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

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case - a game in the Indie genre

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...

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...

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...

Unavowed

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 August 2018

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Unavowed is a side-scrolling mystery adventure inspired by the point and click games of the '90s. Demons constantly break into familiar New York to confuse the next...

Deep Sky Derelicts

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

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Deep Sky Derelicts is a side-scrolling sci-fi turn-based game with visual novel elements. You will go to conquer a dark future, where humanity is scattered...

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...

CrossCode

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 83/100

CrossCode is a top-down action RPG in a fantasy style. This game combines SNES-style 16-bit graphics with smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging...

Parkitect

Business / Management, Simulation, Indie, Isometric, Strategy, Construction

Game released: Linux → 29 November 2018

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Parkitect is a management strategy game with an isometric camera view where you build and manage theme parks. You will have at your disposal an extensive arsenal...

LifeZ - Survival

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

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2018

Steam: 69/100

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...

39 Days to Mars

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

39 Days to Mars is a side-scrolling co-op steampunk puzzle adventure. The game will tell the story of Sir Albert Weeks and his pilot Clarence Baxter, who decided to...

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...

Lucah: Born of a Dream

Role-playing game, Horror, Slasher, Indie, Side view, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2018

Steam: 92/100

Lucah: Born of a Dream is a surreal side-scrolling action RPG with horror elements. You have to go to a dark world where bloodthirsty monsters live, which will give...

Deep Sixed

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Roguelike, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2018

Steam: 85/100

Deep Sixed is an amazing simulator with a third-person view and roguelike elements. A secret corporation with a monopoly on the technology necessary to “bend space...

Way of the Passive Fist

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Way of the Passive Fist is a side-scrolling 2D arcade fighting game. As a mysterious traveler, you will go on a dangerous adventure around the world in search of...

Long Reach

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Long Reach is a psychological thriller executed in the style of pixel art. The game takes place in a world where everyone craves power, be it money, divine blessing...

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...

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...

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...

Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 22 August 2018

Steam: 84/100

Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter with bagel elements in a sci-fi setting. The H-34-RT robot is activated on an abandoned space station...

Just One Line

Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Text quest, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 September 2018

Steam: 70/100

Just One Line is an adventure role-playing game with visual novel elements in a fantasy setting. You can create your own unique character using editors and go to...

Dungeon League

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2018

Steam: 80/100

Dungeon League is a top-down role-playing game with a dash of fantasy from developers Christopher Yabsley and achebit. The main publishers of the game are Surprise...

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...

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...

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness is an expansion for a unique side-scrolling party-based RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on has added a new type of task...

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...

FRAMED Collection

Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 May 2018

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This collection of FRAMED and FRAMED 2 consists of puzzles in which the panels of an animated comic are rearranged to shape a noir spy adventure. Each arrangement...

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...

Hero of the Kingdom 3

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Hero of the Kingdom 3 is a continuation of the adventure role-playing game in a fantasy setting. Dark times have come for the prosperous kingdom. An ancient evil...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Visual Out

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

Game released: Linux → 15 March 2018

Steam: 84/100

Visual Out is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with puzzle elements. You will act as a program whose existence is contrary to the wishes of the...

Splash Blast Panic

Arcade, Action, Board / Group Game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2018

Steam: 100/100

Splash Blast Panic is a side-scrolling co-op action game where you shoot, ram, and dodge your opponents while trying to push them off the screen using a variety of...

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...

Gravity Wars

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2018

Steam: 71/100

Gravity Wars — hardcore arcade shooter with a top-down view and aesthetics of the nineties. You are offered hardcore gameplay, 12 arenas, retrowave music and...

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 (Game released)