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

Rogue Legacy 2 - a game in the Indie genre

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2022

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 89/100

One day, a brave knight gets to a mysterious place where some kind of devilry happened many years ago. Skeletons, ghosts and other evil spirits roam...

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Nine Noir Lives

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Comedy, Detective

Game released: Linux → 7 September 2022

Steam: 88/100

A noir-style comedy adventure set in Meow Meow Murrington, the feline capital and a true hotbed of crime. The main character is Clogsworth...

Prodeus

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Prodeus is a fast-paced first-person shooter set in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the DOOM 64 and Quake series. You can expect realistic blood...

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

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

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Isonzo

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Historical, Simulation, Indie, MMO

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Isonzo is a multiplayer first-person shooter from the creators of Tannenberg and Verdun. The game takes place in the Alps during World War I...

Patrick's Parabox

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Arcade, Horror

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 99/100

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...

The Pest

Side view, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2022

Steam: 75/100

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...

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, DLC, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea is an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-slasher inspired by the Dark Souls series. In the expansion...

Two Point Campus

Business / Management, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Simulation, Isometric, Construction

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2022

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Two Point Campus is a real-time strategy game with management and simulation elements. In this game you have to build an entire university with...

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

Steam: 89/100

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...

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 23 March 2022

Steam: 92/100

A classic turn-based roguelike where each run offers a new challenge. Randomly generated dungeons, enemies, items, and events make every expedition...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Feldbinder Trailer Pack

First-person view, Third-person view, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 November 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

A set of trailers from Feldbinder Spezialfahrzeugwerke for Euro Truck Simulator 2. The add-on includes four types of trailers with different body and...

Enemy Remains

Arcade, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival horror, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2022

Steam: 66/100

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

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 March 2022

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness is a classic party RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The world of Ismerald was struck by the...

Error143

Simulation, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Comedy, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Error143 is a first-person narrative visual novel in the anime genre with elements of humor. You video call Mika. Before you can even get through, he...

Pompom the Great Space Rescue

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

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Isle of Jura

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

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2022

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 77/100

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

Spacelines from the Far Out

Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Top-down view, Science fiction, Business / Management, Indie, Online, Space, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2022

Steam: 75/100

The player controls the spaceship and its crew. You need to solve randomly generated problems, prevent accidents and help passengers. If guests are...

Frogun

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

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2022

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 74/100

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

Soul Harvest

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

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2022

Steam: 85/100

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...

Last Bastion

Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Isometric, Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 7 January 2022

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 90/100

The last stronghold of peace is under threat. The demon Jacob has invaded with an army of darkness, and an ominous cloud of dust rises above the...

Race On Ice 2022 Pro

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

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2022

Steam: 92/100

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...

Jotunn - Day of Judgement

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

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2022

Steam: 86/100

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

Quaver

Free game, Music game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 August 2022

Steam: 91/100

Quaver is a free, open-source competitive rhythm game in which players perform music charts and compare scores on leaderboards. It offers four-key...

Despot's Game

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

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2022

Steam: 82/100

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...

Astrogon

Free game, Platformer, Online, Arcade, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

We'll Always Have Paris

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2022

Steam: 85/100

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...

Tap Ninja

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

Game released: Linux → 17 March 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2022

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell is an expansion for the popular roguelike game Vampire Survivors. The events of the expansion take place...

The Hepatica Spring

Visual novel, Fantasy, Indie, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2022

Steam: 82/100

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...

An Opportunity

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

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2022

Steam: 100/100

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...

Kredolis

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

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2022

Steam: 54/100

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...

AI War 2: The Neinzul Abyss

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2022

Steam: 96/100

AI War 2: The Neinzul Abyss is a real-time strategy game in the sci-fi genre with an isometric view. A new optional way to complete the entire game...

Save Room - Organization Puzzle

Arcade, Business / Management, Puzzle, Indie, Logic, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2022

Steam: 97/100

Save Room — Organization Puzzle — an unusual variation of "Tetris," in which instead of classic blocks you will be filling inventory slots from...

Summer With You

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

Game released: Linux → 11 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 53/100

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...

Magic Rampage

Action, Free game, Role-playing game, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Magic Rampage is a free action platformer with RPG elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. There are several classes to choose from in the...

Fabled Lands

Role-playing game, Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Roguelike, Open world, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2022

Steam: 79/100

Fabled Lands is an old-school role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. In the game you can be whoever you want: explorer...

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

Steam: 77/100

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...

Lonesome Village

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

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2022

Steam: 72/100

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...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2022 for Linux (Game released)