Online 2021 for Linux — top best games in the Online genre

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Online

Early Access: Linux → 2 February 2021; Game released: Linux → 9 September 2026

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 89/100

A fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and raiding tombs, building bases...

Hobo: Tough Life

Role-playing game, Simulation, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Online

Game released: Linux → 13 April 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 79/100

A survival simulator where you can experience the essence of the life of a homeless person and try on this difficult role. The events of the game take place in the...

Crab Game

Free game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Arcade, Online, Platformer, Battle Royale

Game released: Linux → 29 October 2021

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Crab Game is a free-to-play competitive action game with a first-person view, based on the popular Netflix series "The Squid Game". Expect a collection of...

The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Online, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Sandbox

Early Access: Linux → 2 July 2021

Steam: 90/100

The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time is an action-adventure sandbox with a third-person view, co-op and stealth. In the game you will control a squad of fighting...

Super Auto Pets

Strategy, Turn-based, Free game, Side view, Casual game, Clicker, Online

Game released: Linux → 24 September 2021

Steam: 91/100

Multiplayer strategy with auto-battle elements, where teams are made up of cute animals with unique abilities. Each character contributes to the overall build, and...

Paint the Town Red

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Fighting, Online

Game released: Linux → 29 July 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Paint the Town Red is an arcade action game with a first-person view in a pixel style. The action takes place in a bar, where your task is to deal with opponents in...

Escape Simulator

Logic, Puzzle, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure, Online

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Escape Simulator is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. Alone or together with a friend, you can go explore mysterious rooms in which many riddles...

Therais Book

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Adventure, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 26 March 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 60/100

Therais Book is a free-to-play multiplayer role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Incredible adventures await you in the open world with...

Across the Obelisk

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Roguelike, Online, Strategy, Side view, Turn-based, Casual game, Adventure, Tactics

Early Access: Linux → 8 April 2021; Game released: Linux → 16 August 2022

Steam: 81/100

Across the Obelisk is a role-playing roguelike in a fantasy setting with turn-based battles, a side view and the ability to collect a powerful deck of cards. In the...

Rogue Star Rescue

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy

Game released: Linux → 4 February 2021

Steam: 91/100

Rogue Star Rescue is a fast-paced, cooperative top-down roguelike shooter with tower defense elements set in a sci-fi setting. A massive Rogue Star formed from...

Savage Lands

Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival, Open world, Online

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2021

Steam: 55/100

Savage Lands is an action game with survival elements and a first-person view in a fantasy setting. A huge open world awaits you, where there is only one goal...

Crash Drive 3

Arcade, Racing, Online, Third-person view, Indie, Open world

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Crash Drive 3 is an indie arcade racing game with a third-person view and online elements. You will experience incredible fun in this game. You will be able to...

Axis & Allies 1942 Online

Online, Strategy, Historical, Top-down view, Board / Group Game

Early Access: Linux → 31 July 2019; Game released: Linux → 9 November 2021

Steam: 78/100

Axis & Allies 1942 Online is a top-down multiplayer historical strategy game based on the board game of the same name. In the game, you will develop your own...

Lost Islands

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Online, Exploration, Open world, Role-playing game, Logic

Game released: Linux → 3 May 2021

Steam: 32/100

A survival RPG with an open world to explore. The player gets his own food and looks for supplies to create various items. For example, to explore dark dungeons...

Super Arcade Football

Sports game, Football, Arcade, Isometric, Online, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2021

Steam: 68/100

Super Arcade Football is an arcade sports game about football with an isometric view. With simple controls that allow anyone to play, online and local multiplayer...

SCP: Escape Together

Adventure, Action, Horror, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, First-person view, Online, Free game

Early Access: Linux → 7 January 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

SCP: Escape Together is an action-horror adventure with a first-person view and co-op based on the 2012 horror film SCP: Containment Breach. You'll team up or...

Utopos

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

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2021

Steam: 60/100

The game takes us to an era when humanity has spread across asteroids, turning space battles into the galaxy's primary pastime. Here, pilots compete not for...

Mighty Goose

Action, Shooter, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose, only armed and...

Untrusted

Online, Adventure, Text quest, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Educational game (Education), Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2021

Steam: 44/100

Untrusted is an adventure text quest with puzzle and co-op elements. In this game, hackers from the fictional group NETSEC are tasked with hacking a specific server...

Tomb Rumble

Free game, Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, MMO, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2021

Steam: 73/100

Tomb Rumble is a free-to-play side-scrolling pixel platformer with an MMO component in which players compete to find treasure. The game features hundreds of levels...

Scrapvival

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 22 November 2021

Steam: 55/100

Scrapvival is an atmospheric multiplayer shooter with survival elements and a first-person view. The game will take you to a landfill where the main threat is...

Pretend

Free game, Arcade, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Tactics, Casual game, Strategy, Survival

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 56/100

Pretend is a casual multiplayer online game about social deduction. The game is very similar to Among Us, but instead of a space base, the action takes place in...

Sub Rosa

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Online

Early Access: Linux → 25 March 2021

Steam: 67/100

A multiplayer first-person shooter built around tense deals, betrayal and shootouts that can spill into high-speed car chases. In World Mode, corporations compete...

Meow Pow

Sports game, Action, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Football, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2021

Steam: 85/100

Meow Pow is an arcade soccer game with action elements and co-op. This is an energetic, fast game. With intuitive controls and fluid physics-based movement, players...

Can't Drive This

Arcade, Online, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 March 2021

Steam: 81/100

Can't Drive This is a top-down, third-person cooperative arcade action racing game. The essence of the game is that while you are participating in the race, someone...

Real Cars Extreme Racing

Racing, Action, Simulation, Online, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Real Cars Extreme Racing is a fast-paced, third-person arcade racing game featuring 30 supercars, 180 tracks, and multiple game modes including career...

T^2.5

Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Online

Game released: Linux → 10 June 2021

Steam: 80/100

A puzzle in which you need to make identical rows of three balls on each side of a...

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Best Games in the Online genre of 2021 for Linux