Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 26

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Baba Is You is a hardcore top-down puzzle game in pixel style. At each level, the rules themselves are presented in the form of blocks with which you can interact...

Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus

Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Online, DLC, Free game, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 46/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus is a free expansion for the side-scrolling, turn-based RPG Darkest Dungeon. The expansion introduces PvP battles where...

A Monster's Expedition

Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Puzzle, Top-down view, Strategy, Open world

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 94/100

A Monster's Expedition is a cute top-down adventure puzzle game. The game is about quirky monsters who love to learn new things about people. As you progress...

What the Golf?

Arcade, Indie, Sports game, Golf, Action, Comedy, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

What the Golf? is a fun arcade golf game where you can use literally everything around as a ball, and all this according to the laws of realistic physics. You will...

Gonner 2

Indie, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2020

Steam: 68/100

Gonner 2 is a sequel to the brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. Hikk returns again, and this time he will...

Mighty Goose

Action, Shooter, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose, only armed and...

My brother lives in a canyon

Adventure, Casual game, Exploration, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2021

Steam: 92/100

My brother lives in a canyon is a casual adventure game with exploration elements and a first-person view. You play as Jake and start walking down the path to meet...

Blobun Mini

Casual game, Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Old school

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2025

Steam: 98/100

A free puzzle game with nice pixel graphics. The rules are simple - the player needs to touch every tile on the map, but can only step on a tile...

Super Simmer

Action, Online, Slasher, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: Linux → 2027

A dynamic bloody slasher with sexy girls, katanas and hordes of zombies. Players try to survive among hordes of zombies, thinking through combos and epically...

Thimbleweed Park 2

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Detective, Puzzle

Game in development: Linux → 2028

An adventure quest that takes players back to the strange town of Thimbleweed Park, where yet another mysterious murder is just the beginning of a new dose of...

Universe Edge

Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Indie

Game canceled: Linux → 22 May 2014

Universe Edge is a business simulator with sandbox and indie game elements from developers from the Albert Olivera studio. The game is published by Albert...

Last Life

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie

Frozen: Linux → 29 September 2018

Last Life is a noir adventure set in a sci-fi setting about a transhumanist colony on Mars. You will take on the role of a detective who needs to solve an old case...

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

Action, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Role-playing game, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 20 September 2018; Game released: Linux → 1 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience is a side-scrolling survival game with roguelike elements. You have to find the answer to the question: “If you were...

Celestial Crossing

Indie, Adventure, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 30 December 2016

Steam: 73/100

A visual novel about Hikaru, a high school student whose life collides with the world of his favorite game when his in-game avatar appears in his bedroom. Hikaru...

Electronic Super Joy

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Music game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2013

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A hard platformer set in a world of electronic music follows Captain Lewis as he resists the tyranny of the evil Groove-Wizard, who has seized control and stolen...

Gravity Badgers

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 November 2013

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 48/100

A physics-based arcade puzzle game follows Captain T Bayback, a badger venturing into deep space to save his friends, family and the universe from the Evil Honey...

Violett

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 61/100

This fantasy point-and-click adventure follows Violett, a rebellious teenager whose parents move her from the city to an old house in the countryside. After...

LOVE

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Old school, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2014

Steam: 92/100

A minimalist game with a retro aesthetic and an emphasis on challenge without being unfair. The game features an innovative revival system, 16 levels and an...

Volt

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2014

Steam: 70/100

This puzzle platformer follows a battery that escapes while being taken for recycling and tries to get out of an industrial facility. Without legs, the heroine...

Q*bert: Rebooted

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 July 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 50/100

This arcade puzzle game centers on jumping across a pyramid of blocks, combining the classic 2D Q*bert mode with a 3D reimagining called Rebooted. In both versions...

Lethal League

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Baseball, Sports game, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Lethal League is a side-scrolling arcade sports game that can be played cooperatively by up to four people. You will go to fight in various arenas, where the main...

Bridge Constructor Medieval

Simulation, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2014

Steam: 80/100

This bridge-building simulation is set in the age of knights and castles. In Bridge Constructor Medieval, the player builds crossings to supply a city and protect...

A Bird Story

Role-playing game, Arcade, Adventure, Top-down view, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A atmospheric top-down adventure from the creators of To the Moon, set in the same game universe. At the heart of the story is a little boy who meets a bird with a...

The Way We All Go (2015)

Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2015

Steam: 86/100

A horror visual novel with romance elements, set in a Japanese village in the 1980s. Atcchan returns to his hometown two years after leaving, with only three days...

Heaven Island - VR MMO

Walking Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 December 2015

Steam: 54/100

Heaven Island is an experimental journey across an island where time and space seem frozen. Exploring its scenery is presented as a chance to leave everyday worries...

Mind Games

Indie, Puzzle, Board / Group Game

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016

Steam: 64/100

This collection of logic puzzles challenges players with different kinds of problems involving logic and mathematics. Mind Games features 20 puzzle types and more...

Secrets of Magic: The Book of Spells

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view, Horror, Match-3 (Three in a row), Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2016

Steam: 92/100

Secrets of Magic: The Book of Spells is a Halloween-themed arcade match-3 puzzle game. You have to help the aspiring sorceress Victoria master the art of magic and...

Candle

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 11 November 2016

Players: 5.1/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Candle is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to take on the role of the brave young man Teku, who is trying to save the shaman from...

Never give up!

Indie, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 30 December 2016

Steam: 76/100

This fantasy visual novel combines detective and romance elements in a small city where half-bloods are being murdered. Mia Silverlight, a young half-blood, is...

Alpacapaca Dash

Indie, Casual game, Runner

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2017

Steam: 90/100

Alpacapaca Dash is an endless runner with shooter elements, in which alpacas make their way through a changing, dark world. The player runs and jumps, dodges...

Serious Sam Fusion

Shooter, Virtual Reality (VR), First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: Linux → 21 March 2017

Steam: 91/100

Serious Sam Fusion is a first-person shooter in virtual reality. You will experience extreme violence, inexplicable joy, some sadness, sometimes all at once, and...

Rusted Warfare - RTS

Strategy, Online, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2017

Steam: 96/100

A real-time strategy game inspired by classic RTS titles, built for battles involving thousands of units. Rusted Warfare offers single-player challenges...

Robocraft

Role-playing game, Simulation, Shooter, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Combat robots, Construction

Game released: Linux → 24 August 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Robocraft is a shareware multiplayer robot simulator in which you have to build your own personal robot and then send it to fight with other similar creatures of...

Card City Nights 2

Adventure, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017

Steam: 88/100

This adventure strategy game is set aboard Starship Frivolity, a space station whose inhabitants are obsessed with a card game. To uncover the station’s mysteries...

Battlevoid: Sector Siege

Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2017

Steam: 58/100

Battlevoid: Sector Siege is a top-down sci-fi action strategy game for mobile platforms. You have to manage 12 space stations and a fleet of 10 ships, explore the...

Alien Arena: Warriors Of Mars

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 November 2017

Steam: 77/100

Alien Arena: Warriors Of Mars is a free-to-play competitive dynamic shooter with a first-person view with an abundance of alien enemies, weapons, upgrades and more...

Haque

Role-playing game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 23 November 2017

Steam: 82/100

This turn-based roguelike takes place in a pixelated fantasy world falling apart at the seams. At the request of an old man, the hero sets out to rid the land of...

Trendpoker 3D: Texas Hold'em Poker

Simulation, Strategy, MMO, Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2017

Steam: 75/100

A Texas Hold’em poker simulator with single-player and online modes lets players compete against neural-network AI or other members of the online community. It...

Hyper Sentinel

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

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2018

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hyper Sentinel is a top-down retro sci-fi shooter. You have to go through 12 different levels, full of action in the best traditions of the scrolling shooter genre...

FRAMED Collection

Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2018

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This collection of FRAMED and FRAMED 2 consists of puzzles in which the panels of an animated comic are rearranged to shape a noir spy adventure. Each arrangement...

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