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World of Goo - a game in the Indie genre

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2009

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 91/100

World of Goo is a construction puzzle game where you move living Goo balls and use them to build buildings, bridges, and airships to solve various problems as you...

Beat Hazard Ultra

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2013

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An expansion for Beat Hazard, Beat Hazard Ultra adds modes, enemies and customization options to the music-driven arcade shooter. Combat intensity and firepower...

Element4l

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Element4l is an experimental platform game about four elements bound together on a journey to shape life. Nature and the sun stand in their way, while progress...

Flashout 2

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Steam: 56/100

Flashout 2 is a third-person racing action game set in a fantasy world. This game offers a new look at racing thanks to a modernized career mode, major changes to...

So Many Me

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Platformer, Logic, Indie, Action, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2014

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 78/100

So Many Me is a puzzle platformer about a creature who can control many clones of himself, joining forces to save a world threatened by an ancient evil. The hero...

Shan Gui

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 August 2014

Steam: 96/100

Shan Gui — an adventure visual novel about a girl with beautiful art and a dramatic plot. Young Han Hui, who recently lost her father, goes to an amazing...

Orborun

Action, Indie, Racing

Game released: Linux → 5 September 2014

Steam: 86/100

Orborun is an indie action racing game. You have to control your Orbot to collect goods, avoid obstacles and the dangerous world of Orbo. You will complete levels...

Elliot Quest

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

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2014

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 76/100

An adventure platformer with role-playing elements follows Elliot, who has been cursed with immortality and is slowly turning into a demon. After his wife...

Hand of Fate

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Card game

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Hand of Fate is an indie role-playing adventure game with elements of action and strategy, with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to play with a...

Parcel

Indie, Puzzle, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2015

Steam: 84/100

Set in a cyberpunk future, this science-fiction puzzle game follows a 22nd-century postage company and its unusual employees. Players switch between members of the...

Ronin

Stealth, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 30 June 2015

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Ronin is a side-scrolling turn-based stealth platformer. You have to play as a girl who takes revenge on corporations. During this dangerous adventure you need to...

A Wise Use of Time

Role-playing game, Indie, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2015

Steam: 79/100

A text-based science-fiction adventure about a person who can freeze time. The power makes it possible to rob a casino, rescue a celebrity, or escape death, but...

Cross of the Dutchman

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Cross of the Dutchman is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view. The game takes place in medieval Western Europe in the province of Frisia, at the...

Shmadow

Indie, Action, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 3 November 2015

Steam: 79/100

A twin-stick side-scrolling arcade shooter in which light reveals and destroys enemies concealed in darkness. The game draws on classic arcade shooters, sending...

Defend the Highlands

Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tactics, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2015

Steam: 95/100

Defend the Highlands is a humorous tower defense strategy game set in a medieval setting. The events of the game take place in Scotland, where proud highlanders are...

Chasing Dead

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

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2016

Steam: 61/100

Chasing Dead is a first-person sci-fi action game with horror elements and the ability to control futuristic technology. The game begins with a strange phenomenon...

StarDrive 2: Sector Zero

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Turn-based, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 75/100

StarDrive 2: Sector Zero is an add-on to the sci-fi strategy with turn-based battles in space StarDrive 2. It introduces large-scale changes to the structure of the...

Poly Bridge

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Construction, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The game allows you to build bridges from different parts. Buildings must comply with the laws of physics, especially those parts that relate to the resistance of...

Le Havre: The Inland Port

Arcade, Strategy, Board / Group Game, Card game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2016

Steam: 55/100

Le Havre: The Inland Port is an arcade game with strategy and card game elements from developers from the Digidiced studio. The game is published by...

Carton

Adventure, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2016

Steam: 75/100

This action-adventure with settlement-building elements takes place in a world where the landscapes, trees, buildings, and characters are all made of cardboard...

Rencounter

Indie, Role-playing game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2016

Steam: 71/100

Rencounter is a turn-based RPG roguelike about a squad trying to survive in a gloomy world of procedurally generated mazes. The player explores networks of...

Patchwork

Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Strategy, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2016

Steam: 78/100

Patchwork is a logic board game for mobile platforms. The essence of the game comes down to the fact that on a limited field you need to fill the empty spaces with...

Play with Me

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

Game released: Linux → 1 January 2018

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 63/100

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...

Dandara Trials of Fear

Side view, Action, Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2018

Steam: 85/100

Dandara Trials of Fear is a side-scrolling fantasy action-adventure platformer. The citizens, once free-spirited, are now oppressed and isolated. But all is not...

Jet Racing Extreme: The First Encounter

Racing, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2018

Steam: 66/100

This action racing game centers on piloting a jet-powered vehicle in an extreme driving simulator. The goal is to reach the finish line while managing the vehicle’s...

Warlocks 2: God Slayers

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 18 July 2019

Metacritic: 59/100

Warlocks 2: God Slayers is a side-scrolling co-op action RPG with a pixel art style. Challenge the vile gods and wring their necks with the help of wizards and...

Moonlighter: Between Dimensions

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2019

Steam: 53/100

Moonlighter: Between Dimensions is an action RPG expansion with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Along with the expansion...

Indivisible

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Indivisible is a colorful action-RPG platformer with turn-based combat and a side view. You have to try on the role of the girl Ajna, who goes on a journey around...

Quiplash 2 InterLASHional

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Indie, Logic, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2020

Players: 1/10

Steam: 92/100

Quiplash 2 InterLASHional is a fun, say-whatever-style quiz for parties. The game features fun questions, over 100 different clues, and a nice, minimalistic visual...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York

Adventure, DLC, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2020

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Vampire: The Masquerade — Shadows of New York — a standalone expansion for the adventure visual novel with role-playing elements Vampire: The Masquerade — Coteries...

Cattle and Crops

Simulation, Business / Management, Action, Indie, Third-person view, First-person view, Farm Simulator, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 67/100

Cattle and Crops is a realistic farming management simulator with first and third person views. In the game you will always have a choice: drive the vehicles...

Hexceed

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

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2021

Steam: 88/100

Hexceed — Arcade indie puzzle game with a top-down view. A modern interpretation of a classic puzzle. You have to navigate through hexes to find out which...

Growbot

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2021

Steam: 88/100

A point-and-click adventure about a girl robot trying to save her home from a dark crystalline force. The story unfolds on a biopunk space station filled with...

A.W.O.L.

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Stealth, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2022

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 78/100

A.W.O.L. is a free first-person shooter developed on the Duke Nukem 3D engine and Ion Fury. You'll play as Dwayne Allen, a recently demobilized special forces...

Brichi Quest

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Dungeons, Procedural generation, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 5 January 2023

Steam: 75/100

The protagonist finds a mysterious sword that takes him to an unknown land. The character must search every island and dungeon in search of a way to return home. On...

Mile High Taxi

Arcade, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cyberpunk, Racing

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2023

Steam: 63/100

A game inspired by the film The Fifth Element, in which the gamer controls a futuristic flying taxi and delivers customers. Events take place in the 24th century in...

Sonar Shock

Action, First-person view, Indie, Adventure, Shooter, Survival horror, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2024

Steam: 80/100

An immersive role-playing game in the spirit of the System Shock series. The game takes place in the 90s on a Soviet submarine. The game combines Lovecraftian...

Caveman Caravan

Strategy, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Old school

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2025

Steam: 95/100

Free roguelike strategy game where the player leads a caravan of primitive people to a new land. The gameplay revolves around combining tile cards and tools that...

The December Job

Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Old school, Survival horror, Horror

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2025

Steam: 83/100

A dark short game where the main character has behaved well for years but hasn't received gifts for Christmas. Therefore, the character sneaks into the workshop...

Deep Space Corridor

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Mysticism / Supernatural, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 3 April 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Atmospheric horror about the search for anomalies, unfolding in the confined corridors of a mysterious space station. The story begins with the awakening in the...

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