Indie 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 8

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...

Riders of Asgard

Arcade, Side view, Motorcycle racing, Sports game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2017

Steam: 92/100

Riders of Asgard — a fun racing arcade game with a side view, where you, as a medieval Viking, have to compete on medieval BMX bikes. As you complete...

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...

Eight-Minute Empire

Strategy, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2017

Steam: 76/100

Eight-Minute Empire is a classic card strategy with turn-based battles in a medieval setting. Ahead of you lies the recruitment of troops, the conquest of new...

Radar Warfare

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

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2017

Steam: 75/100

Radar Warfare is a shareware top-down real-time arcade strategy game for mobile platforms. You have to take control of your own army and go against countless...

Dead Link: Pages Torn

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 November 2017

Steam: 62/100

Dead Link: Pages Torn is a first-person hidden object puzzle adventure game. Ellen receives a disturbing call from her sister Amanda and decides to visit her as...

Idioctopus

Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 10 February 2017

Steam: 100/100

Idioctopus is a romantic top-down puzzle game. What better way to spend your Valentine's Day than with a loving octopus as he navigates deadly mazes for the sake of...

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...

Last Stitch Goodnight

Action, Adventure, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2017

Steam: 100/100

Last Stitch Goodnight is a side-scrolling action-adventure game. The main character has to escape from the mansion of an evil doctor who is experimenting on people...

JASEM: Just Another Shooter with Electronic Music

Top-down view, Isometric, Action, Shooter, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Players: 4.8/10

Steam: 66/100

JASEM: Just Another Shooter with Electronic Music is an arcade twin-stick shooter with non-stop shooting, epic bosses and hurricane gameplay. It is better to...

Heart. Papers. Border.

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Early Access: Linux → 20 August 2017

Steam: 80/100

Heart. Papers. Border. — a unique real-time strategy game that tells about travel, freedom and changing the world. You are a free-spirited adventurer who...

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...

StarCrawlers

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

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2017

Steam: 83/100

A turn-based science-fiction role-playing game about a crew of mercenaries working on the fringes of space. The adventurers take jobs from megacorporations, hunting...

Randall

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

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 38/100

Randall is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a futuristic setting. The events of the game take place in the distant and dark future on a planet that is...

Go Go Electric Samurai

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

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2017

Steam: 74/100

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...

Blaite

Indie, Action, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 2 January 2017

Steam: 81/100

A difficult platformer built around repeating levels until they are completed. Players tackle the stages again and again, and can challenge friends. Up to five new...

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...

DEATHPIT 3000

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

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2017

Steam: 73/100

DEATHPIT 3000 is a top-down indie action game in a futuristic setting. Your goal is to repel waves of extremely aggressive opponents. Earn money, buy new powerful...

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...

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...

Race Arcade

Arcade, Racing, Top-down view, Indie, Sports game

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2017

Steam: 60/100

Race Arcade is an exciting top-down racing arcade game. Expect dynamic racing sessions in small cars in a variety of environments. Track themes range from regular...

ICY

Role-playing game, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2017

Steam: 85/100

A post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. The player creates a character and leads a group of survivors across the White Wasteland. Attributes are...

Robot Named Fight

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

Game released: Linux → 7 September 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Robot Named Fight is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a sci-fi setting. You will go on a dangerous journey through a randomly generated world in order...

ICEBOX: Speedgunner

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

Game released: Linux → 21 November 2017

Steam: 100/100

This first-person shooter combines 3D platforming with speedrunning in a futuristic digital labyrinth called the Icebox. To escape before time runs out, the hero...

Polyball

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Racing

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2017

Steam: 75/100

Polyball is an arcade action-platformer with a third-person view that is the modern equivalent of rolling ball games. The game offers more than 60 different levels...

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...

Milkmaid of the Milky Way

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 5 January 2017

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Milkmaid of the Milky Way is a pixel adventure game in soft colors, telling the story of a cute girl who suddenly finds herself in a space opera. It all started in...

interLOGIC

Isometric, Puzzle, Free game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2017

Steam: 68/100

A minimalist puzzle game about matching blocks of the same color to clear each level. The player moves a vehicle to push blocks into lines or crosses of two, three...

Slime-san

Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2017

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This platforming action game follows a slime swallowed by a giant worm. Trapped inside, the protagonist must find a way out before an advancing wall of stomach acid...

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...

Doodle Mafia

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...

Color Jumper

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

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

This abstract puzzle platformer centers on color matching and precise movement, with the goal of reaching the exit in each level. The player controls a block with a...

The Mexican Dream

Indie, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 5 September 2017

Steam: 62/100

The Mexican Dream is a humorous tower-defense strategy game about a mechanized wall on the border between Mexico and America. The player defends it against...

Haque

Role-playing game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 23 November 2017

Steam: 82/100

This turn-based roguelike takes place in a pixelated fantasy world falling apart at the seams. At the request of an old man, the hero sets out to rid the land of...

Trendpoker 3D: Texas Hold'em Poker

Simulation, Strategy, MMO, Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2017

Steam: 76/100

A Texas Hold’em poker simulator with single-player and online modes lets players compete against neural-network AI or other members of the online community. It...

Dead Horizon: Origin

Indie, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2017

Steam: 95/100

A mouse-controlled western adventure follows Bonnie Starr, a former farmgirl turned infamous gunslinger who seeks redemption at the end of a gun. In Dead Horizon...

Jay Fighter: Remastered

Free game, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2017

Steam: 72/100

Jay Fighter: Remastered is a top-down shooter set in a world defined by combat. Players fight endless waves of enemies alone or alongside...

Close Me

Indie, Adventure, Horror

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2017

Steam: 78/100

This adventure horror game centers on a person who wakes up unable to remember the previous night’s dream. The player moves through everyday activities: going...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2017 for Linux