Indie 2017 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 4

Simulation, Indie, Arcade, Virtual Reality (VR), First-person view, Trains, Action, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2017

Steam: 84/100

Locomancer is an exciting arcade game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality and Valve Index. In the game...

Mr. Shifty

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Comics, Beat them all, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 April 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Mr. Shifty is a top-down arcade action adventure where you have to dodge the path and move at lightning speed. In the game, you get into the most guarded building...

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...

Bomb Defense

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 5 July 2017

Steam: 50/100

Bomb Defense is an arcade puzzle game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre and a top-down view. You will have a limited supply of gold at your disposal...

Magibot

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 18 December 2017

Steam: 60/100

Magibot is a side-scrolling arcade adventure puzzle platformer. The adventures of ILO, a small magical robot sent by people to the planet in search of the last hope...

Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes

Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 22 December 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 77/100

Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes is a top-down turn-based indie strategy game in a fantasy setting. In this game you will take command of a small army and move across...

Satellite Repairman

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

Satellite Repairman is an arcade action game with a side view. All the planets in the system suddenly decided that the galaxy was not big enough for all the...

Induction

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2017

Steam: 89/100

This abstract puzzle game explores time travel, paradoxes, and the relationship between cause and effect. Across more than 50 puzzles, players learn the world’s...

Sumoman

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

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2017

Steam: 79/100

An unusual adventure puzzle-platformer set in a stylized medieval Japan. The main character is a clumsy but determined sumo wrestler returning home after a...

Calm Waters

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 13 April 2017

Calm Waters is an adventure game with a mystical plot. The main character, Peter Taylor, after the death of his beloved wife, decides to take a vacation and go on...

MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate

Adventure, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 1 May 2017

Steam: 81/100

MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate is an adventure visual novel in the Japanese style. A grisly murder interrupts an evening at a secluded mansion, and you are the prime...

World to the West

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2017

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 75/100

World to the West is a top-down action/puzzle hybrid set in the Teslagrad universe. Four heroes with their unique abilities will have to travel through a colorful...

Maybot Run

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

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Steam: 100/100

Maybot Run is a crazy arcade runner with a side view. Run through randomly generated levels, collect bonuses, taxes and votes. Jump over crazy enemies from angry...

SEUM: The Drunk Side of the Moon

Arcade, Action, DLC, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

SEUM: The Drunk Side of the Moon is an add-on for an arcade action platformer with a first-person view that combines the ideas of Quake 3 and the complexity of...

Upside Down

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

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2017

Steam: 83/100

Upside Down is an adventure platformer with action and puzzle elements. You have to sharpen your reflexes. As a scarecrow, armed only with your wits, you'll face...

Wardrobe

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Indie, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Wardrobe is a 2D humorous point and click adventure with a side view. The game is inspired by classic quests from the 90s, including: Monkey Island, Day of the...

Ghost Blade HD

Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2017

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Ghost Blade HD is an improved edition of the top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. 10,000 years ago, an artificial intelligence named Shira was created...

Feral Fury

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

Game released: Linux → 3 April 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

Feral Fury is a top-down shooter from the developers of the...

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...

GRIDD: Retroenhanced

Arcade, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 79/100

GRIDD: Retroenhanced is a vibrant arcade cyberpunk shooter with a fantastic soundtrack, elements generated during the game and electrifying graphics. Guide your...

Beholder: Blissful Sleep

Adventure, Stealth, In real time, Side view, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Beholder: Blissful Sleep is an add-on for a side-scrolling adventure game where you have to follow people. The add-on will tell the backstory of the events...

Low Road

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 July 2017

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Low Road is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle game. Lie, blackmail and steal — do everything to rise in this world. You will get into the role of rookie agent...

Citadale: The Legends Trilogy

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2017

Steam: 52/100

Citadale: The Legends Trilogy is a side-scrolling hardcore action platformer set in a dark fantasy universe. The game includes all three parts of the retro game...

Press X to Not Die

Adventure, Interactive movie, Horror, Action, First-person view, Comedy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Press X to Not Die is a fun interactive action game, much like a trash zombie movie, that makes fun of all the classic tropes and stereotypes. The game plays in the...

De Mambo

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2017

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 69/100

De Mambo is an arcade platform action game for one to four players, who battle on destructible arenas. Its controls revolve around a single button: how long it is...

Color Jumper

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

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Italia

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

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 — Italia — an expansion for the truck driving simulator with first-person and third-person views. Players already have the opportunity to...

Torn Tales

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

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 50/100

Torn Tales is an action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in the world of various fairy tales...

Queen Of Thieves

Role-playing game, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 20 January 2017

Steam: 60/100

Queen Of Thieves is a fantasy RPG with Japanese-style dating sim elements. For a long time, three sisters Joanna, Kira and Talia lived their own lives. They...

Normal Lost Phone

Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2017

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A Normal Lost Phone is an indie puzzle game in which you have to investigate a smartphone lost on the street. You will study the owner's private life, his messages...

Splasher

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Splasher is a 2D platformer in which a young hero sets out to rescue the workers of the Inkorp factory from its greedy boss, Docteur. Armed with a paint cannon, the...

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...

Gemstone Keeper

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2017

Steam: 100/100

Gemstone Keeper is a 2D side-view arcade action game. You have to explore multi-level caves, defend against monsters in the form of symbols and find rare gems. Any...

Stardrift Nomads

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 7 April 2017

Steam: 100/100

Stardrift Nomads is an arcade space shooter set in outer space with a top-down view. You will use the features of your ships and work together with other players to...

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...

Riptale

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2017

Steam: 86/100

Riptale is a hardcore, fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer. In the role of a deadly ninja, you have to go down into the caves, where many treasures and...

DragoDino

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Steam: 76/100

DragoDino is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with procedurally generated levels. You need to help the little dragon get to the top of the giant...

Block Survival: Legend Of The Lost Islands

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2017

Steam: 85/100

Block Survival: Legend Of The Lost Islands is a pixel shooter with a first-person view. You find yourself on the edge after a terrible plane crash, in which only...

Demise of Nations

Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2017

Steam: 81/100

Demise of Nations is a free-to-play global strategy game with turn-based battles. The game takes place during the dawn of the Roman Empire and continues until its...

Dimension Drive

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Anime / Manga, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2017

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 72/100

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...

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