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Choice of Life: Middle Ages - a game in the Indie genre

Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Choice of Life: Middle Ages is a card adventure in a medieval setting. Here everything is determined by your choice: whether you become a robber, an artisan, or the...

Anomaly 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

Dreamfall Chapters

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Dreamfall Chapters is an episodic adventure set in the universe of The Longest Journey. The game will continue the story of Zoë Castillo and will be the conclusion...

Backpack Battles

Strategy, Online, Indie, Fantasy

Early Access: Linux → 8 March 2024; Game released: Linux → 13 June 2025

Players: 9.2/10

As players progress, they acquire rare items and assemble powerful builds from them. After this, the character can be sent to fight with the heroes of other...

Tiny Glade

Casual game, Construction, Sandbox, Indie, Medieval era

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2024

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

A meditative game in which the gamer builds castles. There are no battles or farming of resources, but only a creative process. Buildings are created from various...

Risk of Rain

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Risk of Rain is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will take you to a distant...

Stoneshard

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Early Access: Linux → 6 February 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Stoneshard is a tactical RPG with roguelike elements and an open world from the creators of 12 is Better Than 6. You will embark on a grand journey across the...

Shogun Showdown

Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Medieval era, Card game

Early Access: Linux → 27 June 2023; Game released: Linux → 5 September 2024

Metacritic: 88/100

A tactical turn-based roguelike about a hero who challenges the powerful shogun. To win battles, you need to choose a good position, attack at the right moment and...

For the King

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

For the King is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view and random level generation. You have to travel through an endless fantasy world. You can play...

Live Lens

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2025

A tactical shooter with a body-camera view and real-life graphics. The game has three modes: a single story campaign, where you need to uncover a conspiracy...

FTL: Faster Than Light

Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out secret information...

This Is the Police 2

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 62/100

This Is the Police 2 is a continuation of the adventure strategy with elements of a management game and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the small...

ScourgeBringer

Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...

Project: Gorgon

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy

Early Access: Linux → 13 March 2018; Game released: Linux → 29 January 2026

A fantasy MMORPG focused on exploration and freedom of choice, where the world does not guide you by the hand but gradually reveals itself through curiosity and...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 26 July 2011

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...

Rogue Legacy

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 June 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

Horror, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk is a visual novel in the horror genre with point and click elements. A psychedelic narrative full of pyramidal word...

Vagante

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

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

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...

Space Crew: Legendary Edition

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

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

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

Nordhold

Roguelike, Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Casual game, Procedural generation, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2025

The player controls the medieval Scandinavian village and protects it from the waves of opponents. 8 species of defense towers help to cope with all types of...

Golf With Your Friends

Arcade, Golf, Sports game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Simulation

Early Access: Linux → 30 January 2016; Game released: Linux → 19 May 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Golf With Your Friends is a fun sports arcade game dedicated to golf. Exciting matches await you, designed for cooperative play by up to 12 people. You will find 7...

Talos Principle

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

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2014

Players: 9.3/10

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 seemingly divorced...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...

Heroes of Hammerwatch

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

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2018

Players: 8.8/10

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

The Last Train

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Simulation, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Trains, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2018

Players: 1/10

The Last Train is an indie role-playing simulator with elements of a post-apocalyptic adventure. You play the role of one of the last surviving train drivers in...

Mindustry

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Mindustry is a fun real-time strategy game with elements of the tower defense genre and a top-down view. In the game, you have to create complex conveyor chains to...

NODE: The Last Favor of the Antarii

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2025

The game takes you to an abandoned nuclear complex from the Cold War, where the ruins of Soviet technology are intertwined with something otherworldly. As an...

Neverway

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Construction, Crafting

Game in development: Linux → октябрь 2026

A dark hybrid game that combines elements of life simulation, horror, and role-playing action. The story centers around Fiona, who starts a new life on a farm after...

Game Dev Tycoon

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

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

We. The Revolution

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 March 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 75/100

We. The Revolution is a unique adventure strategy with role-playing elements, where you will try on the role of a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the...

The Roottrees are Dead

Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2025

Metacritic: 86/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Return of the Obra Dinn, but set in the 90s. The main character is a young investigative journalist trying to establish the...

Mini Royale

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Battle Royale

Early Access: Linux → 27 March 2025; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 5.5/10

A free dynamic shooter in which toy soldiers unleashed large -scale battles in ordinary household places. Using a hook-cat, you can quickly move in level, evade...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Neverending Nightmares is a side-scrolling adventure horror game. You have to get used to the role of Thomas — a man who has fallen into a long string of...

Soul Axiom

Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 February 2016

Metacritic: 51/100

Soul Axiom is a first-person adventure with indie game elements from developers from Wales Interactive. The game is published by Wales Interactive. It seems that...

Vintage Story

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2016

Players: 10/10

A hardcore sandbox survival game inspired by the ideas of classic voxel games in the spirit of Minecraft, but reimagined through the lens of realism and...

Play with Me

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

Game released: Linux → 1 January 2018

Players: 6.3/10

Play with Me is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a first-person perspective, inspired by the Saw film series. The events of the game revolve around...

This War of Mine: Final Cut

Action, Historical, Business / Management, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine: Final Cut — an enhanced and complete edition of the atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The package includes an expanded...

Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Comedy, Detective

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2025

Metacritic: 83/100

A bright adventure about a duck detective, set in a campsite where ghosts may have appeared. You need to examine evidence, question suspects, and analyze the data...

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