Indie 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 2

Codex of Victory - a game in the Indie genre

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 March 2017

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 69/100

Codex of Victory is a fantastic turn-based strategy game. You have to protect human territories from attacks by the trans-humanoid race of Augments. You will be...

Realms of Arkania: Star Trail

Role-playing game, In real time, First-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 August 2017

Steam: 69/100

Realms of Arkania: Star Trail is a re-release of the 1994 first-person fantasy role-playing game with turn-based combat. The entire technical side of the game has...

Weapon Shop Fantasy

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

Game released: Linux → 27 March 2017

Players: 1/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

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...

Asura: Vengeance Expansion

Action, Slasher, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Asura: Vengeance Expansion is a top-down fantasy action-slasher with roguelike elements. You will be able to take on the role of the lower demon Asura to fight your...

Pinstripe

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

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Pinstripe is an atmospheric side-scrolling exploration adventure from developer Coma and Skinny. The events of the game take place in Hell, where the main character...

Necrosphere

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017

Steam: 91/100

Necrosphere is a hardcore side-scrolling pixel action platformer with very simple controls, consisting of just two buttons. The main character dies and ends up in...

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...

River City Ransom: Underground

Fighting, Beat them all, Side view, Action, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2017

Steam: 73/100

River City Ransom: Underground is a modern take on the old classic beat'em up games. It has over 500 different street battle moves, tons of weapons and fun...

One Dog Story

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2017

Steam: 71/100

One Dog Story is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to take on the role of a dog (EO-43) from a mysterious underground...

Emily is Away Too

Adventure, Visual novel, Free game, Indie, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Emily is Away Too is an interactive text adventure with pixel graphics, which is the ideological successor to Emily is Away. Expect more expanded dialogue options...

Holy Potatoes! What the Hell?!

Simulation, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2017

Steam: 46/100

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...

Bleed 2

Arcade, Action, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 February 2017

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Bleed 2 is a continuation of the fun arcade action game with a side view. As in the original, you will again have to save the world from an impending disaster in...

Lock's Quest

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2017

Steam: 40/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Lock's Quest is a real-time strategy adventure game with an isometric camera view. You will take on the role of a young boy, Lok, who defends his village from the...

Dragon Bros

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

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2017

Steam: 85/100

Dragon Bros is a side view arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from Space Lizard Studio LTD. The game is published by Space Lizard Studio...

Cryptark

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

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Steam: 83/100

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...

Black the Fall

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

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2017

Players: 5/10

Steam: 79/100

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...

Galaxy of Pen & Paper

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Galaxy of Pen & Paper is a side-scroll sci-fi turn-based RPG from the creators of Knights of Pen & Paper. The same unforgettable adventures await you, only there...

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...

Sky Rogue

Flight Simulator, Action, Indie, Procedural generation, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 August 2017

Steam: 92/100

A combat flight simulator where you can cut through the skies near countless randomly generated islands. The game has different missions in which you need to...

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...

Memoranda

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Memoranda is an atmospheric 2D point and click adventure filled with stories from Haruki Murakami. The game tells the story of the main character, who suffers from...

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...

Immortal Redneck

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

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

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...

Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Detective

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2017

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This FMV detective story with elements of psychological horror follows a psychiatrist investigating the murder of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker while treating...

Robocraft

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

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...

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...

OVIVO

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Action, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 September 2017

Steam: 89/100

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...

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...

Yooka-Laylee

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Yooka-Laylee is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view, created according to the canons of the classic Banjo-Kazooie. The main characters are the...

Aztez

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Beat them all, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2017

Steam: 79/100

Aztez is a monochrome mix of bitmap and turn-based strategy that tells the story of the Aztec empire. The game's plot takes place in the Aztec Empire before the...

Alien Arena: Warriors Of Mars

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

Game released: Linux → 3 November 2017

Steam: 77/100

Alien Arena: Warriors Of Mars is a free-to-play competitive dynamic shooter with a first-person view with an abundance of alien enemies, weapons, upgrades and more...

Emily Wants to Play Too

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 13 December 2017

Steam: 82/100

Emily Wants to Play Too is a sequel to the first-person indie horror game where you have to survive in a haunted house. You play as a pizza delivery guy who needs...

Madcap Castle

Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 76/100

Madcap Castle is a side view platformer with puzzle elements from developers from the studio Diel Mormac Games. The main publisher of the game is Diel Mormac...

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...

Linelight

Casual game, Indie, Puzzle, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2017

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The player controls a light line and goes through puzzle levels or intricate labyrinths. Each mechanic is intuitive, and the difficulty of tasks increases...

Serious Sam Fusion

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

Game released: Linux → 21 March 2017

Steam: 91/100

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...

88 Heroes

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 72/100

88 Heroes is an indie platformer with side-scrolling action elements, made in a retro style. The game offers a non-standard approach to gameplay, because with each...

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...

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