Roguelike for Linux — top best games in the Roguelike genre / Page 3

Tangledeep - a game in the Roguelike genre

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 1 February 2018

Tangledeep is a Japanese-style top-down indie roguelike RPG. You find yourself in amazing underground villages from which you have to find a way out to the surface...

Gambonanza

Turn-based, Chess game, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 1 May 2026

VGTimes: 7.6/10

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...

Hydra Slayer

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2016

Hydra Slayer is an indie roguelike where you will have to destroy dangerous and sinister hydras. Here, you will need to think carefully to calculate which weapon to...

Dead Cells: Fatal Falls

Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2021

Players: 7.1/10

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

Meganoid

Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2017

Meganoid is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. As a mysterious hero, you have to go into dungeons and destroy as many enemies as...

Gonner 2

Indie, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2020

Gonner 2 is a sequel to the brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. Hikk returns again, and this time he will...

Trigon: Space Story

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

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2022

Players: 8/10

Trigon: Space Story — real-time space management strategy with a top-down view and roguelike elements. In the game, you will command your own spaceship and...

Overland

Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Metacritic: 72/100

Overland is a post-apocalyptic tactical strategy with survival elements. The characters try to work together to survive another day in North America. Each level is...

Stellaris: Nemesis

Strategy, Roguelike, Futurism (Future), In real time, DLC

Game released: Linux → 15 April 2021

Stellaris: Nemesis is an expansion for the global real-time space strategy game Stellaris. In it, you will determine the fate of a galaxy descending into chaos...

Survivor Squad

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Survivor Squad is a top-down arcade game with RPG, action, strategy, tactical and roguelike elements from developers from Endless Loop Studios. The main publisher...

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2016

Players: 9.3/10

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...

Stellaris: MegaCorp

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Futurism (Future), Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Stellaris: MegaCorp is an add-on for the global real-time space strategy Stellaris. The add-on will expand the game's economic model and invite you to become the...

Hell is Other Demons

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

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2019

Hell is Other Demons is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. The game has you exploring a vast, hand-crafted world filled with...

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania

DLC, Action, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Roguelike, Platformer, Gothic

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2023

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...

Xenon Valkyrie

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

Game released: Linux → 3 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Xenon Valkyrie is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG with procedurally generated levels. You will travel to the deepest part of the moon to stop the evil witch...

Tales of Maj'Eyal

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Tales of Maj'Eyal is an exciting tactical RPG with turn-based combat and top-down view in a fantasy setting. You can create a unique character by choosing from a...

Rezrog

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

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Rezrog is a turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world, designed in the style of tabletop games. You will visit numerous dungeons that are randomly...

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness

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

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2018

Players: 10/10

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness is an expansion for a unique side-scrolling party-based RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on has added a new type of task...

Morphite

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2017

Players: 7.8/10

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 are generated...

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court

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

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is an add-on for a unique party-based side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on introduces a new campaign, the action...

Home Behind

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Home Behind is a procedurally generated side-scrolling adventure RPG. You have to become a refugee who is fleeing a devastating war from his country to Europe...

Pairs & Perils

Collectible card game (CCG), Roguelike, Tactics, Turn-based, Casual game, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 January 2025

The player explores dungeons where he fights opponents. In battles, you need to memorize and combine creature and weapon cards for attacks. During breaks, you can...

Receiver 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2020

Players: 9.8/10

Receiver 2 is a continuation of the realistic first-person shooter. The game fully simulates the internal parts of each firearm based on manufacturers' schematics...

Beyond Words

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Roguelike, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2026

The player battles opponents by creating various combinations of letters. Each field is unique, and the conditions and objectives can change. There are over 300...

Heroes of Hammerwatch

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

Game released: Linux → 1 March 2018

Players: 8.8/10

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

DUNJUNGUY

Action, Top-down view, Free game, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Medieval era, Procedural generation

Early Access: Linux → 11 August 2024

The Adventurer's Guild Hall was built in the countryside at the top of the mouth of an ancient portcullis. Beyond the steel and stone gates lie the dangerous lands...

Paper Dungeons

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Logic, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2015

Paper Dungeons is a role-playing logic action game with elements of a bagel and a board game. You start each dungeon as a new board from a long adventure set: each...

Rogue Clone

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 1992

Rogue Clone is a classic top-down turn-based role-playing game in a fantasy setting. You will go on dangerous adventures through randomly generated dungeons...

Rogue Star Rescue

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 4 February 2021

Rogue Star Rescue is a fast-paced, cooperative top-down roguelike shooter with tower defense elements set in a sci-fi setting. A massive Rogue Star formed from...

Death by Scrolling

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2025

A pixelated roguelike RPG set in the chaotic depths of Purgatory. The player chooses one of several characters with unique abilities and progresses through endless...

One Drop Bot

Indie, Puzzle, Roguelike, Platformer, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2019

Players: 5.5/10

One Drop Bot is a hardcore third-person puzzle platformer that puts you in the role of a cute robot. He must pass tests and solve logic puzzles, collecting health...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

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

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

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...

Industry Idle

Arcade, Free game, Simulation, Business / Management, Roguelike, Clicker

Early Access: Linux → 29 March 2021; Game released: Linux → 13 September 2024

Players: 10/10

A production simulator with clicker elements, where everything revolves around factories, resources and precise calculations. Here, every step is a decision, every...

Flinthook

Action, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Flinthook is a side-scrolling action platformer from the creators of Mercenary Kings and Curses N Chaos. You have to play as a little guy who destroys many enemies...

Die in the Dungeon

Roguelike, Strategy, Turn-based, Card game, Procedural generation, Casual game

Early Access: Linux → 21 February 2025; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 10/10

A card roguelike where the usual cards are replaced with cubes. Each die unlocks unique abilities: attacking, healing, enhancing or copying the abilities of other...

Caveman Caravan

Strategy, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Old school

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2025

Free roguelike strategy game where the player leads a caravan of primitive people to a new land. The gameplay revolves around combining tile cards and tools that...

Ampersat

Role-playing game, Action, Dungeons, Fantasy, Old school, Roguelike, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 6 May 2022

An action RPG that combines retro styling with modern game mechanics. The one-man project is inspired by Gauntlet, Smash TV and Angband, offering an unusual...

Basingstoke

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2018

Basingstoke is an isometric arcade action game with roguelike and stealth elements. You will travel to the expanses of the post-apocalyptic world of Basingstoke...

Sandwalkers

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

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2025

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...

A Long Way Down

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

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2020

Players: 6.7/10

A Long Way Down is a fun side-scrolling card strategy game set in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of Sam, who finds himself in the...

Roguelike

Best Games in the Roguelike genre for Linux