Indie 2010 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre

Action, Platformer, Side view, Beat them all, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2010

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Set in a stylized criminal underworld, this side-scrolling beat ’em up follows Shank on a quest for revenge. Its story unfolds through fully animated scenes, while...

Shatter

Arcade, Action, Music game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Arkanoid, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 March 2010

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Shatter is a top-down futuristic arkanoid game where you need to clear the playing field from colorful blocks using a ball and a moving...

Hacker Evolution: Untold

Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2010

Steam: 64/100

This hacking simulator is set amid a technological singularity: computers have surpassed humanity in number and processing power, and an unexplained cause has...

Air Forte

Action, Flight Simulator, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Top-down view, Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 July 2010

Steam: 50/100

This casual educational game combines math, vocabulary, and geography challenges with piloting an aircraft through aerial arenas. It can be played solo or with up...

Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 3 December 2010

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This 3D puzzle game challenges players to guide cubes to exits of matching colors. In Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH, routes are shaped with conveyor belts, warps...

Pirates, Vikings and Knights 2

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

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2010

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

This first-person team action game centers on a three-way PvP conflict between Pirates, Vikings, and Knights. Players choose a class and fight across varied maps...

Osmos

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2010

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This physics-based arcade game blends strategy and puzzles in an abstract world of particles. The goal is to grow by absorbing other motes while avoiding larger...

Eschalon: Book 2

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

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2010

Steam: 86/100

This turn-based role-playing game unfolds in a fantasy world threatened by war, where the hope for peace lies in the hero’s past. Eschalon: Book 2 continues the...

Jisei: The First Case

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2010

Steam: 89/100

This supernatural mystery visual novel follows a homeless, nameless teenager with an unusual psychic ability who is accused of murdering a woman he has never met...

Depths of Peril

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 November 2010

Steam: 88/100

This single-player action RPG with strategy elements is set in a fantasy world where leaders of barbarian factions vie for control of the city of Jorvik. The player...

Saga of Ryzom

Role-playing game, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, MMO, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 November 2010

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 64/100

This science-fantasy MMORPG unfolds on Atys, a living planet where four homin races struggle to survive. The world grows and changes on its own, while players...

Clockwork Man

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2010

Steam: 57/100

This hidden-object adventure is set in an alternate Victorian era where steam-powered technology has become part of almost every aspect of life. Engineer Miranda...

Polynomial: Space of the Music

Action, Shooter, Music game, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2010

Steam: 72/100

A 3D space shooter with fractal scenery that changes in time with the music. The player explores worlds, fights enemies, protects allies, collects bonuses and earns...

AI War: Children of Neinzul

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

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2010

Steam: 87/100

An expansion for AI War: Fleet Command, centered on encounters with the Neinzul, an insectoid race whose Enclaves are small collectives with their own personalities...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2010 for Linux (Game released)