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Best Games in the Platformer genre for Linux (Game released)

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Terraria - a game in the Platformer genre
Terraria
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Survival, Online
Game released: Linux → 16 May 2011
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...
Hollow Knight: Silksong - a game in the Platformer genre
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 4 September 2025
VGTimes: 8.2/10
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 91/100
A sequel to the hardcore action platformer Hollow Knight. The game takes you to a new world — the fallen kingdom of Pharlum, where silk and song rule. Here, Hornet...
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: 91/100
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...
Hollow Knight - a game in the Platformer genre
Hollow Knight
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 24 February 2017
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 89/100
An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...
Mina the Hollower - a game in the Platformer genre
Mina the Hollower
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Top-down view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Old school, Gothic
Game released: Linux → 29 May 2026
Players: 10/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 91/100
The game takes you to a dark gothic world where a cursed island hides behind a thick curtain of darkness. The main character is the agile and fearless Mina, who is...
Terminator 2D: No Fate - a game in the Platformer genre
Terminator 2D: No Fate
Action, Platformer, Side view, Arcade
Game released: Linux → 12 December 2025
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 71/100
Hurricane action with pixel graphics, inspired by the arcade games of the 80-90s, which is based on the 1991 film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”. Players can take...
Broforce - a game in the Platformer genre
Broforce
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 15 October 2015
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Broforce is a brutal 2D platformer full of pure, unadulterated fun that requires the player to destroy everything that moves in order to defeat the Satanic...
Portal - a game in the Platformer genre
Portal
Action, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Science fiction
Game released: Linux → 10 October 2007
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 98/100
Metacritic: 90/100
A first-person puzzle game set in the mysterious laboratories of Aperture Science. In Portal, the player solves physics-based puzzles and overcomes challenges by...
Owlboy - a game in the Platformer genre
Owlboy
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view
Game released: Linux → 1 November 2016
Players: 9/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 87/100
Owlboy is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with a pixel art style. The main character is an owl boy, capable of both running around locations and flying. In the...
Blasphemous - a game in the Platformer genre
Blasphemous
Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie
Game released: Linux → 10 September 2019
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 79/100
A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...
Salt and Sanctuary - a game in the Platformer genre
Salt and Sanctuary
Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 17 May 2016
Players: 9/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...
Super Meat Boy - a game in the Platformer genre
Super Meat Boy
Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie
Game released: Linux → 6 November 2013
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 87/100
Super Meat Boy is a hardcore 2D side-scrolling platformer. You have to help the meat cube save his beloved, who was kidnapped by the evil scientist Dr. Fitus. The...
Carrion - a game in the Platformer genre
Carrion
Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 23 July 2020
Players: 9/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 76/100
The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...
Never Alone - a game in the Platformer genre
Never Alone
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Side view
Game released: Linux → 18 November 2014
Players: 6.8/10
Steam: 78/100
Metacritic: 70/100
Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the mystery of an...
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 the evil...
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 chaos caused by...
Pankapu - a game in the Platformer genre
Pankapu
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 21 September 2016
Steam: 73/100
Pankapu: The Gates of Omnia is an episodic side-scrolling action platformer. The events of the game develop in the fantasies of Jaarell, a child who once...
Skul: The Hero Slayer - a game in the Platformer genre
Skul: The Hero Slayer
Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike
Game released: Linux → 21 January 2021
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 80/100
Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...
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
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...
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: 8.9/10
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 the police have...
Fury Unleashed - a game in the Platformer genre
Fury Unleashed
Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Online, Action, Replayability
Game released: Linux → 8 May 2020
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Fury Unleashed is a 2D arcade platformer with a side view, made in a comic book style. You will play as the cool Scumbag, a comic book hero whose goal is to save...
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 dozens of unique...
Risk of Rain - a game in the Platformer genre
Risk of Rain
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike
Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Risk of Rain is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will take you to a distant...
Celeste - a game in the Platformer genre
Celeste
Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 25 January 2018
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 91/100
Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...
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...
Fez - a game in the Platformer genre
Fez
Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie
Game released: Linux → 11 September 2013
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 90/100
Fez is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The action takes place in a 3D world, allowing the player to explore and traverse colorful worlds by rotating...
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...
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 battle horrors as...
The Longing - a game in the Platformer genre
The Longing
Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 5 March 2020
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 79/100
The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...
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 finding...
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy - a game in the Platformer genre
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Action, Platformer, Top-down view, Horror
Game released: Linux → 6 December 2017
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 84/100
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is an unusual side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will play as a naked man in a cauldron, moving around the world...
Gang Beasts - a game in the Platformer genre
Gang Beasts
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie, Online, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 12 December 2017
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 68/100
Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...
Psychonauts - a game in the Platformer genre
Psychonauts
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Comedy, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 12 June 2012
Players: 9.6/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 87/100
Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...
Mark of the Ninja Remastered - a game in the Platformer genre
Mark of the Ninja Remastered
Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Indie
Game released: Linux → 9 October 2018
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 96/100
Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a special version of the side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements for Nintendo Switch. The events of the game...
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 main character...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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