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

Stardew Valley - a game in the Indie genre

Role-playing game, Simulation, Online, Business / Management, Indie, Farm Simulator

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Stardew Valley is a farming simulator with role-playing elements, an open-world sandbox with an isometric camera and the visual style of 90s arcade...

Enter the Gungeon

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Enter the Gungeon is a top-down arcade shooter from the developers at Dodge Roll. The roguelike takes place in the ever-changing fortress of Gungeon...

Pankapu

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

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2016

Steam: 74/100

Pankapu: The Gates of Omnia is an episodic side-scrolling action platformer. The events of the game develop in the fantasies of Jaarell, a child who...

Hyper Light Drifter

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

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

SUPERHOT

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

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

The Final Station

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Survival

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his...

Cockroach Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Online

Game released: Linux → 17 September 2016

Steam: 75/100

A simulator about the conflict between humans and cockroaches in a kitchen. Online matches support up to 10 players, who can choose either side...

This Is the Police

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

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This Is the Police is an adventure strategy game with management game elements and an isometric camera view. Scandals, intrigues, investigations are...

Starbound

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Simulation, Survival, Sandbox, Space

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Starbound is an indie adventure role-playing arcade game with platformer and action elements. You are forced to flee your planet by hijacking a ship...

Firewatch

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 9 February 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Roguelike, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 80/100

This War of Mine: The Little Ones is an expansion to the side-scrolling management strategy adventure This War of Mine. The addition tells the story...

Shadows of Kurgansk

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Survival, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone...

Sisyphus Reborn

Adventure, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 September 2016

Steam: 100/100

This short existential adventure follows a search for meaning in a world where everyone digs forever and no one dies. The protagonist wakes up there...

Zombo Buster Rising

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Free game, Side view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

A 2D action game with tower-defense elements, in which the player fights off zombies by shooting at them from a terrace. Two AI-controlled characters...

What The Box?

Action, Indie, Online

Game released: Linux → 12 September 2016

Steam: 81/100

What The Box? is a multiplayer action shooter in which living boxes hide among ordinary ones and try to destroy one another. Players can hunt...

Planet Explorers

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

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2016

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 59/100

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...

WOLFLAME

Action, Indie, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2016

Steam: 87/100

A 2D vertical shoot ’em up about the Terran resistance to an alien invasion of the colony on Sig Fildonia. The remaining TDF forces attempt to repel...

Poly Bridge

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Construction, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Vintage Story

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

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2016

Players: 9.6/10

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...

Shardlight

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2016

Players: 4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Shardlight is a "point-and-click" adventure set in a post-apocalyptic environment. The main character is a dying woman named Amy. The thing is, even...

Mother Russia Bleeds

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Side view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 5 September 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Mother Russia Bleeds is a side-scrolling arcade action game. You advance through the level, destroying all enemies along the way using hand-to-hand...

Devil Daggers

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Horror

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2016

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Devil Daggers is an arcade shooter in the spirit of the 90s with a first-person view. Battles take place in vast arenas where endless hordes of...

Defense Zone 3

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

Game released: Linux → 14 December 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD is an indie tower defense strategy game with a top-down view in real time. This is a sequel to the famous Defense Zone...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil...

Prison Run and Gun

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 16 March 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Arcade action platformer with pixel graphics about a daring prison escape. The main character must overcome many obstacles, fight enemies, and solve...

Zombie Night Terror

Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Zombies, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Zombie Night Terror is a side-view management strategy set in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to control a squad of zombies, whose goal...

Layers of Fear: Inheritance

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

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2016

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 76/100

Layers of Fear: Inheritance is an addition to the adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a first-person view Layers of Fear. The main...

Golf With Your Friends

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

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

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Plague Inc: Evolved

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

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

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

NeuroVoider

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

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 85/100

NeuroVoider is a top-down cooperative arcade shooter with procedurally generated levels. Players will take on the role of preserved human brains...

Steam Squad

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2016

Players: 1/10

Steam: 47/100

Steam Squad is a tactical strategy with an isometric camera view and turn-based battles. The game takes place in an alternative universe of the First...

Scrap Garden

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Scrap Garden is an arcade platformer with a third-person view. The game tells about the adventures of the little robot Kenny, who wakes up in a world...

The Mims Beginning

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, God Simulator, City Building, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2016

Steam: 76/100

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...

Oxenfree

Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Oxenfree is a mystical adventure with a side view about teenagers who decide to spend a weekend on a mysterious island. The main character, along...

Cobalt

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Cobalt is a side-scrolling co-op action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will take on the role of robot agent Cobalt, who discovers the lost...

War for the Overworld: Heart of Gold

Strategy, DLC, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2016

Steam: 77/100

War for the Overworld: Heart of Gold is an addition to the real-time management strategy and fantasy setting. You will create your own dungeons with...

Reigns

Board / Group Game, Card game, Logic, Medieval era, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Reigns is a card board game where you will become the ruler of a small kingdom and take part in important elections that will determine your reign...

Hue

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

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Hue is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. In it you have to remake the world by changing its background color. Together...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Evo Explores

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2016

Steam: 91/100

Evo Explores is an arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. You have to go to a fantastic reality and help the space traveler Evo, who is trying...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2016 for Linux