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Best Games in the Platformer genre for Linux

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Don't Byte Your Tongue - a game in the Platformer genre
Don't Byte Your Tongue
Side view, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Cyberpunk
Game released: Linux → 7 April 2023
Steam: 100/100
The main character jumps on platforms, trying to get as high as possible. Each jump must be made as if life depends on it, since one mistake can return the...
Lorn's Lure - a game in the Platformer genre
Lorn's Lure
Action, Platformer, Parkour, Adventure, Exploration, First-person view, Horror
Game released: Linux → 20 September 2024
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 87/100
A story-driven retro game with climbing mechanics. You can climb almost any surface using equipment. The main character is an android who leaves his colony and goes...
SCHiM - a game in the Platformer genre
SCHiM
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Exploration, Puzzle
Game canceled: Linux → 18 July 2024
Players: 6.8/10
Steam: 65/100
Metacritic: 72/100
An unusual 3D platformer in which the player controls an entity that resembles a shadow. This is the soul, which in the game is called Shim. One day she is somehow...
Wooden Sen'SeY - a game in the Platformer genre
Wooden Sen'SeY
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie
Game released: Linux → 5 December 2013
Steam: 58/100
Metacritic: 62/100
Wooden Sen'SeY is an action platformer set in a humorous “Japan Steam Rock” universe. It follows Goro, a village chief seeking revenge across a series of levels...
The Impossible Game - a game in the Platformer genre
The Impossible Game
Action, Indie, Side view, Platformer, Music game
Game released: Linux → 8 May 2014
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 64/100
The player taps the jump screen and tries to navigate the orange square while avoiding traps to reach the end of the level. Any mistake will result in instant death...
Knightmare Tower - a game in the Platformer genre
Knightmare Tower
Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Slasher
Game released: Linux → 16 June 2014
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 84/100
A fantasy action arcade game in which a hero fights upward through a tower, rescuing princesses and escaping rising boiling lava. The ascent is filled with monsters...
Ronin - a game in the Platformer genre
Ronin
Stealth, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view, Indie, Action
Game released: Linux → 30 June 2015
Steam: 71/100
Metacritic: 70/100
Ronin is a side-scrolling turn-based stealth platformer. You have to play as a girl who takes revenge on corporations. During this dangerous adventure you need to...
Dungeon Escape - a game in the Platformer genre
Dungeon Escape
Platformer, Action, Old school
Game released: Linux → 27 May 2016
Steam: 80/100
A 2D precision platformer about escaping a dangerous dungeon filled with enemies and deadly traps. Its minimalist graphics are paired with a chiptune soundtrack...
Dragon Bros - a game in the Platformer genre
Dragon Bros
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 31 May 2017
Steam: 85/100
This 2D side-scrolling action platformer draws on retro run-and-gun games. A team of young dragons sets out to rescue their kidnapped mother after the robotic...
Indivisible - a game in the Platformer genre
Indivisible
Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Indie
Game released: Linux → 8 October 2019
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 72/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Indivisible is a colorful action-RPG platformer with turn-based combat and a side view. You have to try on the role of the girl Ajna, who goes on a journey around...
Move or Die - a game in the Platformer genre
Move or Die
Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online, Action
Early Access: Linux → 16 December 2015; Game released: Linux → 21 January 2016
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 84/100
Move or Die is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer for a noisy group. The game is a collection of mini-games in which several people can participate. Among the...
Refactor - a game in the Platformer genre
Refactor
Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Construction, Strategy
Frozen: Linux → 2020
Steam: 83/100
Refactor is a side-scrolling, physics-based adventure puzzle platformer. The game takes place in a very bizarre world, which in itself is a huge puzzle. You can...
Type: Rider - a game in the Platformer genre
Type: Rider
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Casual game, Puzzle
Game released: Linux → 6 November 2013
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Type: Rider is a side-scrolling educational arcade platformer. You have to immerse yourself in the mysterious and fantastic world of letters. By controlling the...
TRI - a game in the Platformer genre
TRI
Action, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 9 October 2014
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 74/100
This first-person puzzle-platformer takes place in the world of the Odd Gods, among towers and dungeons. Using the TRI artifact, the protagonist creates triangular...
Super Chibi Knight - a game in the Platformer genre
Super Chibi Knight
Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Slasher
Game released: Linux → 24 June 2015
Steam: 87/100
Super Chibi Knight is an action-adventure RPG with platforming elements and a side view. The game takes place in the kingdom of Oukoku, which is threatened by the...
Green Game: TimeSwapper - a game in the Platformer genre
Green Game: TimeSwapper
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Action
Game released: Linux → 4 April 2016
Steam: 91/100
Green Game TimeSwapper is a side-scrolling arcade platformer adventure game. Your goal will be to guide the flying chicken from one box to another, but since its...
One Dog Story - a game in the Platformer genre
One Dog Story
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 28 April 2017
Steam: 71/100
One Dog Story is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to take on the role of a dog (EO-43) from a mysterious underground...
Judge Dredd 95 - a game in the Platformer genre
Judge Dredd 95
Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Comics
Game released: Linux → 23 May 2018
Players: 9.7/10
Steam: 54/100
Judge Dredd 95 is a hardcore action-platformer with a side view, inspired by the movie "Judge Dredd". You will take on the role of an executioner and judge in one...
Introvert: A Teenager Simulator - a game in the Platformer genre
Introvert: A Teenager Simulator
Free game, Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Role-playing game, Simulation, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 2 March 2021
Players: 10/10
Steam: 71/100
Introvert: A Teenager Simulator is a free-to-play arcade side-scrolling adventure game with role-playing elements. In the game, the main character is told a...
DekaDuck - a game in the Platformer genre
DekaDuck
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Science fiction, Comedy, Old school
Game in development: Linux → 2027
A dynamic action-platformer inspired by classics for Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The player takes on the role of a bounty...
Eets - a game in the Platformer genre
Eets
Arcade, Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 21 December 2006
Steam: 78/100
Metacritic: 79/100
This puzzle platformer combines character movement with physics-based challenges. The player helps Eets overcome obstacles by using objects and interactions in the...
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, finds himself in a...
Rex Rocket - a game in the Platformer genre
Rex Rocket
Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Action, Adventure, Indie
Game released: Linux → 5 August 2014
Steam: 71/100
Set in Earth’s distant future, this 2D platformer follows a former war hero trying to stop a starship’s rogue artificial intelligence. The player chooses Captain...
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 its rooms and...
Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition - a game in the Platformer genre
Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition
Adventure, Indie, Platformer
Game released: Linux → 25 March 2016
Steam: 96/100
This old-school adventure platformer follows a hero who sings his way through a strange world of floating platforms, colorful enemies, and inexplicable phenomena...
Scrap Garden - a game in the Platformer genre
Scrap Garden
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 6 May 2016
Players: 7/10
Steam: 72/100
Metacritic: 58/100
Scrap Garden is an arcade platformer with a third-person view. The game tells about the adventures of the little robot Kenny, who wakes up in a world where there is...
Butcher - a game in the Platformer genre
Butcher
Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Side view
Game released: Linux → 5 October 2016
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 71/100
Butcher is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer set in a futuristic setting. The game is based on the best shooters from the 90s. You have to get used to the...
Soulless: Ray of Hope - a game in the Platformer genre
Soulless: Ray of Hope
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Puzzle
Game released: Linux → 18 October 2016
Steam: 71/100
Soulless: Ray of Hope — a dark puzzle-platformer in the spirit of Limbo about a "ray of hope," a lonely white creature. The game tells the story of Elin's...
Yooka-Laylee - a game in the Platformer genre
Yooka-Laylee
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Indie
Game released: Linux → 11 April 2017
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Yooka-Laylee is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view, created according to the canons of the classic Banjo-Kazooie. The main characters are the...
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 into a bird...
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy - a game in the Platformer genre
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Platformer, Role-playing game
Game released: Linux → 10 November 2017
Players: 6.5/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 74/100
This third-person action-adventure draws on the mythology of ancient Egypt. Sphinx travels between worlds through magical portals to thwart Set’s plans and recover...
Mighty Goose - a game in the Platformer genre
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...
Luna's Fishing Garden - a game in the Platformer genre
Luna's Fishing Garden
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Platformer, Side view, Sandbox, Farm Simulator, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 16 June 2021
Steam: 93/100
Luna's Fishing Garden is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with life simulation elements. The game will tell the story of young Casey, who ends up on a...
Chyma and the Toll of Time - a game in the Platformer genre
Chyma and the Toll of Time
Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Strategy
Game released: Linux → 24 April 2026
Steam: 96/100
An adventure puzzle-platformer, centered around a little bell named Chima, who is trying to uncover the mystery of her people and save the world. The journey takes...
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...
Deadly 30 - a game in the Platformer genre
Deadly 30
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Zombies
Game released: Linux → 8 January 2014
Players: 7.4/10
Steam: 80/100
Deadly 30 is a retro-style survival horror game set in a zombie-infested world, where the goal is to survive 30 days and nights while fighting off waves of the...
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 the past, change...
Deer God - a game in the Platformer genre
Deer God
Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 27 February 2015
Steam: 70/100
Metacritic: 49/100
A side-scrolling adventure platformer about a deer’s survival in a fantasy world shaped by karma and reincarnation. The player explores 3D pixel-art landscapes...
In Between - a game in the Platformer genre
In Between
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view
Game released: Linux → 21 August 2015
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 70/100
Metacritic: 68/100
In Between — arcade side-scrolling indie adventure. The game tells a sad story about a man who is dying of cancer. The main character will have to delve into...
Gunmetal Arcadia Zero - a game in the Platformer genre
Gunmetal Arcadia Zero
Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher
Game released: Linux → 15 November 2016
Steam: 69/100
Gunmetal Arcadia Zero is an old-school side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will find five heroes to choose from, bagel elements, an 8-bit...
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