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Press X to Not Die - a game in the Indie genre

Adventure, Interactive movie, Horror, Action, First-person view, Comedy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Press X to Not Die is a fun interactive action game, much like a trash zombie movie, that makes fun of all the classic tropes and stereotypes. The game plays in the...

Bombernauts

Action, Indie, Online

Game released: Linux → 29 December 2017

Steam: 74/100

Bombernauts is an online multiplayer action game in which robots battle across arenas with destructible voxel terrain. Players drop bombs to knock opponents off the...

Boo! Greedy Kid

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Steam: 85/100

Boo! Greedy Kid is a fun arcade puzzle action game with stealth elements and a side view. There's a new bully in the house! You have to try on the role of a little...

Empire Deluxe Combined Edition

Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2018

Steam: 92/100

A classic grand strategy wargame about taking cities across a map. A captured city allows its commander to produce units and expand, while rival opponents pursue...

Airships: Conquer the Skies

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Steampunk, Construction, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 16 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

This steampunk strategy game centers on designing airships and land vehicles for large-scale battles over control of the skies. Players assemble craft from modules...

Guard Duty

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 2 May 2019

Steam: 90/100

Guard Duty is a fun pixel adventure about love, loss and the end of the world. The events of the game take place in two time periods: in medieval Winklewood and in...

Electronic Super Joy 2

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

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2019

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Electronic Super Joy 2 is a free-to-play hardcore action platformer with a pixelated side view. The game involves a lot of running and jumping, making your way...

Earthshine

Adventure, Visual novel, Arcade, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 9 December 2019

Steam: 89/100

Earthshine is an adventure visual novel. The game tells the story of two travelers who are trying to cross the desert, but get into trouble. The heroes head to the...

A Tofu Tail

Puzzle, Isometric, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

A game about a man who is turned into a cube of tofu by the deceptive fox spirit Kitsune. You need to explore surreal worlds to help the character lift the curse...

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...

Hexio

Arcade, Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Logic

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2021

Steam: 100/100

Hexio is a minimalistic top-down arcade puzzle game. Enjoy relaxing gameplay across 96 carefully designed levels. As you progress, you need to connect the dots to...

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...

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...

Duelyst 2

Tactics, Isometric, Turn-based, Collectible card game (CCG), Indie, Fantasy, Free game, Strategy, Card game

Game released: Linux → 17 December 2022

Steam: 73/100

Choose one of six factions and assemble a deck of hundreds of unique cards to defeat your opponent. The goal is to top the rating...

Slumbering Feline

Free game, Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 March 2025

Steam: 72/100

The story of Momo, who has lost his way in a strange dream and is trying to get out of it. It is necessary to use magical equipment to fight enemies and discover...

Monster Looter

Indie, Side view, Casual game, Clicker, Point & Click, Free game

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2025

Steam: 57/100

A pixel adventure where you must fight monsters in a dungeon. Each subsequent opponent is stronger than the previous one, but will bring more loot. You also need to...

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...

MegaSphere

Indie, Action, Adventure

Early Access: Linux → 26 August 2015

Steam: 61/100

This post-cyberpunk action platformer is set in the early 22nd century and follows a special operations fighter investigating why the stars around the Solar System...

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...

Last Life

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie

Frozen: Linux → 29 September 2018

Last Life is a noir adventure set in a sci-fi setting about a transhumanist colony on Mars. You will take on the role of a detective who needs to solve an old case...

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...

Critical Annihilation

Action, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 12 February 2016

Steam: 88/100

This twin-stick shoot ’em up, built from tiny voxels, centres on battles against aliens in a fully destructible environment. The player takes up arms to repel an...

Hacker Evolution: Untold

Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2010

Steam: 64/100

This hacking simulator is set amid a technological singularity: computers have surpassed humanity in number and processing power, and an unexplained cause has...

Royal Trap

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2014

Royal Trap is an adventure with a mixture of visual novel and indie game from developers from the studio Hanako Games. The game is published by Hanako Games, the...

Beyond Gravity

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2014

Steam: 88/100

Beyond Gravity is an arcade game with elements of action, platformer and indie game from developers from the Qwiboo studio. The game is published by Qwiboo. It...

Counterpick Labs

Roguelike, Platformer, Side view, Online, Indie, Free game, Fighting, Arcade

Early Access: Linux → 13 July 2024

Steam: 89/100

A fast-paced game where you need to knock your opponents off the map to win. You can select and combine different equipment to create the perfect outfit. There are...

Pyrite Heart

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 September 2014

Steam: 66/100

This visual novel follows Princess Ahri Remono, who accepts a challenge after a feud with her brother and leaves the Imperial Palace to study beyond its walls. On...

Mutiny!

Arcade, Strategy, Isometric, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → Q3 2014

Mutiny! is an isometric arcade game with a mix of strategy, indie and tactical game from the developers of Hidden Armada. The game is published by Hidden...

Lux

Strategy, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2004

Steam: 81/100

A turn-based strategy game about world domination, inspired by the board game RISK. Players conquer territories and deploy armies across maps with themes ranging...

Hare In The Hat

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2015

Steam: 61/100

This point-and-click adventure follows a hare imprisoned in a hat by an evil magician. The player explores the magician’s chamber, searches for hidden objects and...

Caster

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

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 77/100

A third-person action shooter in which the player races through scenic locations and fights bug-like creatures called the Flanx. Combat offers six attacks...

Eschalon: Book 2

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2010

Steam: 86/100

This turn-based role-playing game unfolds in a fantasy world threatened by war, where the hope for peace lies in the hero’s past. Eschalon: Book 2 continues 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...

HOARD

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 April 2011

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This top-down arcade strategy game casts the player as a dragon seeking to amass the largest possible hoard. The dragon burns villages and castles, collects gold...

Two Digits

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2015

Steam: 74/100

A minimalist puzzle game in which the goal is to find two subsets with the same sum among nine numbers below 100. The game features 250 puzzles arranged across 11...

Scoregasm

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2011

Steam: 85/100

This top-down arcade shooter sends the player through a galaxy connected by branching routes. Choosing a path reveals new levels and enemies, while encounters with...

Blackwell Convergence

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

Game released: Linux → 13 January 2012

Steam: 96/100

A point-and-click adventure about medium Rosa Blackwell and her spirit guide Joey Mallone, who investigate strange connections between events in a big city. A new...

Fox & Flock

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2015

Steam: 84/100

Fox & Flock is a puzzle game based on the classic board game Fox & Geese, set in a ballroom where a fox is hiding among the dancers. Players can control the...

Adventures of Shuggy

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 June 2012

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A puzzle platformer about Shuggy, who inherits a castle inhabited by goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. To make his new home liveable, he explores more than 100...

Din's Curse: Demon War

Role-playing game, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2012

Steam: 100/100

An action RPG expansion for Din's Curse, set in a fantasy world at war between humans, demons, and the undead. After the necromancer Ciglio dies, the undead...

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