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

Survivor Squad - a game in the Roguelike genre

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...

Eagle Island

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Eagle Island is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Discover the birdlife of Eagle Island with Quil and his faithful owl companion Koji. You'll explore...

Buoyancy

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2019

Buoyancy is a real-time city planning and management simulator with an isometric camera view in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game you have to build a real...

Dungeon Rushers

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

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2016

Players: 1/10

Dungeon Rushers is a fantasy role-playing game with turn-based combat where you go on a dungeon exploration. All levels are generated randomly and are fraught with...

Stellar Interface

Shooter, Indie, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 21 November 2016

A hardcore shooter made in the style of NES games. In a randomly generated universe and random perks, no journey will be the same. The game has over 100 perks and...

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...

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...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

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

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2015

Players: 8.7/10

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...

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...

Stellaris: Utopia

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

Game released: Linux → 6 April 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Stellaris: Utopia is an expansion for the global real-time space strategy game Stellaris. The expansion features new megastructures, Dyson spheres, ring worlds...

Space Tyrant

Strategy, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2018

Space Tyrant is a 4X space strategy game with roguelike elements in which players will build a terrifying space fleet, lay waste to planets, destroy enemy fleets...

10,000,000

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2014

Players: 5.5/10

10,000,000 — Action role-playing roguelike in a fantasy style with puzzle elements and a side view. In this game you have to run non-stop, overcome obstacles...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Paranautical Activity

Action, Shooter, Indie, Roguelike, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 48/100

Paranautical Activity is a dynamic indie shooter with a first-person view and roguelike elements. The game features randomly generated levels, super-fast gameplay...

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...

Duskers

Exploration, Space, Roguelike, Tactics, Top-down view, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2016

Metacritic: 83/100

The player controls a drone and explores abandoned spaceships to find means of survival and learn how the universe turned into a giant graveyard. Dangerous...

Star Vikings Forever

Arcade, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row), Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2016

Star Vikings Forever is an arcade strategy game with role-playing elements and a side view. Your task will be to assemble your invincible team of Vikings and fight...

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...

Stellaris: Federations

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

Game released: Linux → 17 March 2020

Stellaris: Federations is an add-on for the global real-time space strategy Stellaris. The addition will significantly expand the arsenal of diplomatic techniques...

Elsie

Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Action, Futurism (Future), Old school, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2024

A fast-paced platformer with vibrant pixel art and an emphasis on fast-paced combat and acrobatic moves. The player takes on the role of Elsie, a brave heroine who...

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Chess game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2022

A strategy game with roguelike elements that reimagines chess. The player takes control of a black king with a shotgun, who must defeat an army of white pieces and...

Danger Gazers

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 2 January 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Danger Gazers is a cooperative dynamic top-down scrolling shooter with roguelike elements in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game you will have to use a vast...

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...

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...

DragoDino

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

DragoDino is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with procedurally generated levels. You need to help the little dragon get to the top of the giant...

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...

Vaccine

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Vaccine is a third-person horror adventure with survival elements. Find a vaccine for your infected friend before time runs out, but know that your friend will...

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...

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...

Stellaris: Apocalypse

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

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Stellaris: Apocalypse is an add-on for the global real-time space strategy Stellaris. In the add-on, you will have access to the most destructive weapons, Colossus...

Songbringer

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Songbringer is a top-down sci-fi RPG adventure with a procedurally generated world. The events of the game will tell about a hero who did not want to save the world...

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...

Into the Necrovale

Action, Roguelike, Fantasy, Beat them all, Dungeons, Adventure, Medieval era

Early Access: Linux → 26 January 2024; Game released: Linux → 30 September 2024

The main action of the game takes place in a dark medieval world, namely Necroval. The main character is a convicted criminal who is entrusted with an important...

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...

Caves of Qud

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

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

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 environment can be...

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...

Roguelike

Best Games in the Roguelike genre for Linux