Indie 2018 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 3

Simulation, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Online, Board / Group Game, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2018

Steam: 92/100

Bunny Mahjo is an online simulator of a strategic tactical board game. This is classic mahjong with the ability to create your own levels and play or do them with...

Fall Part 2: Unbound

Action, Adventure, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2018

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This side-scrolling action adventure continues the story of a dystopian world through the perspective of Arid, an AI infected by an unknown program. After breaking...

Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro

Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2018

Steam: 83/100

This visual novel follows Ichitarou Ichinose, an easygoing high school student whose childhood friend, Kokonoe Kokoro, is a giant grasshopper. He tries to win her...

Fort Triumph

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 26 April 2018; Game released: Linux → 16 April 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Fort Triumph is an exciting tactical strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You will become the leader of fearless heroes...

Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell

Indie, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

A visual novel styled as a children’s book follows Mhakna and Sebiarno as they escape the Mullbear Orphanage with help from Bell, a fairy who promises them eternal...

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Visual novel, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2018

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is an original adventure game from one of the creators of Gone Home. The plot follows the road adventure of a man interacting with...

Tanglewood

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 14 August 2018

Steam: 92/100

Tanglewood is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The plot of the game tells about a creature named Nimn, who has gone too far from his beloved home and...

Mini Golf Arena

Sports game, Indie, Casual game

Early Access: Linux → 22 April 2018

Steam: 51/100

This multiplayer sports game centers on online mini golf, with matches for up to 24 players. It features seven courses with 18 holes each, and balls can be...

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

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

Early Access: Linux → 20 September 2018; Game released: Linux → 1 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience is a side-scrolling survival game with roguelike elements. You have to find the answer to the question: “If you were...

InnerSpace

Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2018

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 65/100

InnerSpace is a post-apocalyptic atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The game will take you to a destroyed world, which, unlike the Fallout series, is...

Tangledeep

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 1 February 2018

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Tangledeep is a Japanese-style top-down indie roguelike RPG. You find yourself in amazing underground villages from which you have to find a way out to the surface...

Jet Racing Extreme: The First Encounter

Racing, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2018

Steam: 66/100

This action racing game centers on piloting a jet-powered vehicle in an extreme driving simulator. The goal is to reach the finish line while managing the vehicle’s...

RC Simulation 2.0

Arcade, Racing, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 July 2018

Steam: 62/100

RC Simulation 2.0 is an arcade racing game starring radio-controlled cars. Among the usual toy cars there is also water transport. The game allows you to use...

Eternum EX

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2018

Steam: 84/100

Eternum EX is a classic side-scrolling action platformer with pixel graphics. Sir Arthur became old, too old. He lost everything he had and loved. With great...

Shooty Skies

Arcade, Shooter, Indie, Free game, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 March 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Shooty Skies is a pixel arcade game for mobile platforms. The main task is to shoot enemies and accumulate bonuses. Players can expect colorful graphics, many...

Hyper Sentinel

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

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2018

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hyper Sentinel is a top-down retro sci-fi shooter. You have to go through 12 different levels, full of action in the best traditions of the scrolling shooter genre...

Airships: Conquer the Skies

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Steampunk, Construction, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 16 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

This steampunk strategy game centers on designing airships and land vehicles for large-scale battles over control of the skies. Players assemble craft from modules...

The Pizza Delivery Boy Who Saved the World

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 7 September 2018

Steam: 95/100

The Pizza Delivery Boy Who Saved the World is an unusual visual novel in which a pizza delivery boy saves the world at his leisure. The plot will tell about a guy...

Underhero

Role-playing game, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Turn-based, Adventure, Puzzle, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2018

Steam: 91/100

Underhero is a role-playing puzzle platformer with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of a chosen hero who is...

Attack Helicopter Dating Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2018

Steam: 91/100

Attack Helicopter Dating Simulator is a comedy visual novel set in a satirical, military-themed world, where the protagonist identifies as an attack helicopter...

Play with Me

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

Game released: Linux → 1 January 2018

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 63/100

Play with Me is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a first-person perspective, inspired by the Saw film series. The events of the game revolve around...

Dungreed

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

Game released: Linux → 15 February 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Dungreed is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with roguelike elements. The events of the game will take you to a dark fantasy world, where an entire...

Space Tyrant

Strategy, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2018

Steam: 83/100

Space Tyrant is a 4X space strategy game with roguelike elements in which players will build a terrifying space fleet, lay waste to planets, destroy enemy fleets...

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case is a continuation of the Japanese-style adventure visual novel Silver Case. The events of the game take place five years after the...

Fox n Forests

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

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Fox n Forests is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with pixel graphics. You will play as a lively representative of nature, the fox cub Fox. In the game...

Molecats

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

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 80/100

Molecats is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game set in the mysterious and wonderful world of cats. They love to collect mushrooms in the most dangerous...

BFF or Die

Action, Stealth, Online, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2018

Steam: 65/100

BFF or Die is a top-down cooperative stealth action game about funny aliens. You have two options: either help each other or die. As you play the game, you will use...

Varion

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2018

Steam: 100/100

Varion is an arcade isometric action game in a sci-fi setting. You will find dynamic battles designed for four people, which take place in a futuristic universe...

Woodpunk

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

Game released: Linux → 22 November 2018

Steam: 68/100

Woodpunk is a dynamic action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view in a medieval setting. You will play the role of a skilled inventor who accidentally...

Minit

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

Game released: Linux → 3 April 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Minit is an unusual top-down action adventure game. You have to get out of the cozy house and help the funny characters of the black and white world. Many secrets...

Apocryph: an old-school shooter

Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2018

Steam: 50/100

Apocryph is a first-person fantasy shooter set in a grim world where demonic creatures have overrun the fortresses and lands of the Xilai. The player controls the...

Polygod

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

Game released: Linux → 17 August 2018

Steam: 86/100

Polygod is a randomly generated rogue-like first-person shooter with a brutal difficulty curve. Combining the fast-paced style of Quake with the randomness...

Maia

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation, Science fiction

Early Access: Linux → 3 December 2013; Game released: Linux → 23 November 2018

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 39/100

Maia is a real-time management strategy game with an isometric camera view set in a science fiction environment. You will need to build a colony on a rather...

Algo Bot

Arcade, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2018

Steam: 82/100

Algo Bot is an arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on the cross-galactic colonizer ship...

Attrition: Tactical Fronts

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2018

Steam: 68/100

Attrition: Tactical Fronts is a tactical turn-based strategy with an isometric camera view. In the game you need to fight for control of the map by controlling your...

LifeZ - Survival

Action, Isometric, Simulation, Role-playing game, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2018

Steam: 68/100

LifeZ — Survival is a fun sandbox action game with an isometric camera view in an open world. The game takes place during a zombie apocalypse, where you will...

Iro Hero

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

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018

Metacritic: 57/100

Iro Hero is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. The year is 2306. After alien visitors taught humanity how to generate electricity from their...

Last Life

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie

Frozen: Linux → 29 September 2018

Last Life is a noir adventure set in a sci-fi setting about a transhumanist colony on Mars. You will take on the role of a detective who needs to solve an old case...

Heartbound

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

Early Access: Linux → 25 December 2018

Steam: 81/100

A boy and his dog travel through time and space. Battles take place in the form of unique mini-games with different goals and depend on many parameters and actions...

Violet Cycle

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2018

Steam: 57/100

Violet Cycle is an arcade action roguelike with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. Something terrible has happened to life itself in the far corner of...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2018 for Linux