Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 7

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Baba Is You is a hardcore top-down puzzle game in pixel style. At each level, the rules themselves are presented in the form of blocks with which you can interact...

Buoyancy

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

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2019

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...

Pesterquest

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2019

Pesterquest is an adventure visual novel set in a science fiction setting. You will embark on an amazing journey through time and space in a wonderful universe. As...

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...

Merchant of the Skies

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Business / Management, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Merchant of the Skies is a real-time management strategy with a side view. In the game, you will act as the captain of an airship, who will have to trade, collect...

Space Commander: War and Trade

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Space Commander: War and Trade is a fantasy-style tactical action RPG with real-time management elements and an isometric view. You will have to create your fleet...

NoseBound

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

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2021

NoseBound is a classic point and click side-scrolling adventure with a noir style. The game tells the story of private detective Ray Hammond, who is trying to catch...

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...

Pnevmo-Capsula: Domiki

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

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2021

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Heck Deck

Card game, Arcade, Tactics, Indie, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 12 January 2022

Heck Deck is a top-down tactical card arcade game with indie elements. Over the course of 5 stages, you will be able to show dexterity and resourcefulness to dodge...

Brave Escape

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2025

Cooperative platformer for two, built on constant synchronization and joint overcoming of obstacles. The story follows Colin and Floyd, who embark on a dangerous...

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...

DungeonRift

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 1 July 2015

DungeonRift is a top-down RPG with action and indie elements from developers from RiftyGames. The main publisher of the game is...

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...

Cook, Serve, Delicious!

Arcade, Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2013

Players: 10/10

ReignMaker

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Linux → 16 April 2014

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...

XenoRaptor

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2014

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...

Unrest

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

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2014

Unrest is an isometric role-playing game with a mixture of adventure, fantasy and indie games from Pyrodactyl Games. The main publisher of the game is KISS ltd.. It...

Pixel Piracy

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

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 52/100

SPACECOM

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

Game released: Linux → 17 September 2014

Metacritic: 68/100

SPACECOM is a sci-fi strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view. You have to become the commander of a space fleet designed for battle. The game...

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...

Choice of Robots

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 19 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Choice of Robots — fantasy role-playing game with adventure elements in the visual novel genre. This is an epic 300,000 word interactive sci-fi novel by Kevin...

GunSlugs 2

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015

GunSlugs 2 is a side view action game with elements of an indie game, platformer, arcade and from developers from the OrangePixel studio. The game is published by...

Running with Rifles

Arcade, Shooter, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Running with Rifles is an isometric top-down tactical shooter set in an open world where you take on the role of a common soldier. Together with your squad, you...

Chroma Squad

Role-playing game, Strategy, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2015

Metacritic: 75/100

Chroma Squad is an RPG with strategy, indie and tactical elements from the masters at Behold Studios. The game is published by Behold Studios. Overall, the project...

You Must Build A Boat

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 June 2015

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 89/100

You Must Build A Boat is an RPG with puzzle elements and an indie game from developers EightyEightGames. The game is published by EightyEightGames. It looks like...

Overruled!

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2015

Players: 10/10

Overruled! is a side view arcade game with online, action, platformer and indie game elements from the developers of Dlala Studios. The game is published by Team17...

Westport Independent

Strategy, Business / Management, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Westport Independent — management strategy with logic puzzles. You will become the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, who edits news texts every day before...

Spacejacked

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Indie, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2016

Players: 6.5/10

Spacejacked is an exciting arcade game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre with a side view. In the role of space engineer Dave Paprovsky, you have to...

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...

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2016

Metacritic: 72/100

Demetrios — The BIG Cynical Adventure is a fun visual novel with puzzles and a side view. The main character is a slob living in Paris named Björn Thonen. One...

Okhlos

Action, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 August 2016

Metacritic: 69/100

Okhlos is a real-time action strategy game with eight-bit graphics. The events of the game take players to Ancient Greece, where the people, dissatisfied with the...

BattleTime

Arcade, Indie, Strategy, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2016

Players: 8.4/10

BattleTime is an arcade strategy game in the tower defense genre with an isometric camera view. You will act as the leader of a real army and will capture enemy...

Slash It

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2016

Slash It is an educational arcade puzzle game that can teach you how to quickly type on the keyboard. Along with the music, keys appear on the screen that you need...

88 Heroes

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

88 Heroes is an indie platformer with side-scrolling action elements, made in a retro style. The game offers a non-standard approach to gameplay, because with each...

Slime-san

Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2017

Metacritic: 82/100

Slime-san is a side view action game with elements of adventure and indie game from developers from Fabraz studio. The game is published by Headup Games. It seems...

Pinstripe

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

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Pinstripe is an atmospheric side-scrolling exploration adventure from developer Coma and Skinny. The events of the game take place in Hell, where the main character...

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