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Best Games in the Platformer genre for Linux

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Earthworm Jim 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Earthworm Jim 2
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 4 November 2009
Players: 6.5/10
Steam: 71/100
Metacritic: 45/100
This side-scrolling platformer follows the intergalactic chase of Earthworm Jim, whose route leads from Evil the Cat’s Circus of the Scars to the planet of Meat...
Vectorman - a game in the Platformer genre
Vectorman
Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Platformer
Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010
Steam: 83/100
This futuristic action platformer with shooter elements takes place on Earth in 2049, after the planet has become a toxic waste dump. Humanity has fled into space...
Revenge of Shinobi - a game in the Platformer genre
Revenge of Shinobi
Arcade, Action, Platformer
Game released: Linux → 2 May 2012
Steam: 71/100
An arcade platformer about the ninja Joe Musashi, who sets out to take revenge on the criminal syndicate Neo Zeed. The revived organization has killed his teacher...
Virus Named Tom - a game in the Platformer genre
Virus Named Tom
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie
Game released: Linux → 1 August 2012
Steam: 72/100
Metacritic: 65/100
This action-puzzle platformer follows TOM, a virus created for revenge after a corporation fires its creator, Dr. X. Players rewire circuits to spread the virus...
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken - a game in the Platformer genre
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken
Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Platformer
Game released: Linux → 15 October 2012
Players: 10/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 75/100
This side-scrolling action platformer with puzzles is set in Albatropolis, a land ruled by a totalitarian penguin regime. Hardboiled Chicken sets out to assassinate...
Gateways - a game in the Platformer genre
Gateways
Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie
Game released: Linux → 9 July 2013
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Gateways is a puzzle platformer in which a scientist explores a huge laboratory filled with many mysteries. You can use teleporters to jump from one place to...
Megabyte Punch - a game in the Platformer genre
Megabyte Punch
Arcade, Action, Fighting, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Combat robots
Game released: Linux → 15 October 2013
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 69/100
A fighting game with beat ’em up elements set in a computer world, Megabyte Punch lets players assemble a combat robot from parts taken from defeated creatures. The...
Eryi's Action - a game in the Platformer genre
Eryi's Action
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Linux → 19 November 2013
Steam: 89/100
Eryi's Action is an arcade game with elements of action, platformer, anime or manga and fantasy games from the Xtal Sword studio. The game is published by Nyu...
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...
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: 85/100
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...
Evo Explores - a game in the Platformer genre
Evo Explores
Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie
Game released: Linux → 16 May 2016
Steam: 91/100
Evo Explores is an arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. You have to go to a fantastic reality and help the space traveler Evo, who is trying to explore a...
On Rusty Trails - a game in the Platformer genre
On Rusty Trails
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action
Game released: Linux → 13 June 2016
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 77/100
On Rusty Trails is a colorful side-scrolling arcade platformer. The game tells the story of a metal creature named Elvis, whose home was destroyed by a natural...
Robot Named Fight - a game in the Platformer genre
Robot Named Fight
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania, Indie
Game released: Linux → 7 September 2017
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 71/100
Robot Named Fight is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a sci-fi setting. You will go on a dangerous journey through a randomly generated world in order...
Alien Rampage - a game in the Platformer genre
Alien Rampage
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cyberpunk
Game released: Linux → 11 October 2017
Steam: 90/100
Alien Rampage is an arcade action platformer about an alien whose ship has crash-landed on a planet overrun by mutants. With its cargo lost, the protagonist sets...
Maybot Run - a game in the Platformer genre
Maybot Run
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017
Steam: 100/100
Maybot Run is a crazy arcade runner with a side view. Run through randomly generated levels, collect bonuses, taxes and votes. Jump over crazy enemies from angry...
Fox n Forests - a game in the Platformer genre
Fox n Forests
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Indie
Game released: Linux → 17 May 2018
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 78/100
Metacritic: 68/100
Fox n Forests is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with pixel graphics. You will play as a lively representative of nature, the fox cub Fox. In the game...
Smith and Winston - a game in the Platformer genre
Smith and Winston
Action, Shooter, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure
Game released: Linux → 27 August 2019
Steam: 86/100
Smith and Winston is an arcade voxel shooter with a Metroid-style isometric camera view. The events of the game take place in a ring world of the future, which...
Mail Mole - a game in the Platformer genre
Mail Mole
Arcade, Third-person view, Adventure, Platformer, Comedy
Game released: Linux → 4 March 2021
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Mail Mole is an adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view, in which you get into the role of a funny postman mole named Molty. The postal mole has...
Bro, where's My head??? - a game in the Platformer genre
Bro, where's My head???
Puzzle, Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Comics, Casual game, Logic
Game released: Linux → 25 March 2021
Steam: 90/100
Bro, where's my head??? is a humorous puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to help a certain Odin from the land of darkness...
Anomaly Agent - a game in the Platformer genre
Anomaly Agent
Side view, Action, Cyberpunk, Platformer, Science fiction, Slasher
Game released: Linux → 24 January 2024
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 84/100
A game in a cyberpunk setting with dynamic battles. The main character is an agent who searches for anomalies to protect the world. In addition to hand-to-hand...
Knuckle Jet - a game in the Platformer genre
Knuckle Jet
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game
Game released: Linux → 15 September 2026
Steam: 98/100
Crazy action-platformer with jet-powered flights, ricochets, and destructive collisions from the creators of the Teslagrad series. Dynamic battles are based on...
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...
City of None - a game in the Platformer genre
City of None
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game in development: Linux → 2027
Old-school metroidvania from the creators of Celeste and TowerFall. Players need to explore a dark metropolis inhabited by strange spirits, fierce beasts...
Super Methane Bros - a game in the Platformer genre
Super Methane Bros
Arcade, Shooter, Platformer
Game released: Linux → 15 June 2001
Super Methane Bros is an arcade game with shooter and platformer elements from developers from Apache Software Limited. The main publisher of the game is Apache...
Dream of the Star Haven - a game in the Platformer genre
Dream of the Star Haven
Action, Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Free game
Early Access: Linux → 25 January 2024; Game in development: Linux → 2027
A free first-person platformer about exploring islands floating in the sky. As players progress, they collect stars scattered across the islands using a magical...
Nerobi - a game in the Platformer genre
Nerobi
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Fantasy
Early Access: Linux → 7 May 2024; Game in development: Linux → 2027
Steam: 92/100
The events of the game take place in a wonderful world inhabited by demons, spirits and entities, where the balance between Life and Death is strictly maintained...
Dynamite Headdy - a game in the Platformer genre
Dynamite Headdy
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view
Game released: Linux → 2 May 2012
Steam: 100/100
A platform action game about Dynamite Headdy, a puppet caught up in a plot unfolding in the puppet world. His stage rival, Trouble Bruin, and the evil doll Dark...
Adventures of Shuggy - a game in the Platformer genre
Adventures of Shuggy
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie
Game released: Linux → 13 June 2012
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 77/100
A puzzle platformer about Shuggy, who inherits a castle inhabited by goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. To make his new home liveable, he explores more than 100...
Tom Sparks And The Quakes Of Ruin - a game in the Platformer genre
Tom Sparks And The Quakes Of Ruin
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie
Game released: Linux → 2 May 2014
Tom Sparks And The Quakes Of Ruin is a top-down arcade game with a mix of action, shooter, adventure, platformer, puzzle and indie game from Tasty Poison Games. The...
Element4l - a game in the Platformer genre
Element4l
Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Action
Game released: Linux → 24 May 2013
Players: 9/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Element4l is an experimental platform game about four elements bound together on a journey to shape life. Nature and the sun stand in their way, while progress...
Rustbucket Rumble - a game in the Platformer genre
Rustbucket Rumble
Online, Action, Platformer, Indie, Free game
Game released: Linux → 4 May 2015
Steam: 56/100
Rustbucket Rumble is a team-based, side-scrolling arena action game set on an Earth abandoned by humanity. The machines left behind continue the rivalry between two...
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...
Greedy Guns - a game in the Platformer genre
Greedy Guns
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Indie
Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017
Steam: 73/100
This 2D run-and-gun platformer follows a team of mercenaries sent to explore alien worlds and retrieve artifacts and DNA samples for HOLO CORP. The team takes on...
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...
Low Oxygen - a game in the Platformer genre
Low Oxygen
Casual game, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Space
Game released: Linux → 16 March 2023
Steam: 89/100
The game is about an astronaut who crash lands on an alien planet while trying to find a way to get to Earth again. He must navigate through 50 rooms filled with...
Templar 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Templar 2
Action, Side view, Medieval era, Demons, Metroidvania, Platformer, Comics, Slasher, Indie
Game released: Linux → 3 July 2024
Steam: 82/100
The game takes place in a medieval world in which the red plague has turned most people into terrible demons. Only the last Templar knight, Rui, can cope with evil...
DASH: Danger Action Speed Heroes - a game in the Platformer genre
DASH: Danger Action Speed Heroes
Platformer, Side view, Online, Runner
Game released: Linux → 17 September 2025
Steam: 96/100
A dynamic pixel game where you can complete levels created by other gamers and create your own. You'll need to jump across platforms and avoid enemies to reach a...
Bait & Tackle - a game in the Platformer genre
Bait & Tackle
Hunting / Fishing, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view, Comedy, Action
Game released: Linux → 3 October 2025
Steam: 94/100
The player takes on the role of a legendary fisherman, catching exotic fish and battling sea monsters. The protagonist, a retired fisherman, must rebuild his...
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...
Shadow of Oryda - a game in the Platformer genre
Shadow of Oryda
Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Open world, Metroidvania, Arcade
Game in development: Linux → 2026
The plot is built around survival after a spaceship crash on a dangerous planet. The main character wakes up among the wreckage and sees only misty ruins, sandy...
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