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Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok - a game in the Indie genre

Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Exploration, Role-playing game

Early Access: Linux → 15 December 2022; Game released: Linux → 26 April 2024

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 88/100

After Ragnarok, Yggdrasil, the World Tree, lost almost all of its energy needed to support the Nine Realms. Only a few heroes survived the End of the World...

The Hum: Abductions

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

Frozen: Linux → 19 November 2018

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The Hum: Abductions is a horror adventure game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. The player takes on...

Abuse

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Horror, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1996

Steam: 88/100

Abuse is an action game with a touch of shooter and sandbox from the developers from the Crack dot Com studio. The game is published by RedHat. Sometimes the game...

Aozora Meikyuu

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 January 2016

Steam: 83/100

This romance visual novel follows Aoi Takamatsu, who left school and became a shut-in after a failed confession of love. One warm summer day, while out shopping, he...

Magical Otoge Ciel

Free game, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2016

Steam: 92/100

A romantic comedy visual novel set in a magical world, Magical Otoge Ciel follows Ciel, a kind and ambitious princess eager to set out on an adventure. She is...

Virus Named Tom

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2012

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This action-puzzle platformer follows TOM, a virus created for revenge after a corporation fires its creator, Dr. X. Players rewire circuits to spread the virus...

Towns

City Building, Indie, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2012

Steam: 25/100

A city-building game with RPG elements, Towns centers on managing a settlement above an active dungeon. Rather than venturing underground as a hero, the player...

Grave Digger

Action, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Stealth, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2013

Steam: 73/100

This stealth action-adventure blends whimsical English comedy with grim, Dickensian horror. The player controls Fagus, a grave robber who sneaks through graveyards...

Game Dev Tycoon

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Game Dev Tycoon is a game developer simulator in which you play the role of a project manager. You will be able to come up with names for games, choose or create an...

Survivor Squad

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Steam: 67/100

This tactical action game with strategy elements follows a squad of survivors searching for supplies in a world overrun by the infected. The player commands up to...

Race The Sun

Arcade, Third-person view, Indie, Procedural generation, Runner, Racing

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2013

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An arcade runner about a solar-powered craft racing through a procedurally generated world toward sunset. The sun acts as a timer, and collecting boosts can briefly...

140

Platformer, Music game, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2014

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A minimalist puzzle platformer in which obstacles are tied to the rhythm of electronic music. The player controls a geometric shape in an abstract, colorful world...

Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

Arcade, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2014

Steam: 61/100

This puzzle game with strategy and horror elements follows Henry B. Knight, a ghost trying to drive the tenants out of his mansion. He earned the house through hard...

Spacebase DF-9

Arcade, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 16/100

This space simulation focuses on building a home for humans and aliens in Earth's distant future. The player expands the base by mining asteroids, growing it from a...

Detail

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Point & Click,

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Detail is an episodic point and click adventure in a noir style, inspired by the HBO series The Wire. The game tells an intriguing story of police officer Reginald...

Unhack

Indie, Anime / Manga, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 9 January 2015

Steam: 94/100

This puzzle game with combat unfolds in cyberspace, where the 5K Worm virus is spreading through the digital realm. The player takes the role of Smash Security’s...

Transformice

Arcade, Action, MMO, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online

Game released: Linux → 30 January 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Transformice is a multiplayer platformer in which mice navigate traps to reach cheese and carry it back. Rounds take place on maps filled with physics-based...

Super Chibi Knight

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 24 June 2015

Steam: 87/100

Super Chibi Knight is an action-adventure RPG with platforming elements and a side view. The game takes place in the kingdom of Oukoku, which is threatened by the...

HOOK

Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 July 2015

Steam: 96/100

HOOK is a logic puzzle. In this game you will find 50 levels, in each of which you need to connect logic. The soothing sounds and music were created by the famous...

Community College Hero: Trial by Fire

Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 4 December 2015

Steam: 84/100

This text-based role-playing game follows a student who receives a scholarship to a new college for aspiring superheroes. In Community College Hero: Trial by Fire...

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 though Amy is...

Starlight Vega

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2016

Steam: 92/100

This visual novel follows Aria, a high-school student who accidentally frees the demon Lyria from a stone while exploring her grandfather’s old house with her...

Girl and the Robot

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 August 2016

Steam: 67/100

Girl and the Robot is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. The events of the game develop in a colorful world where you have to play as a little girl...

Clustertruck

Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie, Parkour

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Clustertruck is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view, in which the player has to stay on top of speeding long-range trucks. Jumping from one car to...

ALONE?

Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2016

Steam: 79/100

A psychological horror game about a family mystery, ALONE? follows a protagonist who receives a plea for help from a missing sister, Michelle, and returns to the...

Pirate Pop Plus

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

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2016

Steam: 88/100

This pirate-themed arcade platformer follows Pete Jr and Polly as they take on the nefarious Bubble Pirate and try to free townsfolk trapped in bubbles. The player...

River City Ransom: Underground

Fighting, Beat them all, Side view, Action, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2017

Steam: 73/100

River City Ransom: Underground is a modern take on the old classic beat'em up games. It has over 500 different street battle moves, tons of weapons and fun...

One Dog Story

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2017

Steam: 71/100

One Dog Story is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to take on the role of a dog (EO-43) from a mysterious underground...

Griptape Backbone

Indie, Skateboards, Open world

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2017

Steam: 92/100

Griptape Backbone is a first-person skateboarding game with a vaporwave aesthetic, set in a purgatory between life and death. The skater gathers aesthetic elements...

The Mexican Dream

Indie, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 5 September 2017

Steam: 62/100

The Mexican Dream is a humorous tower-defense strategy game about a mechanized wall on the border between Mexico and America. The player defends it against...

OVIVO

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Action, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 September 2017

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

OVIVO is a minimalist side-scrolling indie platformer. In the world of the game, Black and White live in harmony. Intertwining and replacing each other, they...

Blackberry Honey

Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2017

Steam: 94/100

A visual novel about a romance between maids in mid-19th-century England. After losing her position at Hartwell, Lorina Waugh searches for work and arrives at the...

MachiaVillain

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 65/100

MachiaVillain is an unusual management strategy with a top-down view in which you have to manage a gloomy estate. Your task is to set traps and disperse monsters...

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a continuation of the horror adventure with survival elements. The game tells the story of a young girl, Mine Park, who, under...

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...

Vaporum: Lockdown

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Steampunk, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 83/100

Vaporum: Lockdown — a hardcore role-playing action game with a first-person view in a steampunk style, which is a prequel to the original game Vaporum. The events...

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 acquired this ability...

Idol Manager

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Music game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Idol Manager is a cute management simulator with visual novel elements in anime style. You will take on the role of manager in a small (but growing) talent agency...

Vomitoreum

Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Metroidvania, Action

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2021

Steam: 91/100

Vomitoreum is an atmospheric old-school shooter with a first-person view, metroidvania and horror elements. The game takes place in a world affected by an ominous...

Spacelines from the Far Out

Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Top-down view, Science fiction, Business / Management, Indie, Online, Space, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2022

Steam: 75/100

The player controls the spaceship and its crew. You need to solve randomly generated problems, prevent accidents and help passengers. If guests are not satisfied...

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