Roguelike for Linux — top best games in the Roguelike genre

Project Zomboid - a game in the Roguelike genre

Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Zombies

Early Access: Linux → 8 November 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

A zombie apocalypse is about to occur in the world of Project Zomboid. So far, humanity has not understood what happened, but the houses still have...

CHAOTIC VIRUS

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Free game, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2026

Steam: 33/100

A dynamic action roguelike where you control a cell protecting the body from waves of dangerous viruses. Defeating enemies grants experience needed...

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...

RimWorld

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Roguelike, Survival, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 87/100

RimWorld is a sci-fi survival simulator on an alien planet with real-time strategy elements and a top-down view. Under your control is a small group...

Barotrauma

Online, Business / Management, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror, Survival

Early Access: Linux → 6 June 2019; Game released: Linux → 13 March 2023

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

A game about a submarine, which features procedural generation of tasks, a character editor and an online mode for 16 players. The gamer will be able...

Loop Hero

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Top-down view, Fantasy, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A Russian roguelike that tells the story of how the evil Lich created a time loop, erased the memory of all residents and plunged the world into...

Megabonk

Action, Third-person view, Roguelike, Survival, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2025

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

A fast-paced game where you battle endless hordes of enemies and become increasingly stronger with each level. You can upgrade your weapons and...

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a top-down indie RPG. You will play as the boy Isaac, hiding in the basement from his mother, whom God ordered to...

Dead Cells

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

The main character tries to reach the end of a large castle, but on the way, he will encounter a whole horde of various monsters that will hit...

Slay the Spire 2

Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Collectible card game (CCG), Card game, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 5 March 2026; Game in development: Linux → 2027

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 91/100

The sequel returns in a new form — the Spire awakens after a millennium of oblivion, hiding even more dangers, secrets, and challenges in its depths...

Hull Rupture

Action, Business / Management, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Science fiction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Comedy, Space, Strategy, City Building

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2026

Steam: 73/100

The protagonist is an artificial intelligence seeking revenge on the aliens for destroying Earth. Piloting a spaceship, repelling alien attacks, and...

Slay the Spire

Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Slay the Spire is a card-based role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to climb to the top of a dark...

Halls of Torment

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Old school

Early Access: Linux → 24 May 2023; Game released: Linux → 24 September 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

The main action takes place in a dark fantasy world with monsters, demons and magic. The brave hero sets out to explore various underground spaces to...

Soulstone Survivors

Role-playing game, Indie, Top-down view, Fantasy, Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 17 June 2025

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

An action RPG with roguelike elements, where the fantasy world is filled with hordes of monsters and giant bosses. The player becomes a Void Hunter...

Darkest Dungeon

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2016

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Darkest Dungeon is a unique party RPG, where the skills of your heroes are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but...

Brotato

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Roguelike, Shooter, Casual game, Procedural generation, Comedy, Online, Survival

Game released: Linux → 23 June 2023

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Arena shooter about a combat potato in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. The game tells the story of Spud from the planet Potato, who crashes on an...

Enter the Gungeon

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Linux → 5 April 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Enter the Gungeon is a top-down arcade shooter from the developers at Dodge Roll. The roguelike takes place in the ever-changing fortress of Gungeon...

Into the Breach

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Into the Breach is a tactical strategy game with turn-based battles about fighting off an alien invasion from the creators of FTL: Faster Than...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Early Access: Linux → 19 February 2020; 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...

Nunholy

Action, Roguelike, Hack and slash, Adult game, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Isometric, Gothic, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2025

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

A fantasy action game in which militant nuns go into dark dungeons to destroy vampires and cleanse the world of evil. By defeating enemies, you can...

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Roguelike, Online

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius — Relics of War is a global turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view set in the Warhammer 40,000...

FTL: Faster Than Light

Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy, Space

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out...

Moonlighter

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike, Slasher, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike, Space

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke...

Police Stories

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 82/100

Police Stories is a top-down tactical shooter with horror elements. You will play as a policeman and, together with your partner Rick, go to storm...

Children of Morta

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, Top-down view, Roguelike, Fantasy, Medieval era, Online, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game tells the story of the Bergson family, who live at the foot of a cursed mountain. An ancient evil has awakened and now only a famous family...

Dome Keeper

Action, Adventure, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Survival, Old school, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2022

Players: 9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Dome Keeper is an exciting post-apocalyptic survival game with roguelike elements, a side view and resource management. As you progress, you will...

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...

Lost Flame

Roguelike, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2026

Steam: 96/100

Lost Flame is a turn-based roguelike about exploring the ruins of the kingdom of Hiraeth and uncovering the cause of a cataclysm while fighting...

Shogun Showdown

Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Medieval era, Card game, Replayability

Early Access: Linux → 27 June 2023; Game released: Linux → 5 September 2024

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A tactical turn-based roguelike about a hero who challenges the powerful shogun. To win battles, you need to choose a good position, attack at the...

Everspace

Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Space, Action

Game released: Linux → 25 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Everspace is a space simulator created on the basis of the Unreal Engine 4. You can expect randomly generated levels, a non-linear plot, advanced...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons

Early Access: Linux → 20 March 2020; Game released: Linux → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have...

Inscryption

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Card game, Roguelike, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Linux → 22 June 2022

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Inscryption is a first-person card puzzle horror game from the creator of Pony Island. In the game, you will find yourself in the cabin of Leshy...

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...

Space Haven

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Survival, Space

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2026; Early Access: Linux → 21 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Space Haven is a management simulator with roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to assemble your own team and go into outer space in...

Aura of Worlds

Roguelike, Platformer, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 24 September 2024

Steam: 96/100

This tactical roguelite platformer sends the player through procedurally generated labyrinths across dangerous worlds. To make progress, the hero...

ScourgeBringer

Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game...

Roguelands

Roguelike, Online, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 13 June 2016

Steam: 78/100

A multiplayer role-playing game with roguelike elements, set in a galaxy threatened by the Destroyer, an ancient creature that devours the Aether at...

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Roguelike, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 80/100

This War of Mine: The Little Ones is an expansion to the side-scrolling management strategy adventure This War of Mine. The addition tells the story...

Caves of Qud

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Open world

Early Access: Linux → 15 July 2015; Game released: Linux → 5 December 2024

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A turn-based RPG from the minds of Sproggiwood. The game world is generated anew each time, offering unique adventures with each visit. The...

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Best Games in the Roguelike genre for Linux