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Immortal Redneck - a game in the Indie genre

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Immortal Redneck is a fast-paced first-person shooter with roguelike elements. You will find unique arenas that are generated randomly, a wide arsenal of weapons...

Serious Sam's Bogus Detour

Online, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Serious Sam's Bogus Detour is a classic top-down co-op shooter set in the Serious Sam universe. The essence of the game is to pick up new weapons, ammunition...

Warstone TD

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2018

A fantasy strategy game in the "tower defense" genre, combining the classic formula of defending against waves of enemies with a large-scale kingdom development...

We. The Revolution

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 March 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 75/100

We. The Revolution is a unique adventure strategy with role-playing elements, where you will try on the role of a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the...

Dude, Where Is My Beer?

Casual game, Comics, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Puzzle, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

An unusual adventure, the main character of which is trying to uncover a conspiracy with the disappearance of the Pilsner beer in the city of Oslo. To investigate...

Impostor Factory

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2021

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...

Bad End Theater

Indie, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Bad End Theater is a pixelated puzzle adventure with visual novel elements in which you explore the creepy stories of a cast of characters. The decisions made...

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

Horror, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk is a visual novel in the horror genre with point and click elements. A psychedelic narrative full of pyramidal word...

Universe For Sale

Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration, Science fiction, Indie, Comics

Game released: Linux → 16 November 2023

A hand-drawn adventure set on an empty space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. You need to meet unusual local residents and reveal their secrets of survival...

Kanun 1919

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A detective adventure set in a gloomy Russian province at the beginning of the 20th century. As a messenger, the player needs to deliver an important telegram to...

Frozen Synapse

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Sandbox, Indie, Tactics, Online

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2011

Metacritic: 85/100

Frozen Synapse is a fantastic top-down turn-based tactical strategy game. This game allows you to give detailed and precise orders to your team: classic gameplay...

Gods Will Be Watching

Strategy, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2014

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Gods Will Be Watching is a point and click strategy game with a mixture of adventure, puzzle and indie game from Deconstructeam. The main publisher of the game is...

Hand of Fate

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

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2015

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Hand of Fate is an indie role-playing adventure game with elements of action and strategy, with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to play with a...

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2015

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is a continuation of the fantasy point and click adventure with lots of puzzles and wonderful humor. In a world torn by war, gremlin...

The Mims Beginning

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2016

The Mims Beginning is a vibrant god simulator where you control your own race of alien creatures. The plot takes place in an unknown space and time. In this galaxy...

Crush Your Enemies

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 July 2016

Metacritic: 63/100

Crush Your Enemies is a top-down real-time strategy arcade game. You can expect a lot of humor, tactical depth, like in the classic strategies of Starcraft, Age of...

The Agony

Indie, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Survival

Game released: Linux → 15 June 2017

The Agony — adventure indie horror with a first-person view. Do you often wonder what lies beneath our cities? Sewers, bomb shelters, scientific facilities...

Gang Beasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...

Vagante

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...

Danger Scavenger

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Danger Scavenger is a dynamic arcade shooter with an isometric camera view in a cyberpunk setting. Deadly effective, highly skilled, invisible to indifferent...

Chained Echoes

Role-playing game, Side view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration, Old school

Game released: Linux → 8 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Old school RPG with turn-based combat. Events take place in a colorful fantasy world on the continent of Valandis. A group of heroes embark on a dangerous journey...

True Idle Simulator

Simulation, Casual game, Comedy, Business / Management, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2022

True Idle Simulator is a real idle simulator in which the winner on the leaderboard is the one who can do nothing for the longest...

GoD Factory: Wingmen

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

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2014

Metacritic: 76/100

GoD Factory: Wingmen is a team-based multiplayer space action game from Nine Dots Studio. Two teams of 4 people each will have to fight each other in various space...

Overgrowth

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Overgrowth is a third-person action game about brave rabbits who master martial arts. There are other animals in the game that complement the medieval universe of...

Finding Paradise

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Finding Paradise is an indie top-down adventure that is a direct sequel to To the Moon and A Bird Story. Players will once again meet two doctors who travel through...

Morphe

Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 October 2018

Morphe is an atmospheric first-person adventure that takes you into a world of beautiful mountain peaks. The game will delight you with realistic sound, a huge...

Warlocks 2: God Slayers

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 18 July 2019

Metacritic: 59/100

Warlocks 2: God Slayers is a side-scrolling co-op action RPG with a pixel art style. Challenge the vile gods and wring their necks with the help of wizards and...

The Procession to Calvary

Adventure, Historical, Indie, Point & Click, Side view

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2020

Metacritic: 78/100

The Procession to Calvary is a side-scrolling adventure game with elements of historical black comedy. The game takes place during the Renaissance, where you have...

Islet Hell

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Educational game (Education), Indie, Free game, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2022

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...

Long Live Caesar

Indie, Role-playing game, Tactics, Historical, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2024

A step -by -step role -playing strategy with elements of a crogue in which the fate of the Roman Empire depends on the decisions of one person. Playing for Guy...

A Game About Feeding A Black Hole

Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Clicker

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2025

A casual game about feeding a black hole with material elements. The project is built around a simple yet engaging cycle: the player destroys asteroids, planets...

Neverway

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Construction, Crafting

Game in development: Linux → октябрь 2026

A dark hybrid game that combines elements of life simulation, horror, and role-playing action. The story centers around Fiona, who starts a new life on a farm after...

Wildermyth

Role-playing game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Board / Group Game, Fantasy

Early Access: Linux → 13 November 2019; Game released: Linux → 15 June 2021

Metacritic: 86/100

Tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles. The player leads a group of heroes who have left their farming duties to protect their home. Each character has...

DeadCore

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

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2014

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Bridge Constructor Stunts

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Bridge Constructor Stunts is an arcade puzzle game for mobile devices, where instead of bridges you will build ramps and trampolines. Even the slowest trucks will...

Rive

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

BalanCity

Simulation, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2016

BalanCity is a sandbox construction game where you will face the most unusual challenges. As you progress, you will have to protect your buildings from attacks by...

Forma.8

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2017

Metacritic: 78/100

Pipe Push Paradise

Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2018

Pipe Push Paradise is a hardcore, top-down, open-world puzzle game about plumbing. You will find yourself on a large island where you need to solve a problem with a...

Hero of the Kingdom 3

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Hero of the Kingdom 3 is a continuation of the adventure role-playing game in a fantasy setting. Dark times have come for the prosperous kingdom. An ancient evil...

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