Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 23

Battle Group 2 - a game in the Indie genre

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 June 2014

Steam: 84/100

A real-time strategy game with a top-down view, Battle Group 2 follows a modern naval fleet's fight against the terrorist group Talon. The player commands a...

Hack 'n' Slash

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

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2014

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Hack 'n' Slash is a fantasy puzzle adventure about a hero who defies a wizard’s restrictions and sets out to discover why the kingdom has fallen into disarray...

Screencheat

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Online

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2014

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A competitive first-person shooter in which every fighter is invisible, forcing players to locate opponents by looking at their screens. Matches use split-screen...

Retro City Rampage DX

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Open world, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 November 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Retro City Rampage DX is a retro arcade action game with a top-down view, which was developed under the impression of the first parts of the same GTA series. Very...

Akaneiro: Demon Hunters

Role-playing game, Online, Hack and slash, Isometric, Free game, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 53/100

An action RPG set in a dark fantasy interpretation of Edo-era Japan, where Japanese folklore meets elements of Little Red Riding Hood. Players hunt mythical...

The Hero of Kendrickstone

Role-playing game, Indie, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2015

Steam: 79/100

This text-based fantasy role-playing game follows a fledgling adventurer tasked with rescuing Kendrickstone from an evil wizard and his troop of black-clad...

Interplanetary

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

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Steam: 85/100

Interplanetary is an exciting strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. You will become a participant in interplanetary battles, where space...

Illuminascii

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

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2015

Steam: 53/100

This first-person shooter with ASCII visuals and roguelike and RPG elements follows a conspiracy by the ILLUMINASCII organisation to establish a New World Order...

Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 November 2015

Steam: 82/100

This comedic visual novel follows a cast of characters whose genders are changed by unforeseen and absurd circumstances. Players choose from thirteen protagonists...

NeonXSZ

Role-playing game, Action, Warships / Submarines, Futurism (Future), Indie, Sandbox, Open world

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2016

Steam: 75/100

This futuristic action RPG centers on zero-gravity gunship combat and an attempt to escape a strange world structured like a system. The protagonist is an anomaly...

Bridge Constructor Stunts

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 56/100

Bridge Constructor Stunts is an arcade puzzle game for mobile devices, where instead of bridges you will build ramps and trampolines. Even the slowest trucks will...

Woodle Tree Adventures Deluxe

Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2016

Steam: 70/100

Woodle Tree Adventures Deluxe is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. You'll find all the classic elements from 90's games plus some cool new ideas. You...

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Comedy, Old school, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

An eminent physicist goes crazy when the scientific community ridicules his life's work — a shower-shaped time machine. Seeking to leave his mark on history...

King Oddball

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade puzzle game follows a king who swings a boulder with his tongue and uses it to destroy targets. The player chooses when to release the rock, with...

Fatal Theory

Free game, Action, Fighting, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2016

Steam: 86/100

Fatal Theory — shareware classic bitmap with a side view, made in retro style. The main character Nick Mayhem will have to save the city from hordes of...

Silver Case

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Silver Case — adventure visual novel in Japanese style. The game is dedicated to the investigation of a series of brutal murders that occurred in a city area...

Ladykiller in a Bind

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Ladykiller in a Bind is a visual novel with dating simulator elements. The events of the game revolve around the main character, who pretends to be her twin...

Meow-Jong

Board / Group Game, Card game, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Strategy, Simulation, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2016

Steam: 100/100

A cat-themed mahjong solitaire game about finding matching tile pairs and clearing the board. The player chooses a layout, removes pairs of tiles that are free to...

88 Heroes

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 72/100

88 Heroes is an indie platformer with side-scrolling action elements, made in a retro style. The game offers a non-standard approach to gameplay, because with each...

Mr. Shifty

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Comics, Beat them all, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 April 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Mr. Shifty is a top-down arcade action adventure where you have to dodge the path and move at lightning speed. In the game, you get into the most guarded building...

Charlie Murder

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Board / Group Game, Beat them all, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Punk rock band Charlie Murder faces an apocalypse brought on by rival death metal group Gore Quaffer and its legions of evil. In this role-playing beat ’em up...

Necrosphere

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

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017

Steam: 91/100

Necrosphere is a hardcore side-scrolling pixel action platformer with very simple controls, consisting of just two buttons. The main character dies and ends up in...

The Coma: Recut

Action, Adventure, Horror, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Coma: Recut is an improved edition of adventure horror with survival elements. The main character will be a Korean student who fell asleep while taking an exam...

Choice of Broadsides

Role-playing game, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Steam: 58/100

A text-based interactive novel about naval adventures in the age of sail, blending elements of the Horatio Hornblower and Aubrey–Maturin stories with the novels of...

Tartarus

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

Game released: Linux → 22 November 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Tartarus is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The game takes place in the year 2230 on the research and mining ship Tartarus, which is undergoing...

The Station

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction, Puzzle, Horror, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on board a spaceship. The plot tells about the distant future, when a group of researchers decided to find out what is beyond the boundaries of...

Escapists 2 - The Big Top Breakout

Adventure, Simulation, DLC, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Escapists 2 — The Big Top Breakout — an expansion for the top-down prison management simulator. The expansion brings a completely new circus-themed map to the game...

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Visual novel, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2018

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is an original adventure game from one of the creators of Gone Home. The plot follows the road adventure of a man interacting with...

Bunny Mahjo

Simulation, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Online, Board / Group Game, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2018

Steam: 92/100

Bunny Mahjo is an online simulator of a strategic tactical board game. This is classic mahjong with the ability to create your own levels and play or do them with...

Shing!

Action, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Fighting, Beat them all, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 79/100

Shing! — a dynamic action-adventure with a side view, where you will play the role of a deadly ninja and begin to chop down hordes of demons. In the game you...

Dead Cells: Fatal Falls

Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: Fatal Falls is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will be...

Steel Assault

Arcade, Platformer, Action, Side view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 28 September 2021

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Steel Assault is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the near future of post-apocalyptic America. You...

Save Room - Organization Puzzle

Arcade, Business / Management, Puzzle, Indie, Logic, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2022

Steam: 97/100

Save Room — Organization Puzzle — an unusual variation of "Tetris," in which instead of classic blocks you will be filling inventory slots from Resident Evil 4...

Magic Rampage

Action, Free game, Role-playing game, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Magic Rampage is a free action platformer with RPG elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. There are several classes to choose from in the game, including...

Lichenvale

Action, Adventure, Slasher, First-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2023

Steam: 80/100

A fantasy slasher film in which the main character finds himself in a real nightmare and tries to survive among hordes of monsters. The game features different...

Cython Cat

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view, Action

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2025

Steam: 82/100

A dynamic open-world game about a cat exploring ruins. You will need to move quickly through locations and jump across platforms. You also need to collect shards...

Chyma and the Toll of Time

Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2026

Steam: 96/100

An adventure puzzle-platformer, centered around a little bell named Chima, who is trying to uncover the mystery of her people and save the world. The journey takes...

Adopted

Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game canceled: Linux → 26 March 2015

Adopted is a first-person adventure with indie game elements from the developers at Clockwork Demon. The game is published by Clockwork...

Catapult for Hire

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie

Game canceled: Linux → 2015

Catapult for Hire is an adventure role-playing game with medieval elements and a third-person perspective. The story is a satirical look at modern issues in a...

Keyboard Sports - Saving QWERTY

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Educational game (Education), Indie

Frozen: Linux → 2018

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Keyboard Sports — Saving QWERTY is a humorous arcade action game in which you have to control funny little people by pressing the right...

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