Roguelike for Linux — top best games in the Roguelike genre / Page 5

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

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2016

Steam: 89/100

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...

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: 84/100

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...

Death by Scrolling

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

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2025

Steam: 76/100

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

Hero Generations: ReGen

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Grand strategy, Open world

Game released: Linux → 19 August 2016

Steam: 56/100

Hero Generations: ReGen is a cartoon strategy with role-playing game elements and turn-based battles in a fantasy setting. You will go explore a...

Space Tyrant

Strategy, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2018

Steam: 83/100

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...

Immortal Redneck

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

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Immortal Redneck is a fast-paced first-person shooter with roguelike elements. You will find unique arenas that are generated randomly, a wide...

Stellaris: Nemesis

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

Game released: Linux → 15 April 2021

Steam: 41/100

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

Into the Necrovale

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

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

Steam: 84/100

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...

A Dark Room

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Roguelike, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 6 July 2023

Steam: 89/100

A text adventure with survival and resource management elements, inspired by classic games in the genre, including Zork. The story begins in a dark...

Tales of Maj'Eyal

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

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Paranautical Activity

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

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 48/100

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

Chasm

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 76/100

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...

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...

Home Behind

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

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 53/100

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...

Eagle Island

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Roguelike, Side view, Exploration, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 75/100

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

Space Grunts 2

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

Early Access: Linux → 24 September 2019; Game released: Linux → 27 May 2020

Steam: 66/100

Space Grunts 2 is a continuation of the card role-playing game with strategy elements and turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. You will once again...

Mythic Origins

Action, Roguelike, MMO, Dungeons, Role-playing game, Procedural generation, Online, Exploration, Open world, Slasher, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2022

Steam: 69/100

Mythic Origins is a cooperative action RPG in the roguelike genre with elements of exploration and an open world. You have to discover a new world...

Godlike Burger

Top-down view, Arcade, Roguelike, Business / Management, Simulation, Strategy, Action

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2022

Players: 7/10

Steam: 76/100

The player controls the chef of a space restaurant. The main character cooks the best burgers from his alien guests. The character can use...

Lords of Ravage: Dread Knights

Role-playing game, Tactics, Roguelike, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Gothic

Game released: Linux → 11 January 2025

Steam: 91/100

Prologue to Lords of Ravage, in which you can learn about the events preceding the original game. The main character is one of the Lords of Ruin in...

Granvir: Zero Front

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Combat robots, Roguelike, Science fiction, Online

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

The player creates mechs from a variety of parts: torsos, legs, arms, and special modules. You can install melee and ranged weapons that suit your...

Battle for Rakir

Role-playing game, Strategy, Roguelike, Tactics, Science fiction, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2025

Steam: 83/100

An open-world space game set in orbit around the war-torn desert colony of Rakir. The player pilots a variety of ships, commands strike fleets, and...

Dungeon Raid: Zero Floor

Turn-based, Card game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2025

Steam: 91/100

The main character descends into a dark dungeon and tries to reach the final boss. You need to collect various cards, use them in battles or combine...

The Ouroboros King

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Chess game, Tactics, Roguelike, Board / Group Game

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2023

Steam: 81/100

An unusual strategy game that combines classic chess with roguelike elements. Each playthrough offers a new set of challenges, forcing you to adapt...

NightRunner

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

Game in development: Linux → 2027

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

Teleglitch: Die More Edition

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

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This top-down roguelike shooter with pixel graphics is set in a grim future, where a small planet on the edge of habitable space hosts a secret...

Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This pixel-art RPG with roguelike elements follows the threat posed by the Sons of Dawn, a cult seeking to awaken an ancient god. The player forms a...

Curious Expedition

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2016

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Curious Expedition is a procedurally generated adventure role-playing game set in the 19th century. You can feel like a real explorer and discoverer...

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...

Star Vikings Forever

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

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2016

Steam: 90/100

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...

Story Goes On

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2018

Steam: 70/100

This top-down action-adventure takes place inside an unfinished book by an author reflecting on his life’s work. The hero explores repeating...

Sail Forth

Action, Roguelike, Warships / Submarines, Cooperative (co-op), Third-person view, Adventure, Simulation, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 21 December 2022

Steam: 92/100

A procedural naval adventure featuring classic naval action and exploring beautiful landscapes. In the game you can travel through a variety of...

Test Tube Titans

Arcade, Indie, Action, Roguelike, Wrestling, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 15 June 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Test Tube Titans is a destructive arcade action game with procedurally generated levels. In the game you have to raise your own mutant monster and...

Master of Rogues - The Seven Artifacts

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Roguelike, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 17 September 2018

Steam: 100/100

Master of Rogues — The Seven Artifacts is a fantasy role-playing adventure game with an isometric view. You will have to fight spiders, undead...

Despotism 3k

Side view, In real time, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Indie, Simulation, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Despotism 3k is a side-scrolling real-time strategy game in a post-apocalyptic style. Humanity is enslaved by artificial intelligence and this is...

Sunset World Online

Online, Role-playing game, MMO, Platformer, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Roguelike, Side view, Tactics

Early Access: Linux → 2 March 2022

Steam: 64/100

Sunset World Online is a side-scrolling adventure online role-playing game with platforming elements. You can gather your group and go on an...

Tower Survivors

Free game, Indie, Fantasy, Top-down view, Action, Roguelike, Casual game, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Arcade

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2023

Steam: 68/100

Free clone of the popular Vampire Survivors. The evil Necromancer has escaped from the tower and flooded the kingdom with his minions, who are...

Hive Jump 2: Survivors

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

Early Access: Linux → 29 May 2024; Game released: Linux → 10 September 2024

Steam: 80/100

After a squad of brave paratroopers is killed in an intergalactic ambush, the only surviving member of the team embarks on a path of retribution and...

Salvagers

Role-playing game, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Roguelike, Science fiction, Space, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

The player leads a small team of explorers who land on abandoned space stations. You need to collect equipment, lost weapons, forgotten treasures...

Vital Shell

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Combat robots, Roguelike, Old school, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 7 January 2026

Steam: 96/100

A sci-fi arena shooter with a top-down view and a visual style reminiscent of the PlayStation 1 era. The game allows players to control mechs...

Pirates: Rogue's Fortune

Action, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Roguelike, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 4 March 2026

Steam: 100/100

The game takes place in the Caribbean Sea, where Henry Barrington travels on a homemade pirate ship. You can dive into the depths to collect valuable...

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Best Games in the Roguelike genre for Linux