Indie 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 3

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...

Flinthook

Action, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

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...

Everything

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Strafe

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

Hyper Knights

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2017

Steam: 88/100

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...

Passpartout: The Starving Artist

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Steam: 87/100

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...

Beat The Game

Adventure, Music game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 September 2017

Steam: 70/100

Beat the Game is a musical "point and click" adventure with a third-person view. In the game you have to collect different sounds for further progress. With every...

Samurai Riot

Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2017

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 64/100

Samurai Riot is a two-dimensional cooperative fighting game with a side view that will send you to conquer the ancient eastern worlds. Together with a friend, you...

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

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

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2017

Steam: 90/100

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...

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...

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...

Shadows of Adam

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2017

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Shadows of Adam is a pixel RPG with Japanese-style turn-based combat. An exciting adventure awaits you, made in the style of classic role-playing games of the 90s...

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...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Heavy Cargo Pack

Simulation, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Open world

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Heavy Cargo Pack - an expansion for the truck driving simulator with a first-person and third-person view. The expansion includes eight new...

Victor Vran: Motörhead Through the Ages

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

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2017

Steam: 70/100

Victor Vran: Motörhead Through the Ages is an add-on for an action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The add-on will allow...

Time waits for Nobody

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 July 2017

Steam: 60/100

Time waits for Nobody is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. You will go into a world of fascinating mysteries that you have to solve using time...

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...

Hell-Copter

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Helicopters, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2017

Steam: 66/100

This third-person arcade shooter puts players in control of an experimental military drone defending the planet from an attack and taking on enemy air support...

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...

Finding Paradise

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 14 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

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...

Guns of Icarus Alliance

Online, Simulation, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Steampunk, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2017

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Guns of Icarus Alliance is a paid add-on for the online action game Guns of Icarus Online. It will introduce a new game mode, a whole range of ships, guns and...

Paradigm

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2017

Steam: 95/100

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...

Grab the Bottle

Arcade, Puzzle, Comics, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2017

Players: 4/10

Steam: 82/100

Grab the Bottle is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Controlling the longest arm in the world, you need to reach certain objects in the level. You will find...

World of One

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

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 66/100

World of One is a dark side-scrolling puzzle platformer in which the main character runs away from nightmarish monsters in a dark world of fears. Only you can find...

AereA

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy, Adventure, Indie, Music game

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Steam: 46/100

Metacritic: 48/100

Musical role-playing action set on the shattered flying island of Aezir. The story centers around one of the students of the great maestro Guido, who must explore...

The End Is Nigh

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The End Is Nigh is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy. You will play as a character named Ash...

Death Point

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

Game released: Linux → 31 August 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 54/100

Death Point is a top-down stealth action-adventure game inspired by the Metal Gear Solid, Payday and Hitman series. You will find a large selection of weapons, as...

Escapists 2 - Wicked Ward

Simulation, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Top-down view, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2017

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Escapists 2 — Wicked Ward is an add-on for a prisoner management simulator with a top-down view. The add-on brings to the game new clothes, items, blueprints...

Dominions 5: Warriors of the Faith

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 November 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Dominions 5: Warriors of the Faith is a strategy game in a fantasy setting with management elements. Take command of one of the fantasy armies and send it into...

Tale of Two Kingdoms

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

A graphical adventure in the style of classic Sierra games, Tale of Two Kingdoms is set in a world of Celtic mythology and fairy tales. In the realm of Theylinn...

Poi

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

Game released: Linux → 1 February 2017

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Poi is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view. The story follows the journey of a boy and a girl who embark on a dangerous journey to uncover the...

Block'hood

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Indie, City Building, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2017

Steam: 73/100

Block'hood is a city planning simulator with strategy elements from indie developers from the Plethora-Project studio. You have to build the greatest creation of...

HIVESWAP: Act 1

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Divided We Fall

Strategy, Online, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 55/100

Divided We Fall is a multiplayer tactical real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view during the Second World War. The game invites you to immerse...

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...

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...

PATHOS

Puzzle, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Logic, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2017

Steam: 78/100

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...

Imprint-X

Arcade, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2017

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Imprint-X is a top-down arcade puzzle game for mobile platforms. You will be able to go into the minds of robotic creatures that are infected with a deadly virus...

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