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Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition - a game in the Indie genre

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Side view, Turn-based, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018

Players: 6.2/10

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition — enhanced edition of the role-playing game Deep Sky Derelicts. It includes expansions: Deep Sky Derelicts...

Rebel Cops

Strategy, Tactics, Stealth, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 September 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Rebel Cops is a tactical strategy with step-by-step battles and isometric type of camera, which is the spin-off of the This Is the Police series. In...

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Chess game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

A strategy game with roguelike elements that reimagines chess. The player takes control of a black king with a shotgun, who must defeat an army of...

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania

DLC, Action, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Roguelike, Platformer, Gothic

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2023

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 88/100

An expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action roguelike Dead Cells, which brings original content inspired by Castlevania to the game. The...

Three Minutes to Eight

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2023

Steam: 63/100

A pixel game set in the near future. The main character should die at exactly 19:57, but the gamer still tries to save him. We need to find ways to...

Anima Flux

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

A cooperative game that pits two genetically modified soldiers against mutants in a deserted space city. Each character has their own characteristics...

World of Diving

Simulation, First-person view, Sports game, Indie, Adventure, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 26 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 49/100

World of Diving is a multiplayer diving simulator in which players explore the ocean and take on underwater missions, with optional VR support. Dives...

Bombing Bastards

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Isometric, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 December 2014

Steam: 57/100

This arcade game centers on Dr. Wallow, who clears the galaxy of troublesome creatures and seeks to become its ruler. In the single-player adventure...

Twists of My Life

Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2019

Steam: 74/100

This visual novel follows a law student at University N whose ordinary life changes after he gets into trouble and has to move. The move begins a new...

BEARS, VODKA, BALALAIKA! 🐻

Indie, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2019

Steam: 89/100

This shooter follows a Soviet soldier defending his homeland from Nazi occupation during World War II. Armed with an AK-47, the player fights enemy...

星礼研究所 | Sighchology Research Lab

Indie, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 31 December 2019

Steam: 82/100

This simulation follows a student working in a psychology research lab, conducting research and preparing an academic paper. The work continues day...

Barony

Role-playing game, Roguelike, First-person view, Indie, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 23 June 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Barony is a cooperative action-adventure game with a first-person view and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. You have to explore dangerous...

FPS Infinite

Indie, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 16 March 2020

Steam: 83/100

An action-adventure inspired by Metroid Prime, FPS Infinite features procedurally generated worlds, enemies, weapons and levels. The player explores...

Vampire: The Masquerade — Out for Blood

Role-playing game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 29 July 2021

Steam: 73/100

A text-based role-playing horror novel set in the World of Darkness, about a vampire hunter trying to protect a small town from a supernatural...

Erra: Exordium

Adventure, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 November 2023

Steam: 81/100

Erra: Exordium is a 2D action-adventure game set in a dieselpunk world inspired by Sumerian-Akkadian mythology. After the end of the world, a...

Chaos Reborn

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Chaos Reborn is a multiplayer tactics game from the creator of the original X-COM. In which, in turn-based mode, from two to six warlocks controlled...

Shardlight

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2016

Players: 4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Shardlight is a "point-and-click" adventure set in a post-apocalyptic environment. The main character is a dying woman named Amy. The thing is, even...

Detention

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 12 January 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Detention is an indie puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. At Greenwood High School, located in a remote mountainous area, two students...

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

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

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is a sequel to the first-person puzzle adventure based on George Orwell's novel 1984. You assume the role of an...

Little Misfortune

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

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Little Misfortune is an exciting side-scrolling interactive adventure. In the game you will try on the role of the little girl Ramirez Hernandez, who...

The Procession to Calvary

Adventure, Historical, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Medieval era

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2020

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The Procession to Calvary is a side-scrolling adventure game with elements of historical black comedy. The game takes place during the Renaissance...

Game released: Linux → 14 May 2020

Steam: 83/100

Related is an adventure puzzle game about twin sisters who live in an orphanage and share one body and one head. Each sister controls one half of...

Space Crew: Legendary Edition

Action, Science fiction, Space, Business / Management, Indie, Roguelike, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Steam: 77/100

The player, as a captain, controls a spaceship. It is necessary to recruit crew members, explore the galaxy and confront aliens. The legendary...

Sword of the Necromancer

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

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2021

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Sword of the Necromancer is an action RPG with roguelike elements where you can revive dead enemies to fight on your side. The main character...

Asylum

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

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

The main character once ended up in a psychiatric hospital-a place full of pain and suffering. He dreamed of forgetting this horror, but the memories...

Flat Heroes

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 8 September 2016

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Flat Heroes is a minimalist top-down arcade action game. You have to compete with your opponent in intense competitions. The game provides both local...

Voxel Tycoon

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Trains, Indie, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: Linux → 15 April 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Voxel Tycoon is a management simulator with an isometric camera view, set in an endless world of voxels. As you progress, you will have to mine...

Backpack Hero

Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy, Dungeons, Tactics, Card game, Side view, Roguelike, Replayability

Early Access: Linux → 15 August 2022; Game released: Linux → 14 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Pixel roguelike about anthropomorphic animals and inventory management. The player sets out to conquer dungeons, collecting rare items, distributing...

Braid

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2009

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to...

Unepic

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in...

Never Alone

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

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the...

Talos Principle

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2014

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Talos Principle is a first-person adventure puzzle game in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Serious Sam. In an unknown place, deserted and...

The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place

Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2020

Steam: 84/100

This interactive tale combines descriptive text with surrealist visuals to tell of a building eater consuming a tower in Matsyapura, a town condemned...

Tyrania - A Kinetic Visual Novel

Free game, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2020

Steam: 77/100

A psychological visual novel set in a world plagued by crime and terrorism, where governments prioritize war over public safety. Edo gains the...

Petal Crash

Indie, Puzzle, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2020

Steam: 96/100

Petal Crash is an arcade puzzle game set in Florea, a land divided into city-states. Seven Sacred Blossoms, once kept in the Royal Garden, have...

MyCompany996

Simulation, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2020

Steam: 73/100

This narrative simulation follows an aspiring programmer who joins a small internet startup and faces the complications of office life. To keep the...

Heart Fragment

Indie, Simulation, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2021

Steam: 91/100

This psychological otome game with fantasy elements follows a protagonist coping with her mother’s death before discovering that she is not entirely...

Mushroom 11

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Mushroom 11 is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Controlling an amorphous organism, you have to overcome flocks of strange mutated...

Prison Run and Gun

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 16 March 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Arcade action platformer with pixel graphics about a daring prison escape. The main character must overcome many obstacles, fight enemies, and solve...

Zombie Night Terror

Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Zombies, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Zombie Night Terror is a side-view management strategy set in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to control a squad of zombies, whose goal...

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