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...

Cobalt

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Cobalt is a side-scrolling co-op action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will take on the role of robot agent Cobalt, who discovers the lost...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps...

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...

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...

Unepic

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 25 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in...

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...

Shank 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This 2D side-scrolling action platformer follows Shank, a former mob hitman drawn back into a fight when people close to him are threatened. He uses...

The Pest

Side view, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2022

Steam: 75/100

The main character is a tiny pest virus that is heading towards the core of the system. The player solves complex puzzles and tries to avoid...

The Night of the Rabbit

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Unbound: Worlds Apart

Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2021

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Unbound: Worlds Apart is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. The main character, named Soli, can create magical...

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...

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...

Bug Butcher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2016

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Bug Butcher is a futuristic side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Over the course of more than 50 levels, you will have to face countless hordes...

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...

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...

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...

Divinum

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2026

Steam: 85/100

In the center of the story is a girl named Fior — one of the defenders, born with the fate of a Guardian and outstanding combat skills. An unknown...

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a side-scrolling remake of the legendary arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of a valiant knight who...

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...

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Remake

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2015

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 83/100

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is a remake of the side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. Expect dynamic lighting, beautiful...

Ayo the Clown

Role-playing game, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Action

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2021

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Ayo the Clown is an adventure platformer with a variety of puzzles and role-playing elements. You have to help the cute clown Ayo in search of his...

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...

Legend of Dungeon

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2013

Players: 3.9/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This action RPG beat ’em up with roguelike elements sends the hero into a randomly generated, 26-floor dungeon. In the darkness, the hero encounters...

Apotheon

Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 3 February 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Apotheon — A fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer. The main character Nikandreos will have to climb Mount Olympus to gain the power of...

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...

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...

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...

Altered Beast (1989)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 93/100

This arcade action platformer is set in a mythological world and follows a quest to rescue Athena, the daughter of Zeus, who has been captured by...

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...

Morphite

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Roguelike, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Morphite is a first-person action platformer with a procedurally generated world. You have to go on a journey to unknown planets. Their landscapes...

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...