Indie 2016 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre

Game released: Linux → 9 February 2016

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Firewatch is an indie adventure with a first-person view, developed by former developers of The Walking Dead and BioShock 2. The action takes place in the forests...

Hyper Light Drifter

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

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...

Near Death

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

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Near Death is an indie action adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The events of the game will take you to the cold corridors of a research...

SUPERHOT

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter-puzzle game from the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team. The main feature of the game mechanics is the passage of time — only...

Planet Explorers

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2016

Players: 5.2/10

Planet Explorers is a free-to-play action role-playing game with a third-person view and survival elements in a sci-fi setting. The plot tells about the distant...

Plague Inc: Evolved

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Business / Management, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Plague Inc: Evolved is an updated version of an unusual simulator with elements of management strategy for modern platforms. The game will give you the opportunity...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...

Slain: Back from Hell

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a Gothic world and...

Brigador

Action, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 2 June 2016

Brigador is an isometric action game with an indie and tactical twist from the developers of Gausswerks and Stellar Jockeys. The game is published by Stellar...

Poly Bridge

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The game allows you to build bridges from different parts. Buildings must comply with the laws of physics, especially those parts that relate to the resistance of...

Golf With Your Friends

Arcade, Golf, Sports game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Simulation

Early Access: Linux → 30 January 2016; Game released: Linux → 19 May 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Golf With Your Friends is a fun sports arcade game dedicated to golf. Exciting matches await you, designed for cooperative play by up to 12 people. You will find 7...

Stable Orbit

Simulation, Futurism (Future), Indie

Early Access: Linux → 14 October 2016

Players: 7.2/10

Stable Orbit is a sci-fi simulator that will send you to conquer outer space. You will be able to manage your own space station, explore starry space and gaze...

Soul Axiom

Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 February 2016

Metacritic: 51/100

Soul Axiom is a first-person adventure with indie game elements from developers from Wales Interactive. The game is published by Wales Interactive. It seems that...

Clustertruck

Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Clustertruck is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view, in which the player has to stay on top of speeding long-range trucks. Jumping from one car to...

BattleTime

Arcade, Indie, Strategy, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2016

Players: 8.5/10

BattleTime is an arcade strategy game in the tower defense genre with an isometric camera view. You will act as the leader of a real army and will capture enemy...

Ice Lakes

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Sports game, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Ice Lakes is an ice fishing sports simulator with first and third person views, supporting HTC Vive and Oculus Rift virtual reality devices. You will have the...

Cornerstone: The Song of Tyrim

Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 April 2016

Cornerstone: The Song of Tyrim is an open-world action adventure with various puzzles and dynamic battles. The events of the game tell the story of the mysterious...

Seasons after Fall

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Seasons after Fall is a side-view arcade adventure in a fantasy setting. The main character is a wild fox who fell under the control of the spirit of the forest. He...

The Mims Beginning

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2016

The Mims Beginning is a vibrant god simulator where you control your own race of alien creatures. The plot takes place in an unknown space and time. In this galaxy...

Crush Your Enemies

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 July 2016

Metacritic: 63/100

Crush Your Enemies is a top-down real-time strategy arcade game. You can expect a lot of humor, tactical depth, like in the classic strategies of Starcraft, Age of...

Bridge Constructor Stunts

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Bridge Constructor Stunts is an arcade puzzle game for mobile devices, where instead of bridges you will build ramps and trampolines. Even the slowest trucks will...

Rive

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

BalanCity

Simulation, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2016

BalanCity is a sandbox construction game where you will face the most unusual challenges. As you progress, you will have to protect your buildings from attacks by...

Curious Expedition

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2016

Metacritic: 71/100

Curious Expedition is a procedurally generated adventure role-playing game set in the 19th century. You can feel like a real explorer and discoverer. Choose one of...

Vintage Story

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2016

A hardcore sandbox survival game inspired by the ideas of classic voxel games in the spirit of Minecraft, but reimagined through the lens of realism and...

Manual Samuel

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 14 October 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Manual Samuel is a fun adventure game that tells the story of Samuel. He is handsome and rich, but most importantly, he is dead. Samuel decides to make a deal with...

Little Acre

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2016

Players: 4/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Little Acre — point and click adventure from the developers from the Pewter Games studio. The game tells the story of Irishman Aidan, who is trying to find...

Zombie City Defense 2

Strategy, In real time, Action, Tactics, Isometric, Simulation, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 20 August 2016

Zombie City Defense 2 is a tactical post -apocalyptic game in the genre of tower protection. In the near future, the world was devastated by a virus, turning...

Attractio

Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Attractio is a puzzle game with action elements and a first-person view. The game will tell the story of three characters who participate in a futuristic reality...

Butcher

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 5 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Butcher is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer set in a futuristic setting. The game is based on the best shooters from the 90s. You have to get used to the...

Last Leviathan

Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Puzzle, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 22 June 2016

Last Leviathan is a shipbuilding simulator with a detailed physics model. You will construct combat ships and test them against monsters that inhabit the ancient...

Move or Die

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

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

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Marooners

Arcade, Action, Online, Board / Group Game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2016

Marooners is an arcade, cooperative action game from independent developers from the M2H studio. The game is designed for a fun group of friends, where you will...

Mimpi Dreams

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

Game released: Linux → 22 March 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Mimpi Dreams is a free-to-play adventure platformer with puzzle elements. The game will tell the story of the dog Mimpi, who marks literally everything, marks his...

Pharaonic

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2016

Pharaonic is a side-scrolling action RPG that will take players to Ancient Egypt. You have to explore the cursed kingdom to solve the riddle of the Red Pharaoh. The...

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner is an addition to the top-down role-playing adventure with horror elements Sunless Sea. If the original action took place on the surface of...

Pony Island

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 January 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Pony Island is a logic puzzle game from the developers of Daniel Mullins Games. The story is that the devil locks the player in an arcade, and in order to get out...

Westport Independent

Strategy, Business / Management, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Westport Independent — management strategy with logic puzzles. You will become the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, who edits news texts every day before...

Bear Simulator

Role-playing game, Simulation, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Retool

Action, Stealth, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2016

Retool is a top-down tactical action puzzle game in a sci-fi setting. The main character Maria is a hacker engineer who is trying to get out of a destroyed orbital...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2016 for Linux