setting. The game is dedicated to creating unique adventures for each new hero of the legend...

Just Shapes & Beats

Action, Music game, Side view, Online, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Just Shapes & Beats is a hardcore multiplayer rhythm game with fast-paced shootouts. Together with your friends you have to survive the attack of musical waves...

Out of The Box

Arcade, Strategy, Adventure, Adult game, Indie, Simulation, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2018

Players: 1/10

Steam: 88/100

Out of The Box is an adventure arcade game with strategy elements. The events of the game will tell the story of Warren Baker, a simple bouncer who works in the...

Angeldust

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 22 December 2019

Steam: 64/100

Angeldust is a first-person MMORPG with indie action elements. Explore endless magical worlds and battle fearsome creatures with millions of friends. Ride your...

Filament

Logic, Puzzle, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Filament is an adventure game with lots of puzzles in a sci-fi setting. You will board the Alabaster, one of the leading scientific starships of the Thread...

Incremental Adventures

Free game, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Incremental Adventures — a shareware text auto-battler in which you will become a guide for a group of brave heroes in their never-ending adventure. Expect...

The Wild Case

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

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Elemental War 2

Strategy, In real time, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2022

Steam: 72/100

A strategy game in the "tower defense" genre, where classic tower defense combines with a system of collecting elements and creating new combinations. As a result...

Mini Sports

Collection, Online, Arcade, Racing, Billiards, Golf, Indie, Casual game, Sports game

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2024

Steam: 63/100

A collection of multiplayer sports games in which two gamers fight one on one. There are classic billiards, arcade races with a view of the top, badminton, Curling...

Roombattle

Action, Online, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2026

VGTimes: 5.2/10

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

The game turns ordinary cleaning into a crazy party, where vacuums clash in chaotic battles. The main task is simple — pop the opponents' balloons and be the last...

Voice of Chernobyl

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Free game, Zombies, Survival

Early Access: Linux → 18 September 2022

Steam: 72/100

Voice of Chernobyl is a free multiplayer first-person shooter in a post-apocalyptic setting. Players have access to 8 maps of different sizes, 50 types of weapons...

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

Arcade, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2012

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in which you become an alien bubble and try to destroy all of humanity. The game...

Proteus

Arcade, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2013

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This first-person exploration game takes place on dreamlike islands where the surroundings shape the soundtrack. The procedurally generated islands are home to...

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 abandoned Soviet...

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...

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...

Goat Simulator GoatZ

Action, Shooter, DLC, Third-person view, Simulation, Zombies, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 May 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Audiosurf 2

Arcade, Action, Music game, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Audiosurf 2 is a continuation of the musical racing arcade game with a third-person view. The sequel features many improvements over the original. First of all...

OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood

Arcade, Platformer, Sports game, Skateboards, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This arcade skateboarding platformer moves the action from the streets to cinematic sets in Olliwood. Players ride levels filled with ramps and hills, choose routes...

Super Night Riders

Arcade, Racing, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2016

Steam: 89/100

This arcade racing game, inspired by retro classics, follows Alice, a motorcyclist known as the Red Rider. In Super Night Riders, race position is unimportant: the...

Beat Cop

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Beat Cop is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with pixel graphics. The game takes place in New York in the 80s. Former detective Jack Kelly was framed for...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

Warstone TD

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2018

Steam: 86/100

A fantasy strategy game in the "tower defense" genre, combining the classic formula of defending against waves of enemies with a large-scale kingdom development...

Riot: Civil Unrest

Action, Strategy, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2019

Players: 4.6/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Riot: Civil Unrest is a real-time uprising simulator that puts you in the thick of world-famous conflicts. The following campaigns await you: Outraged (Spain), Arab...

Sparklite

Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2019

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Sparklite is an action-adventure RPG with roguelike elements and a top-down view. The game takes place in the unusual country of Geodia, where you can fight crowds...

MMORPG Tycoon 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Simulation, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Sandbox, City Building, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 85/100

MMORPG Tycoon 2 is an incredible sandbox with a first-person view, in which you take control of a full-size world and fill it with monsters, cities, NPCs and quest...

Summer With You

Anime / Manga, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Comedy, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 53/100

Summer With You is an adventure visual novel in the anime genre with humor. Every day at school for Kai — like a repetition of the previous one. Beating by...

Paleo Pines

Action, Third-person view, Farm Simulator, Exploration, Casual game, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2023

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The game takes place on a colorful island where kind dinosaurs and eccentric people live. Together with their faithful companion, the dinosaur Lucky, players...

Bait & Tackle

Hunting / Fishing, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view, Comedy, Action

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2025

Steam: 94/100

The player takes on the role of a legendary fisherman, catching exotic fish and battling sea monsters. The protagonist, a retired fisherman, must rebuild his...

Upward

Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view, Casual game, Procedural generation, Parkour

Game released: Linux → 22 June 2026

Steam: 100/100

A free platformer with procedural level generation, where the main goal is to survive as long as possible. Each new run offers a unique combination of locations...

War Selection

Strategy, Online, MMO, In real time, Indie, Free game

Early Access: Linux → 8 October 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 83/100

War Selection is a free-to-play real-time strategy game with battle royale elements. The game allows up to 62 players to battle on a random map. Everyone starts...

Tiny Life

Simulation, Isometric, Sandbox, Casual game, Old school, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 3 May 2023; Game in development: Linux → 2027

Steam: 88/100

Isometric life simulator with a pronounced retro aesthetic reminiscent of the early parts of The Sims. The action is centered around one large house, where the...

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