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Best Games in the Platformer genre for Linux

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Rogue Legacy - a game in the Platformer genre
Rogue Legacy
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike
Game released: Linux → 27 June 2013
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Rogue Legacy is a fantasy platforming roguelite in which a hero explores procedurally generated castles and battles enemies. When a character dies, an heir takes...
SteamWorld Dig 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
SteamWorld Dig 2
Arcade, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania, Indie
Game released: Linux → 22 September 2017
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 87/100
SteamWorld Dig 2 is a continuation of the side-view arcade platformer in steampunk style. The main character of the game this time will not be Rusty, but a certain...
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...
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...
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...
Axiom Verge - a game in the Platformer genre
Axiom Verge
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania, Indie
Game released: Linux → 14 May 2015
Players: 6.8/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds himself in a...
Beanu TAG - a game in the Platformer genre
Beanu TAG
Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Parkour, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 25 August 2026
Steam: 100/100
A multiplayer action game about tag, where players compete in speed, agility, and knocking their opponents out of the arena. Characters run, jump, bounce off walls...
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 truancy. After...
Timespinner - a game in the Platformer genre
Timespinner
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 25 September 2018
Players: 9.8/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...
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...
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...
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...
Cave Story - a game in the Platformer genre
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...
Not A Hero - a game in the Platformer genre
Not A Hero
Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Beat them all, Action, Indie, Comedy
Game released: Linux → 14 May 2015
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Not A Hero is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Professional hitman Steve, who has become the campaign manager for mayoral candidate Bunny Lord, must...
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...
The Final Station - a game in the Platformer genre
The Final Station
Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Survival
Game released: Linux → 30 August 2016
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his passengers from...
Mighty No. 9 - a game in the Platformer genre
Mighty No. 9
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Anime / Manga
Game released: Linux → 21 June 2016
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 57/100
Metacritic: 52/100
Mighty No. 9 is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer that is the spiritual successor to the Mega Man series. At the beginning of the 21st century, there was a...
Stick It to the Stickman - a game in the Platformer genre
Stick It to the Stickman
Action, Fighting, Platformer, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Online
Early Access: Linux → 18 August 2025; Game released: Linux → 23 September 2026
Players: 10/10
Steam: 95/100
An unusual roguelike that combines dynamic action and platformer elements, where the player acts as an office worker - Stickman, striving for career heights. The...
Aye Leon - a game in the Platformer genre
Aye Leon
Platformer, Indie, Side view, Old school, Adventure, Free game
Game released: Linux → 7 January 2026
Steam: 90/100
A short pixel adventure lasting 20 minutes, where the main character flies with a jetpack through colorful floating worlds. You also need to search for secrets 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...
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: 80/100
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...
Skyhill - a game in the Platformer genre
Skyhill
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Survival, Indie
Game released: Linux → 6 October 2015
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 69/100
Metacritic: 63/100
Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...
Prison Run and Gun - a game in the Platformer genre
Prison Run and Gun
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view
Game released: Linux → 16 March 2016
Players: 10/10
Steam: 90/100
Arcade action platformer with pixel graphics about a daring prison escape. The main character must overcome many obstacles, fight enemies, and solve puzzles to win...
Sundered - a game in the Platformer genre
Sundered
Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie
Game released: Linux → 28 July 2017
Players: 5.4/10
Steam: 82/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Sundered is a side-scrolling arcade platformer from the creators of Jotun. You will play as a character named Yeshe, a wanderer in a ruined world with ever-changing...
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...
Gunpoint - a game in the Platformer genre
Gunpoint
Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Indie, Tactics, Puzzle
Game released: Linux → 3 June 2013
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game about a freelance spy who takes jobs infiltrating secure buildings to steal sensitive data. Across 20 missions, a story of murder...
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...
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...
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition - a game in the Platformer genre
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Platformer
Game released: Linux → 4 April 2013
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 76/100
This science-fiction action platformer follows young scientist Lester Knight Chaykin, who is hurled through space and time when a nuclear experiment goes wrong...
Chasm - a game in the Platformer genre
Chasm
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018
Players: 5.9/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...
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: 71/100
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...
The Captain - a game in the Platformer genre
The Captain
Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Strategy, Point & Click, Role-playing game
Game released: Linux → 3 December 2021
Players: 10/10
Steam: 92/100
The Captain is a side-scrolling adventure platformer with RPG elements. You have to try on the role of a young spaceship captain who, by chance, finds himself on...
Pompom the Great Space Rescue - a game in the Platformer genre
Pompom the Great Space Rescue
Indie, Side view, Platformer, Comedy, Space, Old school
Game released: Linux → 14 March 2022
Players: 10/10
Steam: 86/100
A hamster named Pompom goes into space to save the boy Hoshi and stop the gang of space cat pirates Captain Murmyous. The main feature of the game is that you need...
TOEM 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
TOEM 2
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 29 September 2026
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 82/100
A black and white game about a curious photographer who goes on another adventure. Along the way, the character helps new friends and documents various sights...
Awesomenauts - a game in the Platformer genre
Awesomenauts
Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA
Game released: Linux → 29 May 2013
Players: 6.4/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...
Toki Tori - a game in the Platformer genre
Toki Tori
Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view, Indie, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 14 July 2013
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 80/100
Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal, the player will...
Canabalt - a game in the Platformer genre
Canabalt
Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Runner
Game released: Linux → 30 April 2015
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Canabalt is a fantasy arcade platformer. You have to escape from the destruction of your city with just one button. The game that popularized the endless runner...
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...
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