Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 28

Bloodbath Kavkaz

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

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Cosmochoria

Arcade, Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2015

Steam: 86/100

Cosmochoria is an arcade action-adventure about a tiny pink cosmonaut who finds himself in a distant galaxy and sets out to bring life back to its barren planets...

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...

The Adventures of Mr. Bobley

Puzzle, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 July 2015

Steam: 73/100

This 3D platformer with physics-based puzzles takes place at a skyscraper construction site, where an ordinary worker, Mr. Bobley, must overcome obstacles and climb...

Stranded In Time

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

Game released: Linux → 18 July 2015

Steam: 76/100

Stranded In Time is an indie point-and-click adventure puzzle game. This game takes you back to the good old days of graphic adventure games, where the story takes...

Psycho Starship Rampage

Side view, Construction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 September 2015

Steam: 83/100

A horizontal-scrolling space shooter about a warship controlled by a psychotic AI that is trying to return to Earth. After a long hibernation, the ship’s AI...

Game Corp DX

Business / Management, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2015

Steam: 87/100

A game studio management simulation in which the player builds a small company and competes with rival studios. The team starts by making microgames to gain...

Orion Trail

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2015

Steam: 68/100

Orion Trail is a procedurally generated side-scrolling adventure with pixel graphics. You will have to travel in outer space, where only the luckiest, bravest and...

Paint it Back

Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 October 2015

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This logic puzzle is set in a gallery where the artwork has disappeared. The player restores lost pixel-art paintings by solving a distinct puzzle for each image...

Ceres (2015)

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2015

Steam: 52/100

Ceres — real-time space strategy. Players will take control of a squadron of spaceships and take part in battles, trade and exploration of solar systems. It...

Marble Duel: Sphere-Matching Tactical Fantasy

Puzzle, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 November 2015

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 59/100

Marble Duel: Sphere-Matching Tactical Fantasy is a casual indie match-3 puzzle game. Players will have to become powerful magicians and free the kingdom captured by...

Westport Independent

Strategy, Business / Management, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Westport Independent — management strategy with logic puzzles. You will become the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, who edits news texts every day before...

Epistory: Typing Chronicles

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2016

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Epistory: Typing Chronicles is an adventure game with action elements. The story follows a writer who asks his muse to help him write a book. Players, in the role...

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space

Arcade, Action, DLC, Third-person view, Science fiction, Simulation, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space is an addition to the fantastic arcade sandbox with a third-person view, Goat Simulator. The addition will send our goat to conquer...

Midsummer Night's Choice

Role-playing game, Adventure, Text quest, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2016

Steam: 86/100

Midsummer Night's Choice — role-playing adventure text quest. When your father, the Duke, tries to force you to marry, you leave civilization behind as you...

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...

Angels with Scaly Wings

Adventure, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2017

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Angels with Scaly Wings is a unique dating simulator with dragons, presented in the form of a visual novel. Acting as a representative of humanity, the player needs...

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...

DUNGEONS OF CHAOS

Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2017

Steam: 87/100

A turn-based pixel-art RPG made as a tribute to 1980s role-playing games. The player assembles a party of six characters, either creating one quickly or customizing...

Journey Down: Chapter Three

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Journey Down: Chapter Three is the final point and click episode of the Journey Down adventure. The game follows Lina, a young girl who searches for a lost book and...

Everspace - Encounters

Simulation, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2017

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Everspace — Encounters is an add-on for the space simulator Everspace. Expect new story characters, including an alien scientist and a robot with a French...

Opus Magnum

Simulation, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Opus Magnum is an indie puzzle game with simulation elements in a medieval setting. You have to take on the role of a powerful alchemist. Unravel the mysterious...

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...

Hyperspace Dogfights

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 14 May 2018

Steam: 89/100

Hyperspace Dogfights is a hardcore side-scrolling shooter with roguelike elements. You have to take control of a high-class jet fighter and go to destroy hordes of...

Tanglewood

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2018

Steam: 92/100

Tanglewood is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The plot of the game tells about a creature named Nimn, who has gone too far from his beloved home and...

Snakebird Primer

Indie, Casual game, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2019

Steam: 93/100

An arcade puzzle in the spirit of the snake game, only the main characters are long birds. By collecting fruits, players gradually increase the size of the bird...

Smith and Winston

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2019

Steam: 86/100

Smith and Winston is an arcade voxel shooter with a Metroid-style isometric camera view. The events of the game take place in a ring world of the future, which...

AI War 2

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Grand strategy, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2019

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 87/100

AI War 2 is the cult continuation of the asymmetrical space strategy AI War: Fleet Command. The events of the game develop 353 years later and tell about the...

Perilous Warp

Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2020

Steam: 72/100

This fast-paced first-person retro-shooter sends the player to a mysterious extraterrestrial colony after contact with its base is lost. The protagonist enters a...

Astalon: Tears of the Earth

Action, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Dungeons, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The game follows three heroic explorers who travel through a...

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...

Race On Ice 2020 Pro

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Sports game, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 3 December 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Race On Ice 2020 Pro is a free-to-play, third-person arcade racing game where you compete in competitive seasons to get first place. The games have multiple racers...

Islet Hell

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Educational game (Education), Indie, Free game, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2022

Steam: 92/100

A free, old-school flight simulator where players can learn how to control a plane as it flies over various islands. The game has ten levels with increasing...

3 Minutes to Midnight

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 22 August 2024

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game takes place in Mexico, where the peace of people is disturbed by a huge explosion. At this moment, Betty Anderson wakes up and needs to regain her memory...

Hidden in My Paradise

Casual game, Hidden Objects, Indie, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2024

Steam: 90/100

The main character is an aspiring photographer named Lali, who travels through picturesque places with the fairy Coronia. The girl completes tasks and collects...

The Mosquito Gang

Action, Third-person view, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2025

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 70/100

A cooperative action game with asymmetrical multiplayer, where a lone man with an arsenal of household weapons confronts a gang of four annoying mosquitoes. Each...

NODE: The Last Favor of the Antarii

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

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2025

Steam: 91/100

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...

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...

Lugaru

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Beat them all, Indie, Parkour

Game released: Linux → 1 January 2005

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 83/100

This third-person action game with fighting elements follows Turner, a rebel rabbit searching for those responsible for destroying his village. His quest uncovers a...

Cross Set

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle, Free game

Game released: Linux → 17 November 2015

Steam: 77/100

Cross Set is a number puzzle played on a square grid of up to 9×9 cells. The goal is to fill every row and column with the numbers from 1 to the grid’s size while...

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