Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 39

Embers of Magic - a game in the Indie genre

Game released: Linux → 6 April 2017

Steam: 83/100

This short adventure visual novel follows Liana, a witch who takes an airship from her flying city down to the dangerous, corrupt earth below. The story is set in...

SOLITUNE

Adventure, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Steam: 76/100

This short puzzle adventure is about escaping an old life: the player becomes a shepherd and gathers a flock of sheep while seeking a new path. In SOLITUNE, the...

GRIDD: Retroenhanced

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

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 79/100

GRIDD: Retroenhanced is a vibrant arcade cyberpunk shooter with a fantastic soundtrack, elements generated during the game and electrifying graphics. Guide your...

Victor Vran: Motörhead Through the Ages

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

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Steam: 70/100

Victor Vran: Motörhead Through the Ages is an add-on for an action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The add-on will allow...

Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro

Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2018

Steam: 83/100

This visual novel follows Ichitarou Ichinose, an easygoing high school student whose childhood friend, Kokonoe Kokoro, is a giant grasshopper. He tries to win her...

Shooty Skies

Arcade, Shooter, Indie, Free game, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 March 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Shooty Skies is a pixel arcade game for mobile platforms. The main task is to shoot enemies and accumulate bonuses. Players can expect colorful graphics, many...

Minit

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 3 April 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Minit is an unusual top-down action adventure game. You have to get out of the cozy house and help the funny characters of the black and white world. Many secrets...

Prototype Mansion - Used No Cover

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2018

Steam: 68/100

Prototype Mansion — Used No Cover is a pixelated action-horror game with a third-person view and survival elements, inspired by the classic Resident Evil. In...

Jack B. Nimble

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Runner, Side view

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2018

Steam: 90/100

A side-scrolling arcade endless runner in which the hero leaps across spooky hilltops, gothic cityscapes and dungeons. The player jumps and uses a whip to strike...

Molecats

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 80/100

Molecats is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game set in the mysterious and wonderful world of cats. They love to collect mushrooms in the most dangerous...

Buoyancy

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, City Building

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2019

Steam: 54/100

Buoyancy is a real-time city planning and management simulator with an isometric camera view in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game you have to build a real...

Lair of the Clockwork God

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Action

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2020

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Lair of the Clockwork God is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. A unique blend of genres awaits you in the form of...

WarriOrb

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

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 76/100

WarriOrb is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. In a Victorian-era fantasy world, a war rages between industrial superpowers. As...

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor

Simulation, Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Strategy, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 May 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 78/100

Nimbatus — The Space Drone Constructor is a top-down sci-fi action game with simulation elements. You have to go to conquer hostile space in military drones...

Children of Morta: Paws and Claws

Role-playing game, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 August 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Children of Morta: Paws and Claws is a top-down RPG expansion set in a fantasy setting. Night hunters, creatures of the day. They howl, growl, hiss, and snarl: but...

Yuligans: Christmas is Coming!

Free game, Casual game, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 November 2020

Steam: 90/100

A free-to-play co-op game with a Christmas atmosphere, where players must make various decisions to help Santa Claus and his elves complete their Christmas...

Pnevmo-Capsula: Domiki

Arcade, Steampunk, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Pnevmo-Capsula: Domiki is an exciting arcade puzzle game with a third-person view in a steampunk setting. In the game you will find the surroundings of the Soviet...

Stardander Revenant

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2021

Steam: 93/100

Stardander Revenant is an adventure game with RPG elements that tells the story of a young witch, Griselda, who studies magical spells at a witch school and wants...

Garbanzo Quest

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2024

Steam: 98/100

The main character is a character named Garbanzo, whose main weapon is his saliva. It is with the help of spitting at his opponents that he will have to clear his...

Jaded

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

A fun platformer where you can slow down time, perform 360-degree dashes and fight hordes of enemies. The main character explores picturesque snowy mountains, dense...

Live Lens

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2025

A tactical shooter with a body-camera view and real-life graphics. The game has three modes: a single story campaign, where you need to uncover a conspiracy...

Lady Umbrella

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2025

Steam: 69/100

An adventure in which the player assumes the role of special agent Francesca De Angelis. She infiltrated Italy's last mafia family but was betrayed. Now the...

Welkin Road

Arcade, First-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Action

Early Access: Linux → 13 April 2016

Steam: 67/100

Welkin Road is an arcade puzzle game with a first-person view. The game resembles a mixture of Mirror's Edge and A Story about my Uncle. The main character travels...

Kairo

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2012

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This first-person 3D adventure takes place in a lost world of abstract architecture and ancient monuments. The player explores unusual rooms and solves puzzles by...

Analogue: A Hate Story

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2012

Steam: 94/100

This science-fiction visual novel centers on the mystery of the Mugunghwa, a generation ship launched in the 25th century to establish the first interstellar colony...

Cargo Commander

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2012

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a new Cargo Corps recruit sent into dangerous sectors of space to salvage valuable cargo from containers filled with...

Organ Trail: Director's Cut

Arcade, Logic, Zombies, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 19 March 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This retro zombie survival game follows a group of five travelling west in a station wagon. Along the way, the player scavenges for supplies and fights the undead...

Kinetic Void

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

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2013

Steam: 17/100

Kinetic Void is a space simulation game with action elements, focused on exploring a procedurally generated galaxy. There is no main storyline: the player chooses...

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos

Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2013

Steam: 75/100

This visual novel follows Winter Harrison, a student mediator who travels to chaotic worlds to help resolve their problems. In the series’ first entry, Winter...

CLR: Cannons Lasers Rockets

Action, MMO, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Space

Game released: Linux → 4 February 2014

Steam: 25/100

This space arcade with MOBA elements centers on ship-to-ship combat, with 2D battles set in a 3D environment. Players attack with cannons, lasers and rockets, while...

Spate

In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 27 March 2014

Steam: 71/100

This surreal third-person adventure follows a man struggling with addiction, the loss of his daughter, and a descent into madness. The game’s world reflects his...

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...

Blackwell Epiphany

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2014

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Blackwell Epiphany is a point and click adventure game from the developers of Wadjet Eye Games. This is the fifth and final part of the Blackwell Legacy quest saga...

You Have to Win the Game

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania, Free game

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2014

Steam: 92/100

An exploration platformer with the look and sound of 1980s PC games, set among the ruins of a lost world. The player runs and jumps past deadly pitfalls while...

XenoRaptor

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2014

Steam: 81/100

This top-down space shooter follows a cyberdragon battling an armada of space skeletons. The player salvages parts from defeated enemies to build weapons and equips...

Retrobooster

Arcade, Action, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2014

Steam: 100/100

Retrobooster is a 2.5D arcade shooter about piloting a nimble ship through strange worlds filled with enemies and hazards. Its flight controls use thrust and...

Choice of the Deathless

Role-playing game, Indie, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2014

Steam: 91/100

This text-based role-playing game is a necromantic legal thriller set in a fantasy world of scheming magicians and monsters. The protagonist works at an elite...

McDROID

Action, Strategy, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 5 September 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 74/100

This science-fiction game blends arcade action, real-time strategy and tower defense. The modular robot McDROID must protect its shuttle and crops from mutants, and...

DeadCore

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

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

DeadCore is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to try on the role of a hero who lost his memory...

Mecha Ace

Role-playing game, Indie, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2014

Steam: 86/100

Mecha Ace is a text-based science-fiction role-playing game set during an interstellar civil war fought by pilots in giant robots. The protagonist can become a...

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