Indie 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 5

Doodle Mafia - a game in the Indie genre

Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Adventure, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 20 April 2017

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 74/100

A casual puzzle in the Doodle game series. In the game you can lead a gangster clan or help the police clear the city of crime. There are more than 500 elements...

Riptale

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2017

Steam: 86/100

Riptale is a hardcore, fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer. In the role of a deadly ninja, you have to go down into the caves, where many treasures and...

DragoDino

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Steam: 76/100

DragoDino is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with procedurally generated levels. You need to help the little dragon get to the top of the giant...

Block Survival: Legend Of The Lost Islands

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2017

Steam: 85/100

Block Survival: Legend Of The Lost Islands is a pixel shooter with a first-person view. You find yourself on the edge after a terrible plane crash, in which only...

Demise of Nations

Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2017

Steam: 81/100

Demise of Nations is a free-to-play global strategy game with turn-based battles. The game takes place during the dawn of the Roman Empire and continues until its...

Dimension Drive

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Anime / Manga, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2017

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Dimension Drive is an arcade fantasy shooter with a top-down view in a comic book style. The game has the ability to teleport, single player mode and co-op mode. In...

I Am The Hero

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2017

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 65/100

I Am The Hero is an arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view. The events of the game will tell the story of a mysterious hero with a glorious...

Vive le Roi

Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 70/100

Vive le Roi is a fascinating puzzle platformer with a side view, the events of which unfold in France during the Great Revolution. The revolutionaries plan to...

Herald: An Interactive Period Drama

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 16 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Herald: An Interactive Period Drama is an adventure-cum-interactive-movie game from the developers at Wispfire. The main publisher of the game is Wispfire...

Forma.8

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2017

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This Metroidvania action-adventure follows forma.8, a small exploration probe stranded alone on the surface of an alien planet after an accident. To survive, it...

CropDuster Supreme

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2017

Steam: 90/100

An arcade action game about Buster, who sets out to win the heart of his crush using an unusual weapon: flatulence. Fueled by burritos from the “Burrito Hut,” he...

Eternal Return (2017)

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2017

Steam: 51/100

Eternal Return is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. In the role of a glorious knight, you have to go to the cursed castle and deal with all its...

Brave Furries

Free game, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2017

Steam: 83/100

Brave Furries is a puzzle game with cute furry monsters who go in search of a princess in the castle of an evil wizard. He kidnapped the furry princess, taking half...

SmuggleCraft

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2017

Steam: 90/100

SmuggleCraft is a sci-fi racing arcade game with a third-person view. You have to try on the role of a space smuggler and go to the vastness of various planets to...

Lux Alliance

Indie, Strategy, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view, In real time, Board / Group Game, Card game, Sandbox, Historical, Tactics, Logic

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2017

Steam: 75/100

A world-conquest strategy game inspired by the classic board games RISK, Axis & Allies, and Diplomacy. Players issue orders to their troops at the same time as...

LandTraveller

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Fantasy, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

A hybrid of classic RPG and modern indie sandbox, combining a randomized environment and a hand-built...

The Agony

Indie, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Survival, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 June 2017

Steam: 58/100

The Agony — adventure indie horror with a first-person view. Do you often wonder what lies beneath our cities? Sewers, bomb shelters, scientific facilities...

Soul Harvest

Free game, Indie, Strategy, Action, Online, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2022; Early Access: Linux → 26 May 2017

Steam: 85/100

Soul Harvest — A free multiplayer action strategy game set in the depths of Hell. You will take control of archdemons as they fight each other for valuable...

Slash It 2

Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Action, Music game, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2017

Steam: 88/100

Slash It 2 is an indie musical adventure game. The goal is to press letters, numbers and enter words at the right time and in the right...

Causality

Puzzle, Logic, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2017

Steam: 95/100

Causality is a logic puzzle with an isometric view. This is a game about manipulating time, changing the sequence of events and changing the outcome of each level...

Unexplored

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

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2017

Steam: 89/100

Unexplored is a top-down action RPG with randomly generated levels. An exciting journey through dungeons with many mysteries and challenges awaits you. The game...

Splody

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 21 March 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Splody is an explosive top-down arcade game in Japanese style. The game is built on the classic ideas of the popular "Bomberman", only now you have the opportunity...

Rumpus

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

Game released: Linux → 12 April 2017

Steam: 100/100

Rumpus is a side-scrolling co-op action platformer for 2-4 players. You have to fight in various arena locations, using a variety of skills and abilities of the...

Nongünz

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2017

Steam: 70/100

Nongünz is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. You will go on dangerous adventures through dungeons, where a wide variety of monsters and a myriad of traps...

Doodle Devil

Logic, Puzzle, Simulation, Arcade, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 25 May 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

Doodle Devil — an arcade devil simulator that allows you to create your own universe with demons, monsters, and zombies. The game is a continuation of Doodle God...

Battlesloths 2025: The Great Pizza Wars

Arcade, Action, Online, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Steam: 82/100

Terra Mystica

Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Card game, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 62/100

Terra Mystica is a digital version of the turn-based board game for mobile platforms. Events take place in the Mystic Lands, where 14 different peoples live...

Go Go Electric Samurai

Arcade, Action, Racing, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2017

Steam: 73/100

Go Go Electric Samurai is a minimalist arcade action game with a third-person view. Expect dynamic and exciting battles on futuristic aircraft accompanied by an...

Greedy Guns

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

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017

Steam: 73/100

This 2D run-and-gun platformer follows a team of mercenaries sent to explore alien worlds and retrieve artifacts and DNA samples for HOLO CORP. The team takes on...

Patchman vs. Red Circles

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction, Stealth, Action

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Steam: 93/100

Patchman vs. Red Circles is an indie arcade adventure set in a fantasy world. You will find constant stealth, smart disguises, searching for seeds for planting a...

Ebony Spire: Heresy

Role-playing game, Indie, Roguelike, First-person view, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 2 November 2017

Players: 1.9/10

Steam: 80/100

Ebony Spire: Heresy is a classic first-person adventure role-playing game with elements of a dungeon crawler roguelike. In the game you have to go on a dangerous...

LOVE 2: kuso

Side view, Platformer, Action, Indie, Online

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2017

Steam: 96/100

LOVE 2: kuso is an indie platformer with action elements and a side view. You have the ability to run and jump. You'll have to wade through acid, long jump...

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile

Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2017

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a 2D action platformer about a bloody quest for revenge, played as either Yuki, a prisoner with machine arms, or the reanimated...

BOOR

Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2017

Steam: 81/100

BOOR is a 2D puzzle platformer with a side view. You have to go to the distant human colony of Eden, where humanity wants to build a new life. And for this...

Dash Fleet

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

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2017

Steam: 71/100

Dash Fleet is a shareware, entertaining arcade game with a side view. You have to control a small, but at the same time proud bird, which must avoid collisions with...

Hole New World

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2017

Steam: 75/100

Hole New World is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will play as a Potions Master — the only one who can fight evil and win...

StarCrawlers

Role-playing game, Strategy, First-person view, Turn-based, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2017

Steam: 83/100

StarCrawlers is a first-person role-playing game with a dash of strategy from developers Juggernaut Games. The game is published by Juggernaut...

Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 29 June 2017

Steam: 90/100

Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders is an arcade adventure in the hidden object genre. Dark clouds are gathering over Persia — the glorious king Badia is...

Battlevoid: Sector Siege

Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2017

Steam: 58/100

Battlevoid: Sector Siege is a top-down sci-fi action strategy game for mobile platforms. You have to manage 12 space stations and a fleet of 10 ships, explore the...

Space Jammers

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

Early Access: Linux → 8 March 2017

Steam: 62/100

Space Jammers is a top-down cooperative arcade shooter. You will go to conquer various levels that are generated randomly, where a gang of space pirates will travel...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2017 for Linux