Indie 2018 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 2

Don't Starve: Hamlet - a game in the Indie genre

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

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 86/100

Don't Starve: Hamlet is an add-on for the isometric survival action game Don't Starve. It begins when Wilson opens a portal in the place where the Pigmen come from...

Iconoclasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

Egypt: Old Kingdom

Strategy, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Survival

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Egypt: Old Kingdom is a fascinating turn-based strategy with an isometric camera view, for the creation of which even scientists from the Russian Academy of...

7 Billion Humans

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

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 93/100

7 Billion Humans is the sequel to the fun indie puzzle game Human Resource Machine. This time you have to automate a swarm of employees so that they become part of...

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is a sequel to the first-person puzzle adventure based on George Orwell's novel 1984. You assume the role of an observer of the...

Omen Exitio: Plague

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 March 2018

Steam: 85/100

Omen Exitio: Plague is an interactive text adventure with horror elements inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. In the game you will try on the role of a...

Kerbal Space Program: Making History

DLC, Flight Simulator, Futurism (Future), Logic, Indie, Simulation, Space

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2018

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Kerbal Space Program: Making History is an add-on for a sci-fi simulator with well-developed physical laws. A completely new gaming toolkit awaits you, with which...

Vagante

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

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...

Warstone TD

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2018

Steam: 86/100

A fantasy strategy game in the "tower defense" genre, combining the classic formula of defending against waves of enemies with a large-scale kingdom development...

Soda Girls

Action, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 7 June 2018

Steam: 85/100

A cartoon-style side-scrolling action game with RPG elements, Soda Girls follows a heroine who battles wild enemies and rescues a companion. Opponents include...

The Last Train

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Simulation, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Trains, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2018

Players: 1/10

Steam: 97/100

The Last Train is an indie role-playing simulator with elements of a post-apocalyptic adventure. You play the role of one of the last surviving train drivers in...

BallisticNG

Futurism (Future), Racing, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2018

Steam: 94/100

This futuristic anti-gravity combat racer is set in the 2159 Anti-Gravity League. Racers speed through courses in ships and collect weapons to hinder their...

The Station

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction, Puzzle, Horror, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on board a spaceship. The plot tells about the distant future, when a group of researchers decided to find out what is beyond the boundaries of...

Exapunks

Puzzle, Indie, Simulation, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Exapunks — an adventure puzzle game from the creators of Opus Magnum, SHENZHEN I/O , and TIS-100. The year is 1997. You used to be the greatest hacker, but...

Just Shapes & Beats

Action, Music game, Side view, Online, Indie

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Just Shapes & Beats is a hardcore multiplayer rhythm game with fast-paced shootouts. Together with your friends you have to survive the attack of musical waves...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Beyond the Baltic Sea

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

Game released: Linux → 29 November 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 — Beyond the Baltic Sea is an add-on for a truck driver simulator with first- and third-person views. The add-on will allow you to...

Trailblazers

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Sports game

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2018

Steam: 53/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Trailblazers is an arcade co-op racer with a third-person view, in which the tracks are created completely randomly. The game features mechanics reminiscent of...

Event Horizon

Action, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 20 December 2018

Steam: 60/100

This space action RPG centers on exploring the galaxy and commanding a fleet. The player surveys star systems and planets, fights hostile aliens and enemy...

Exiled Kingdoms

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

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

An isometric single-player action RPG set in a fantasy world where four kingdoms struggle to survive after a magical cataclysm destroyed the Andorian Empire. A...

Without Escape

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2018

Steam: 50/100

Without Escape is an exciting point and click adventure with first-person horror elements. The main character will have to face the horrors of his home. As you...

Stones of Yalmrith

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

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2018

Stones of Yalmrith is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure in which you take on the role of a living doll and try to escape from strange creatures. An...

Crossing Souls

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

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Crossing Souls is an action-adventure game with role-playing elements in a pixel style. California, 1986. A group of friends finds a mysterious pink stone that...

Coffee Crisis

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 5 May 2018

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Coffee Crisis is an arcade action-slasher with a side view and the possibility of co-op. You have to play the role of a brave barista and fight the aliens who have...

Remnants of Naezith

Indie, Action, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 5 February 2018

Steam: 95/100

This fast-paced grappling-hook platformer follows Kayra, a human who shares his body with the soul of Naezith, an ancient thunder dragon. Granted the dragon’s...

Escapists 2 - The Big Top Breakout

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

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Escapists 2 — The Big Top Breakout — an expansion for the top-down prison management simulator. The expansion brings a completely new circus-themed map to the game...

Crest

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 60/100

Crest is a god-game strategy sim set in an Afrofuturist world inspired by African biomes and an Iron Age civilization. The player influences a people and tries to...

Zero-K

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Combat robots, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Zero-K is a free-to-play real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the famous Total Annihilation and Supreme...

Odium To the Core

Arcade, Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2018

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Odium To the Core is a dynamic arcade action game with a side view. You will take control of an amazing furry animal, which will have to go through dangerous caves...

Unicorn Dungeon

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Unicorn Dungeon is an original point and click adventure in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in the wonderful world of Artovia, where, in the...

Dude, Stop

Puzzle, Comedy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2018

Steam: 87/100

This comedy puzzle game revolves around breaking rules and irritating the narrator. Players work through levels by clicking, moving, and throwing objects, while...

MachiaVillain

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

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 65/100

MachiaVillain is an unusual management strategy with a top-down view in which you have to manage a gloomy estate. Your task is to set traps and disperse monsters...

Mana Spark

Action, Role-playing game, Indie, Top-down view, Roguelike, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Dungeons, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2018

Steam: 80/100

Mana Spark is a top-down action adventure roguelike with soulslick elements in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to explore a dangerous dungeon and fight the...

Dandara Trials of Fear

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

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2018

Steam: 85/100

Dandara Trials of Fear is a side-scrolling fantasy action-adventure platformer. The citizens, once free-spirited, are now oppressed and isolated. But all is not...

Lost Cities

Strategy, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Card game, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2018

Steam: 38/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This card strategy game follows expeditions to lost cities around the world. Players collect cards and send expeditions to different regions, aiming to score more...

Empire Deluxe Combined Edition

Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2018

Steam: 92/100

A classic grand strategy wargame about taking cities across a map. A captured city allows its commander to produce units and expand, while rival opponents pursue...

Regular Human Basketball

Arcade, Online, Basketball, Sports game, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2018

Steam: 93/100

Regular Human Basketball is an unusual competitive arcade game with a side view, where you will participate in a post-apocalyptic basketball battle. You will...

Need to Know

Simulation, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2018

Steam: 74/100

This investigative simulation is set in a modern intelligence agency amid the growth of mass surveillance. Working for the Department of Liberty, the player...

The Hum: Abductions

Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Frozen: Linux → 19 November 2018

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The Hum: Abductions is a horror adventure game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. The player takes on...

Basingstoke

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2018

Steam: 80/100

Basingstoke is an isometric arcade action game with roguelike and stealth elements. You will travel to the expanses of the post-apocalyptic world of Basingstoke...

I Hate Running Backwards

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Beat them all, Indie, Roguelike, Action, Runner

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 65/100

I Hate Running Backwards — a dynamic arcade action game with a top-down view in the "Serious Sam" universe. You will engage in a bone-crushing battle against...

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