Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 42

Strategy, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Chess game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 March 2015

Steam: 71/100

Othello is an abstract board strategy game built around capturing the opponent’s pieces: players place pieces to surround opposing ones and flip them to their own...

Flight of the Paladin

Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2015

Steam: 53/100

A fast-paced top-down shooter in which a knight of light battles creatures of darkness. In Campaign Mode, the hero fights increasingly numerous enemies, with each...

Showing Tonight: Mindhunters Incident

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 12 November 2015

Steam: 58/100

Showing Tonight: Mindhunters Incident is an adventure arcade game in the hidden object genre about a gloomy cinema in which something otherworldly is happening. The...

Ultimate Rock Crawler

Free game, Racing, Indie, Sports game

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2016

Steam: 36/100

A free extreme racing game where gamers drive off-road. There is a garage where you can use the credits you earn to purchase various parts to upgrade your...

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...

The Average Everyday Adventures of Samantha Browne

Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2016

Steam: 81/100

An interactive story about Samantha Browne, a painfully introverted college student who needs to make oatmeal in her dorm’s communal kitchen. Even this simple task...

Neon Space

Action, Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Tactics, Top-down view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2016

Steam: 72/100

Neon Space is an indie action-adventure game with tactical elements and a top-down view. The goal of the game is to guide your little spaceship from one end to the...

Adele: Following the Signs

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

Game released: Linux → 2 June 2016

Steam: 30/100

Adele: Following the Signs is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The events of the game will take you to 2029 during the zombie apocalypse. The main...

Sol Trader

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2016

Steam: 61/100

Sol Trader is a new sci-fi game that puts people and their relationships at the forefront. It's a mix of 2D, classic top-down arcade action with deep, tactical...

Heart&Slash

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Slasher, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This 3D action game follows Heart, a robot trying to escape the machines’ control in a world where human civilization has disappeared. Standing in Heart’s way is...

Lucius Demake

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2016

Steam: 94/100

Lucius Demake is a pixel adventure puzzle game with action and horror elements, based on the game Lucius. As in the original version, the main character Lucius has...

SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 August 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

A murder-mystery visual novel about ten friends gathered at a secluded mountain resort for Halloween. Their party turns into a night of horror when one of the...

Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven

Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2016

Steam: 85/100

This text-based role-playing game with survival-horror elements follows the first days of an outbreak, as the Zeta virus turns the infected into zombies and society...

Ellipsis

Arcade, Action, Indie, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2017

Steam: 96/100

Ellipsis — A top-down neon skydiving shooter where you control a futuristic spaceship. The main task — Avoid all sorts of obstacles on your way. In the...

Brave Furries

Free game, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2017

Steam: 83/100

Brave Furries is a puzzle game with cute furry monsters who go in search of a princess in the castle of an evil wizard. He kidnapped the furry princess, taking half...

Lux Alliance

Indie, Strategy, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view, In real time, Board / Group Game, Card game, Sandbox, Historical, Tactics, Logic

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2017

Steam: 75/100

A world-conquest strategy game inspired by the classic board games RISK, Axis & Allies, and Diplomacy. Players issue orders to their troops at the same time as...

Close Me

Indie, Adventure, Horror

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2017

Steam: 78/100

This adventure horror game centers on a person who wakes up unable to remember the previous night’s dream. The player moves through everyday activities: going...

Evening Surprise

Free game, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2017

Steam: 89/100

This comedy visual novel follows Max and his girlfriend Ann, who are happy together until Ann prepares a surprise for him. The story unfolds over several ordinary...

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...

Visual Out

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 15 March 2018

Steam: 84/100

Visual Out is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with puzzle elements. You will act as a program whose existence is contrary to the wishes of the...

Varenje

Adventure, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 3 July 2018

Steam: 86/100

An adventure quest follows a hero who, while spending the summer in the countryside, tries an unfamiliar berry by a stream and shrinks to the size of a bug. At this...

RC Simulation 2.0

Arcade, Racing, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 July 2018

Steam: 62/100

RC Simulation 2.0 is an arcade racing game starring radio-controlled cars. Among the usual toy cars there is also water transport. The game allows you to use...

Zero G Arena

Action, Indie, Online

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2018

Steam: 88/100

Zero G Arena is an arena shooter set in zero gravity, where ragdoll physics shape both movement and combat. Players switch between running on magnetic surfaces and...

Path to Mnemosyne

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018

Steam: 80/100

Path to Mnemosyne is an atmospheric adventure with puzzles and a third-person view. You will go on a hypnotic journey built around the endless approach of the...

Varion

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2018

Steam: 100/100

Varion is an arcade isometric action game in a sci-fi setting. You will find dynamic battles designed for four people, which take place in a futuristic universe...

Objects in Space

Action, Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2019

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 51/100

Objects in Space is an exciting simulator with management elements and a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the open world of Apollo, a...

Later Alligator

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2019

Steam: 96/100

Later Alligator is a fun adventure game that tells the story of Pat, a harmless alligator, who finds himself at the center of a mysterious conspiracy. Set in an...

Change the World

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2020

Steam: 78/100

Change the World is a visual adventure novel in the anime style and point and click genre. On the third planet of the solar system in the Milky Way galaxy lives a...

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...

Banana Shooter

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Online, Free game

Game released: Linux → 1 May 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Banana Shooter is an indie shooter with a first-person view. When you have the most kills, you will receive bananas. The whole game is a multiplayer type of battle...

Fadeout: Underground

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 25 June 2022

Steam: 81/100

Fadeout: Underground — a conditionally free online third-person shooter inspired by classic games of the late '90s and early 2000s. The authors describe their...

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...

Bonfire Peaks - Lost Memories

Logic, Isometric, Adventure, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2023

Steam: 96/100

Addition for Bonfire Peaks. The developers have added new mechanics and puzzles that are available in new areas. The main character explores small levels and uses...

Ouros

Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2024

Steam: 96/100

A relaxing game in which a gamer draws beautiful smooth lines in a serene space. You can move key points to change the trajectory of movement. There are more than...

Cawez's puzzlebox: Hiraeth

Free game, Puzzle, Platformer, Indie, Logic, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2024

Steam: 100/100

The player solves a series of physics puzzles and tests their skills in 3D platforming. There are four types of tasks: pushing tiles, tasks with changes in gravity...

Octopus City Blues

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Kaf Kafkarian is a cowardly middle-aged octopus drug addict with a tentacle trimmer who lives in a city built around a giant octopus. Kaf succumbed to bizarre...

Scraps: Modular Vehicle Combat

Action, Shooter, Racing, Third-person view, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 7 July 2015

Steam: 70/100

Scraps: Modular Vehicle Combat is a vehicle battle with a third-person view. The player will have to build his own vehicle from a variety of parts provided. And...

Nature's Zombie Apocalypse

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

Early Access: Linux → 23 July 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Nature's Zombie Apocalypse is an arcade zombie shooter with an isometric camera view. You have to go to the world of post-apocalypse and fight hordes of the living...

Zombie Grinder

Action, Adventure, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 16 October 2015

Steam: 63/100

Zombie Grinder is a cooperative multiplayer action game about fighting hordes of zombies across a variety of maps. It supports local and online co-op, as well as...

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