Role-playing game
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Statuses
Best Games in the Role-playing game genre for Linux
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Turn-based
Game released: Linux → 19 September 2014
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons
Early Access: Linux → 20 March 2020; Game released: Linux → 29 April 2021
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...
Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based, DLC, Open world, Survival
Early Access: Linux → 11 May 2020; Game released: Linux → 13 September 2021
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
87/100
ATOM RPG Trudograd — an expansion for the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Dungeons, Exploration, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: Linux → 7 January 2027; Game in development: Linux → 2028
Pixel role-playing action in the spirit of Diablo and Stardew Valley. The main character awakens in the endless dark prison of Vitromotus and tries to escape...
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons
Game released: Linux → 3 October 2017
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a classic RPG in the style of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. You will explore dungeons, develop the abilities of your characters and move...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Roguelike, Fantasy, Construction, Survival, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 8 April 2025
Steam:
73/100
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...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Simulation, DLC, Top-down view, Historical, Medieval era, Grand strategy
Game in development: Linux → 17 November 2026
An expansion for the medieval grand strategy game that introduces a new form of government: merchant rule. At the head of a landless merchant family's trading...
Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Roguelike, Online, Strategy, Side view, Turn-based, Casual game, Adventure, Tactics
Early Access: Linux → 8 April 2021; Game released: Linux → 16 August 2022
Steam:
81/100
Across the Obelisk is a role-playing roguelike in a fantasy setting with turn-based battles, a side view and the ability to collect a powerful deck of cards. In the...
Role-playing game, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction, Adventure
Game released: Linux → 23 August 2012
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Set in the Star Wars universe five years after Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, this role-playing game follows the Sith Lords’ campaign against the Jedi and...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Turn-based
Game released: Linux → 19 April 2018
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
78/100
For the King is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view and random level generation. You have to travel through an endless fantasy world. You can play...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Collection, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Slasher
Game released: Linux → 9 April 2009
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
80/100
Set in the fantasy kingdom of Ancaria, this action role-playing game follows a hero facing orcs, undead, demons, and dragons. Most of the world is open to explore...
Role-playing game, Warships / Submarines, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Procedural generation
Game released: Linux → 22 May 2025
Steam:
79/100
An open-world adventure RPG about sea voyages, trade, and life as a captain. The game builds on the ideas of the original Windward from 2015. As a young captain...
