Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 6

Fragile Reflection - a game in the Indie genre

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2025

Players: 9.9/10

The old Japanese town of Nankofuraku is shrouded in a haze of memories and pain. When Karyo Ito returns there to her family, she discovers not a cozy village, but a...

Antivirus Girl

Action, Strategy, Casual game, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Anime / Manga, Science fiction, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 1 July 2026

The game combines elements of "tower defense" and dynamic shooting, allowing not only to build defenses but also to directly control the main character. As an agent...

GNAW

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Metroidvania

Game in development: Linux → 2026

The game takes place in the decaying city of New Dino, which must be saved from destruction. Players take on the role of Mac Ripley, a dinosaur with supernatural...

KYORA

Action, Adventure, Sandbox, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Procedural generation

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Multiplayer adventure from the creators of Core Keeper takes you to a procedurally generated world where matter itself can be changed. The ruined lands hide...

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

Action, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Early Access: Linux → 20 September 2018; Game released: Linux → 1 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience is a side-scrolling survival game with roguelike elements. You have to find the answer to the question: “If you were...

Legend of Grimrock

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 19 December 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Legend of Grimrock is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A group of prisoners are sentenced to death by exile to the...

Paranautical Activity

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

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 48/100

Paranautical Activity is a dynamic indie shooter with a first-person view and roguelike elements. The game features randomly generated levels, super-fast gameplay...

The Bridge

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2013

The Bridge is a two-dimensional logic game that will allow you to look at physics and perspective from a different angle. You have to walk on the ceiling, explore...

StarDrive 2

Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2015

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 70/100

StarDrive 2 is an action game with a mixture of strategy and indie game from developers from the Zero Sum Games studio. The game is published by Iceberg...

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015

Players: 10/10

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition is a complete edition of the arcade platformer with puzzle elements. As a bizarre creature, you have to fly through colorful...

Catlateral Damage

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2015

Metacritic: 57/100

Catlateral Damage is a first-person simulator with action and indie game elements from Chris Chung studio. The game is published by Fire Hose Games. It seems that...

Villagers

Strategy, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2016

Players: 6.5/10

Villagers is a city-planning simulator in a medieval setting. A rich variety awaits you in the field of building and managing your own settlement, using people and...

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner is an addition to the top-down role-playing adventure with horror elements Sunless Sea. If the original action took place on the surface of...

Locomancer

Simulation, Indie, Arcade, Virtual Reality (VR), First-person view, Trains, Action

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2017

Locomancer is an exciting arcade game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality and Valve Index. In the game...

Weapon Shop Fantasy

Role-playing game, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 March 2017

Players: 1/10

Weapon Shop Fantasy is a unique top-down management simulator with RPG elements. In the game, you will be responsible for managing each element of your shop. Hire...

Paradigm

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2017

Metacritic: 85/100

Paradigm is a surreal point and click adventure in which you take on the role of a handsome mutant named Paradigm. The game takes place in the post-apocalyptic city...

Emily Wants to Play Too

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

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2017

Emily Wants to Play Too is a sequel to the first-person indie horror game where you have to survive in a haunted house. You play as a pizza delivery guy who needs...

LifeZ - Survival

Action, Isometric, Simulation, Role-playing game, Indie, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2018

LifeZ — Survival is a fun sandbox action game with an isometric camera view in an open world. The game takes place during a zombie apocalypse, where you will...

Parkitect

Business / Management, Simulation, Indie, Isometric, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 29 November 2018

Metacritic: 83/100

Parkitect is a management strategy game with an isometric camera view where you build and manage theme parks. You will have at your disposal an extensive arsenal...

I'm on Observation Duty

Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 14 December 2018

Atmospheric horror built around the search for anomalies on surveillance cameras. Several screens show empty rooms where small changes gradually appear: paintings...

Moonlighter: Between Dimensions

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2019

Moonlighter: Between Dimensions is an action RPG expansion with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Along with the expansion...

Lair of the Clockwork God

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

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2020

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...

Plague Inc: The Cure

Free game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Business / Management, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Plague Inc: The Cure is a free expansion for the unique simulator with elements of a management strategy for modern platforms. You will lead several research teams...

Janosik 2

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Old school, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 December 2024

The famous Slovak mountaineer and robber Janko Janosik finds himself in the center of dangerous events. This time it is not his comrades who need saving, but...

Who's Your Daddy

Action, First-person view, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 23 December 2015

Players: 6.2/10

Who's Your Daddy is an indie action game with a first-person view, where you, in the role of a father, need to stop the kid's suicidal attempts. You can play as...

Flat Heroes

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 8 September 2016

Flat Heroes is a minimalist top-down arcade action game. You have to compete with your opponent in intense competitions. The game provides both local and online...

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 18 October 2021

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game is an unusual turn-based role-playing game that will take you back to the ancient times of Caledonia. Events will tell about...

Lumencraft

Tactics, Roguelike, Top-down view, Shooter, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Early Access: Linux → 13 April 2022; Game released: Linux → 28 February 2023

Players: 6.4/10

The events of the game take place back in 2221. More than two centuries ago, the surface of the planet became uninhabitable. The remnants of humanity are struggling...

Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok

Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy

Early Access: Linux → 15 December 2022; Game released: Linux → 26 April 2024

Players: 6.9/10

After Ragnarok, Yggdrasil, the World Tree, lost almost all of its energy needed to support the Nine Realms. Only a few heroes survived the End of the World...

Sir, You Are Being Hunted

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

Game released: Linux → 19 August 2013

Players: 6.5/10

Sir, You Are Being Hunted is an indie shooter with stealth elements and a first-person view in a fantasy setting. You find yourself in a dimension similar to...

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

Strategy, God Simulator, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 28 September 2013

Players: 10/10

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension is an isometric strategy game with elements of an indie game and tactics game from Illwinter Game Design. The game is published by...

Octodad: Dadliest Catch

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

Game released: Linux → 30 January 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a third-person simulator with action, adventure and indie elements from the developers of Young Horses. The game is published by Young...

Chicken Invaders 4

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Chicken Invaders 4 is a top-down, sci-fi arcade action game. They came without warning, squawking menacingly, their ruffled feathers darkening the sun. An invasion...

XenoRaptor

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2014

Mountain

Simulation, Music game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 July 2014

Mountain is an indie simulator that will allow you to become the god of an entire mountain. Forests grow on it, fireflies fly and day turns into night. In addition...

Black Ice

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2014

Black Ice is a first-person RPG with action, shooter, indie and steampunk elements from Super Duper Garrett Cooper. The main publisher of the game is Super Duper...

Pixel Piracy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Simulation, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 52/100

Lumino City

Arcade, Adventure, Logic, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 2 December 2014

Metacritic: 73/100

A game created entirely by hand from paper, cardboard, miniature light bulbs and mechanisms. The main character explores the city of Lumino and solves puzzles to...

Action Henk

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

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2015

Metacritic: 73/100

Action Henk is a fun arcade runner with a third-person view. As the fearless Hank, you have to conquer the crazy and wonderful world of toys. You will run, jump...

Interplanetary

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Interplanetary is an exciting strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. You will become a participant in interplanetary battles, where space...

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