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

Passpartout: The Starving Artist - a game in the Indie genre

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Passpartout: The Starving Artist is an arcade action game with simulator elements. You will find yourself in the role of an aspiring French artist who is struggling...

Slash It Ultimate

Action, Music game, Indie, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2017

Slash It Ultimate is an indie musical action game with arcade elements. The goal of the game is to play the rhythm of the song in various game modes and compete...

West of Loathing

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

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 86/100

West of Loathing is an unusual adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat. You have to go to the minimalistic world of the city of Boring Springs, where you...

Boo! Greedy Kid

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

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

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...

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...

Out of Space

Strategy, Online, Roguelike, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2020

Out of Space is an online indie strategy game about team survival on board a spaceship. You have to collect resources, fight off attacks from hostile aliens...

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Old school

Game released: Linux → 26 August 2020

A small visual novel that turns a simple everyday task into a story with a deep emotional subtext. Behind the attempt to buy regular milk lies reflections on daily...

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...

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...

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...

Lonesome Village

Adventure, Fantasy, Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2022

A relaxing pixel game about a coyote without the battles. The character must uncover the village's mysterious magical past and save it from the hands of evil. The...

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...

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...

Pairs & Perils

Collectible card game (CCG), Roguelike, Tactics, Turn-based, Casual game, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 January 2025

The player explores dungeons where he fights opponents. In battles, you need to memorize and combine creature and weapon cards for attacks. During breaks, you can...

Hired 2 Die

First-person view, Survival horror, Stealth, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2025

Players: 3.8/10

The main character is a person who is able to sense Distortions that generate strange objects and dangerous creatures. During the experiment, he will have to...

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...

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...

Tiny Diggers 2

Arcade, Action, God Simulator, Business / Management, Third-person view, Indie

Game canceled: Linux → 23 November 2013

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

Tiny Diggers 2 is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, business simulator and indie game from developers from the TouchTilt Games studio. The game is...

PaciFire

Online, Action, Shooter, Indie

Game canceled: Linux → 27 August 2015

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

PaciFire is an online action, shooter and indie game from the developers of Ooc Studios. The game is published by Ooc...

SCHiM

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Indie

Game canceled: Linux → 18 July 2024

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An unusual 3D platformer in which the player controls an entity that resembles a shadow. This is the soul, which in the game is called Shim. One day she is somehow...

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...

A.N.N.E.

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Early Access: Linux → 26 June 2019; Game in development: Linux → 2027

A.N.N.E. is an adventure platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of robot Number25, accused of loving another robot A.N.N.E. Love...

Kairo

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2012

Metacritic: 66/100

Kairo is a first-person adventure with a mix of puzzle and indie game from the developers of Richard Perrin Studios. The game is published by Lupus Studios. It...

King Arthur's Gold

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2013

Players: 5.9/10

King Arthur's Gold is a free-to-play side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will travel back to the glory days of King Arthur, where you...

Chuck's Challenge 3D

Puzzle, Isometric, Indie, Sandbox, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Chuck's Challenge 3D is an isometric puzzle game with indie, sandbox and arcade elements from developers from Niffler studio. The game is published by Niffler...

Yomi

Strategy, Fighting, Card game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2015

Yomi is a strategy game with a mixture of fighting game, card game and indie game from developers from the Sirlin Games studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Stick 'Em Up 2: Paper Adventures

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2015

Players: 7.1/10

Stick 'Em Up 2: Paper Adventures is a side view action game with platformer and indie game...

Life Goes On: Done to Death

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Life Goes On: Done to Death is an isometric arcade game with action, platformer, puzzle and indie elements from developers from the Infinite Monkeys studio. The...

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...

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...

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...

Screencheat

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2014

Metacritic: 71/100

Standpoint

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 March 2015

Standpoint is a first-person arcade game with action and indie elements from the masters from the Unruly Attractions studio. The main publisher of the game is Plug...

Dex

Role-playing game, Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 7 May 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Dex is a 2D open-world cyberpunk RPG that focuses on exploration and non-linear...

NotTheNameWeWanted

Arcade, Indie, Action, Horror, Adventure, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 3 July 2015

NotTheNameWeWanted is a top-down arcade action game that is a parody of the popular GTA series. You will find amazing graphics, incredible sound, spectacular...

TIS-100

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2015

TIS-100 is a limitless programming game from the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory. The game will offer you a number of exciting puzzles, to solve which you...

Starward Rogue

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

Game released: Linux → 22 January 2016

Starward Rogue is a futuristic top-down arcade game. The player will take on the role of a space marine who must rescue his colleague Rodney from a huge alien ship...

Retool

Action, Stealth, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2016

Retool is a top-down tactical action puzzle game in a sci-fi setting. The main character Maria is a hacker engineer who is trying to get out of a destroyed orbital...

Blacksea Odyssey

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Blacksea Odyssey — a two-dimensional indie shooter with a top-down view, where you have to hunt giant space monsters. The player will try on the role of a...

Neon Space 2

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 26 July 2016

Neon Space 2 is a top-down tactical indie action game with adventure elements. The game retains all the elements of its predecessor, but at the same time the...

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