Indie 2016 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 4

Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2016

Steam: 85/100

Order of the Thorne — The King's Challenge is a fantasy "point and click" adventure with a side view. The game takes place in the fictional kingdom of...

Oil Enterprise

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

Game released: Linux → 20 April 2016

Steam: 42/100

Oil Enterprise is a real-time management strategy game with an isometric camera view. You have to become a successful manager who will lead a multi-million dollar...

Glitchspace

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2016

Steam: 72/100

Glitchspace is a first-person adventure puzzle game. You are about to enter an amazing electronic world where you need to find a place called "Glitchspace" - a...

Way, The

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2016

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Way is a side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will become a member of a team of space explorers who has lost his love and cannot...

Crea

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 73/100

Crea is a sandbox role-playing game set in procedurally generated worlds, where the hero explores new lands, fights monsters, and uncovers the world’s history...

Lovely Planet Arcade

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

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2016

Steam: 79/100

Lovely Planet Arcade is a colorful arcade shooter with a first-person view, which is a continuation of Lovely Planet. Players will have to shoot at simple enemies...

Pan-Pan

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2016

Steam: 84/100

Pan-Pan is an adventure puzzle game with an isometric camera view. A large open world awaits you with many riddles, the solution of which will open up new...

Midsummer Night's Choice

Role-playing game, Adventure, Text quest, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2016

Steam: 86/100

Midsummer Night's Choice — role-playing adventure text quest. When your father, the Duke, tries to force you to marry, you leave civilization behind as you...

Fatal Theory

Free game, Action, Fighting, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2016

Steam: 86/100

Fatal Theory — shareware classic bitmap with a side view, made in retro style. The main character Nick Mayhem will have to save the city from hordes of...

GoNNER

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Platformer, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 12 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 79/100

GoNNER is a brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. The game tells the story of the friendship between Hiccup...

Switch 'N' Shoot

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

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2016

Steam: 96/100

Switch 'N' Shoot is a vertical shoot 'em up shooter about once again saving the Earth from an alien threat. You are the pilot of a future space fighter with only...

Spooky Heroes

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

Game released: Linux → 23 June 2016

Steam: 50/100

Spooky Heroes is a 2D side-scrolling arcade platformer. The player will become a nameless hero who travels through dungeons, seas, in the air and fights against the...

Crush Your Enemies

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

Game released: Linux → 13 July 2016

Steam: 82/100

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...

Wheels of Aurelia

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Wheels of Aurelia is an adventure game with driving elements. The events take place on the road in Italy in the 70s. The main character is a very restless woman who...

BalanCity

Simulation, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Arcade, City Building, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2016

Steam: 84/100

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...

Ladykiller in a Bind

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Ladykiller in a Bind is a visual novel with dating simulator elements. The events of the game revolve around the main character, who pretends to be her twin...

Pirate Pop Plus

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

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2016

Steam: 88/100

This pirate-themed arcade platformer follows Pete Jr and Polly as they take on the nefarious Bubble Pirate and try to free townsfolk trapped in bubbles. The player...

Patchwork

Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Strategy, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2016

Steam: 78/100

Patchwork is a logic board game for mobile platforms. The essence of the game comes down to the fact that on a limited field you need to fill the empty spaces with...

Bear Simulator

Role-playing game, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Adventure, Open world

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 86/100

This first-person simulator follows a bear exploring its forest home. The bear can roam seven regions, ranging from an ordinary forest to a mountain peak and a...

DEADBOLT

Stealth, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2016

Steam: 95/100

DEADBOLT is a stealth-action game about a Reaper working to quell an uprising of the undead. A mysterious fireplace assigns missions, including assassinating gang...

Valhalla Hills: Fire Mountains

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

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2016

Steam: 100/100

Valhalla Hills: Fire Mountains is an addition to the management strategy in the Viking world of Valhalla Hills. The main feature of the add-on is the presence of...

Infinium Strike

Arcade, Strategy, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 57/100

Infinium Strike is a tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre in a space setting. You have to become a weapons officer on the battle cruiser Freedom...

Red Rope: Don't Fall Behind

Indie, Arcade, Adventure, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2016

Players: 1/10

Steam: 82/100

Red Rope: Don't Fall Behind is a co-op adventure set in a dark zombie world full of symbolism and mystery. The two main characters are a typical couple, tied...

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 World War. You...

Curious Expedition

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

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2016

Steam: 87/100

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...

Giant Machines 2017

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2016

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 68/100

Giant Machines 2017 — giant vehicle driving simulator. You will be able to take control of seven industrial, the largest in the world, machines that have...

Metal Tales: Fury of the Guitar Gods

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2016

Steam: 91/100

Metal Tales: Fury of the Guitar Gods is a top-down arcade action adventure game. You have to fight the curse that fell on the shoulders of your Metal brothers and...

We Are the Dwarves

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Indie, Adventure, Action

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2016

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 60/100

We Are the Dwarves is a fantasy real-time tactical strategy game. In the company of three dwarf astronauts, players will have to go after the new Sun — a...

NO THING

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2016

Steam: 89/100

NO THING is a hardcore visual action adventure from a first person perspective. You will play as an office clerk who runs to the Ice Queen with an important...

Ecotone

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

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2016

Steam: 94/100

Ecotone is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a very strange world. The main character embodies only part of the real personality. With each new level you...

Neon Space

Action, Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Tactics, Top-down view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2016

Steam: 73/100

Neon Space is an indie action-adventure game with tactical elements and a top-down view. The goal of the game is to guide your little spaceship from one end to the...

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 to explore a...

Forgotten Tales: Day of the Dead

Arcade, Adventure, Card game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2016

Steam: 62/100

Forgotten Tales: Day of the Dead is an adventure card game where Manuel's bride is kidnapped by a dark ghost straight from her wedding on the Day of the Dead. To...

Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, , Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2016

Steam: 90/100

Lion's Song: Episode 1 — Silence is the first episode of a point-and-click adventure with a nice visual style. The episode tells the story of a composer in...

Duke of Alpha Centauri

Arcade, Indie, Shooter, Science fiction, Side view, Action, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 29 December 2016

Steam: 76/100

Duke of Alpha Centauri is a fantastic arcade side-scrolling indie shooter. The main goal of our game is to have fun blasting hordes of different types of enemies...

Tadpole Treble

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Music game, Side view, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 7 May 2016; Game released: Linux → 3 September 2016

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tadpole Treble is a side-scrolling adventure music rhythm game. You have to take on the role of a newly born fish who is eager to explore the world around him. She...

The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns

Visual novel, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 January 2016

Steam: 90/100

This visual novel follows fourteen-year-old Toma Andrews, who feels like an outsider among the living and prefers spending time in graveyards. There, she meets a...

Serafina's Crown

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 March 2016

Steam: 85/100

Serafina's Crown is a fantasy adventure visual novel. It's a fantasy drama visual novel with branching storylines, stat-based strategy gameplay, and dating sim...

Blacksea Odyssey

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 77/100

Blacksea Odyssey — a two-dimensional indie shooter with a top-down view, where you have to hunt giant space monsters. The player will try on the role of a...

Crazy Pixel Streaker

Arcade, Online, Action, Top-down view, Sports game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 June 2016

Steam: 63/100

Crazy Pixel Streaker is a cooperative arcade action game with elements of a sports game and a top-down view. The game provides insanely simple gameplay where you...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2016 for Linux