Roguelike for Linux — top best games in the Roguelike genre / Page 4

Tower of Guns - a game in the Roguelike genre

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

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A fast-paced first-person shooter with roguelike elements, Tower of Guns sends players through a tower whose levels, enemies, and power-ups change with each run...

Abandon Ship

Strategy, Adventure, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Exploration, Open world, Survival

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Abandon Ship is an adventure roguelike with management strategy elements. You will take control of a ship and crew and go explore a diverse and procedurally...

Jupiter Hell

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Roguelike, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 1 August 2019; Game released: Linux → 5 August 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Jupiter Hell is a top-down sci-fi RPG with turn-based combat and a spiritual successor to Doom the Roguelike. The story revolves around a Marine named Shepard, who...

Moon Hunters

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 10 March 2016

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Moon Hunters is a top-down cooperative RPG set in a fantasy setting. You have to team up with three friends and go to an ancient world that changes with each new...

Wedding Witch

Action, Roguelike, Isometric, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Survival, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 3 November 2023

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 92/100

The main character goes on a dangerous journey to find the Succubus potion. To do this, she explores randomly generated maps with many opponents. The drink helps...

Pairs & Perils

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

Game released: Linux → 20 January 2025

Steam: 76/100

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...

Nowhere Prophet

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Card game, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2019

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Nowhere Prophet is an adventure card game with role-playing elements. In the game you have to travel through a dangerous world that is randomly generated and...

Meganoid

Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Metroidvania, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2017

Steam: 63/100

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...

Stellaris: Utopia

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

Game released: Linux → 6 April 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 75/100

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...

This War of Mine: Stories - Father's Promise

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 84/100

This War of Mine: Stories — Father's Promise — is an expansion to the side-scrolling adventure management strategy game — This War of Mine. The expansion is based...

Rogue Star Rescue

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

Game released: Linux → 4 February 2021

Steam: 91/100

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...

Slice & Dice

Turn-based, Strategy, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

A turn-based roguelike where the main mechanic is dice. There are five heroes available in the game, each of which has its own unique dice. The main goal is to get...

Hand of Fate 2

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Roguelike, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 November 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Hand of Fate 2 is a card action role-playing game in a fantasy setting. The events of the game develop 100 years after those in the previous part. The protagonist...

Cloaks and Capes

Platformer, Roguelike, Fantasy, Side view, Free game, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 14 October 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

A dark pixel game about a magician who wants to resurrect his son. The main character, together with the ashes of the child, sets off to free the city from demons...

Just Move: Clean City Messy Battle

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Casual game, Survival, Battle Royale

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2025

Steam: 45/100

A dynamic action roguelike where the player controls a character that automatically attacks the nearest enemies when they come within range. The gameplay revolves...

Fogpiercer

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Card game, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2026

Players: 6/10

Steam: 83/100

A sci-fi card roguelike where the survival of humanity depends on the correctly assembled train composition, tactical decisions, and the ability to use every...

Cryptark

Arcade, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Roguelike, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 20 June 2017

Steam: 83/100

Space arcade shooter with a side view. The player takes on the role of a futuristic mercenary who earns money from government contracts and attacks space stations...

Life in Bunker

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Roguelike, Simulation, Survival

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2016

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 55/100

Life in Bunker is a top-down real-time management strategy game. The game is entirely dedicated to the construction and organization of life in a bunker. As a...

Stellaris: Apocalypse

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

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 62/100

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...

Moonlighter: Between Dimensions

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2019

Steam: 53/100

Moonlighter: Between Dimensions is an action RPG expansion with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Along with the expansion...

Lumencraft

Tactics, Roguelike, Top-down view, Shooter, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Action, Strategy, Sandbox

Early Access: Linux → 13 April 2022; Game released: Linux → 28 February 2023

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 75/100

The events of the game take place back in 2221. More than two centuries ago, the surface of the planet became uninhabitable. The remnants of humanity are struggling...

Space Crew: Legendary Edition

Action, Science fiction, Space, Business / Management, Indie, Roguelike, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Steam: 77/100

The player, as a captain, controls a spaceship. It is necessary to recruit crew members, explore the galaxy and confront aliens. The legendary edition of Space...

Death by Scrolling

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

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2025

Steam: 77/100

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...

HYPERDROP: A Pachinko Roguelite

Arcade, Pinball, Roguelike, Casual game, Strategy

Game in development: Linux → 2027

A dynamic roguelite where each new run turns the game field into an unpredictable scoring machine. The empty space with holes gradually fills with various elements...

WazHack

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2014

Steam: 89/100

WazHack is an action role-playing strategy game in the roguelike genre. There are over 300 unique items to find, and you'll invent your own solutions to difficult...

Dungeon Rushers

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

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2016

Players: 1/10

Steam: 63/100

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...

Overland

Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Roguelike, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Steam: 75/100

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...

Shortest Trip to Earth

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Space, Survival

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 75/100

Shortest Trip to Earth is a top-down management strategy game set in a sci-fi setting. You have to go on an adventure across the vast expanses of the universe...

Stellaris: Federations

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

Game released: Linux → 17 March 2020

Steam: 67/100

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

Dead Cells: Fatal Falls

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

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

6 Ways To 7

Casino, Roguelike, Casual game, Strategy, Board / Group Game

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2026

Steam: 85/100

A gambling roguelike inspired by craps, where betting strategy combines with building your own combinations of unique pins. Every decision at the table affects the...

Soul of the Dungeon

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Free game, Roguelike, Slasher, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2025

Steam: 81/100

A free roguelike with waves of enemies, set in a dark dungeon filled with monsters and dangers. Players must fight against increasingly stronger opponents, collect...

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kitten

Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2024; Early Access: Linux → 4 December 2020

Hardcore indie platformer with roguelike elements and dungeons. The player takes on the role of a brave hero who, at the command of the eccentric Lady Tallowmere...

Receiver

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

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2013

Steam: 86/100

A first-person shooter with roguelike elements, Receiver follows a player exploring a building complex overrun by automated turrets and hovering shock drones while...

Space Grunts

Role-playing game, Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 12 January 2016

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Space Grunts — an arcade adventure with elements of a role-playing game in pixel style. The player will take on the role of a space trooper who overcomes various...

Die For Valhalla

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Side view, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2018

Steam: 70/100

Die For Valhalla is a dynamic action game with role-playing elements and a side view. In the game you will play the role of a warrior Valkyrie and set out to...

Next Jump: Shmup Tactics

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Beat them all, Puzzle, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Next Jump: Shmup Tactics is a futuristic top-down action game with elements of turn-based strategy. You will take control of a deadly spaceship and fight alien...

Asura: Vengeance Expansion

Action, Slasher, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Asura: Vengeance Expansion is a top-down fantasy action-slasher with roguelike elements. You will be able to take on the role of the lower demon Asura to fight your...

Vagante

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

Game released: Linux → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...

Danger Scavenger

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 70/100

Danger Scavenger is a dynamic arcade shooter with an isometric camera view in a cyberpunk setting. Deadly effective, highly skilled, invisible to indifferent...

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Best Games in the Roguelike genre for Linux