Indie 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre

Hollow Knight - a game in the Indie genre

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

Ravenfield

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics, Sandbox, Action

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 97/100

Ravenfield is a tactical shooter with a first-person view for single player play. Together with the blue men you have to destroy those annoying red men using...

RUINER

Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 76/100

RUINER is an isometric action game in a cyberpunk setting. The game takes place in 2091 in a cyber metropolis called Rengkok. You will play as a cyber psychopath...

Qbik

Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 17 November 2017

Steam: 92/100

A pixel-art puzzle game about a small, one-eyed square exploring caves and uncovering the story of its origins. The story begins with a dot floating in a white...

Everspace

Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Space, Action

Game released: Linux → 25 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Everspace is a space simulator created on the basis of the Unreal Engine 4. You can expect randomly generated levels, a non-linear plot, advanced upgrade and...

SoulSet

Visual novel, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2017

Steam: 89/100

A mystery-romance visual novel set in a fantasy world where magic is part of everyday life. Mariko Blairnot finds herself in a strange mansion with five people who...

Zarya-1: Mystery on the Moon

Adventure, Indie, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2017

Steam: 88/100

This text-based adventure blends science fiction and horror in a story about investigating a distress signal from the far side of the Moon. Four astronauts are sent...

Detention

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 12 January 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Detention is an indie puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. At Greenwood High School, located in a remote mountainous area, two students are trapped...

DUNGEONS OF CHAOS

Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2017

Steam: 87/100

A turn-based pixel-art RPG made as a tribute to 1980s role-playing games. The player assembles a party of six characters, either creating one quickly or customizing...

Duck Hunting

Indie, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2017

Steam: 56/100

A duck-hunting simulator set across a large, swampy area. The player chooses a hunting approach, selecting a gun, movement speed and camouflage, and can hunt alone...

These nights in Cairo

Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2017

Steam: 91/100

This otome visual novel follows Margaret Dawson, an aspiring archaeologist who joins her father at an excavation of a mysterious tomb in Egypt, where strange events...

Gang Beasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...

Once on a windswept night

Free game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2017

Steam: 86/100

This metafictional visual novel follows a traveller seeking patrons in the distant land of Desservir. After being betrayed by a goblin and left on the cold moors...

Tomboys Need Love Too!

Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2017

Steam: 86/100

This romantic visual novel follows Kai and Chris, childhood friends whose relationship shifts when Chris comes to stay with her next-door neighbor while her parents...

Tiny Echo

Adventure, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2017

Steam: 89/100

An adventure game set in a hand-drawn world, where courier Emi delivers messages to spirits in a mysterious ethereal realm. The wordless narrative unfolds as she...

Dinosaur Hunt First Blood

Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2017

Steam: 57/100

Dinosaur Hunt First Blood is a first-person shooter and a sequel to Dinosaur Hunt, set in a world where dinosaurs and mutants have joined forces to take over the...

2Dark

Arcade, Action, Horror, Top-down view, Indie, Stealth

Game released: Linux → 10 March 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 62/100

2Dark is an arcade action-horror game with survival elements and a top-down view. The main character discovers his beloved dead, and his two children are kidnapped...

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is an add-on for a unique party-based side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on introduces a new campaign, the action...

SOLITUNE

Adventure, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Steam: 76/100

This short puzzle adventure is about escaping an old life: the player becomes a shepherd and gathers a flock of sheep while seeking a new path. In SOLITUNE, the...

Conarium

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Conarium is a first-person psychological horror game based on the works of Lovecraft. You play as Frank Gilman, who finds himself in a room filled with strange...

Time Recoil

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

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Time Recoil is a top-down sci-fi shooter from the creators of the cult classic Crimsonland. In the game, every successful kill involves slowing down time, just like...

Overgrowth

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Indie, Parkour

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Overgrowth is a third-person action game about brave rabbits who master martial arts. There are other animals in the game that complement the medieval universe of...

Chroma Blast

Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2017

Steam: 82/100

Chroma Blast is an arcade twin-stick shooter in which a ship battles waves of enemies. Players control the ship and gradually upgrade its arsenal of 31 weapons. The...

Wayout 2: Hex

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 10 February 2017

Steam: 86/100

This casual puzzle game is a sequel to WayOut, expanding on the Lights Out formula with levels built around hexagonal tiles. The goal of each puzzle is to switch...

Mooseman

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

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Mooseman is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a fantasy setting. Long ago, the world was created from the shell of a duck egg by a god named Yen. In the dim...

England Exchange

Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2017

Steam: 51/100

This romantic visual novel follows an American college student from New York spending a semester in England to broaden their horizons. Players choose the...

Serial Cleaner

Action, Stealth, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 66/100

An interesting simulator with stealth elements and a view of the top, inspired by the atmosphere of Fargo and Crime Fix. The work is simple, but dangerous: to hide...

Mr. Dubstep

Casual game, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2017

Steam: 69/100

This casual platformer features levels across five themes, where players avoid obstacles using several mechanics. The character can jump, change the direction of...

Figment

Adventure, Music game, Isometric, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Figment is an adventure game with a memorable visual style and music. Events take place in a world that is filled with secret thoughts, desires and memories...

EVIL POSSESSION

Indie, Adventure, Action

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2017

Steam: 55/100

A first-person horror game set in the Andalusian atmosphere of the mid-20th century. The player takes the role of a paranormal investigator attempting to exorcise a...

Choice of Zombies

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Text quest, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2017

Steam: 50/100

Choice of Zombies is an adventure horror game with a first-person view in the style of a post-apocalypse. You have to fight for survival in a world overrun by...

Employee Recycling Center

Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2017

Steam: 29/100

After an accident at the factory, the protagonist is trapped and abandoned by their co-workers. To find a way out, the player interacts with the environment and...

Sundered

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

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2017

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Sundered is a side-scrolling arcade platformer from the creators of Jotun. You will play as a character named Yeshe, a wanderer in a ruined world with ever-changing...

Red Wake Carnage

Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2017

Steam: 59/100

Red Wake Carnage is a chaotic first-person shooter about animals rebelling against humanity over people’s careless treatment of the planet. The player is the only...

SimAirport

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, City Building, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 29 February 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 81/100

SimAirport is a real-time business strategy with a top-down view. You have to manage your own airport. Expand, invest in the purchase of new aircraft and new...

Thimbleweed Park

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Thimbleweed Park is a classic “point-and-click” quest from the creators of Maniac Mansion. The game takes place in a small town where a mysterious murder occurred...

Charlie Murder

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Board / Group Game, Beat them all, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Punk rock band Charlie Murder faces an apocalypse brought on by rival death metal group Gore Quaffer and its legions of evil. In this role-playing beat ’em up...

Totemori

Free game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 February 2017

Steam: 86/100

A local multiplayer brawler about building towers while trying to bring down those built by opponents. Building blocks fall from the sky, and towers can be fitted...

Humanity Must Perish

Free game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 25 September 2017

Steam: 80/100

This comedic visual novel follows Kyuu, an android tasked with saving Earth from destruction at humanity’s hands. She believes people must either be exterminated or...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2017 for Linux (Game released)