Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 29

Action, Flight Simulator, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Top-down view, Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 July 2010

Steam: 50/100

This casual educational game combines math, vocabulary, and geography challenges with piloting an aircraft through aerial arenas. It can be played solo or with up...

TRAUMA (2011)

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2011

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This adventure puzzle game follows a young woman who survives a car accident. While recovering in the hospital, she dreams about different aspects of her identity...

Santa's Big Adventures

Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 December 2016

Steam: 74/100

A casual platformer about Santa Claus collecting lost presents and putting them in a chimney to save Christmas. The player completes levels, gathering presents...

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...

Eldritch

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2013

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A first-person fantasy horror game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The player explores strange worlds, uncovers ancient...

Last Federation

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

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2014

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Last Federation is a fascinating global strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant future in the...

Black Ice

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Steampunk, Exploration, Cyberpunk, Open world

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2014

Steam: 77/100

This first-person cyberpunk shooter with role-playing elements takes place in an open cyberspace where corporations protect their data with artificial intelligence...

Flockers

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Strategy, Action

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2014

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 64/100

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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...

Lightrise

Action, Shooter, MMO, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2015

Steam: 53/100

Lightrise is a fantasy PvP action game built around fast-paced combat, with outcomes determined by player skill. It has no classes, roles, or loadouts: every player...

Heroes of Steel

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015

Steam: 77/100

Heroes of Steel is a classic role-playing game with turn-based combat and a top-down view in a fantasy setting. You have to control a party of four brave heroes to...

Pix the Cat

Arcade, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2015

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This arcade game follows Pix the Cat through digital mazes, where the cat hatches ducklings, forms a line behind him and guides them to target circles while...

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...

Unium

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 27 March 2015

Steam: 94/100

Unium is a casual puzzle game about changing tiles by tracing a single continuous line across them. Each tile crossed switches from black to white or back again...

Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!

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

Game released: Linux → 13 July 2015

Steam: 71/100

Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! — an arms dealer simulator with business and management elements. You have to become a weapons baron. Create new custom weapons and...

Champion of the Gods

Role-playing game, Indie, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2015

Steam: 85/100

This text-based role-playing game is set in a world inspired by ancient Greek myth, where a hero’s fate is bound up with the gods and the struggle to save their...

Echoes of Aetheria

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2016

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Echoes of Aetheria is a turn-based role-playing game in steampunk style, from the creators of the game Skyborn. The events of the game begin with a wedding, where...

Melodys Escape

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Music game, Indie, Runner, Side view

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2016

Steam: 90/100

A side-scrolling rhythm runner where the obstacles and the heroine’s actions adapt to the beat and energy of music from the player’s own library. Melody runs along...

War for the Overworld: Heart of Gold

Strategy, DLC, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2016

Steam: 77/100

War for the Overworld: Heart of Gold is an addition to the real-time management strategy and fantasy setting. You will create your own dungeons with your own...

Dead End Road

Indie, Racing, Action

Game released: Linux → 8 July 2016

Steam: 86/100

This atmospheric driving game follows a protagonist racing through the night to escape a supernatural threat and reach the elderly woman who may be able to end the...

Okhlos

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

Game released: Linux → 18 August 2016

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Okhlos is a real-time action strategy game with eight-bit graphics. The events of the game take players to Ancient Greece, where the people, dissatisfied with the...

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...

Sakura Space

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Sakura Space is an anime/manga and visual novel adventure from the developers at Winged Cloud. The game is published by Sekai...

Clouds & Sheep 2

Arcade, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Clouds & Sheep 2 is an indie arcade game from the developers of HandyGames. The game is a simulator of a sheep farm, where you can grow garden animals, take care of...

MHRD

Simulation, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 5 January 2017

Steam: 88/100

This puzzle game centers on designing hardware circuits at the Microhard startup amid the technology of the 1980s. The player writes designs in the MHRD hardware...

Shadows of Adam

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2017

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Shadows of Adam is a pixel RPG with Japanese-style turn-based combat. An exciting adventure awaits you, made in the style of classic role-playing games of the 90s...

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...

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...

AER Memories of Old

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

AER Memories of Old is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a girl who can turn into a bird...

Fox n Forests

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Fox n Forests is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with pixel graphics. You will play as a lively representative of nature, the fox cub Fox. In the game...

Splash Blast Panic

Arcade, Action, Board / Group Game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2018

Steam: 100/100

Splash Blast Panic is a side-scrolling co-op action game where you shoot, ram, and dodge your opponents while trying to push them off the screen using a variety of...

Lethal League Blaze

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

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2018

Steam: 97/100

Lethal League Blaze is a side-scrolling arcade sports game that allows up to four people to play together. You will go to fight in various arenas, where the main...

Vambrace: Cold Soul

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Vambrace: Cold Soul is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The King of Shadows has cursed the great city of Icenair, causing...

Byte Driver

Arcade, Action, Racing, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2019

Steam: 100/100

Byte Driver — arcade retrowave race in which the main character drives along the roads and fights with other cars. Self-driving cars have become self-aware...

IDID:IT

Adventure, First-person view, Logic, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Detective

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2020

IDID:IT (Inexplicable Deaths In Damipolis: Inner Thoughts) is a first-person noir adventure in the spirit of old black and white films. The plot of the game...

Russiaphobia

Action, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Horror, Strategy, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 25 December 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 70/100

Russiaphobia is a unique simulator of a foreign agent who is immersed in Russian realities to help raise the country from its knees. As you progress, tasks await...

Impostor Factory

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

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2021

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Impostor Factory is a new adventure from the creators of Finding Paradise and To the Moon. The main characters of the series, Dr. Rosalyn and Dr. Watts, will go to...

Tap Ninja

Side view, Arcade, Roguelike, Action, Adventure, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 17 March 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Tap Ninja is an adventure arcade clicker with role-playing elements and a side view in a medieval setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a warlike...

Frogun

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2022

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Frogun is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person perspective. Renata's parents are world-famous explorers, archaeologists and inventors who travel...

Lonesome Village

Adventure, Fantasy, Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2022

Steam: 72/100

A relaxing pixel game about a coyote without the battles. The character must uncover the village's mysterious magical past and save it from the hands of evil. The...

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