Indie 2015 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre

Kerbal Space Program - a game in the Indie genre

Flight Simulator, Futurism (Future), Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Kerbal Space Program is a sci-fi simulator with well-developed physical laws. You have to manage the space program of a certain planet. Everything needed to build a...

Nuclear Throne

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2015

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Nuclear Throne is a dynamic arcade action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. Having chosen one of 12 unique characters and armed with an arsenal of...

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 March 2015

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a continuation of the dynamic top-down action game. The main action takes place parallel to the events of the original Hotline...

Dex

Role-playing game, Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 7 May 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Dex is a 2D open-world cyberpunk RPG that focuses on exploration and non-linear...

Barony

Role-playing game, Roguelike, First-person view, Indie, Action, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 23 June 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Barony is a cooperative action-adventure game with a first-person view and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. You have to explore dangerous dungeons full of...

Ironcast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Ironcast is an engaging role-playing strategy game with elements of a match-three puzzle set in a Victorian steampunk environment. To protect Great Britain, the...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2015

Players: 8.8/10

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 screen, but...

Doodle God

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 September 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Doodle God is a casual, logical game for all ages. You will have four elements in your hands: air, water, earth and fire. By combining them, the player will receive...

Jotun

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2015

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Jotun is a hand-drawn action adventure game set in the world of Norse mythology. In the game, you will try on the role of Toru, a Viking warrior who died an...

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 30 October 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. It adds over 100 hours of content, including the new...

Steredenn

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 1 October 2015

Metacritic: 79/100

Steredenn is a side-scrolling sci-fi shooter. You have to destroy enemies using a large arsenal of weapons, accompanied by beautiful heavy music. And of course...

Running with Rifles

Arcade, Shooter, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Running with Rifles is an isometric top-down tactical shooter set in an open world where you take on the role of a common soldier. Together with your squad, you...

White Night

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2015

Metacritic: 65/100

White Night is an adventure black-and-white horror game in the noir style. The action of the game takes place in the 1930s, where you will explore the sinister and...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke up from...

Quiplash

Arcade, Board / Group Game, Indie, Puzzle, Logic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 30 June 2015

Quiplash is a fun quiz for a group of 3 to 8 people, in which participants must give the funniest answer to a given question. The player who scores the most points...

Caffeine

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

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Caffeine is a first-person sci-fi horror adventure. The game takes place on a spaceship. The main character, who has just returned from a long sleep to real life...

Train Valley

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

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Bloodbath Kavkaz

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

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Arcade, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is an arcade game with action and indie elements from developers from the Asteroid Base studio. The game is published by Asteroid...

Hand of Fate

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2015

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Hand of Fate is an indie role-playing adventure game with elements of action and strategy, with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to play with a...

Blockstorm

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2015

Players: 6.3/10

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...

GunSlugs 2

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015

GunSlugs 2 is a side view action game with elements of an indie game, platformer, arcade and from developers from the OrangePixel studio. The game is published by...

Mushroom 11

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

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Mushroom 11 is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Controlling an amorphous organism, you have to overcome flocks of strange mutated creatures and...

TIS-100

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2015

TIS-100 is a limitless programming game from the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory. The game will offer you a number of exciting puzzles, to solve which you...

UBERMOSH

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2015

Players: 1.2/10

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...

Chaos Reborn

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2015

Players: 9.2/10

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...

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2015

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is a continuation of the fantasy point and click adventure with lots of puzzles and wonderful humor. In a world torn by war, gremlin...

StarDrive 2

Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2015

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 70/100

StarDrive 2 is an action game with a mixture of strategy and indie game from developers from the Zero Sum Games studio. The game is published by Iceberg...

Timberman

Arcade, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2015

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Tallowmere

Arcade, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2015

Players: 6/10

Tallowmere is an arcade game with a mixture of platformer and indie game from the developers of the Chris McFarland studio. The game is published by Chris...

Circa Infinity

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2015

Metacritic: 83/100

Circa Infinity is an arcade action game from indie developers from the Kenny Sun studio. The players' task is to move through an endless cycle of circle levels...

Infinifactory

First-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 June 2015

Players: 6.6/10

Infinifactory is a first-person puzzle game with an indie twist from the masters at Zachtronics Industries. The game is published by Zachtronics Industries...

Sparkle 3 Genesis

Arcade, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2015

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...

In Between

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

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2015

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Capsule Force

Arcade, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 August 2015

Windward

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

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Invisible, Inc.

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Invisible, Inc. — a tactical strategy with turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell about a secret organization of special agents who...

Interplanetary

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

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

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...

Catlateral Damage

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2015

Metacritic: 57/100

Catlateral Damage is a first-person simulator with action and indie game elements from Chris Chung studio. The game is published by Fire Hose Games. It seems that...

Action Henk

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2015

Metacritic: 73/100

Action Henk is a fun arcade runner with a third-person view. As the fearless Hank, you have to conquer the crazy and wonderful world of toys. You will run, jump...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2015 for Linux (Game released)