Indie 2020 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre

Simulation, Business / Management, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 18 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Spiritfarer is a fun management simulator with a side view that tells the story of death. You take on the role of a ferryman for the dead and build your own ship to...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Early Access: Linux → 20 March 2020; Game released: Linux → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

Death and Taxes

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Puzzle, Visual novel, Side view

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2020

Players: 10/10

Death and Taxes — an exciting adventure game in the spirit of Papers, Please, Reigns , and Beholder. In the game, you will take on the role of the Grim...

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kitten

Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2024; Early Access: Linux → 4 December 2020

Hardcore indie platformer with roguelike elements and dungeons. The player takes on the role of a brave hero who, at the command of the eccentric Lady Tallowmere...

Stoneshard

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Early Access: Linux → 6 February 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Stoneshard is a tactical RPG with roguelike elements and an open world from the creators of 12 is Better Than 6. You will embark on a grand journey across the...

Choice of Life: Middle Ages

Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Choice of Life: Middle Ages is a card adventure in a medieval setting. Here everything is determined by your choice: whether you become a robber, an artisan, or the...

Golf With Your Friends

Arcade, Golf, Sports game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Simulation

Early Access: Linux → 30 January 2016; Game released: Linux → 19 May 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Golf With Your Friends is a fun sports arcade game dedicated to golf. Exciting matches await you, designed for cooperative play by up to 12 people. You will find 7...

The Jackbox Party Pack 7

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Indie, Logic

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The Jackbox Party Pack 7 is a new part of a collection of fun arcade games for a large company. The game has a lot of different mini-games that will not let you get...

Space Crew: Legendary Edition

Action, Science fiction, Space, Business / Management, Indie, Roguelike, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

The player, as a captain, controls a spaceship. It is necessary to recruit crew members, explore the galaxy and confront aliens. The legendary edition of Space...

Quiplash 2 InterLASHional

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Indie, Logic

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2020

Players: 1/10

Quiplash 2 InterLASHional is a fun, say-whatever-style quiz for parties. The game features fun questions, over 100 different clues, and a nice, minimalistic visual...

ScourgeBringer

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

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...

The Battle of Polytopia

Strategy, Simulation, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 72/100

The Battle of Polytopia is a minimalist global strategy game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. In the game you will go to conquer the Square...

art of rally

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, Isometric, Sports game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2020

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Exciting rally arcade from the creators of Absolute Drift, where players can participate in the "Golden Era" rally. The game features a career mode with 72 tracks...

For the People

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Strategy, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2020

Players: 8.8/10

For the People is a political simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you will try on the role of the head of a small industrial...

Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel, Business / Management, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2020

Metacritic: 80/100

Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp is a sequel to the online dating simulator, this time moving to a new location — a summer camp. The formula of the original...

Our Life: Beginnings and Always

Visual novel, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 November 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 98/100

Our Life: Beginnings and Always is a visual novel where you can create and fully customize your character from the very beginning. With him you will go through...

Cattle and Crops

Simulation, Business / Management, Action, Indie, Third-person view, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Cattle and Crops is a realistic farming management simulator with first and third person views. In the game you will always have a choice: drive the vehicles...

Avorion

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Monster Sanctuary

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 28 August 2019; Game released: Linux → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Monster Sanctuary is a side-scrolling pixel Metroidvania in a fantasy setting, in which you become monster trainers and can fight in 3v3 tactical battles...

Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Indie, God Simulator

Early Access: Linux → 2 April 2020; Game released: Linux → 20 August 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Destructive Physics — Destruction Simulator is a full-fledged destruction simulator with a first-person view. In the game you can slow down time, cause an...

Resolutiion

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Resolutiion is a top-down action-adventure game set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in a dystopian future world where you have to collect pieces of...

Chronicon

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Chronicon is a top-down action RPG in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in a fictional setting, in which, with the help of a magical device, the chosen ones...

SimAirport

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

Game released: Linux → 29 February 2020

Players: 7.1/10

SimAirport is a real-time business strategy with a top-down view. You have to manage your own airport. Expand, invest in the purchase of new aircraft and new...

Escape to Moscow

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Escape to Moscow — an adventure visual novel in anime style. The story is about a guy and a girl he meets, and their adventure. IT freelancer Semyon meets a girl...

Change the World

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2020

Change the World is a visual adventure novel in the anime style and point and click genre. On the third planet of the solar system in the Milky Way galaxy lives a...

How Stories Die

Visual novel, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

How Stories Die — adventure visual novel with fantasy elements and anime style. Horace lived a comfortable and beautiful life as the Prince of Alteria until...

StarCrossed

Arcade, Online, Side view, Science fiction, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Shooter, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 8.4/10

StarCrossed is a co-op, dynamic side-scrolling action game set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to join a group of 5 space heroes who travel among the...

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Old school

Game released: Linux → 26 August 2020

A small visual novel that turns a simple everyday task into a story with a deep emotional subtext. Behind the attempt to buy regular milk lies reflections on daily...

A Long Way Down

Strategy, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2020

Players: 6.7/10

A Long Way Down is a fun side-scrolling card strategy game set in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of Sam, who finds himself in the...

Dude, Where Is My Beer?

Casual game, Comics, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Puzzle, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

An unusual adventure, the main character of which is trying to uncover a conspiracy with the disappearance of the Pilsner beer in the city of Oslo. To investigate...

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

Action, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

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

Players: 7.4/10

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...

To the Edge of the Sky

Futurism (Future), Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Arcade, Cyberpunk, Adult game

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2020

Players: 5.6/10

To the Edge of the Sky is an adventure visual novel with role-playing elements in a cyberpunk setting. The events of the game will take you to 2077, where you will...

Shing!

Action, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Fighting, Beat them all

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Shing! — a dynamic action-adventure with a side view, where you will play the role of a deadly ninja and begin to chop down hordes of demons. In the game you...

Cave Game

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Construction

Early Access: Linux → 27 February 2020

Players: 5.5/10

A game with pixel graphics and procedural world generation. The main character explores ancient worlds in search of treasures. You can build a huge house or dig a...

MMORPG Tycoon 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Simulation, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2020

Players: 6.9/10

MMORPG Tycoon 2 is an incredible sandbox with a first-person view, in which you take control of a full-size world and fill it with monsters, cities, NPCs and quest...

Meeple Station

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 17 January 2019; Game released: Linux → 10 April 2020

Meeple Station is an isometric management simulator set in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the game RimWorld. You will need to build your own space station and...

Secret Government

Simulation, Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 22 June 2020; Game released: Linux → 15 April 2021

Players: 7/10

Secret Government is a global turn-based strategy about secret societies, where you have to manage a powerful organization that influences the whole world. You will...

The Procession to Calvary

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

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2020

Metacritic: 78/100

The Procession to Calvary is a side-scrolling adventure game with elements of historical black comedy. The game takes place during the Renaissance, where you have...

Fort Triumph

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

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

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Estranged: The Departure

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Estranged: The Departure is the continuation of the first-person adventure action game with horror elements Estranged: Act I. The game's events tell the story of...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2020 for Linux