Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 17

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 April 2011

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This top-down arcade strategy game casts the player as a dragon seeking to amass the largest possible hoard. The dragon burns villages and castles, collects gold...

Ittle Dew

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Ittle Dew is an indie action-adventure game with fantasy RPG elements and an isometric view. Adventurer Itl Du and her companion Tipsy are shipwrecked and find...

Shootout on Cash Island

Indie, Action, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 18 January 2018

Steam: 86/100

This action platformer follows Bobby of Team HOT GUNS on an island quest to find the legendary Money Tree. He is not the only one searching for it, and must use...

Heroes Rise: HeroFall

Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2014

Steam: 87/100

This text-based role-playing game concludes the Heroes Rise trilogy, following a hero fighting for the rights of people with superpowers in America. When President...

Defense Zone

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Defense Zone is an exciting tactical strategy game in the "tower defense" genre with a top-down view. During the game, you need to protect your towers from huge...

Defense Grid 2

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Action

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2014

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Defense Grid 2 is a continuation of the exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre with an isometric camera view. In the sequel, you will find an...

Khet 2.0

Board / Group Game, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 1 October 2014

Steam: 89/100

This strategy board game centers on an Egyptian-themed arena where mirrored pieces redirect laser beams. Players take turns moving a piece and firing the laser...

Eufloria

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Eufloria is a meditative real-time strategy game with a top-down view. You'll explore a beautifully realized universe, created in a unique and compelling style...

GunSlugs 2

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

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015

Steam: 56/100

A side-scrolling arcade platformer about the elite Gunslugs squad fighting the Black Duck Army, which has returned with alien technology and is taking its war to...

Deer God

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2015

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 49/100

A side-scrolling adventure platformer about a deer’s survival in a fantasy world shaped by karma and reincarnation. The player explores 3D pixel-art landscapes...

Knee Deep

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 6 July 2015

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Knee Deep is a detective adventure with a first-person view. The action takes place in a swampy area near the town of Cypress Knee, Florida. You will take part in...

Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Platformer, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 4 December 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

An arcade platformer about Nyan Cat flying through endless space. The player collects coins and food, jumps across cake platforms, and dodges enemies such as dogs...

Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2016

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Last Door: Season 2 — Collector's Edition — the second season of the "point and click" adventure with horror elements and pixel graphics. The game's...

'n Verlore Verstand

Adventure, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2016

Steam: 48/100

This abstract adventure takes place in a realm of dreams and nightmares, where the player travels through labyrinths of memories in search of personal truth. The...

IS Defense

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

IS Defense is a first-person shooter from the developers of the game Hatred. The events of the game take players to 2020, where the terrorist organization "Islamic...

Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo

Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 10 June 2016

Steam: 99/100

This vertical-scrolling arcade shoot ’em up takes place in a mechanized world where the young scientist Veloce has eradicated humanity with her Mecha creations. The...

Wheels of Aurelia

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Wheels of Aurelia is an adventure game with driving elements. The events take place on the road in Italy in the 70s. The main character is a very restless woman who...

Manual Samuel

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 14 October 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Manual Samuel is a fun adventure game that tells the story of Samuel. He is handsome and rich, but most importantly, he is dead. Samuel decides to make a deal with...

Switch 'N' Shoot

Action, Shooter, Indie, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Arcade, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2016

Steam: 96/100

Switch 'N' Shoot is a vertical shoot 'em up shooter about once again saving the Earth from an alien threat. You are the pilot of a future space fighter with only...

Owlboy

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Owlboy is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with a pixel art style. The main character is an owl boy, capable of both running around locations and flying. In the...

Ittle Dew 2

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 November 2016

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Ittle Dew 2 is a top-down puzzle-action adventure in a fantasy setting. Once again you have to help the young adventurer Aitl and her flying fox Tipsy. They again...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Vive la France

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

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 — Vive la France is an add-on for a truck driver simulator with first- and third-person views. The addition introduces more than 20...

Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Replayability, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 3 January 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The addition has expanded possibilities for creating...

Slash It 2

Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Action, Music game, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2017

Steam: 87/100

Slash It 2 is an indie musical adventure game. The goal is to press letters, numbers and enter words at the right time and in the right...

Beholder: Blissful Sleep

Adventure, Stealth, In real time, Side view, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Beholder: Blissful Sleep is an add-on for a side-scrolling adventure game where you have to follow people. The add-on will tell the backstory of the events...

Bomb Defense

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 5 July 2017

Steam: 50/100

Bomb Defense is an arcade puzzle game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre and a top-down view. You will have a limited supply of gold at your disposal...

Death Point

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 54/100

Death Point is a top-down stealth action-adventure game inspired by the Metal Gear Solid, Payday and Hitman series. You will find a large selection of weapons, as...

HIVESWAP: Act 1

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Set in the Homestuck universe in 1994, this point-and-click adventure begins with Joey Claire trapped in her room as monsters appear around the house, while her...

Divided We Fall

Strategy, Online, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 55/100

Divided We Fall is a multiplayer tactical real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view during the Second World War. The game invites you to immerse...

Space Pirates and Zombies 2

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

This post-apocalyptic space strategy game with action and role-playing elements follows survival in a galaxy after a zombie apocalypse. Infrastructure has...

Heroes of Hammerwatch

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

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Heroes of Hammerwatch is an indie role-playing game with action elements in a medieval setting. Explore procedurally generated levels, destroying enemies and...

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...

Empire Deluxe Combined Edition

Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2018

Steam: 92/100

A classic grand strategy wargame about taking cities across a map. A captured city allows its commander to produce units and expand, while rival opponents pursue...

Regular Human Basketball

Arcade, Online, Basketball, Sports game, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2018

Steam: 93/100

Regular Human Basketball is an unusual competitive arcade game with a side view, where you will participate in a post-apocalyptic basketball battle. You will...

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition

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

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 73/100

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

Perfect Vermin

Adventure, Indie, Action, First-person view, Puzzle, Free game, Horror

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 93/100

Perfect Vermin is an indie first-person action adventure with puzzle elements. Your task is simple: exterminate all the vermin. The sledgehammer provided to you is...

Kraken Academy!!

Simulation, Top-down view, Adventure, Comedy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 91/100

The game takes place in an unusual educational institution — the Kraken School. The main character finds himself in a time loop, where he must find a...

Jewel Run

Casual game, Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Comics, Free game, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2023

Steam: 83/100

A multiplayer asymmetrical game in which a group of village teenagers unite against the owner of a garden. The children are trying to collect valuable items and...

Caromble!

Arcade, Pinball, Arkanoid, Indie, Science fiction, Old school, Action

Early Access: Linux → 28 August 2015; Game released: Linux → 22 April 2026

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 73/100

A three-dimensional puzzle game that combines elements of physics, pinball, and platforming. In the story, the player discovers ancient powers to stop an impending...

Bolt Riley, A Reggae Adventure

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Music game, Detective, Mini-game / browser-based

Early Access: Linux → 20 April 2016

Steam: 41/100

This 2D point-and-click adventure follows a young musician’s path to fame in Jamaica. Bolt Riley, a poor boy from Trenchtown, struggles to survive and faces a gang...

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