Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 9

I Hate Running Backwards - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Beat them all, Indie, Roguelike, Action, Runner

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 65/100

I Hate Running Backwards — a dynamic arcade action game with a top-down view in the "Serious Sam" universe. You will engage in a bone-crushing battle...

Do Not Feed the Monkeys

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Business / Management, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a unique first-person puzzle adventure game with pixel graphics. The game will give you the opportunity to invade the...

Broken Lines

Role-playing game, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Broken Lines is a tactical turn-based strategy with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. Set during World War II, the game follows a group of...

Tiny Glade

Casual game, Construction, Sandbox, Indie, Medieval era

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2024

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A meditative game in which the gamer builds castles. There are no battles or farming of resources, but only a creative process. Buildings are created...

The Yellow King

Action, MMO, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 6 February 2020

Steam: 46/100

This multiplayer horror action game unfolds in a dark world inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert W. Chambers. Players explore...

Reus

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Reus is a side-scrolling real-time management strategy game set in a fantasy setting. You have to take control of the universe as mighty titans...

TRATEL64

Free game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 22 November 2017

Steam: 75/100

TRATEL64 is a comedy adventure set in a surreal world, following Tratel’s rise from zero to 64 over the course of an afternoon. A playthrough lasts...

PLATI NALOG: Favorite Russian Game

Indie, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2018

Steam: 84/100

This comic clicker and simulation game casts the player as an ordinary Russian resident dealing with taxes and interacting with the president. A new...

Sounds of Verity

Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 27 March 2018

Steam: 78/100

This fantasy visual novel with romance routes follows an ordinary human who finds herself at the center of a palace coup in a demonic astral realm...

Neverending Nightmares

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Neverending Nightmares is a side-scrolling adventure horror game. You have to get used to the role of Thomas — a man who has fallen into a long...

Fei Duanmu VS Kobayashi 端木斐 VS 小林正雪

Indie, Visual novel, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2018

Steam: 90/100

This detective visual novel with puzzles brings together characters from two Chinese detective games: Kobayashi from a mobile game and Fei Duanmu...

Hentai Mosaique Vip Room

Casual game, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2019

Steam: 88/100

A casual puzzle game built around erotic anime images, where the player completes pictures by rotating square tiles and unlocks scenes in which the...

DoraKone

Casual game, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2019

Steam: 97/100

This visual novel follows Dulce as she starts playing Dragon Connection, an augmented reality mobile game where players collect and train dragons...

Russian Life Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2019

Steam: 89/100

A comedy life simulator set in Russia, where a character faces the challenges of life from birth onward and tries to survive by collecting bottles...

Blooming Nightshade

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2019

Steam: 84/100

This romantic visual novel follows Himeka Uchida, who decides to look for a girlfriend after several couples form at her school. At Solana Academy...

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2015

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today is an atmospheric “point and click” adventure with a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. A terrible...

Rituals in the Dark

Indie, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2019

Steam: 85/100

A visual novel about a romance between two women, with mild horror elements, set in the seaside town of Scarborough. Aspen Draper struggles to move...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a co-op VR puzzle game about defusing a bomb. One of the participants has an explosive device with a timer on the...

Firewatch

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 9 February 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Firewatch is an indie adventure with a first-person view, developed by former developers of The Walking Dead and BioShock 2. The action takes place...

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Roguelike, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 80/100

This War of Mine: The Little Ones is an expansion to the side-scrolling management strategy adventure This War of Mine. The addition tells the story...

Axis Football 2019

Simulation, Sports game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2019

Steam: 69/100

An American football simulation with matches against AI, local player-versus-player games, a coach mode, and a spectator mode. Players can choose...

Out of Space

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

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2020

Steam: 80/100

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...

A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986

Indie, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2020

Steam: 98/100

A romantic visual novel about two women whose chance meeting in Hong Kong in 1986 develops into a relationship. Michelle and Sam’s story explores...

Zniw Adventure

Point & Click, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2020

Steam: 99/100

This point-and-click adventure is set in a cartoon prehistoric world and follows Zniw, a young yellow dinosaur searching for a gift for her mother’s...

Prison Architect - Going Green

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

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2021

Steam: 58/100

Prison Architect — Going Green — an expansion for the real-time management strategy game with a top-down view. The expansion brings farming, product...

An alt girl for skoof

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

The game, based on a popular meme, tells the story of the acquaintance of a pot-bellied and balding man with altushki from State Services. In the...

Don't Starve: Reign of Giants

Simulation, Action, DLC, Isometric, Roguelike, Survival, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Don't Starve: Reign of Giants is an add-on for an action-adventure game with survival elements. The game world has become even larger and more...

Transistor

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Transistor is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell the story of a girl named Red. She is...

Towerfall: Ascension

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Online, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Towerfall: Ascension is a fun side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer where you take on the role of archers who hate each other very much and...

CODE CRACKER 代码破译者

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2019

Steam: 88/100

This adventure role-playing game combines a college-life simulation with puzzles. The protagonist is a student seeking the truth about a sibling’s...

Demons Never Lie

Adventure, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2019

Steam: 92/100

This graphic adventure blends point-and-click gameplay with visual novel elements. After a difficult life, John meets a demon named Ocaso, who offers...

DemonCrawl

Indie, Strategy, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2019

Steam: 76/100

A puzzle roguelite that combines Minesweeper-style gameplay with stage exploration and item collection. In DemonCrawl, players tackle quests across...

Before I Forget

Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 16 July 2020

Steam: 87/100

This first-person narrative exploration game follows Sunita, a woman living with early-onset dementia. Alone in her house, she tries to make sense of...

Ultimate Racing 2D 2

Racing, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 September 2023

Steam: 92/100

This top-down racing game features competitions across 44 racing classes and more than 100 tracks. Ultimate Racing 2D 2 includes a career with...

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is an add-on for a unique party-based side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on introduces a new...

Plague M.D.

Simulation, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 November 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Plague M.D. — a medieval simulator with a side view in the point and click genre. In this game you have to try on the role of a medieval doctor...

Tainted Grail: Conquest

Role-playing game, Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Card game, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tainted Grail: Conquest is a dark role-playing game with turn-based combat and a top-down view in a fantasy setting. Avalon is dying. King Arthur is...

Peace Island

Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Role-playing game

Early Access: Linux → 27 February 2026

Steam: 51/100

An atmospheric adventure where the story unfolds through the eyes of cats. Elizabeth awakens in an empty house: her owners have disappeared, the...

The Night of the Rabbit

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Night of the Rabbit is an atmospheric point and click adventure in which you will travel to the amazing country of Mousewood. One fine day, the...

Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One

Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2018

Steam: 92/100

This text-based role-playing adventure follows a detective whose first case in the quiet town of Wayhaven reveals a supernatural world. The story...

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