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

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2017

Players: 8/10

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...

Cryptark

Arcade, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Space arcade shooter with a side view. The player takes on the role of a futuristic mercenary who earns money from government contracts and attacks space stations...

Gang Beasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

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

Immortal Redneck

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Immortal Redneck is a fast-paced first-person shooter with roguelike elements. You will find unique arenas that are generated randomly, a wide arsenal of weapons...

Beat Cop

Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Beat Cop is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with pixel graphics. The game takes place in New York in the 80s. Former detective Jack Kelly was framed for...

Serial Cleaner

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

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2017

Players: 5.1/10

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...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

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...

Strafe

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Strafe is a bloody retro shooter with a first-person view. The game is a tribute to classic shooters and a subtle play on nostalgia at the same time. You will find...

Finding Paradise

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Finding Paradise is an indie top-down adventure that is a direct sequel to To the Moon and A Bird Story. Players will once again meet two doctors who travel through...

West of Loathing

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 86/100

West of Loathing is an unusual adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat. You have to go to the minimalistic world of the city of Boring Springs, where you...

Everything

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2017

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Everything is an interactive and colorful “everything simulator” where you can explore a diverse world, travel between stars and planets, and explore a vast...

Slaps And Beans

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2017

Metacritic: 63/100

Slaps And Beans is a retro-style game about Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, Italian actors who together made many action-packed comedies and spaghetti westerns...

Doodle Mafia

Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 20 April 2017

Players: 6.5/10

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...

Black the Fall

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2017

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Black the Fall is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer whose main goal is to tell the story of a hero escaping the communist system. Solve puzzles to avoid...

Paradigm

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2017

Metacritic: 85/100

Paradigm is a surreal point and click adventure in which you take on the role of a handsome mutant named Paradigm. The game takes place in the post-apocalyptic city...

Dimension Drive

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2017

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...

Slash It Ultimate

Action, Music game, Indie, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2017

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...

Slash It 2

Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Action, Music game

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2017

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...

Doodle Devil

Logic, Puzzle, Simulation, Arcade, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 May 2017

Players: 7/10

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...

Crawl

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

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2017

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Crawl is a fast-paced action roguelike with side-scrolling RPG elements. The game features a variety of dungeons that are randomly generated. The game is designed...

Xenon Valkyrie

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

Game released: Linux → 3 February 2017

Players: 10/10

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...

PATHOS

Puzzle, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Logic

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2017

PATHOS is an indie adventure arcade puzzle game. You have enough moves to get to the end. No more, no less. To deliver objects to the right place, you have to...

SimAirport

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 February 2020

Players: 7.1/10

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...

Opus Magnum

Simulation, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Opus Magnum is an indie puzzle game with simulation elements in a medieval setting. You have to take on the role of a powerful alchemist. Unravel the mysterious...

Robocraft

Role-playing game, Simulation, Shooter, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 24 August 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Robocraft is a shareware multiplayer robot simulator in which you have to build your own personal robot and then send it to fight with other similar creatures of...

HIVESWAP: Act 1

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2017

Players: 10/10

HIVESWAP: Act 1 is a Point and Click adventure game with an indie twist from the developers at What Pumpkin Studios. The game is published by What Pumpkin...

Flinthook

Action, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Flinthook is a side-scrolling action platformer from the creators of Mercenary Kings and Curses N Chaos. You have to play as a little guy who destroys many enemies...

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

Business / Management, In real time, Strategy, Simulation, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2017

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! is an arcade restaurant management simulator that will give you complete control over absolutely everything. You can go the hard way...

Holy Potatoes! What the Hell?!

Simulation, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2017

Holy Potatoes! What the Hell?! — a crazy culinary simulator in the scenery of hell. Take on the role of a chef in an underworld inhabited by potatoes. Assign...

Polyball

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

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2017

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...

Forma.8

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

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2017

Metacritic: 78/100

Serious Sam Fusion

Shooter, Virtual Reality (VR), First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 21 March 2017

Serious Sam Fusion is a first-person shooter in virtual reality. You will experience extreme violence, inexplicable joy, some sadness, sometimes all at once, and...

Passpartout: The Starving Artist

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Passpartout: The Starving Artist is an arcade action game with simulator elements. You will find yourself in the role of an aspiring French artist who is struggling...

Hidden Folks

Hidden Objects, Casual game, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The player tries to find all the hidden people or other objects in hand-drawn interactive pictures. There are 32 areas and more than 300 hidden objects available...

Serious Sam's Bogus Detour

Online, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Players: 10/10

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...

Alwa's Awakening

Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Alwa's Awakening is a classic side-scrolling adventure platformer. The main character Zoya really loves video games. And one day, when she sat at the monitor and...

Hyper Knights

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2017

Hyper Knights is a medieval arcade indie action game with adventure elements. You'll hack and break through hundreds of enemies in a fast-paced, skill-based game...

OVIVO

Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 8 September 2017

Metacritic: 71/100

OVIVO is a minimalist side-scrolling indie platformer. In the world of the game, Black and White live in harmony. Intertwining and replacing each other, they...

Weapon Shop Fantasy

Role-playing game, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 March 2017

Players: 1/10

Weapon Shop Fantasy is a unique top-down management simulator with RPG elements. In the game, you will be responsible for managing each element of your shop. Hire...

Detention

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

Game released: Linux → 12 January 2017

Players: 9.9/10

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...

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