Roguelike for Linux — top best games in the Roguelike genre / Page 2

Stoneshard - a game in the Roguelike genre

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 6 February 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 74/100

Stoneshard is a tactical RPG with roguelike elements and an open world from the creators of 12 is Better Than 6. You will embark on a grand journey across the...

Gambonanza

Turn-based, Chess game, Tactics, Roguelike, Replayability, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 1 May 2026

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 10/10

Steam: 74/100

The game offers a completely new take on classic chess, turning it into a dynamic roguelike where the goal is not just to checkmate the king, but to capture every...

Burn With Me

Card game, Roguelike, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game, Demons, Puzzle

Game in development: Linux → 12 October 2026

A narrative deckbuilder roguelike with an atmosphere of cozy mysticism, forbidden rituals, and unsettling unknowns. At the center of the story are students of an...

Cultist Simulator

Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Board / Group Game, Card game, Roguelike, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Cultist Simulator is a board game about the difficult and worry-filled life of an ordinary fanatic who firmly believes in a not-so-holy higher power. The goal of...

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 to build a...

Mars Survivors

Science fiction, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Action

Game released: Linux → 5 July 2023

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 65/100

The player controls a survivor on the planet Mars and confronts waves of mutated monsters. Several characters and more than 10 types of weapons are available. The...

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...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a co-op VR puzzle game about defusing a bomb. One of the participants has an explosive device with a timer on the screen, but...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...

Huntdown: Overtime

Action, Shooter, Cyberpunk, Roguelike, Side view, Old school

Early Access: Linux → 7 May 2026; Game in development: Linux → 2027

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Prequel to the action-platformer Huntdown. The events unfold in futuristic New Detroit in the year 2084 — a grim metropolis where corporations have replaced...

Wizard of Legend

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Wizard of Legend is a dynamic top-down action game in a fantasy setting. Your main goal is to become the most powerful wizard. And to do this, you have to clear...

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...

Sandwalkers

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Roguelike, Fantasy, Construction, Survival, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2025

Steam: 73/100

The player gathers a team of brave travelers and sets off to explore hostile lands. The heroes must cross a desert with an eternal storm and establish trade and...

Endless Tactics: Trial Run

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Free game, Roguelike, Science fiction, Old school, Space

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2026

Steam: 100/100

Free prologue to the turn-based roguelike Endless Tactics, dedicated to a dangerous planetary mining expedition. As the commander of the expedition, you will...

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 upgrade and...

Across the Obelisk

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Roguelike, Online, Strategy, Side view, Turn-based, Casual game, Adventure, Tactics

Early Access: Linux → 8 April 2021; Game released: Linux → 16 August 2022

Steam: 81/100

Across the Obelisk is a role-playing roguelike in a fantasy setting with turn-based battles, a side view and the ability to collect a powerful deck of cards. In the...

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, DLC, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea is an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-slasher inspired by the Dark Souls series. In the expansion, you will...

Nordhold

Roguelike, Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Casual game, Procedural generation, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2025

Steam: 85/100

The player controls the medieval Scandinavian village and protects it from the waves of opponents. 8 species of defense towers help to cope with all types of...

Chronicon

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Chronicon is a top-down action RPG in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in a fictional setting, in which, with the help of a magical device, the chosen ones...

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...

Becoming Saint

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Simulation, Medieval era

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2025

Steam: 64/100

The game takes place in medieval Italy. The gamer increases the number of their followers to capture cities. Sometimes, difficult moral choices will have to be...

NightRunner

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Zombies

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Steam: 100/100

Cooperative action with elements of survival, extraction, and dungeon exploration. The game combines dynamic shootouts with resource gathering and attempts to...

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 of young...

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Sunless Sea: Zubmariner is an addition to the top-down role-playing adventure with horror elements Sunless Sea. If the original action took place on the surface of...

Journey Through The Nightmare Realm 2

Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Old school, Procedural generation, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2025

Steam: 87/100

Pixel shooter with roguelike elements and arcade mechanics. The player needs to explore a dark world, fight numerous enemies, and avoid a huge number of flying...

Backpack Hero

Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy, Dungeons, Tactics, Card game, Side view, Roguelike, Replayability

Early Access: Linux → 15 August 2022; Game released: Linux → 14 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Pixel roguelike about anthropomorphic animals and inventory management. The player sets out to conquer dungeons, collecting rare items, distributing them in a...

Dungeons 3

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2017

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Dungeons 3 is an isometric real-time strategy game with elements of a management game in a fantasy setting. You will witness the conquest of the upper world by the...

Roguebook

Role-playing game, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 June 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Roguebook is a roguelike with procedurally generated locations and card-based turn-based combat. The plot of the game tells the story of a legendary book written...

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 up from...

Templar Battleforce

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

A turn-based tactical strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where the Templar Knights wage war in Leviathan battle mechs. Their squad faces Xenos, rogue...

Death Road to Canada

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Zombies, Survival

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Death Road to Canada is a top-down action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. You will go to the center of a full-scale invasion of the living dead. Having taken...

Pathway

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Exploration, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2019

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Pathway is an amazing tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The events of the game will take you to 1936, when German military...

Streets of Rogue

Top-down view, Roguelike, Role-playing game, Stealth, Online

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2019

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Streets of Rogue is a dynamic roguelike with a top-down view and pixel graphics. The developers were inspired by The Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne, but...

The Spell Brigade

Action, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Arcade, Casual game, Top-down view, Online

Early Access: Linux → 16 September 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 86/100

A cooperative game in which four gamers control wizards and confront hordes of dark creatures. You need to complete tasks, choose upgrades and combine very powerful...

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...

Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Replayability, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 3 January 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The addition has expanded possibilities for creating...

Heroes of Hammerwatch

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Heroes of Hammerwatch is an indie role-playing game with action elements in a medieval setting. Explore procedurally generated levels, destroying enemies and...

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...

Handmancers

First-person view, Tactics, Roguelike, Fantasy, Collectible card game (CCG), Strategy, Replayability, Card game

Early Access: Linux → 5 May 2026; Game in development: Linux → I квартал 2027

Steam: 88/100

The player collects a deck of cards and battles various monsters in a "Rock, Paper, Scissors" style. There are several factions with their own fighting styles...

Roguelike

Best Games in the Roguelike genre for Linux