Indie for Linux — top best games in the Indie genre

Slay the Spire 2 - a game in the Indie genre

Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Collectible card game (CCG), Card game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 91/100

The sequel returns in a new form — the Spire awakens after a millennium of oblivion, hiding even more dangers, secrets, and challenges in its depths. Its halls are...

Sally Face 2

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Comedy

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A story-driven adventure with a dark atmosphere, continuing the story of the original Sally Face. After the tragic events of the first part, a group of friends...

VEIN

Action, Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Zombies

Game in development: Linux → 2029

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Multiplayer sandbox with survival elements and an open world. In the near future, an apocalypse has occurred: zombies roam the Earth, most people have died, and...

Crowsworn

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.9/10

The game takes place in the kingdom of Fearandal, which was once hit by a dark curse that destroyed most of the population and summoned terrible creatures into the...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Coaches

Racing, Simulation, DLC, Indie, Open world

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The add-on opens up a whole new direction in the game, allowing you to switch from a truck to a real passenger bus. Instead of transporting cargo, you need to...

Seablip

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Open world

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 9/10

Steam: 81/100

A colorful role-playing sandbox with an open world, ships and the romance of sea adventures. A long journey awaits the player, full of secrets and adventures. The...

Starfinder: Afterlight

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Science fiction

Game in development: Linux → 2026

The game transports you to the vast reaches of space, where the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance. When the captain disappears and the end of the world looms...

KARLSON

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Runner, Parkour

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.7/10

KARLSON is a dynamic runner with elements of parkour and a first-person shooter. In the game you have to escape from a futuristic laboratory, destroying robots and...

Mini Royale

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Battle Royale

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 61/100

A free dynamic shooter in which toy soldiers unleashed large -scale battles in ordinary household places. Using a hook-cat, you can quickly move in level, evade...

Neverway

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Construction, Crafting

Game in development: Linux → 2027

A dark hybrid game that combines elements of life simulation, horror, and role-playing action. The story centers around Fiona, who starts a new life on a farm after...

Tiny Life

Simulation, Isometric, Sandbox, Casual game, Old school, Indie

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Steam: 88/100

Isometric life simulator with a pronounced retro aesthetic reminiscent of the early parts of The Sims. The action is centered around one large house, where the...

THERMOCLINE

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Dungeons, Old school

Game in development: Linux → 2026

A grim psychological horror set on the frozen surface of a dead planet, where an icy storm is just one of many threats. As the sole survivor among abandoned...

Trees Hate You

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator

Game in development: Linux → 16 November 2026

A hardcore platformer with an absurd sense of humor, where the main enemy becomes the trees. The forest here lives by its own rules: branches hinder movement, traps...

Book of Travels

Role-playing game, MMO, Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Steam: 73/100

Book of Travels is a unique side-scrolling multiplayer RPG. Inspired by classics of the genre, this serene adventure will transport you to a fairytale world. In the...

GNAW

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2026

The game takes place in the decaying city of New Dino, which must be saved from destruction. Players take on the role of Mac Ripley, a dinosaur with supernatural...

Death Carnival

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Online, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 4.4/10

A dynamic top-down shooter in which you will become a participant in a deadly reality show. For the sake of fame and fortune, the player fights against hordes of...

Kanun 1919

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Puzzle, Horror

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A detective adventure set in a gloomy Russian province at the beginning of the 20th century. As a messenger, the player needs to deliver an important telegram to...

KYORA

Action, Adventure, Sandbox, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Procedural generation

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Multiplayer adventure from the creators of Core Keeper takes you to a procedurally generated world where matter itself can be changed. The ruined lands hide...

Бесконечное Лето 2

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

Continuation of the cult visual novel “Endless Summer”. The game tells the story of Alexey, a guy from the 21st century, who falls asleep on bus number 410 and ends...

Super Simmer

Action, Online, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Cyberpunk

Game in development: Linux → 2026

A dynamic bloody slasher with sexy girls, katanas and hordes of zombies. Players try to survive among hordes of zombies, thinking through combos and epically...

Thimbleweed Park 2

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Detective, Puzzle

Game in development: Linux → 2028

An adventure quest that takes players back to the strange town of Thimbleweed Park, where yet another mysterious murder is just the beginning of a new dose of...

Starmancer

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Science fiction, Indie, Sandbox

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Steam: 61/100

Starmancer is a management strategy game with survival elements and an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant...

A.N.N.E.

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

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Steam: 50/100

A.N.N.E. is an adventure platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of robot Number25, accused of loving another robot A.N.N.E. Love...

Classroom Aquatic

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Logic, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Classroom Aquatic is an indie logic simulator with educational elements. This is the world's first underwater school simulator. The players act as exchange student...

Taro the Sneaky Ninja

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.3/10

Sneaky Ninja is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements. You will play as a secretive ninja master who somewhat resembles a sock rolled up...

Shadow of Oryda

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Open world, Metroidvania, Arcade

Game in development: Linux → 2026

The plot is built around survival after a spaceship crash on a dangerous planet. The main character wakes up among the wreckage and sees only misty ruins, sandy...

Skarven

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Horror, Action, Science fiction

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A first-person shooter inspired by the Half-Life series. The player will explore an alternative Denmark at the turn of the millennium, distorted by a technological...

Octopus City Blues

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Kaf Kafkarian is a cowardly middle-aged octopus drug addict with a tentacle trimmer who lives in a city built around a giant octopus. Kaf succumbed to bizarre...

XXX Nightshift

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Open world

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An adventure role-playing game from the creators of Disco Elysium. The action takes place in 2086 in Antarctica. The player takes on the role of operative Dinora...

Edrick's Conquest

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Edrick's Conquest is an action-RPG slasher adventure game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the world of Plesmoor, which...

Western Sigil

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Western Sigil — an arcade role-playing strategy in the "tower defense" genre with resource management from the creator of the two-dimensional Slab. In the game...

North Shore

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2026

An adventurous action game about a lonely child who embarks on a journey across endless icy expanses on skates, where harsh reality meets naive and fragile...

Hazelnut Bastille

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Action

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Hazelnut Bastille is a classic Japanese-style top-down adventure RPG. You have to get used to the role of a young girl who is trying to find an ancient...

Nerobi

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Casual game

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Steam: 92/100

The events of the game take place in a wonderful world inhabited by demons, spirits and entities, where the balance between Life and Death is strictly maintained...

Apple Crumble

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game in development: Linux → 2026

A quest with an interesting concept — an 84-year-old grandmother suspects her relatives and acquaintances of trying to kill her. To find out the truth, it is...

Indie

Best Games in the Indie genre for Linux (Game in development)