Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 15

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Card game, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2026

Players: 6/10

Steam: 83/100

A sci-fi card roguelike where the survival of humanity depends on the correctly assembled train composition, tactical decisions, and the ability to use every...

Counterpick Labs

Roguelike, Platformer, Side view, Online, Indie, Free game, Fighting, Arcade

Early Access: Linux → 13 July 2024

Steam: 89/100

A fast-paced game where you need to knock your opponents off the map to win. You can select and combine different equipment to create the perfect outfit. There are...

Containment: The Zombie Puzzler

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2012

Players: 5/10

Steam: 89/100

An action puzzle game about containing a zombie outbreak in Franklin County. To defeat the undead, the player surrounds them with survivors of the same color, while...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

Tower of Guns

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Replayability, Comics

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A fast-paced first-person shooter with roguelike elements, Tower of Guns sends players through a tower whose levels, enemies, and power-ups change with each run...

Yrminsul

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2014

Steam: 66/100

A strategy game set in a fantasy universe where battles take the form of tower defense, with the player leading the forces of evil against armies of good. The...

Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now

Action, Zombies, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 June 2014

Steam: 86/100

An isometric shooter about fighting zombies and monsters in an apocalyptic city. In the story mode, the protagonist moves through levels, meets characters, takes on...

Whispering Willows

Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the estate in search...

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 the ancient and...

Gunspell

Role-playing game, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 51/100

This fantasy RPG adventure with puzzle elements follows a member of an Order tasked with protecting Earth from monsters. Guns and magic work together as the hero...

InMind VR

Virtual Reality (VR), Free game, Indie, Educational game (Education)

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2015

Steam: 78/100

This arcade game takes place in a science-fiction world inspired by the human brain, where the player travels through neural landscapes in an experimental miniature...

White Night

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2015

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 65/100

White Night is an adventure black-and-white horror game in the noir style. The action of the game takes place in the 1930s, where you will explore the sinister and...

Lost Orbit

Arcade, Action, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This space arcade action game follows Harrison, a maintenance worker and astronaut stranded in deep space after his ship is destroyed, as he tries to make his way...

In Between

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2015

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 68/100

In Between — arcade side-scrolling indie adventure. The game tells a sad story about a man who is dying of cancer. The main character will have to delve into...

Caffeine

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

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 78/100

Caffeine is a first-person sci-fi horror adventure. The game takes place on a spaceship. The main character, who has just returned from a long sleep to real life...

Gunnheim

Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2015

Steam: 40/100

Gunnheim is a top-down cooperative shooter about Viking warriors armed with guns. When the Lord of Death gets drunk during Ragnarok and chaos breaks loose, the...

The Deer

Indie, Adventure, Educational game (Education)

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2016

Steam: 67/100

This educational interactive adventure for children is set in the Pleistocene, where the player takes the role of an ancient deer. The game introduces the animals...

My Night Job

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Survival horror, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2016

Steam: 82/100

My Night Job is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Players have to go to an abandoned building where nightmarish monsters are rampant. And over 60 types of...

Hue

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Hue is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. In it you have to remake the world by changing its background color. Together with a character...

Codex of Victory

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 March 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 69/100

Codex of Victory is a fantastic turn-based strategy game. You have to protect human territories from attacks by the trans-humanoid race of Augments. You will be...

Doodle Devil

Logic, Puzzle, Simulation, Arcade, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 25 May 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 76/100

Doodle Devil — an arcade devil simulator that allows you to create your own universe with demons, monsters, and zombies. The game is a continuation of Doodle God...

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...

Unicorn Dungeon

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Unicorn Dungeon is an original point and click adventure in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in the wonderful world of Artovia, where, in the...

Never Split the Party

Roguelike, Indie, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 3 May 2019

Steam: 72/100

Never Split the Party is a cooperative roguelike about four adventurers venturing into a procedurally generated dungeon to confront the vampire known as the...

Wanderlust: Transsiberian

Visual novel, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Trains, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2020

Steam: 63/100

Wanderlust: Transsiberian — adventure visual novel with a non-linear narrative. The two main characters embark on an amazing journey through the easternmost...

Chronicon

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Chronicon is a top-down action RPG in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in a fictional setting, in which, with the help of a magical device, the chosen ones...

Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Business / Management, Indie, Online, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2020

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp is a sequel to the online dating simulator, this time moving to a new location — a summer camp. The formula of the original...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Iberia

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Open world

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 — Iberia is an add-on for a truck driver simulator with first and third person views. The Iberian Peninsula — or simply Iberia...

Nobodies: After Death

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 20 April 2023

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

The main character is a cleaner for a secret government intelligence organization. Only he can carefully dispose of bodies, brilliantly destroy evidence and leave...

Taro the Sneaky Ninja

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.3/10

Sneaky Ninja is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements. You will play as a secretive ninja master who somewhat resembles a sock rolled up...

Classroom Aquatic

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Logic, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game canceled: Linux → 2017

Classroom Aquatic is an indie logic simulator with educational elements. This is the world's first underwater school simulator. The players act as exchange student...

Interstellar Marines

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 2 July 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 50/100

This tactical sci-fi first-person shooter is set in the early 22nd century, when the discovery of an inexhaustible energy source has enabled humanity to explore the...

Volo Airsport

Indie, Sports game, Action

Early Access: Linux → 4 December 2014

Steam: 66/100

This wingsuit flying sports action game lets players soar over mountain slopes, choosing between high-speed runs along cliffs and cruising at altitude. Its...

Dungeon Kingdom

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, First-person view, Dungeons, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 20 November 2015

Steam: 61/100

Dungeon Kingdom is a hack-and-slash RPG with a first-person perspective. This is a modern real-time dungeon crawling RPG. You will plunge into a fantastic adventure...

Golf for Workgroups

Arcade, Simulation, Golf, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 7 April 2017

Steam: 75/100

Golf for Workgroups is a futuristic golf simulator with a third-person view. You have to control a robot whose task is to score a ball into a hole. The game...

Murnatan

Free game, Action, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 24 March 2018

Steam: 63/100

A team-based first-person shooter with real-time strategy elements, Murnatan pits humans against aliens in a fight for survival and the destruction of the opposing...

RavenWeald

Free game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Fantasy, Isometric, Procedural generation, Adventure

Early Access: Linux → 13 January 2021; Game released: Linux → 8 September 2022

Steam: 89/100

A free strategy game with turn-based combat and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. The main action takes place in a magical forest filled with deadly...

Sunset

Adventure, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2015

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A first-person adventure about Angela Burnes, a US immigrant living in a small Latin American country under military rule. Set in 1972, the game follows her weekly...

Western Sigil

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy

Frozen: Linux → 2022

A role-playing strategy game with tower defense and resource management elements, from the creator of the 2D game Slab. The story takes place in the town of...

Graveyard

Simulation, Third-person view, Walking Simulator, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 March 2009

Steam: 62/100

This short walking simulator follows an elderly woman visiting a graveyard. The player explores the grounds, can sit on a bench and listen to a song. Graveyard is...

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