Roguelike 2024 for Linux — top best games in the Roguelike genre

Halls of Torment - a game in the Roguelike genre

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Old school

Early Access: Linux → 24 May 2023; Game released: Linux → 24 September 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

The main action takes place in a dark fantasy world with monsters, demons and magic. The brave hero sets out to explore various underground spaces to find new...

Shogun Showdown

Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Medieval era, Card game, Replayability

Early Access: Linux → 27 June 2023; Game released: Linux → 5 September 2024

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A tactical turn-based roguelike about a hero who challenges the powerful shogun. To win battles, you need to choose a good position, attack at the right moment and...

HexDefense

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

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2024

Steam: 62/100

A roguelike in the tower defense genre, focused on continuous battles with almost no pauses. The main task is to defend the city from an endless onslaught of...

Caves of Qud

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Open world

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

Steam: 95/100

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...

Backpack Battles

Strategy, Online, Indie, Fantasy, Roguelike

Early Access: Linux → 8 March 2024; Game released: Linux → 13 June 2025

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 92/100

As players progress, they acquire rare items and assemble powerful builds from them. After this, the character can be sent to fight with the heroes of other...

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...

Dungeon Clawler

Arcade, Collectible card game (CCG), Roguelike, Turn-based, Old school, Dungeons, Replayability, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 21 November 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 91/100

The main character explores a dungeon with monsters to get to the main villain and return his property. There are several characters with their own characteristics...

Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot

Top-down view, Roguelike, Action, Arcade, Slasher, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2024

Steam: 79/100

A game from the creators of Despot's Game and Despotism 3k. The gamer controls a green jelly that confronts hundreds of enemies. You can use different weapons and...

Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok

Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Exploration, Role-playing game

Early Access: Linux → 15 December 2022; Game released: Linux → 26 April 2024

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 88/100

After Ragnarok, Yggdrasil, the World Tree, lost almost all of its energy needed to support the Nine Realms. Only a few heroes survived the End of the World...

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...

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...

Elsie

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

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2024

Steam: 70/100

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...

Deep Space Survivor

Shooter, Space, Top-down view, Roguelike, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 20 June 2022; Game released: Linux → 5 August 2024

Steam: 100/100

A top-down space shooter where everything is tied to survival among waves of enemy ships. Controls are minimalistic: just the WASD or arrow keys to move the ship...

Long Live Caesar

Indie, Role-playing game, Tactics, Historical, Roguelike, Side view, Puzzle, Detective, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2024

Steam: 78/100

A step -by -step role -playing strategy with elements of a crogue in which the fate of the Roman Empire depends on the decisions of one person. Playing for Guy...

Industry Idle

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

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

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

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

Exiled Survivors

Free game, Top-down view, Fantasy, Roguelike, Slasher, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2024

Steam: 66/100

A pixel game in which the gamer fights formidable monsters and dangerous bosses. You need to accumulate experience in order to discover new, stronger skills. As you...

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 an important...

An Amazing Wizard: Prologue

Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Free game, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Free prologue for the game An Amazing Wizard about a magician. The main character can learn and use more than 100 spells in battles, further strengthening them with...

Outcast Tales: The First Journey

Free game, Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2024

Steam: 85/100

Free prologue for Outcast Tales. A squad of heroes sets out to explore a post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of fame and fortune. The main feature is the ability...

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: 81/100

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 engages in...

Soulbind: Prologue

Adventure, Action, Roguelike, Top-down view, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Zombies, Side view, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 26 April 2024

Steam: 93/100

Prologue set before the story of Soulbind: Tales Of The Underworld. The story reveals the origin of the character and the acquaintance of the companion. The main...

Tears of Vanfell — Chapter 1

Dungeons, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2024

Players: 10/10

A co-op game for up to four people where you explore procedurally generated locations and fight monsters. During the adventure, you can gain powerful abilities...

Dungeon Divers

Top-down view, Logic, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 30 August 2024

Steam: 78/100

The player explores random pixel dungeons, solving puzzles. There may be unique conditions for completing the level. Also, items with mysterious powers are...

DUNJUNGUY

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

Early Access: Linux → 11 August 2024

Steam: 100/100

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...

KeeperRL

Simulation, Roguelike, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 29 February 2024

Steam: 83/100

This retro dungeon simulator combines roguelike and RPG elements, casting the player as an evil keeper building a fortress in a procedurally generated world. The...

Counterpick Labs

Roguelike, Platformer, Side view, Online, Indie, Free game, Fighting, Arcade

Early Access: Linux → 13 July 2024

Steam: 89/100

A fast-paced game where you need to knock your opponents off the map to win. You can select and combine different equipment to create the perfect outfit. There are...

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Best Games in the Roguelike genre of 2024 for Linux