Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 8

Simulation, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Opus Magnum is an indie puzzle game with simulation elements in a medieval setting. You have to take on the role of a powerful alchemist. Unravel the mysterious...

Yuppie Psycho

Indie, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2019

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Yuppie Psycho is an adventure horror game with stealth elements and a top-down view. The game takes place in a dystopian world from the 90s, where in the role of...

Patrick's Parabox

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Arcade, Horror

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Patrick's Parabox is a logic puzzle game with arcade and horror elements. This is a game that explores a unique recursive system with boxes within boxes within...

Hidden Folks

Hidden Objects, Casual game, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The player tries to find all the hidden people or other objects in hand-drawn interactive pictures. There are 32 areas and more than 300 hidden objects available...

Three Minutes to Eight

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Detective

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2023

A pixel game set in the near future. The main character should die at exactly 19:57, but the gamer still tries to save him. We need to find ways to cheat death and...

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...

Odium To the Core

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2018

Players: 6.6/10

Odium To the Core is a dynamic arcade action game with a side view. You will take control of an amazing furry animal, which will have to go through dangerous caves...

Riot: Civil Unrest

Action, Strategy, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2019

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 54/100

Riot: Civil Unrest is a real-time uprising simulator that puts you in the thick of world-famous conflicts. The following campaigns await you: Outraged (Spain), Arab...

Vive le Roi

Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Vive le Roi is a fascinating puzzle platformer with a side view, the events of which unfold in France during the Great Revolution. The revolutionaries plan to...

Super Woden GP 2

Racing, Arcade, Top-down view, Old school, Indie, Online, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2023

A racing arcade game inspired by arcade games from the 90s. The game has more than 100 cars from 7 manufacturers that can be bought and sold. A variety of modes are...

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...

Seasons after Fall

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Seasons after Fall is a side-view arcade adventure in a fantasy setting. The main character is a wild fox who fell under the control of the spirit of the forest. He...

MMORPG Tycoon 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Simulation, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2020

Players: 6.9/10

MMORPG Tycoon 2 is an incredible sandbox with a first-person view, in which you take control of a full-size world and fill it with monsters, cities, NPCs and quest...

Fadeout: Underground

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

Game released: Linux → 25 June 2022

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

Windward

Role-playing game, Action, Warships / Submarines, Historical, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Lumo

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2016

Metacritic: 76/100

Super Hyperactive Ninja

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2018

Super Hyperactive Ninja is a dynamic action platformer with a side view in retro style. You have to find the evil Shogun, who stole all the coffee in the secret...

Sky Rogue

Flight Simulator, Action, Indie, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 24 August 2017

A combat flight simulator where you can cut through the skies near countless randomly generated islands. The game has different missions in which you need to...

Meeple Station

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 17 January 2019; Game released: Linux → 10 April 2020

Meeple Station is an isometric management simulator set in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the game RimWorld. You will need to build your own space station and...

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...

Meadow

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

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Meadow is a multiplayer adventure simulator where you take on the role of a wild animal. Choose one of the many animals and go. Use all five senses to find others...

SimAirport

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 February 2020

Players: 7.1/10

SimAirport is a real-time business strategy with a top-down view. You have to manage your own airport. Expand, invest in the purchase of new aircraft and new...

Last Federation

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

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2014

Metacritic: 72/100

Last Federation is a fascinating global strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant future in the...

Alchemic Cutie

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

Game released: Linux → 12 November 2021

Alchemic Cutie is a cute top-down adventure RPG. The game takes place on the colorful island of Wimba, where you manage your own jelly farm. You will explore...

Out of The Box

Arcade, Strategy, Adventure, Adult game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2018

Players: 1/10

Out of The Box is an adventure arcade game with strategy elements. The events of the game will tell the story of Warren Baker, a simple bouncer who works in the...

Soulless: Ray of Hope

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2016

Soulless: Ray of Hope — a dark puzzle-platformer in the spirit of Limbo about a "ray of hope," a lonely white creature. The game tells the story of Elin's...

Ittle Dew

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

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Ittle Dew is an indie action-adventure game with fantasy RPG elements and an isometric view. Adventurer Itl Du and her companion Tipsy are shipwrecked and find...

A Long Way Down

Strategy, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2020

Players: 6.7/10

A Long Way Down is a fun side-scrolling card strategy game set in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of Sam, who finds himself in the...

Tankazooka

Indie, Side view, Casual game, Arcade, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2025

The tank was moving with its convoy, but ran over a mine and broke down. Now you need to go through different levels, using the cannon to move to catch up with your...

Ground Pounders

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

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Ground Pounders is a unique turn-based strategy game with a top-down view in a sci-fi setting. The game will allow you to control an army of one of two available...

Spellcrafter

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

Game released: Linux → 4 May 2015

Players: 10/10

Hyperdrive Massacre

Arcade, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2015

Players: 7.8/10

Hyperdrive Massacre is a top-down arcade action game made in the style of the 80s. The game features local multiplayer in which you and your friends can fight...

Polyball

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2017

Polyball is an arcade action-platformer with a third-person view that is the modern equivalent of rolling ball games. The game offers more than 60 different levels...

AI War 2

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2019

Players: 9.8/10

AI War 2 is the cult continuation of the asymmetrical space strategy AI War: Fleet Command. The events of the game develop 353 years later and tell about the...

Light

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2014

Light is a top-down action game with a mixture of strategy, adventure, stealth, puzzle and indie games from the developers of Just A Pixel Ltd.. The game is...

Supfly Delivery Simulator

Action, Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2020

SupFly is a side-scrolling arcade action game with futuristic elements. In this game you play as a delivery robot who transports goods in an endless procedurally...

Electronic Super Joy 2

Arcade, Action, Indie, Free game, Side view

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2019

Players: 5.3/10

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...

Jelly Brawl

Online, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Top-down view, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2020

Jelly Brawl is a top-down cooperative indie action game. This is a game with simple controls that are easy to learn. Without quick reactions and timely taps, it's...

s.p.l.i.t

Action, Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Horror

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2025

Metacritic: 83/100

A horror story about hackers from the creator of Buckshot Roulette. In the game you need to hack the structure of an evil corporation without leaving any traces...

Nebulous

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Nebulous is a puzzle game with an indie twist from the developers at Namazu Studios. The game is published by Namazu Studios. It seems that Nebulous turned out to...

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