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Best Games in the Platformer genre for Linux

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Vibrant Venture - a game in the Platformer genre
Vibrant Venture
Platformer, Adventure, Side view
Early Access: Linux → 24 July 2020
Steam: 98/100
This 2D adventure platformer follows a team of four characters trying to recover the arcane Power Crystals stolen by an intergalactic thief...
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...
Scott Pilgrim EX - a game in the Platformer genre
Scott Pilgrim EX
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Online
Game released: Linux → 3 March 2026
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 75/100
An action adventure based on the comic book series of the same name and made in the format of a pixel beat-em-up. Players have to save Toronto from...
Golfing Over It with Alva Majo - a game in the Platformer genre
Golfing Over It with Alva Majo
Golf, Platformer, Indie
Game released: Linux → 28 March 2018
Steam: 75/100
This platformer follows a golf ball’s climb to the top of a surreal mountain, offering a different take on Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. The...
Squirm - a game in the Platformer genre
Squirm
Indie, Adventure, Platformer
Game released: Linux → 23 March 2018
Steam: 95/100
This platforming adventure is set in Squimlia, where the hero wakes from a nap to find that a rat companion has disappeared and strange creatures...
Broll - a game in the Platformer genre
Broll
Open world, Platformer, Parkour
Game released: Linux → 27 November 2020
Steam: 73/100
A 3D ragdoll-based platformer in which players explore open levels and use their character’s unwieldy movements to interact with the environment. The...
Huntdown - a game in the Platformer genre
Huntdown
Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action
Game released: Linux → 12 May 2020
Players: 9/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where...
Starbound - a game in the Platformer genre
Starbound
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Simulation, Survival, Sandbox, Space
Game released: Linux → 22 July 2016
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Starbound is an indie adventure role-playing arcade game with platformer and action elements. You are forced to flee your planet by hijacking a ship...
Creepy Tale: Snow Child - a game in the Platformer genre
Creepy Tale: Snow Child
Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 14 May 2026
Steam: 90/100
The game continues to develop the ideas of the Creepy Tale series, focusing on expanding the world, improving the visual component, and offering more...
Biolab Wars - a game in the Platformer genre
Biolab Wars
Side view, Exploration, Platformer
Game released: Linux → 23 August 2019
Steam: 90/100
A 2D platformer inspired by 8-bit games and science-fiction films of the 1980s follows a mercenary team sent to clear an alien laboratory on Earth...
Rolled Out! - a game in the Platformer genre
Rolled Out!
Racing, Casual game, Platformer
Early Access: Linux → 23 March 2021
Steam: 81/100
This arcade game follows a marble rolling through courses controlled with a single joystick. In Rolled Out!, players race through fast sections and...
Cats are Liquid - A Better Place - a game in the Platformer genre
Cats are Liquid - A Better Place
Adventure, Indie, Platformer
Game released: Linux → 14 December 2019
Steam: 96/100
A 2D platformer about a liquid cat and her friends in a place made just for them. The group sets out on an adventure where everything seems perfect...
Dead Dungeon - a game in the Platformer genre
Dead Dungeon
Platformer, Arcade, Action
Game released: Linux → 12 November 2018
Steam: 90/100
Dead Dungeon is a hardcore 2D platformer inspired by classic games, in which the hero must venture into a mysterious dungeon. A villain has taken...
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...
SteamWorld Dig - a game in the Platformer genre
SteamWorld Dig
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Steampunk
Game released: Linux → 5 December 2013
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 80/100
SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of...
Mission Ammunition - a game in the Platformer genre
Mission Ammunition
Action, Indie, Platformer
Game released: Linux → 27 October 2017
Steam: 80/100
A 2D action platformer about Jake, an ex-military operative tasked with dealing with an attack on the country’s most secure prison. The city mayor...
BZZZT - a game in the Platformer genre
BZZZT
Action, Platformer, Indie
Game released: Linux → 13 November 2023
Steam: 93/100
BZZZT is a pixel-art platformer about the small robot ZX8000, whose mission is to thwart the plans of the evil scientist Badbert in a future setting...
Night in the Woods - a game in the Platformer genre
Night in the Woods
Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 21 February 2017
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 87/100
Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for...
Teslagrad - a game in the Platformer genre
Teslagrad
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk
Game released: Linux → 13 December 2013
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and...
Bombun - a game in the Platformer genre
Bombun
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Comedy
Game released: Linux → 27 March 2026
Steam: 95/100
The rabbit fights against an army of drones sent by her former friend. The robots are trying to capture her flying fortress and destroy everything...
The Night of the Rabbit - a game in the Platformer genre
The Night of the Rabbit
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Point & Click, Indie
Game released: Linux → 28 May 2013
Players: 9/10
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 75/100
The Night of the Rabbit is an atmospheric point and click adventure in which you will travel to the amazing country of Mousewood. One fine day, the...
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove - a game in the Platformer genre
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 26 June 2014
Players: 8/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 88/100
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat...
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...
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...
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: 88/100
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...
Astral Ascent - a game in the Platformer genre
Astral Ascent
Action, Roguelike, Side view, Slasher, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Fantasy, Replayability
Game released: Linux → 14 November 2023
Players: 7/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Four heroes with unique personalities try to escape from the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 godlike and treacherous Zodiacs. The game has...
AER Memories of Old - a game in the Platformer genre
AER Memories of Old
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Indie
Game released: Linux → 25 October 2017
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 71/100
AER Memories of Old is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a girl who can turn...
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...
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania - a game in the Platformer genre
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania
DLC, Action, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Roguelike, Platformer, Gothic
Game released: Linux → 6 March 2023
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 88/100
An expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action roguelike Dead Cells, which brings original content inspired by Castlevania to the game. The...
Trine 2: Complete Story - a game in the Platformer genre
Trine 2: Complete Story
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle
Game released: Linux → 6 June 2013
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Trine 2: Complete Story is a complete edition of the atmospheric action platformer with a side view in the fantasy setting of Trine 2, which contains...
Anima Flux - a game in the Platformer genre
Anima Flux
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Metroidvania, Indie
Game released: Linux → 7 October 2024
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 78/100
A cooperative game that pits two genetically modified soldiers against mutants in a deserted space city. Each character has their own characteristics...
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...
Waking Mars - a game in the Platformer genre
Waking Mars
Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction, Indie
Game released: Linux → 21 February 2013
Players: 1/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Waking Mars is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. In 2097, life was discovered on Mars. During the mission to make first contact, you find...
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...
Lilly Looking Through - a game in the Platformer genre
Lilly Looking Through
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Point & Click
Game released: Linux → Q1 2014
Steam: 76/100
Metacritic: 71/100
This animated point-and-click adventure follows Lilly as she travels through a variety of magical environments. Along the way, she seeks to rewrite...
Dark Matter - a game in the Platformer genre
Dark Matter
Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie, Side view
Game released: Linux → 17 October 2013
Steam: 44/100
Dark Matter is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the distant future, where you have to...
A Story About My Uncle - a game in the Platformer genre
A Story About My Uncle
Action, Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle
Game released: Linux → 28 May 2014
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 73/100
A Story About My Uncle is an action-adventure platformer with a first-person view. The game tells the story of a boy who, in search of his uncle...
Between Me and The Night - a game in the Platformer genre
Between Me and The Night
Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Point & Click, Puzzle
Game released: Linux → 22 January 2016
Steam: 67/100
Metacritic: 62/100
This surrealist action adventure follows a young boy exploring a mysterious house on the thin line between sanity and madness. The player searches...
Transformice - a game in the Platformer genre
Transformice
Arcade, Action, MMO, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online
Game released: Linux → 30 January 2015
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 85/100
Transformice is a multiplayer platformer in which mice navigate traps to reach cheese and carry it back. Rounds take place on maps filled with...
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition - a game in the Platformer genre
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition
Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Action
Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015
Players: 10/10
Steam: 81/100
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition is a complete edition of the arcade platformer with puzzle elements. As a bizarre creature, you have to fly through...
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