Metroidvania for Linux — top best games in the Metroidvania genre / Page 2

Necrosphere - a game in the Metroidvania genre

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017

Steam: 91/100

Necrosphere is a hardcore side-scrolling pixel action platformer with very simple controls, consisting of just two buttons. The main character dies and ends up in...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Side view, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 2 May 2012

Steam: 100/100

Monsters have overrun a fantasy land, leaving its citizens afraid for their lives as they wait for a hero to restore peace. Wonder Boy in Monster World is an action...

Cave Story

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2007

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

This futuristic action-platformer combines shooting and puzzles with the story of an amnesiac boy who wakes in a dark cave. As he explores the world, he discovers a...

Apotheon

Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 3 February 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Apotheon — A fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer. The main character Nikandreos will have to climb Mount Olympus to gain the power of the gods. Only...

Robot Named Fight

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 September 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Robot Named Fight is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a sci-fi setting. You will go on a dangerous journey through a randomly generated world in order...

BioGun

Side view, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Open world, Exploration, Adventure

Early Access: Linux → 16 April 2024; Game released: Linux → 31 July 2024

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 87/100

The main character, named Beck, goes on a journey to save all dogs from extinction caused by an ominous virus. The character explores the crazy hand-drawn world of...

Dreaming Sarah

Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2015

Steam: 90/100

The girl Sarah got into an accident and is in a coma. You need to explore the dream world, collect objects and communicate with strange characters to help her wake...

Dandara

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Dandara is an adventure action-platformer with a side view. You will witness the story of a young girl named Dandara, who wakes up in a world unfamiliar to her and...

Mable & The Wood

Adventure, Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Horror, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2019

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Mable & The Wood is a side-scrolling Metroidvania adventure with horror elements set in a dark fantasy world. The plot tells the story of a mysterious girl named...

Vomitoreum

Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Metroidvania, Action

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2021

Steam: 91/100

Vomitoreum is an atmospheric old-school shooter with a first-person view, metroidvania and horror elements. The game takes place in a world affected by an ominous...

Obey the Insect God

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Metroidvania

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Steam: 100/100

Old-school side-scrolling action platformer reminiscent of classic games from the Mortal Kombat series. The player will venture into the lair of the Insect God...

Axiom Verge 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2022

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Axiom Verge 2 is a continuation of the side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a sci-fi setting. In the sequel you will find new characters, skills and game...

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...

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

Steam: 91/100

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...

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2012

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This 2D action-adventure with shooter and metroidvania elements follows a journey toward the center of the mysterious Shadow Planet. The protagonist explores...

Toki Tori 2

In real time, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Metroidvania, Open world, Side view

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2013

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This open-world puzzle adventure follows Toki Tori, a young chicken tasked with saving a forest island from a floating crystal and strange pollution. Along the way...

Secrets of Raetikon

Action, Adventure, Indie, Metroidvania

Early Access: Linux → 7 January 2014; Game released: Linux → 17 April 2014

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This 2D action-adventure with an open world takes place in the Alps, where a bird explores the wilderness and traces of an ancient culture. The player flies through...

Sinweaver

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Slasher, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2026

The main action unfolds in the fifth circle of hell, where sinners roam freely through a fiery landscape, committing violence in the name of the Archangel. The...

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...

Astalon: Tears of the Earth

Action, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Dungeons, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The game follows three heroic explorers who travel through a...

Janosik 2

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Old school, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 December 2024

Steam: 95/100

The famous Slovak mountaineer and robber Janko Janosik finds himself in the center of dangerous events. This time it is not his comrades who need saving, but...

Brichi Quest

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Dungeons, Procedural generation, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 5 January 2023

Steam: 75/100

The protagonist finds a mysterious sword that takes him to an unknown land. The character must search every island and dungeon in search of a way to return home. On...

Circuit Thunder

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2024

Steam: 80/100

The game takes place on the planet Photonus. The protagonist embarks on a journey to retrieve an artifact and prevent enemies from destroying the planet. The...

An Amazing Wizard: Prologue

Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Free game, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Free prologue for the game An Amazing Wizard about a magician. The main character can learn and use more than 100 spells in battles, further strengthening them with...

La•Mulana

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 April 2013

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 82/100

La•Mulana is an archaeological action-platformer about exploring ancient ruins said to hold the Secret Treasure of Life, the beginning of all civilization. Players...

You Have to Win the Game

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania, Free game

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2014

Steam: 92/100

An exploration platformer with the look and sound of 1980s PC games, set among the ruins of a lost world. The player runs and jumps past deadly pitfalls while...

Hot Tin Roof

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2015

Steam: 70/100

This noir mystery combines platforming, exploration and Metroidvania elements as private investigator Emma Jones investigates a series of grisly murders. Her...

WarriOrb

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

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 76/100

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...

BioGun: Clinical Trial

Adventure, Side view, Action, Platformer, Metroidvania, Free game, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2024

Steam: 84/100

A colorful metroidvania where, according to the plot, all dogs began to die out en masse due to an unknown virus. One of the scientists decided to introduce a...

The Legend of Lumina

Top-down view, Metroidvania, Indie, Puzzle, Logic, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2024

Steam: 98/100

A Sokoban style game with non-linear progression. The gameplay is inspired by early Zelda games, with an emphasis on puzzle solving rather than combat. There are...

Templar

Action, Platformer, Side view, Demons, Metroidvania, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 14 January 2025

Steam: 81/100

A prequel to Templar 2, telling the story of the last Templar knight who must save humanity. The world is plunged into chaos caused by the red plague, under the...

Soulbind: Prologue

Adventure, Action, Roguelike, Top-down view, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Zombies, Side view, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 26 April 2024

Steam: 93/100

Prologue set before the story of Soulbind: Tales Of The Underworld. The story reveals the origin of the character and the acquaintance of the companion. The main...

Wolfhound

Action, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Old school, Metroidvania, Adventure

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Old-school metroidvania with a side view, set on a mysterious island in the Bermuda Triangle, where a secret Nazi base is hidden. The player takes on the role of...

Heart Forth, Alicia

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Side view, Metroidvania, Japanese role-playing game, Action

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Heart Forth, Alicia is a classic Metroidvania with action RPG elements and a side view. The events of the game unfold around the young sorceress Alicia, who sets...

City of None

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Old-school metroidvania from the creators of Celeste and TowerFall. Players need to explore a dark metropolis inhabited by strange spirits, fierce beasts...

Super Win the Game

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 1 October 2014

Steam: 89/100

This exploration platformer follows You Have to Win the Game and centers on traversing an open-ended world in search of hidden secrets. The player explores a large...

Mystik Belle

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

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2015

Steam: 86/100

Mystik Belle is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. You have to go to the amazing school of magic Hagmore. Freshman witch Bella...

Powerpuff Girls: Defenders of Townsville

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2014

Steam: 84/100

This action-platform adventure in a Metroidvania style follows the Powerpuff Girls as they explore Townsville and try to recover their lost powers. Blossom, Bubbles...

Slumbering Feline

Free game, Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 March 2025

Steam: 72/100

The story of Momo, who has lost his way in a strange dream and is trying to get out of it. It is necessary to use magical equipment to fight enemies and discover...

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Best Games in the Metroidvania genre for Linux