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

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OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood - a game in the Platformer genre
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood
Arcade, Platformer, Sports game, Skateboards, Indie
Game released: Linux → 11 August 2015
Players: 10/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 84/100
This arcade skateboarding platformer moves the action from the streets to cinematic sets in Olliwood. Players ride levels filled with ramps and hills, choose routes...
Mute Crimson+ - a game in the Platformer genre
Mute Crimson+
Side view, Platformer, Arcade
Game released: Linux → 13 August 2015
Steam: 89/100
A side-scrolling platformer about a ninja setting out to save the world. The hero climbs walls, fights enemies and navigates challenging platforming sequences, with...
Freedom Planet - a game in the Platformer genre
Freedom Planet
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie
Game released: Linux → 21 July 2014
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 83/100
This combat-focused platform adventure follows the dragon girl Lilac and her friends as they defend the world of Avalice from an alien attack. The heroes face...
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...
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...
Super Bunny Man - a game in the Platformer genre
Super Bunny Man
Online, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Sandbox
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...
Rot Gut - a game in the Platformer genre
Rot Gut
Side view, Platformer, Shooter
Game released: Linux → 12 July 2016
Steam: 88/100
This side-scrolling platform shooter is set in 1920s America during Prohibition. The player controls an agent investigating the city’s criminal underworld and...
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...
Haste - a game in the Platformer genre
Haste
Action, Roguelike, Third-person view, Platformer, Parkour, Open world, Exploration, Casual game, Runner
Game released: Linux → 1 April 2025
Players: 9.7/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Supersonic action with procedural generation of levels. The game talks about a heroine traveling through a destroying universe. Players need to go through the level...
Mercenary Kings - a game in the Platformer genre
Mercenary Kings
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 25 March 2014
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Hex - a game in the Platformer genre
The Hex
Indie, Adventure, Horror, Role-playing game, Platformer
Game released: Linux → 17 October 2018
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 81/100
The Hex is an indie adventure platformer with horror RPG elements. In this game you have to find a killer in a tavern. The peculiarity of the game is that there is...
Supraland - a game in the Platformer genre
Supraland
Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Metroidvania, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 5 April 2019
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 95/100
Supraland is an exciting action platformer with a first-person view. In the game you have to solve fun puzzles, explore the environment, find secrets and fight...
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...
Crab Game - a game in the Platformer genre
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 collection of...
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...
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...
Trine 2: Complete Story - a game in the Platformer genre
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 all previously...
Skyhook - a game in the Platformer genre
Skyhook
Fighting, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Linux → 17 May 2016
Steam: 81/100
Skyhook is an arena brawler-platformer built around grappling-hook combat: fighters swing through levels and use their hooks to attack opponents. Matches support...
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...
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...
Whispering Willows - a game in the Platformer genre
Whispering Willows
Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror
Game released: Linux → 9 July 2014
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 64/100
Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the estate in search...
Creepy Tale: Snow Child - a game in the Platformer genre
Creepy Tale: Snow Child
Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Casual game
Game released: Linux → 14 May 2026
Steam: 91/100
The game continues to develop the ideas of the Creepy Tale series, focusing on expanding the world, improving the visual component, and offering more diverse...
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...
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...
Iconoclasts - a game in the Platformer genre
Iconoclasts
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 23 January 2018
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...
Cyber Shadow - a game in the Platformer genre
Cyber Shadow
Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 26 January 2021
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 80/100
Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...
Towerfall: Ascension - a game in the Platformer genre
Towerfall: Ascension
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Online, Indie
Game released: Linux → 29 May 2014
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Towerfall: Ascension is a fun side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer where you take on the role of archers who hate each other very much and fight on a...
Eron - a game in the Platformer genre
Eron
Indie, Platformer
Game released: Linux → 17 March 2015
Steam: 65/100
Eron is a 2D platformer about a native inhabitant of a distant planet whose village has been destroyed by uninvited guests. The protagonist sets out to discover who...
Lost Ruins - a game in the Platformer genre
Lost Ruins
Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure, Metroidvania
Game released: Linux → 13 May 2021
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 59/100
Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...
Rocket Bot Royale - a game in the Platformer genre
Rocket Bot Royale
Action, Online, MMO, Platformer, Tanks, Tactics, Side view, Battle Royale
Game released: Linux → 21 April 2022
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 88/100
Rocket Bot Royale is a tactical online platformer with a side view about tanks. Powerful, wall-climbing, rocket-jumping robot tanks are the best choice in this...
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists - a game in the Platformer genre
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 27 October 2025
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 80/100
The game is about an alchemist named Cassandria, who uses an iron whip and her knowledge to fight formidable demons. Various chemical elements can be used to...
The Cave - a game in the Platformer genre
The Cave
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle
Game released: Linux → 23 January 2013
VGTimes: 6.0/10
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 69/100
The Cave is a new creation by Ron Gilbert, the father of the cult games Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, as well as Double Fine Productions, the studio responsible...
Worms: Clan Wars - a game in the Platformer genre
Worms: Clan Wars
Action, Strategy, MMO, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view, Online
Game released: Linux → 15 August 2013
Players: 10/10
Steam: 77/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Worms: Clan Wars is a new part of the exciting turn-based strategy in the Worms universe with an emphasis on the multiplayer component. The game contains 25 single...
BattleBlock Theater - a game in the Platformer genre
BattleBlock Theater
Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy
Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 85/100
BattleBlock Theater is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer. There are a total of eight different modes available in the game. In Soul, the player will...
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...
Upward - a game in the Platformer genre
Upward
Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view, Casual game, Procedural generation, Parkour
Game released: Linux → 22 June 2026
Steam: 100/100
A free platformer with procedural level generation, where the main goal is to survive as long as possible. Each new run offers a unique combination of locations...
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