Indie 2019 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is an isometric horror RPG with turn-based combat that will take you to eerie worlds based on the stories of writer Howard Phillips...

Little Misfortune

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

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Little Misfortune is an exciting side-scrolling interactive adventure. In the game you will try on the role of the little girl Ramirez Hernandez, who goes on a...

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based RPG with an emphasis on storytelling and tactical combat. A serious, adult story will unfold before you, the action of...

Mindustry

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Construction

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Mindustry is a fun real-time strategy game with elements of the tower defense genre and a top-down view. In the game, you have to create complex conveyor chains to...

Dicey Dungeons

Arcade, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Card game, Role-playing game, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Dicey Dungeons — an exciting card-based turn-based game with RPG elements and a simplified roguelike from the creators of Super Hexagon and VVVVVV. In the...

Feudal Alloy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Medieval era, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Feudal Alloy is a fun side-scrolling action RPG in which the main character is an aquarium fish dressed in medieval armor. Bandits attacked the protagonist’s home...

Pilgrims

Adventure, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Replayability, Point & Click, Card game

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 95/100

Pilgrims — an atmospheric side-view adventure from the creators of Machinarium and Samorost 3. The game will delight you with the absence of a rigid script...

Rebel Cops

Strategy, Tactics, Stealth, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 September 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Rebel Cops is a tactical strategy with step-by-step battles and isometric type of camera, which is the spin-off of the This Is the Police series. In the game, you...

The Backrooms Game FREE Edition

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2019

Steam: 82/100

Atmospheric survival horror dedicated to exploring the endless maze of yellow rooms, illuminated by flickering fluorescent lights. Procedural generation creates an...

Yuppie Psycho

Indie, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Top-down view, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2019

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Yuppie Psycho is an adventure horror game with stealth elements and a top-down view. The game takes place in a dystopian world from the 90s, where in the role of...

We Were Here Together

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

A story about two companions trapped within the icy walls of an ancient citadel, where every room oozes mystery and the joker's laughter echoes through the gloomy...

This War of Mine: Final Cut

Action, Historical, Business / Management, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation, Survival

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine: Final Cut — an enhanced and complete edition of the atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The package includes an expanded...

Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight

Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 April 2019

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 56/100

An air action dedicated to large-scale battles of World War II. The game offers five campaigns for the USA, Great Britain, the USSR, Japan, and Germany, where...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2019

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A visual novel in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. The game tells the story of the conflict between the traditionalists Camarilla and a group of independent...

Mutazione

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An atmospheric side-scrolling adventure in a fantastic setting. Over 100 years ago, a meteorite fell on a tropical resort. Almost all the inhabitants died, and the...

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

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

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Adventure role-playing game, which is a direct sequel to Sunless Sea. The setting is not murky water-filled spaces like in Sunless Sea, but the sunlit sky. The...

Trüberbrook

Adventure, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 March 2019

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Trüberbrook is a mysterious point-and-click adventure game with a unique visual style, set in a German village in the late 1960s. You will play as a young American...

Light Fairytale Episode 1

Japanese role-playing game, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2019

Steam: 82/100

A turn-based Japanese-style RPG set in a dying underground world ruled by a dark empire. In the first episode, Haru and his childhood friend Kuroko take on the...

Never Split the Party

Roguelike, Indie, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 3 May 2019

Steam: 72/100

Never Split the Party is a cooperative roguelike about four adventurers venturing into a procedurally generated dungeon to confront the vampire known as the...

while True: learn()

Educational game (Education), Simulation, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 18 January 2019

Steam: 88/100

An indie puzzle game with elements of a simulator and adventure, where all the mechanics are tied to machine learning. The main character is a programmer who...

Shovel Knight: King of Cards

Arcade, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Shovel Knight: King of Cards is the final standalone campaign for the side-scrolling arcade action platformer Shovel Knight. You have to get used to the role of the...

Pikuniku

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

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Pikuniku is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle adventure game. You have to go to a mysterious game world where you need to uncover a conspiracy and restore the...

Faerie Solitaire Harvest

Casual game, Card game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2019

Steam: 79/100

This match-2 solitaire card game takes place across enchanted faerie worlds, where the player rescues faeries and explores different locations. Cards are cleared by...

Forager

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Open world, Adventure, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Forager is a fun top-down arcade clicker game with RPG elements, inspired by Stardew Valley, Terraria and Zelda. You will explore everything around, create objects...

Riot: Civil Unrest

Action, Strategy, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 12 February 2019

Players: 4.6/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Riot: Civil Unrest is a real-time uprising simulator that puts you in the thick of world-famous conflicts. The following campaigns await you: Outraged (Spain), Arab...

Indivisible

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Indivisible is a colorful action-RPG platformer with turn-based combat and a side view. You have to try on the role of the girl Ajna, who goes on a journey around...

OMON Simulator

Role-playing game, Online, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2019

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 69/100

OMON Simulator is an unusual simulator with a first-person view, which will offer you to take on the role of an officer of a special squad, ensuring the safety of...

A Short Hike

Adventure, Indie, Logic, Arcade, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 99/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A Short Hike is an adventure arcade game with a top-down view. The game will take you to the expanses of the colorful mountains of Hawk Peak Provincial Park. You...

Escape from Chernobyl

Action, Adventure, Tactics, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 5 July 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Escape from Chernobyl is an action-adventure game with a third-person view and tactical elements. You will plunge into the darkness and danger of the Chernobyl...

Angeldust

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 22 December 2019

Steam: 64/100

Angeldust is a first-person MMORPG with indie action elements. Explore endless magical worlds and battle fearsome creatures with millions of friends. Ride your...

Baba Is You

Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Baba Is You is a hardcore top-down puzzle game in pixel style. At each level, the rules themselves are presented in the form of blocks with which you can interact...

KIDS

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

KIDS — a short interactive animated game created by Michael Fray and Mario von Rickenbach. The gameplay lasts up to 30 minutes and allows you to control the...

Elsinore

Indie, Adventure, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2019

Steam: 95/100

This adventure game with social simulation elements is set in the world of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. After a vision warns Ophelia that everyone in Elsinore...

Staxel

Role-playing game, Simulation, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Farm Simulator, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2019

Players: 7/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Staxel is a sandbox farming adventure with RPG elements and a first-person perspective. Nurture your farm and farm the village on your own, or enlist the help of...

Sparklite

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

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2019

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Sparklite is an action-adventure RPG with roguelike elements and a top-down view. The game takes place in the unusual country of Geodia, where you can fight crowds...

We. The Revolution

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Historical

Game released: Linux → 21 March 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 75/100

We. The Revolution is a unique adventure strategy with role-playing elements, where you will try on the role of a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the...

DwarfCorp

Strategy, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 February 2019

Steam: 55/100

A real-time fantasy strategy game set in a procedurally generated world, where a colony of profit-driven dwarves explores new lands and extracts resources. The...

Hell is Other Demons

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

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2019

Steam: 92/100

Hell is Other Demons is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. The game has you exploring a vast, hand-crafted world filled with...

Mosaic

Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2019

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Mosaic is an unusual point and click adventure about the horrors of everyday life. You have to take on the role of a person who has to live in a gray and gloomy...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2019 for Linux (Game released)