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LUNA The Shadow Dust - a game in the Indie genre

Adventure, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

LUNA The Shadow Dust is an amazing adventure game that tells the story of a little boy traveling to the ends of the world. Finding himself in a magical world where...

Test Tube Titans

Arcade, Indie, Action, Roguelike, Wrestling, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 15 June 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Test Tube Titans is a destructive arcade action game with procedurally generated levels. In the game you have to raise your own mutant monster and send it to the...

Drink More Glurp

Indie, Action, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Drink More Glurp is an indie action game with a side view. After binge-watching Earth TV, the aliens are convinced that advertising is the most important part of...

Bite the Bullet

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 52/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Bite the Bullet is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with RPG elements. In this game you have to eat opponents in order to upgrade your character...

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...

Kingdom Draw

Card game, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Kingdom Draw is a top-down tactical turn-based strategy game in the fantasy genre for multiple players. You have to gather your armies, prepare your spells and dive...

Memory Lost: Chapter One

Shooter, Isometric, Indie, Action, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 2 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

The trick of this shooter is the transfer of the hero’s consciousness into the bodies of enemies. When you run out of ammo or health, you need to quickly select an...

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...

Bait & Tackle

Hunting / Fishing, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view, Comedy, Action

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2025

Steam: 94/100

The player takes on the role of a legendary fisherman, catching exotic fish and battling sea monsters. The protagonist, a retired fisherman, must rebuild his...

Cython Cat

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

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2025

Steam: 81/100

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...

Bit Shifter

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 2 November 2015

Steam: 100/100

A futuristic action-strategy game follows a battle against a virus threatening a home computer. Pilot Flash Bios sets out to find his brother Rom, who went missing...

Dungeon Kingdom

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, First-person view, Dungeons, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 20 November 2015

Steam: 61/100

Dungeon Kingdom is a hack-and-slash RPG with a first-person perspective. This is a modern real-time dungeon crawling RPG. You will plunge into a fantastic adventure...

Idle Civilization

Indie, Simulation, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 24 November 2015

Steam: 47/100

Idle Civilization is a civilization management strategy with idle-game elements. Starting with a pair of villagers on the planet Communia, the player grows a...

Element

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Simulation, Science fiction

Early Access: Linux → 15 December 2015

Steam: 43/100

Element is a real-time strategy game from indie developer Flightless. The premise is simple: construct as many buildings as possible in the shortest amount of time...

Rivalry

Strategy, Casual game, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 22 January 2016

Steam: 91/100

A turn-based duel for two players, with rag-doll fighters wielding swords and controlling the movements of their limbs and weapons. Players take turns using the...

Hacker Evolution IMMERSION

Simulation, Futurism (Future), Logic, Indie, Action

Early Access: Linux → 29 July 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 25/100

Hacker Evolution IMMERSION is a hacker simulator in a futuristic setting. Humanity is about to enter the next stage of evolution. You will have to uncover the dark...

Journal

Indie, Adventure, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2014

Steam: 78/100

This narrative adventure unfolds in a hand-painted world and follows a young girl as she faces the choices and responsibilities of growing up. The story explores...

Castle Breakers

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

Game released: Linux → Q2 2014

Castle Breakers is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of action, fantasy and indie games from the masters at Black Black Beast. The game is published...

Bridge Constructor Playground

Casual game, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 July 2014

Steam: 73/100

Bridge Constructor Playground is a bridge-building simulator in which players design crossings over valleys, canals and rivers, with settings ranging from cities...

Fort Triumph

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 26 April 2018; Game released: Linux → 16 April 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Fort Triumph is an exciting tactical strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You will become the leader of fearless heroes...

Voice of Chernobyl

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Free game, Zombies, Survival

Early Access: Linux → 18 September 2022

Steam: 71/100

Voice of Chernobyl is a free multiplayer first-person shooter in a post-apocalyptic setting. Players have access to 8 maps of different sizes, 50 types of weapons...

Fraymakers

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

Early Access: Linux → 19 January 2023

Players: 7/10

Steam: 81/100

A fighting game with famous characters from popular indie games. Up to four players can fight at the same time, where each can call an assistant. In the editor you...

Dominions 3: The Awakening

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2006

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This turn-based strategy game takes place in a fantasy world where, after the Old God’s departure, pretenders vie for true godhood. At the start of a campaign, the...

Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 3 December 2010

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This 3D puzzle game challenges players to guide cubes to exits of matching colors. In Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH, routes are shaped with conveyor belts, warps...

Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 20 January 2011

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This point-and-click adventure is set in an alternate 19th century where humanity has already mastered space travel. Captain Brawe investigates the kidnapping of...

Containment: The Zombie Puzzler

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2012

Players: 5/10

Steam: 89/100

An action puzzle game about containing a zombie outbreak in Franklin County. To defeat the undead, the player surrounds them with survivors of the same color, while...

Monster Loves You!

Role-playing game, Adventure, Side view, Casual game, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 18 March 2013

Steam: 78/100

Monster Loves You! — a fun adventure with role-playing elements and a side view. Become a monster born in a slime-covered vat. Grow up and turn into a...

Super Splatters

Action, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 June 2013

Steam: 74/100

Super Splatters is an arcade puzzle game about launching elastic creatures through levels, with liquid physics affecting their movement. The player sends the...

Skyward Collapse: Nihon no Mura

Strategy, DLC, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2013

Steam: 100/100

An expansion for Skyward Collapse that brings the Japanese faction to Luminith. The faction has a powerful military and a pantheon whose gods each have three god...

MirrorMoon EP

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2013

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 73/100

MirrorMoon EP — atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game takes you on a surreal space adventure on an unknown...

Jelly Killer

Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2016

Steam: 81/100

This retro platformer combines action and puzzles with a story about a sentient biological weapon that escapes from a laboratory in 2784. After decades of zombie...

Chuck's Challenge 3D

Puzzle, Isometric, Indie, Sandbox, Arcade, Construction, Logic

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Steam: 81/100

This isometric puzzle game follows Woop, a purple alien navigating a universe of challenges created by Chuck Sommerville in search of an exit. Across the levels...

Montague's Mount

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

Game released: Linux → 19 November 2013

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 39/100

Montague's Mount is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. The events of the game will take you to a gloomy Irish island, where for...

Savant: Ascent

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Music game

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2013

Steam: 93/100

This arcade action-platformer follows the Alchemist, a mechanical wizard cast from his tower by a mysterious orb that turns his surroundings into dangerous enemies...

Sanctum 2: The Last Stand

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

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2013

Steam: 93/100

An expansion for Sanctum 2 in which Core Guardians fend off increased Lume activity across four new maps, including a remake of the classic Arc map. New defensive...

Eschalon: Book 3

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

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Eschalon: Book 3 is an isometric role-playing game with action and fantasy elements from the developers of Basilisk Games. The main publisher of the game is...

10,000,000

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

10,000,000 — Action role-playing roguelike in a fantasy style with puzzle elements and a side view. In this game you have to run non-stop, overcome obstacles...

ReignMaker

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 16 April 2014

Steam: 80/100

ReignMaker is a unique match-3 strategy game set in a fantasy setting. The game has many classic game elements: you have to arrange your city, build buildings and...

Life Goes On: Done to Death

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This tragicomic puzzle platformer follows a band of knights searching for the Cup of Life. Progress depends on their deaths: fallen bodies become tools for solving...

Millie

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2014

Steam: 83/100

This casual puzzle game with arcade elements follows a millipede who dreams of flying and sets off for aviation school to become a pilot. The journey to that goal...

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