Indie 2015 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 3

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 January 2015

Steam: 60/100

Deity Quest is an action RPG about a young god assigned to the world of Aberos, where the goal is to convert inhabitants into followers and gain enough power to...

Sky Force Anniversary

Arcade, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2015

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Sky Force Anniversary is an arcade scrolling shooter set in futuristic aerial battles against waves of enemies and powerful bosses. Missions challenge the player to...

Monstrum

Action, Horror, First-person view, Survival horror, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Monstrum is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. All levels in the game are procedurally generated, so with each playthrough you will encounter...

Enchanted Cave 2

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

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2015

Steam: 89/100

Enchanted Cave 2 is a top-down action RPG in the roguelike genre. You'll delve into a strange cave with a seemingly endless supply of treasure, strategically...

You Must Build A Boat

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row), Strategy

Game released: Linux → 4 June 2015

Players: 1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This role-playing puzzle game combines match-three tile combinations with runs through procedurally generated dungeons, all in pursuit of building a boat. As the...

Gryphon Knight Epic

Action, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 20 August 2015

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Gryphon Knight Epic is a 2D medieval shoot ’em up that combines exploration with boss duels. Knight Sir Oliver and his loyal gryphon Aquila return to adventure...

Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Online

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2015

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 58/100

An expansion for Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, adding online combat between warriors from different eras to the medieval action game. It introduces classes such as...

Blockstorm

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

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2015

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 76/100

Blockstorm is a fun arcade sandbox with a first-person view. You will go to the amazing world of destructible blocks, where you can create any fighter and map with...

Star Horizon

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2015

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 52/100

This on-rails space shooter follows John, a Federation pilot, and Ellie, the artificial intelligence that controls his ship, amid a war between the Inter Galactic...

Else Heart.Break()

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 24 September 2015

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Else Heart.Break() is an indie adventure with puzzle elements. The main character is Sebastian, who is searching for himself in the distant city of Dorisburg. Among...

Move or Die

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online, Action

Early Access: Linux → 16 December 2015; Game released: Linux → 21 January 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Move or Die is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer for a noisy group. The game is a collection of mini-games in which several people can participate. Among the...

Isbarah - The First Journey

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2015

Steam: 83/100

A 2D bullet-hell platformer in which every level is a duel with a boss. Iria is a goddess and her father’s only weapon and shield as he rules the world and harshly...

Windward

Role-playing game, Action, Warships / Submarines, Historical, Indie, Sandbox, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Windward is an action sandbox about sailing a ship through a procedurally generated world shaped by growing towns, trade, and conflict. Each voyage unfolds...

Interplanetary

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

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Steam: 85/100

Interplanetary is an exciting strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. You will become a participant in interplanetary battles, where space...

Never Alone: Foxtales

Arcade, DLC, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2015

Steam: 83/100

An expansion for Never Alone, in which Nuna and Fox travel across the waters of Northwest Alaska to rescue a new friend. The companions paddle a sealskin canoe...

In Between

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

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2015

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 68/100

In Between — arcade side-scrolling indie adventure. The game tells a sad story about a man who is dying of cancer. The main character will have to delve into...

Solar Shifter EX

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

Game released: Linux → 11 September 2015

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 53/100

This science-fiction shoot ’em up follows humanity’s war against a powerful alien race preparing to destroy the Sun. After the humans’ defeat, pirate raiders scour...

Train Valley

Business / Management, Top-down view, Trains, Indie, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

A railway management puzzle set across different historical eras, with the goal of connecting cities and keeping trains moving safely. The player lays tracks...

Escapists: The Walking Dead

Arcade, Adventure, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Survival, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2015

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Escapists: The Walking Dead is a pixel adventure based on the famous zombie universe of The Walking Dead. The events of the game follow the canon of the original...

Hyperdrive Massacre

Arcade, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 85/100

Hyperdrive Massacre is a top-down arcade action game made in the style of the 80s. The game features local multiplayer in which you and your friends can fight...

Sunset

Adventure, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2015

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 66/100

A first-person adventure about Angela Burnes, a US immigrant living in a small Latin American country under military rule. Set in 1972, the game follows her weekly...

Paper Dungeons

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Logic, Roguelike, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2015

Steam: 48/100

Paper Dungeons is a role-playing logic action game with elements of a bagel and a board game. You start each dungeon as a new board from a long adventure set: each...

Siralim

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2015

Steam: 83/100

Siralim is an indie action role-playing game in the bagel genre. In this game you have to fight your way through randomly generated dungeons and complete randomized...

Goat Simulator GoatZ

Action, Shooter, DLC, Third-person view, Simulation, Zombies, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 May 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Anna's Quest

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 July 2015

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Anna's Quest is an exciting point and click adventure in a fantasy setting. Anna spent her entire childhood on a distant, quiet farm, knowing nothing about the rest...

Chaos Reborn

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

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Chaos Reborn is a multiplayer tactics game from the creator of the original X-COM. In which, in turn-based mode, from two to six warlocks controlled by players...

To Be Or Not To Be

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 4 February 2015

Steam: 89/100

To Be Or Not To Be is an adventure with a mixture of visual novel and indie game from developers from the Tin Man Games studio. The game is published by Tin Man...

Hero of the Kingdom 2

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

An isometric adventure RPG about a journey across the islands to rescue the hero’s sister, who has been taken by pirates. To reach her, the hero gathers supplies...

Soccertron

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Sports game, Basketball

Game released: Linux → 12 March 2015

Steam: 70/100

A side-view arcade sports game where up to four players compete in matches inspired by soccer, basketball, and volleyball. The rules are simple: score with the ball...

Sumico

Puzzle, Logic, Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 3 July 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

A number puzzle game built around solving addition challenges and progressing through levels. It features 84 levels, an Endless Mode with adjustable settings, an...

Sakura Fantasy

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2015

Steam: 89/100

A fantasy visual novel about a young woman who aspires to become a knight. The player follows her story and makes choices that shape how the narrative...

NotTheNameWeWanted

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

Game released: Linux → 3 July 2015

Steam: 89/100

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...

Bard's Gold

Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Action

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2015

Steam: 82/100

A platforming roguelite with action elements, Bard's Gold follows a bard as he journeys through eerie worlds in search of the goblin who stole his gold. The player...

Dropsy

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2015

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Dropsy is a point-and-click adventure about a clown who sets out to help others and uncover the secrets of his past after a circus fire. With his father gravely ill...

Timberman

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Online

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Timberman is an arcade game with a side view about the hard everyday life of lumberjacks. The player's task is to cut down as many trees as possible in order to...

Sparkle 3 Genesis

Arcade, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2015

Steam: 60/100

Sparkle 3 Genesis is a continuation of the meditative arcade game with a top-down view. As in previous parts of the series, you have to take control of a...

Blues and Bullets

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

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2015

Steam: 65/100

Blues and Bullets is a third-person, noir-style action-adventure episodic game. A long coat, booze, a gun, and talking to yourself are all part of our protagonist...

UBERMOSH

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2015

Players: 1.2/10

Steam: 94/100

UBERMOSH is a cyberpunk arcade shooter with an isometric view. Just like a pinball table or a slot machine, this game is designed to give you an adrenaline rush in...

Game Corp DX

Business / Management, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2015

Steam: 87/100

A game studio management simulation in which the player builds a small company and competes with rival studios. The team starts by making microgames to gain...

Auto Dealership Tycoon

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 50/100

Auto Dealership Tycoon is a management strategy where you become the owner of a car dealership. The player will have to hire and fire employees, satisfy customers...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2015 for Linux