Indie 2014 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 2

Battle Group 2 - a game in the Indie genre

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 June 2014

Steam: 84/100

A real-time strategy game with a top-down view, Battle Group 2 follows a modern naval fleet's fight against the terrorist group Talon. The player commands a...

Forgotten Ones

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 60/100

This first-person horror game with action and adventure elements follows Grobuskna Vladinov, a detective whose parents were killed during the Holocaust. A doctor...

Spacebase DF-9

Arcade, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 16/100

This space simulation focuses on building a home for humans and aliens in Earth's distant future. The player expands the base by mining asteroids, growing it from a...

Blade Symphony

Action, Fighting, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 7 May 2014

Steam: 67/100

Blade Symphony is a dynamic slasher game with a third-person view, where you have to compete in fencing. You can fight in tactical sword fights with other players...

Ascendant

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

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2014

Steam: 76/100

Ascendant is an arcade role-playing action platformer with roguelike elements and a side view. You become a demigod who invades the dimension and must defeat hordes...

Spoiler Alert

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 30 June 2014

Steam: 77/100

Spoiler Alert is a hardcore side-scrolling indie platformer. You will find yourself in a completely completed game: the main villain is defeated, all the coins are...

Ground Pounders

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

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 36/100

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...

Lifeless Planet

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Space

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lifeless Planet is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game tells the story of an astronaut who discovers an abandoned Soviet...

Lethal League

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Baseball, Sports game, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Lethal League is a side-scrolling arcade sports game that can be played cooperatively by up to four people. You will go to fight in various arenas, where the main...

SPACECOM

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

Game released: Linux → 17 September 2014

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 68/100

SPACECOM is a sci-fi strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view. You have to become the commander of a space fleet designed for battle. The game...

Elegy for a Dead World

Adventure, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 65/100

An adventure about exploring three dead worlds and writing stories about their long-vanished societies. The settings draw inspiration from the poetry of Keats...

Choice of Robots

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Text quest, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 19 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Choice of Robots — fantasy role-playing game with adventure elements in the visual novel genre. This is an epic 300,000 word interactive sci-fi novel by Kevin...

Dungeon Defenders Eternity

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 48/100

A fantasy action RPG with tower-defense elements, Dungeon Defenders Eternity follows a team of heroes defending Etheria from the army of the Old Ones. Players...

Detail

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Point & Click,

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Detail is an episodic point and click adventure in a noir style, inspired by the HBO series The Wire. The game tells an intriguing story of police officer Reginald...

Deadly 30

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 8 January 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Deadly 30 is a retro-style survival horror game set in a zombie-infested world, where the goal is to survive 30 days and nights while fighting off waves of the...

Monochroma

Arcade, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Monochroma is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with horror elements and a side view. The game takes place in a gloomy industrial world. You will learn the story of...

Gold Rush! Anniversary

Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 November 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 66/100

Set during the California Gold Rush of 1849, this adventure follows Jerrod Wilson on a journey from New York to California. The player chooses one of three historic...

GoD Factory: Wingmen

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2014

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 76/100

GoD Factory: Wingmen is a team-based multiplayer space action game from Nine Dots Studio. Two teams of 4 people each will have to fight each other in various space...

Roundabout

Arcade, Action, Racing, Isometric, Indie, Comedy, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2014

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This driving puzzle game follows a limousine that constantly spins as it travels through a city in 1977. Its story charts the rise to fame of Georgio Manos, a...

A Bird Story

Arcade, Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Logic, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A Bird Story is an atmospheric, top-down adventure from the creators of To The Moon, set in a single game world. The game will tell the story of a little boy and...

Last Federation

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

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2014

Steam: 72/100

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...

DreadOut

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 55/100

DreadOut is an action-horror game played from a third-person perspective. The events of the game will tell the story of young Linda and her friends, who find...

Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon

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

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2014

Steam: 66/100

Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon is a top-down action RPG shooter set in dynamically generated dungeons filled with enemies. Pixel Boy descends into the...

Defense Zone

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Defense Zone is an exciting tactical strategy game in the "tower defense" genre with a top-down view. During the game, you need to protect your towers from huge...

Freedom Planet

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This combat-focused platform adventure follows the dragon girl Lilac and her friends as they defend the world of Avalice from an alien attack. The heroes face...

6180 the Moon

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2014

Steam: 91/100

This platforming puzzle game follows the Moon on a journey to find the Sun after it disappears. The top and bottom edges of the screen are connected: when the Moon...

LISA: The Painful

Role-playing game, Side view, Comedy, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2014

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 95/100

A dark role-playing game in a post-apocalyptic world, full of dark humor and unexpected stories. Going in search of the protagonist's daughter, the player is faced...

140

Platformer, Music game, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2014

Players: 9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A minimalist puzzle platformer in which obstacles are tied to the rhythm of electronic music. The player controls a geometric shape in an abstract, colorful world...

Saturday Morning RPG

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Saturday Morning RPG is a fantastic side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The developers took inspiration from cartoons and the culture of the eighties. The...

Gigantic Army

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Indie, Runner

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2014

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Gigantic Army is a classic side-scrolling arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the 21st century, where Earth is at war with the Ramulons, an...

Eets Munchies

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 11 March 2014

Players: 5/10

Steam: 81/100

A puzzle platformer about a hungry creature trying to reach cake. In Eets Munchies, players solve increasingly difficult puzzles through physics-based interactions...

Escape Goat 2

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2014

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer about a goat attempting to traverse the Stronghold of Toragos, which no one has conquered before. The goat must find a path...

Sportsfriends

Action, Platformer, Sports game, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → I квартал 2014

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This collection of local multiplayer games brings together sports contests, duels, and a physical party game. BaraBariBall features retro-styled fights, Super Pole...

Antisquad

Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2014

Steam: 56/100

This turn-based tactics game follows AntiSquad, a private paramilitary unit operating in the southern United States. Its members are military professionals who have...

The Fall

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2014

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Fall is an adventure shooter with a view of the side of the science fiction setting, which will tell about artificial intelligence trying to save its master...

Magicite

Arcade, Role-playing game, Online, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Magicite is an action role-playing platformer with procedurally generated levels. The player, together with his friends, will have to explore the dungeons. The game...

Black Ice

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Steampunk, Exploration, Cyberpunk, Open world

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2014

Steam: 77/100

This first-person cyberpunk shooter with role-playing elements takes place in an open cyberspace where corporations protect their data with artificial intelligence...

OlliOlli

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Sports game, Indie, Skateboards

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2014

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This skateboarding arcade game revolves around landing tricks and maintaining control through obstacle-filled levels. Players perform more than 120 tricks and...

AI War: Destroyer of Worlds

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

Game released: Linux → 18 August 2014

Steam: 100/100

An expansion for AI War: Fleet Command that broadens its real-time strategy with new map layouts, AI opponents, and paths to victory. Nomad Planets alter the...

Fotonica

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2014

Steam: 87/100

FOTONICA is a first-person arcade platformer about running, jumping, and moving at high speed through abstract environments. Its mostly two-color vector visuals use...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2014 for Linux (Game released)