Indie 2022 for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre

Tactics, Roguelike, Top-down view, Shooter, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Early Access: Linux → 13 April 2022; Game released: Linux → 28 February 2023

Players: 6.4/10

The events of the game take place back in 2221. More than two centuries ago, the surface of the planet became uninhabitable. The remnants of humanity are struggling...

Tap Ninja

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

Game released: Linux → 17 March 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Tap Ninja is an adventure arcade clicker with role-playing elements and a side view in a medieval setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a warlike...

Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok

Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy

Early Access: Linux → 15 December 2022; Game released: Linux → 26 April 2024

Players: 6.9/10

After Ragnarok, Yggdrasil, the World Tree, lost almost all of its energy needed to support the Nine Realms. Only a few heroes survived the End of the World...

Despot's Game

Indie, Strategy, In real time, Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Roguelike

Early Access: Linux → 14 October 2021; Game released: Linux → 29 September 2022

A futuristic post -apocalyptic strategy, where a group of survivors needs to get out of a gloomy labyrinth. The path is full of dangers, but the weapon and...

Chained Echoes

Role-playing game, Side view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration, Old school

Game released: Linux → 8 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Old school RPG with turn-based combat. Events take place in a colorful fantasy world on the continent of Valandis. A group of heroes embark on a dangerous journey...

Backpack Hero

Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy, Dungeons, Tactics, Card game, Side view, Roguelike

Early Access: Linux → 15 August 2022; Game released: Linux → 14 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Pixel roguelike about anthropomorphic animals and inventory management. The player sets out to conquer dungeons, collecting rare items, distributing them in a...

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

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

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an improved version of the office adventure with a first-person view. You will play the role of office plankton Stanley, who...

Crystal Project

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2022

Crystal Project is a Japanese-style RPG adventure game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You have to go to conquer a large open world, find crystals and...

Dwerve

Fantasy / Medieval, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Top-down view, Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Tactics, In real time

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Dwerve is a top-down action RPG with tower defense elements in a fantasy setting. In the game, you will try on the role of a craftsman dwarf who goes to a ruined...

Frogun

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2022

Metacritic: 74/100

Frogun is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person perspective. Renata's parents are world-famous explorers, archaeologists and inventors who travel...

Isle of Jura

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2022

Players: 6.8/10

The fishing simulator, where players in the role of a girl named Jura are exploring a beautiful island, looking for artifacts, communicate with local residents and...

Kredolis

Adventure, Puzzle, First-person view, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2022

Kredolis is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place on a small island that remains from Atlantis. A mysterious...

Heck Deck

Card game, Arcade, Tactics, Indie, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 12 January 2022

Heck Deck is a top-down tactical card arcade game with indie elements. Over the course of 5 stages, you will be able to show dexterity and resourcefulness to dodge...

Memory Lost: Chapter One

Shooter, Isometric, Indie, Action, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 2 December 2022

Players: 10/10

The trick of this shooter is the transfer of the hero’s consciousness into the bodies of enemies. When you run out of ammo or health, you need to quickly select an...

Islet Hell

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Educational game (Education), Indie, Free game, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2022

A free, old-school flight simulator where players can learn how to control a plane as it flies over various islands. The game has ten levels with increasing...

Patrick's Parabox

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Arcade, Horror

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Patrick's Parabox is a logic puzzle game with arcade and horror elements. This is a game that explores a unique recursive system with boxes within boxes within...

True Idle Simulator

Simulation, Casual game, Comedy, Business / Management, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2022

True Idle Simulator is a real idle simulator in which the winner on the leaderboard is the one who can do nothing for the longest...

A.W.O.L.

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Stealth, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2022

Players: 7.2/10

A.W.O.L. is a free first-person shooter developed on the Duke Nukem 3D engine and Ion Fury. You'll play as Dwayne Allen, a recently demobilized special forces...

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Chess game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2022

A strategy game with roguelike elements that reimagines chess. The player takes control of a black king with a shotgun, who must defeat an army of white pieces and...

Kingdom Draw

Card game, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Kingdom Draw is a top-down tactical turn-based strategy game in the fantasy genre for multiple players. You have to gather your armies, prepare your spells and dive...

Astrogon

Free game, Platformer, Online, Arcade, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2022

Players: 10/10

A free-to-play neon platformer in which the player jumps between walls with obstacles while avoiding touching certain objects that can kill. As you progress through...

Soul Harvest

Free game, Indie, Strategy, Action, Online, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2022; Early Access: Linux → 26 May 2017

Soul Harvest — A free multiplayer action strategy game set in the depths of Hell. You will take control of archdemons as they fight each other for valuable...

An Opportunity

Free game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Science fiction, Combat robots, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2022

An Opportunity is a free-to-play side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The main character is an astronaut trying to escape from an...

KaRu

Free game, Indie, Interactive movie, Casual game, Horror, Adventure, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2022

KaRu — A free adventure horror game made in visual novel format, in which the main character is a parasite. One day he wakes up next to a strange boy he has...

RavenWeald

Free game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Fantasy, Isometric, Procedural generation

Early Access: Linux → 13 January 2021; Game released: Linux → 8 September 2022

A free strategy game with turn-based combat and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. The main action takes place in a magical forest filled with deadly...

Deltazone

Shooter, First-person view, Online, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 14 December 2022

The main task is to destroy the enemy team. There are several character classes, locations and...

Enemy Remains

Arcade, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2022

Enemy Remains is a dynamic shooter with horror elements and an isometric camera view in a post-apocalyptic...

The Hepatica Spring

Visual novel, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2022

The player manages a beautiful hotel located on the shore. The hero keeps the team running smoothly and serves various fantasy guests. But one day the king plans to...

Fadeout: Underground

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Free game

Game released: Linux → 25 June 2022

Fadeout: Underground — a conditionally free online third-person shooter inspired by classic games of the late '90s and early 2000s. The authors describe their...

The Pest

Side view, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2022

The main character is a tiny pest virus that is heading towards the core of the system. The player solves complex puzzles and tries to avoid dangerous computer...

Summer With You

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

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Summer With You is an adventure visual novel in the anime genre with humor. Every day at school for Kai — like a repetition of the previous one. Beating by...

Duelyst 2

Tactics, Isometric, Turn-based, Collectible card game (CCG), Indie, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 17 December 2022

Steam: 75/100

Choose one of six factions and assemble a deck of hundreds of unique cards to defeat your opponent. The goal is to top the rating...

Deep Space Survivor

Shooter, Space, Top-down view, Roguelike, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 20 June 2022; Game released: Linux → 5 August 2024

A top-down space shooter where everything is tied to survival among waves of enemy ships. Controls are minimalistic: just the WASD or arrow keys to move the ship...

Pompom the Great Space Rescue

Indie, Side view, Platformer, Comedy, Space, Old school

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2022

A hamster named Pompom goes into space to save the boy Hoshi and stop the gang of space cat pirates Captain Murmyous. The main feature of the game is that you need...

Peek a Boo

Action, Horror, Indie, Free game, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2022

Peek a Boo is a free first-person horror adventure about boy scouts who find themselves in a dark house inhabited by a demon. The heroes will have to find the...

Lonesome Village

Adventure, Fantasy, Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2022

A relaxing pixel game about a coyote without the battles. The character must uncover the village's mysterious magical past and save it from the hands of evil. The...

We'll Always Have Paris

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2022

We'll Always Have Paris is an indie point and click adventure game. “We'll Always Have Paris” is a short story about love for a dementia patient. This is the story...

The Chronos Principle

Puzzle, Indie, Arcade, Tactics, Logic

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2022

The Chronos Principle is an arcade puzzle game based on the concept of time manipulation. The game features 77 well-developed and interesting puzzles, a calm and...

Jotunn - Day of Judgement

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2022

Jotunn — Day of Judgment is a free first-person horror game with exploration elements, in which the goal is to escape from the mysterious Scandinavian forest...

Race On Ice 2022 Pro

Free game, Racing, Sports game, Arcade, Indie, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2022

Race On Ice 2022 Pro is a free-to-play, third-person arcade racing game where you compete in competitive seasons to get first place. The games have multiple racers...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2022 for Linux