Indie 2013 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre

Don't Starve - a game in the Indie genre

Simulation, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Survival

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Don't Starve is an adventure game about survival in a randomly generated world. In it you have to collect resources, stock up on food, grow berries and vegetables...

Game Dev Tycoon

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

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Game Dev Tycoon is a game developer simulator in which you play the role of a project manager. You will be able to come up with names for games, choose or create an...

Rogue Legacy

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 June 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

Anomaly 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

Gone Home

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2013

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Gone Home is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the story of Caitlin Greenbriar, who returned home from a trip to Europe. She soon...

Risk of Rain

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Risk of Rain is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will take you to a distant...

Eldritch

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2013

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Eldritch is a first-person role-playing game with elements of action, shooter, adventure, horror, stealth and indie games from the developers of Minor Key Games...

The Bridge

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2013

The Bridge is a two-dimensional logic game that will allow you to look at physics and perspective from a different angle. You have to walk on the ceiling, explore...

Finding Teddy

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 3 December 2013

Metacritic: 76/100

Finding Teddy is a point and click adventure game with a mix of puzzle and indie games from the masters at Storybird Games. The game is published by LookAtMyGame...

Surgeon Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2013

Players: 6.5/10

Surgeon Simulator is a logic action game with simulator elements and a first-person view. You take on the role of Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon with a penchant...

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...

Cubemen 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2013

Metacritic: 63/100

Gravity Badgers

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 November 2013

Metacritic: 48/100

Gravity Badgers is an arcade game with action, puzzle and indie elements from developers from Wales Interactive studio. The game's publisher is Wales Interactive...

MirrorMoon EP

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2013

Metacritic: 73/100

MirrorMoon EP — atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game takes you on a surreal space adventure on an unknown...

Kinetic Void

Simulation, Action, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2013

Kinetic Void is an action-meets-indie simulator from Badland Studio. The game is published by Badland...

Electronic Super Joy

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Music game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2013

Metacritic: 78/100

Electronic Super Joy is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer, music game and indie game from the developers of Michael Todd Games. The main publisher...

Megabyte Punch

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2013

NEO Scavenger

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2013

Players: 8/10

NEO Scavenger is a turn-based strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat. In the game, you will need to survive in post-apocalyptic Michigan, travel...

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...

Montague's Mount

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

Game released: Linux → 19 November 2013

Metacritic: 39/100

Montague's Mount is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. The events of the game will take you to a gloomy Irish island, where for...

Paranautical Activity

Action, Shooter, Indie, Roguelike, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 48/100

Paranautical Activity is a dynamic indie shooter with a first-person view and roguelike elements. The game features randomly generated levels, super-fast gameplay...

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...

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...

Novelist

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2013

Novelist is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of action, adventure and indie games from the masters at Orthogonal Games. The game is published by...

Nimble Quest

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

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2013

Metacritic: 77/100

Nimble Quest is a top-down arcade game with a mix of RPG, action and indie game from NimbleBit LLC. The game is published by NimbleBit LLC. Nimble Quest is...

Cook, Serve, Delicious!

Arcade, Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Proteus

Arcade, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2013

Metacritic: 76/100

Proteus is a first-person arcade game with indie game elements from the developers of Ed Key and David Kanaga. The game is published by Twisted Tree.Proteus is...

Signal Ops

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2013

Metacritic: 61/100

Signal Ops is a first-person action game with elements of a shooter, stealth game, indie game and tactical game from developers from the Space Bullet Dynamics...

Grave Digger

Action, Horror, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2013

Grave Digger is an isometric action game with a touch of horror and an indie game from Home Groan Games. The game is published by Home Groan...

Detective Case and Clown Bot: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2013

Detective Case and Clown Bot: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon is a Point and Click adventure game with indie game elements from the developers of Nerd Monkeys studio...

Royal Trap

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2014

Royal Trap is an adventure with a mixture of visual novel and indie game from developers from the studio Hanako Games. The game is published by Hanako Games, the...

Voyage to Farland

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

Game released: Linux → 27 June 2013

Voyage to Farland is a top-down RPG with fantasy and indie elements from the developers of Peculiar Games. The game is published by Peculiar...

Domino Arena

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 November 2013

Domino Arena is an arcade game with puzzle elements and indie games from the masters from the Gamieon studio. The game is published by...

AdventurOS

Arcade, Role-playing game, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 December 2013

AdventurOS is an arcade-style RPG, platformer, fantasy and indie game from the masters at Eveland Games. The game is published by Eveland...

AI War: Vengeance of the Machine

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

Game released: Linux → 17 June 2013

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...

God of Blades

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2013

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Endless runner God of Blades offers a prog-rock aesthetic and swordplay in an atmosphere very reminiscent of classic '80s fantasy. You know, the kind of fantasy...

Hive (2013)

Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 November 2013

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2013 for Linux (Game released)