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Best Games in the Platformer genre for Linux

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Supraland - a game in the Platformer genre
Supraland
Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Metroidvania, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 5 April 2019
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 95/100
Supraland is an exciting action platformer with a first-person view. In the game you have to solve fun puzzles, explore the environment, find secrets and fight...
Guacamelee! - a game in the Platformer genre
Guacamelee!
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 8 August 2013
Players: 7/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Guacamelee! is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The plot revolves around the brave Mexican Juan Agacata, who must save the daughter of the President of...
Haste - a game in the Platformer genre
Haste
Action, Roguelike, Third-person view, Platformer, Parkour, Open world, Exploration, Casual game, Runner
Game released: Linux → 1 April 2025
Players: 9.7/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Supersonic action with procedural generation of levels. The game talks about a heroine traveling through a destroying universe. Players need to go through the level...
Psychonauts 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Psychonauts 2
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Comedy, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 24 August 2021
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 89/100
Psychonauts 2 is a fantastic sequel to the third-person action platformer that takes players back to the world of psychonauts. The dream of the protagonist of the...
Meganoid - a game in the Platformer genre
Meganoid
Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Metroidvania, Dungeons
Game released: Linux → 29 March 2017
Steam: 63/100
Meganoid is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. As a mysterious hero, you have to go into dungeons and destroy as many enemies as...
Towerfall: Ascension - a game in the Platformer genre
Towerfall: Ascension
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Online, Indie
Game released: Linux → 29 May 2014
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Towerfall: Ascension is a fun side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer where you take on the role of archers who hate each other very much and fight on a...
Cyber Shadow - a game in the Platformer genre
Cyber Shadow
Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 26 January 2021
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 80/100
Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...
Crab Game - a game in the Platformer genre
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...
BattleBlock Theater - a game in the Platformer genre
BattleBlock Theater
Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy
Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 85/100
BattleBlock Theater is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer. There are a total of eight different modes available in the game. In Soul, the player will...
Iconoclasts - a game in the Platformer genre
Iconoclasts
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 23 January 2018
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...
Unepic - a game in the Platformer genre
Unepic
Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 25 July 2014
Players: 8/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 69/100
Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in the ancient and...
Mercenary Kings - a game in the Platformer genre
Mercenary Kings
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 25 March 2014
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...
Dust: An Elysian Tail - a game in the Platformer genre
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 24 May 2013
Players: 9.6/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap - a game in the Platformer genre
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 8 June 2017
Players: 6.6/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a side-scrolling remake of the legendary arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of a valiant knight who was turned into...
ScourgeBringer - a game in the Platformer genre
ScourgeBringer
Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike
Game released: Linux → 21 October 2020
Players: 9.7/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 77/100
ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...
Trine - a game in the Platformer genre
Trine
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 2 November 2010
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 82/100
This fantasy action-platformer with physics-based puzzles follows a wizard, a knight and a thief whose fates become bound by a mysterious artifact called the Trine...
Super Bunny Man - a game in the Platformer genre
Super Bunny Man
Online, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Sandbox
Early Access: Linux → 1 September 2017; Game released: Linux → 16 May 2023
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 89/100
Chaotic puzzle platformer with co-op for up to four people. The game tells the story of funny guys in bunny costumes who go on a difficult journey through time and...
Trees Hate You - a game in the Platformer genre
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...
Shank 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Shank 2
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 20 February 2013
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 75/100
This 2D side-scrolling action platformer follows Shank, a former mob hitman drawn back into a fight when people close to him are threatened. He uses an arsenal of...
Braid - a game in the Platformer genre
Braid
Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie
Game released: Linux → 11 April 2009
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 92/100
Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...
Monster Sanctuary - a game in the Platformer genre
Monster Sanctuary
Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration
Early Access: Linux → 28 August 2019; Game released: Linux → 8 December 2020
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Monster Sanctuary is a side-scrolling pixel Metroidvania in a fantasy setting, in which you become monster trainers and can fight in 3v3 tactical battles...
Gravity Circuit - a game in the Platformer genre
Gravity Circuit
Action, Platformer, Combat robots, Beat them all, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie
Game released: Linux → 13 July 2023
Steam: 95/100
The game takes place in a future world where intelligent robots face an old enemy — the Virus Army. Many years ago the villains were defeated, but now they...
Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kitten - a game in the Platformer genre
Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kitten
Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Procedural generation
Game released: Linux → 19 February 2024; Early Access: Linux → 4 December 2020
Steam: 79/100
Hardcore indie platformer with roguelike elements and dungeons. The player takes on the role of a brave hero who, at the command of the eccentric Lady Tallowmere...
SpeedRunners - a game in the Platformer genre
SpeedRunners
Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Racing, Indie
Game released: Linux → 19 April 2016
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 84/100
SpeedRunners is a co-op arcade action platformer that puts running at the center of the game, challenging players to compete in speed races online. Your task is to...
Volgarr the Viking - a game in the Platformer genre
Volgarr the Viking
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie
Game released: Linux → 13 September 2013
Players: 10/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Volgarr the Viking is a hardcore arcade platformer in which the Viking hero fights enemies and navigates deadly traps across a series of dangerous worlds. The game...
Vigil: The Longest Night - a game in the Platformer genre
Vigil: The Longest Night
Arcade, Side view, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Platformer
Game released: Linux → 14 October 2020
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Vigil: The Longest Night is a 2D platformer with RPG elements and a side view, inspired by the Castlevania and Salt and Sanctuary series. You have to go together...
Shank - a game in the Platformer genre
Shank
Action, Platformer, Side view, Beat them all, Cooperative (co-op), Indie
Game released: Linux → 26 October 2010
Players: 6.9/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 71/100
Set in a stylized criminal underworld, this side-scrolling beat ’em up follows Shank on a quest for revenge. Its story unfolds through fully animated scenes, while...
Pikuniku - a game in the Platformer genre
Pikuniku
Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 24 January 2019
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Pikuniku is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle adventure game. You have to go to a mysterious game world where you need to uncover a conspiracy and restore the...
Maseylia: Echoes of the Past - a game in the Platformer genre
Maseylia: Echoes of the Past
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration, Parkour
Game released: Linux → 19 June 2026
Players: 1/10
Steam: 79/100
An adventurous action metroidvania built around exploration, freedom of movement, and the discovery of forgotten secrets in a vast interconnected world. Each new...
Super Crate Box - a game in the Platformer genre
Super Crate Box
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Indie
Game released: Linux → 29 August 2012
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 75/100
An arcade platform action game inspired by classic games, built around chasing a high score while fighting endless hordes of enemies. The player collects weapon...
VVVVVV - a game in the Platformer genre
VVVVVV
Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 26 July 2011
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 85/100
VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power - a game in the Platformer genre
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 5 October 2015
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 60/100
Metacritic: 68/100
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a colorful continuation of the fantasy platformer from developers from Frozenbyte. The plot of the game tells about the...
Slain: Back from Hell - a game in the Platformer genre
Slain: Back from Hell
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher
Game released: Linux → 25 March 2016
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 72/100
Metacritic: 70/100
Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a Gothic world and...
Unbound: Worlds Apart - a game in the Platformer genre
Unbound: Worlds Apart
Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Puzzle, Indie
Game released: Linux → 28 July 2021
Steam: 82/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Unbound: Worlds Apart is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. The main character, named Soli, can create magical portals...
Outland - a game in the Platformer genre
Outland
Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 29 September 2014
Players: 7.9/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Outland is a fantastic action-plate with a side of the side, where you have to use the forces of light and darkness in an epic journey to save the world from the...
Whispering Willows - a game in the Platformer genre
Whispering Willows
Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror
Game released: Linux → 9 July 2014
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 64/100
Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the estate in search...
Catmaze - a game in the Platformer genre
Catmaze
Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Side view
Game released: Linux → 25 May 2018
Players: 10/10
Steam: 83/100
Catmaze is an action adventure game in the Metroidvania genre with elements of anime and fantasy. Cats have always been the link between the worlds of Yav and Navi...
My Night Job - a game in the Platformer genre
My Night Job
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Survival horror, Indie
Game released: Linux → 21 April 2016
Steam: 82/100
My Night Job is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Players have to go to an abandoned building where nightmarish monsters are rampant. And over 60 types of...
Scott Pilgrim EX - Back in the Band - a game in the Platformer genre
Scott Pilgrim EX - Back in the Band
Action, Adventure, DLC, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Online
Game released: Linux → 27 August 2026
Steam: 100/100
Three new playable characters have been added to the expansion — Stephen Stills, Kim Pine, and Knives Chau. Each character has their own fighting style: Stephen...
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight - a game in the Platformer genre
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...
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