Indie 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 6

Golf for Workgroups - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Simulation, Golf, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 7 April 2017

Steam: 75/100

Golf for Workgroups is a futuristic golf simulator with a third-person view. You have to control a robot whose task is to score a ball into a hole. The game...

Wells

Arcade, Action, Indie, Steampunk, Side view

Game released: Linux → 30 January 2017

Steam: 73/100

Wells is a side-view arcade action game in steampunk style. You will go on dangerous adventures and face off against hordes of enemies, giant bosses and massive...

Satellite Repairman

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

Satellite Repairman is an arcade action game with a side view. All the planets in the system suddenly decided that the galaxy was not big enough for all the...

Xenon Valkyrie

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 3 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 64/100

Xenon Valkyrie is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG with procedurally generated levels. You will travel to the deepest part of the moon to stop the evil witch...

A Trip to Yugoslavia: Director's Cut

Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2017

Steam: 81/100

This experimental interactive adventure with point-and-click sections follows Dimitri, an amateur photographer stranded in a forest near a town after Yugoslavia...

Sumoman

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

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2017

Steam: 79/100

An unusual adventure puzzle-platformer set in a stylized medieval Japan. The main character is a clumsy but determined sumo wrestler returning home after a...

Man O' War: Corsair

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

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2017

Steam: 63/100

Set in the Warhammer world and based on Games Workshop’s Man O' War tabletop game, this naval adventure blends action and role-playing elements. The player takes...

Stay! Stay! Democratic People's Republic of Korea!

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2017

Steam: 93/100

This Japanese-style visual novel follows an American soldier on vacation in North Korea, where he meets his pen pals, the soldiers Jeong and Eunji. Together they...

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...

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...

Soulslayer～灭魂·误佳期～

Indie, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 13 July 2017

Steam: 95/100

Set in ancient China, this adventure visual novel follows Yao Xiu, a young woman from a noble family who is killed on the eve of her wedding. She wakes after her...

Shigatari

Role-playing game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2017

Steam: 97/100

A samurai role-playing game built around roguelike progression and permadeath. Players fight brutal, strategic katana duels and combine techniques from seven...

Citadale: The Legends Trilogy

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

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2017

Steam: 52/100

Citadale: The Legends Trilogy is a side-scrolling hardcore action platformer set in a dark fantasy universe. The game includes all three parts of the retro game...

Evening Surprise

Free game, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2017

Steam: 89/100

This comedy visual novel follows Max and his girlfriend Ann, who are happy together until Ann prepares a surprise for him. The story unfolds over several ordinary...

Magibot

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

Game released: Linux → 18 December 2017

Steam: 60/100

Magibot is a side-scrolling arcade adventure puzzle platformer. The adventures of ILO, a small magical robot sent by people to the planet in search of the last hope...

Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes

Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 22 December 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 77/100

Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes is a top-down turn-based indie strategy game in a fantasy setting. In this game you will take command of a small army and move across...

Fumiko!

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Science fiction, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2017

Steam: 82/100

Fumiko! is a unique third-person adventure platformer that lets you see the world through the eyes of an artificial intelligence called Fumiko. You will be able to...

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...

Slash It Ultimate

Action, Music game, Indie, Arcade, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2017

Steam: 70/100

Slash It Ultimate is an indie musical action game with arcade elements. The goal of the game is to play the rhythm of the song in various game modes and compete...

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...

Quote

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 31 January 2017

Steam: 72/100

Quote — an adventure role-playing action game with an isometric camera view. Once, Bliss, the god of ignorance and foolishness, destroyed all knowledge to protect...

Torn Tales

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 50/100

Torn Tales is an action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in the world of various fairy tales...

Ellipsis

Arcade, Action, Indie, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2017

Steam: 96/100

Ellipsis — A top-down neon skydiving shooter where you control a futuristic spaceship. The main task — Avoid all sorts of obstacles on your way. In the...

Upside Down

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

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2017

Steam: 83/100

Upside Down is an adventure platformer with action and puzzle elements. You have to sharpen your reflexes. As a scarecrow, armed only with your wits, you'll face...

Soul Searching

Indie, Survival, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2017

Steam: 83/100

A narrative survival game about growing up and leaving home, Soul Searching follows a character sailing away in a small boat through a world of islands, dragons...

GRIDD: Retroenhanced

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

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 79/100

GRIDD: Retroenhanced is a vibrant arcade cyberpunk shooter with a fantastic soundtrack, elements generated during the game and electrifying graphics. Guide your...

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...

Normal Lost Phone

Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2017

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A Normal Lost Phone is an indie puzzle game in which you have to investigate a smartphone lost on the street. You will study the owner's private life, his messages...

Angels with Scaly Wings

Adventure, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2017

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Angels with Scaly Wings is a unique dating simulator with dragons, presented in the form of a visual novel. Acting as a representative of humanity, the player needs...

Splasher

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Splasher is a 2D platformer in which a young hero sets out to rescue the workers of the Inkorp factory from its greedy boss, Docteur. Armed with a paint cannon, the...

Tiles

Action, Puzzle, Indie, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2017

Steam: 71/100

Tiles is a unique puzzle game that will challenge your mind and burn your fingertips. It's simple, you need to move from green tiles to red ones, clearing the blue...

Agatha Knife

Indie, Adventure, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2017

Steam: 93/100

Agatha Knife is a satirical point-and-click adventure about seven-year-old Agatha, who befriends the animals in her mother’s butcher shop while also loving meat. To...

Dragon Bros

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

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2017

Steam: 85/100

This 2D side-scrolling action platformer draws on retro run-and-gun games. A team of young dragons sets out to rescue their kidnapped mother after the robotic...

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...

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...

Serious Sam's Bogus Detour

Online, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Action, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Serious Sam's Bogus Detour is a classic top-down co-op shooter set in the Serious Sam universe. The essence of the game is to pick up new weapons, ammunition...

TMM: Entourage

Online, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017

Steam: 100/100

TMM: Entourage is a multiplayer real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. You have to choose one of three opposing factions and go to war on various...

Kitten Adventures in City Park

Adventure, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 8 September 2017

Steam: 93/100

This children's adventure quest follows a kitten helping its owner, Masha, find items lost after a celebration in the park. The player searches in places where the...

Cybercube

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

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Cybercube is an arcade indie platformer with action elements and a side view. You will have to go through 100 levels with a mesmerizing background, each of which...

WAVESHAPER

Casual game, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 3 May 2017

Steam: 87/100

WAVESHAPER is a minimalist score-attack arcade game about stopping a vector menace, one obstacle at a time. Its gameplay uses four-button controls, and the...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2017 for Linux