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

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...

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...

Spiritfarer

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...

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...

Monster Sanctuary

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

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

Players: 9.2/10

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...

Bite the Bullet

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Bite the Bullet is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with RPG elements. In this game you have to eat opponents in order to upgrade your character...

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...

Gonner 2

Indie, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2020

Gonner 2 is a sequel to the brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. Hikk returns again, and this time he will...

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...

Avorion

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

Game released: Linux → 9 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

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...

Wanderlust: Transsiberian

Visual novel, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Trains

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2020

Wanderlust: Transsiberian — adventure visual novel with a non-linear narrative. The two main characters embark on an amazing journey through the easternmost...

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...

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...

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...

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...

HIVESWAP: Act 2

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2020

HIVESWAP: Act 2 — the continuation of the classic "point and click" adventure HIVESWAP: Act 1 about a naive alien in a world full of intrigue, murder, and evil...

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...

Across the Grooves

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 June 2020

Players: 6/10

Across the Grooves is an adventure visual novel with a hand-drawn visual style. Alice lives without incident. She has a normal relationship, a stable office job and...

Out of Space

Strategy, Online, Roguelike, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2020

Out of Space is an online indie strategy game about team survival on board a spaceship. You have to collect resources, fight off attacks from hostile aliens...

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...

Ray's the Dead

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2020

Ray's the Dead is a fun zombie action game with an isometric camera view, where you rise from your grave and lead hordes of zombies. The main task is to investigate...

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...

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...

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...

Supfly Delivery Simulator

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

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2020

SupFly is a side-scrolling arcade action game with futuristic elements. In this game you play as a delivery robot who transports goods in an endless procedurally...

Jelly Brawl

Online, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Top-down view, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2020

Jelly Brawl is a top-down cooperative indie action game. This is a game with simple controls that are easy to learn. Without quick reactions and timely taps, it's...

CyberHive

Futurism (Future), Simulation, Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Adventure, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2020

CyberHive is a real-time role-playing strategy with elements of science fiction and anime. You are the commander of the Melistara (Star Bee), and you have a swarm...

Ultrabugs

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

Frozen: Linux → 1 September 2020

Ultrabugs is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. Controlling a space attack aircraft, you have to fight a swarm of deadly bugs. The more you...

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...

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...

Drink More Glurp

Indie, Action, Side view

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Drink More Glurp is an indie action game with a side view. After binge-watching Earth TV, the aliens are convinced that advertising is the most important part of...

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...

WarriOrb

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

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

WarriOrb is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. In a Victorian-era fantasy world, a war rages between industrial superpowers. As...

GraviFire

Puzzle, Indie, Science fiction, Casual game, Old school

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2020

A logic game where puzzles are built on the interaction of movement and gravity. Controlling the Green Light, you must place objects in their proper places by...

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...

Russiaphobia

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

Game released: Linux → 25 December 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Russiaphobia is a unique simulator of a foreign agent who is immersed in Russian realities to help raise the country from its knees. As you progress, tasks await...

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...

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...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2020 for Linux