Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 22

On Rusty Trails - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 13 June 2016

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 77/100

On Rusty Trails is a colorful side-scrolling arcade platformer. The game tells the story of a metal creature named Elvis, whose home was destroyed by a natural...

Killing Time at Lightspeed: Enhanced Edition

Indie, Adventure, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 6 July 2016

Steam: 80/100

This interactive fiction story takes place aboard a transport ship moving away from Earth. A passenger follows friends’ social media posts as communication delays...

Poi

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 1 February 2017

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Poi is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view. The story follows the journey of a boy and a girl who embark on a dangerous journey to uncover the...

Wayout 2: Hex

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 10 February 2017

Steam: 86/100

This casual puzzle game is a sequel to WayOut, expanding on the Lights Out formula with levels built around hexagonal tiles. The goal of each puzzle is to switch...

Hidden Folks

Hidden Objects, Casual game, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The player tries to find all the hidden people or other objects in hand-drawn interactive pictures. There are 32 areas and more than 300 hidden objects available...

Jumps

Indie, Action, Racing

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2017

Steam: 93/100

Jumps is a first-person 3D platformer set among sky islands. The player must reach the finish before time runs out while staying within the limited number of jumps...

Galaxy of Pen & Paper

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Galaxy of Pen & Paper is a side-scroll sci-fi turn-based RPG from the creators of Knights of Pen & Paper. The same unforgettable adventures await you, only there...

Hell-Copter

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Helicopters, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2017

Steam: 66/100

This third-person arcade shooter puts players in control of an experimental military drone defending the planet from an attack and taking on enemy air support...

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

Business / Management, In real time, Strategy, Simulation, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2017

Steam: 90/100

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! is an arcade restaurant management simulator that will give you complete control over absolutely everything. You can go the hard way...

Press X to Not Die

Adventure, Interactive movie, Horror, Action, First-person view, Comedy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Press X to Not Die is a fun interactive action game, much like a trash zombie movie, that makes fun of all the classic tropes and stereotypes. The game plays in the...

Holy Potatoes! What the Hell?!

Simulation, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2017

Steam: 46/100

Holy Potatoes! What the Hell?! — a crazy culinary simulator in the scenery of hell. Take on the role of a chef in an underworld inhabited by potatoes. Assign...

This War of Mine: Stories - Father's Promise

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 84/100

This War of Mine: Stories — Father's Promise — is an expansion to the side-scrolling adventure management strategy game — This War of Mine. The expansion is based...

Kerbal Space Program: Making History

DLC, Flight Simulator, Futurism (Future), Logic, Indie, Simulation, Space

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2018

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Kerbal Space Program: Making History is an add-on for a sci-fi simulator with well-developed physical laws. A completely new gaming toolkit awaits you, with which...

Coffee Crisis

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2018

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Coffee Crisis is an arcade action-slasher with a side view and the possibility of co-op. You have to play the role of a brave barista and fight the aliens who have...

Staxel

Role-playing game, Simulation, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Farm Simulator, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2019

Players: 7/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Staxel is a sandbox farming adventure with RPG elements and a first-person perspective. Nurture your farm and farm the village on your own, or enlist the help of...

Xeno Crisis

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2019

Steam: 85/100

Xeno Crisis is a top-down arcade shooter with roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. Alone or together with a friend, you have to try on the role of a brave marine...

Danger Gazers

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 January 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Danger Gazers is a cooperative dynamic top-down scrolling shooter with roguelike elements in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game you will have to use a vast...

Panzer Paladin

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Combat robots, Action, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2020

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Panzer Paladin is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The Sinister Raven and his legions of cruel demons are ready for battle...

Space Commander: War and Trade

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 67/100

Space Commander: War and Trade is a fantasy-style tactical action RPG with real-time management elements and an isometric view. You will have to create your fleet...

Dungeons and Robots

Action, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2024

Steam: 39/100

This online action shooter RPG is set in a future where humanity has left an uninhabitable Earth and settled on the planet TSI-5. While exploring its dungeons...

Westild's Law

Shooter, Top-down view, Beat them all, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2024

Steam: 92/100

The main character confronts the gang of Wild Joe to free his hometown and restore peace to the Wild West. There are 48 levels with various challenges, such as...

Dino Age: The First Fracture

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Free game, Survival, Crafting, Action

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2026

Steam: 78/100

An adventure with survival elements, telling the story of Owen, the hero of the Dino Age novel series. You need to gather resources, explore the wild terrain, and...

Move or Die

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online, Action

Early Access: Linux → 16 December 2015; Game released: Linux → 21 January 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Move or Die is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer for a noisy group. The game is a collection of mini-games in which several people can participate. Among the...

Tom Sparks And The Quakes Of Ruin

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 May 2014

Tom Sparks And The Quakes Of Ruin is a top-down arcade game with a mix of action, shooter, adventure, platformer, puzzle and indie game from Tasty Poison Games. The...

Lightspeed Frontier

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space, Science fiction

Early Access: Linux → 7 March 2017

Steam: 68/100

Lightspeed Frontier is an adventure space action game with a third-person view. You have to go to conquer the endless space on ships actually assembled from...

Deep Space Survivor

Shooter, Space, Top-down view, Roguelike, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 20 June 2022; Game released: Linux → 5 August 2024

Steam: 100/100

A top-down space shooter where everything is tied to survival among waves of enemy ships. Controls are minimalistic: just the WASD or arrow keys to move the ship...

Ultrabugs

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

Frozen: Linux → 1 September 2020

Ultrabugs is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. Controlling a space attack aircraft, you have to fight a swarm of deadly bugs. The more you...

Sumico

Puzzle, Logic, Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 3 July 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

A number puzzle game built around solving addition challenges and progressing through levels. It features 84 levels, an Endless Mode with adjustable settings, an...

And Yet It Moves

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

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2009

Players: 5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle-platformer takes place in a world made of torn paper, where the character runs, jumps and rotates the surroundings in 90-degree increments to get past...

Nation Red

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Zombies, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2009

Players: 4.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Nation Red is a top-down arena shooter about fighting hordes of zombies and their bosses. After a long lull, the undead return to the Arizona desert, and some are...

Pirates, Vikings and Knights 2

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Free game, Online

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2010

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

This first-person team action game centers on a three-way PvP conflict between Pirates, Vikings, and Knights. Players choose a class and fight across varied maps...

Dynamite Jack

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

Game released: Linux → 10 May 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This top-down action-adventure follows Jack, a space marine trying to escape the Anathema Mines. He can sneak past guards or use bombs to eliminate enemies, while a...

Lone Survivor

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 7 June 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This psychological survival horror follows a masked man trying to escape a city ravaged by disease as he questions whether what he sees is real. Hunger and...

Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians

Arcade, Music game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2013

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This musical adventure with arcade elements follows Beatbuddy, an ethereal creature who awakens and sets out to save his companions and his own immortality. Along...

Foul Play

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2013

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This side-scrolling co-op action game unfolds entirely on a theatre stage, where daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth reenacts episodes from his life, from the deserts of...

King Arthur's Gold

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online, Construction

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2013

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 82/100

King Arthur's Gold is a free-to-play side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will travel back to the glory days of King Arthur, where you...

Iesabel

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Steam: 28/100

Iesabel is an indie action RPG with slasher elements. In times of darkness, only the strongest heroes can save the world. You'll stand up to evil alone in epic...

Foosball - Street Edition

Sports game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 16 April 2014

Steam: 58/100

This five-a-side arcade football game follows Rayados, a team of foosball players who have escaped the table and now compete against teams from around the world...

Monochroma

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

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Monochroma is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with horror elements and a side view. The game takes place in a gloomy industrial world. You will learn the story of...

1001 Spikes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2014

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade platformer with puzzle elements follows Aban Hawkins as he searches the ruins of Ukampa in South America for his missing father, archaeologist Jim...

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