Role-playing game 2013 for Linux — top best games in the Role-playing game genre

Dota 2 - a game in the Role-playing game genre

Role-playing game, Strategy, Hack and slash, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, MOBA

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2013

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Dota 2 is a continuation of the legendary team tactical and strategic game with role-playing game elements, in which each player controls one hero, and, if the hero...

Shadowrun Returns

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2013

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Shadowrun Returns — is a tactical turn-based role-playing game based on the 80s board game Shadowrun and is the spiritual successor to the console games in...

Bastion

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Bastion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You will go to a fairy-tale world, which, by the will of fate, is gradually...

Rogue Legacy

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

Game released: Linux → 27 June 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Rogue Legacy is a fantasy platforming roguelite in which a hero explores procedurally generated castles and battles enemies. When a character dies, an heir takes...

Risk of Rain

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Risk of Rain is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will take you to a distant...

Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2013

Steam: 81/100

A first-person fantasy role-playing game about a party venturing into an ancient castle to recover the Cosmic Forge, a magical pen whose writings altered the course...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2013

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is an expanded edition of the legendary 1998 role-playing game. In addition to improvements in graphics and gameplay, the re-release...

NEO Scavenger

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

NEO Scavenger is a turn-based strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat. In the game, you will need to survive in post-apocalyptic Michigan, travel...

Dungeon Defenders

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Dungeon Defenders is a dynamic cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view and elements of the tower defense genre in a fantasy setting. You have...

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 choosing from a...

Expeditions: Conquistador

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2013

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Set in 16th-century America, Expeditions: Conquistador is a turn-based role-playing strategy game about a Spanish expedition driven by the pursuit of gold and fame...

Bionic Dues

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Tactics, Role-playing game, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2013

Players: 4/10

Steam: 84/100

Bionic Dues is a hardcore tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view in a sci-fi setting. In the game, you will go to a terrifying world of...

Ittle Dew

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Ittle Dew is an indie action-adventure game with fantasy RPG elements and an isometric view. Adventurer Itl Du and her companion Tipsy are shipwrecked and find...

FORCED

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2013

Players: 5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 72/100

FORCED is an arcade action RPG with puzzle and tactical elements. From one to 4 players can take part in the game at the same time. The character of the game is a...

Enclave

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

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This third-person fantasy action game takes place in a world where the lands of Light and the realms of Darkness are divided by a bottomless rift that has begun to...

Hammerwatch

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 12 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

A fantasy action-adventure hack-and-slash in pixel art follows a climb through Castle Hammerwatch. The castle can be explored solo or in co-op, as players fight...

Hero of the Kingdom

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Hero of the Kingdom is an adventure strategy game with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. The game tells the story of a young hero whose father is kidnapped...

Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This science-fantasy role-playing game is set on Septerra, a world where seven continents orbit a vast living computer at different elevations. According to...

Iesabel

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Steam: 28/100

Iesabel is an indie action RPG with slasher elements. In times of darkness, only the strongest heroes can save the world. You'll stand up to evil alone in epic...

Legends of Aethereus

Role-playing game, Online, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2013

Players: 1/10

Steam: 26/100

This third-person fantasy role-playing game takes place on Aethereus, a planet recovering from the devastation of three Great Skyfalls. The discovery of the...

Crusader Kings 2: Sons of Abraham

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2013

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Crusader Kings 2: Sons of Abraham is an addition to the global real-time strategy game, where the gameplay is focused on the Abrahamic religions &mdash...

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2013

Steam: 95/100

A tactical role-playing game with tower-defense elements, Defender's Quest centers on real-time battles in which individual heroes take the place of defensive...

Eldritch

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2013

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A first-person fantasy horror game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The player explores strange worlds, uncovers ancient...

Sword of the Stars: The Pit

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2013

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A turn-based role-playing game set in the science-fiction universe of Sword of the Stars, where an expedition ventures into an ancient alien facility beneath the...

Survivor Squad

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Steam: 67/100

This tactical action game with strategy elements follows a squad of survivors searching for supplies in a world overrun by the infected. The player commands up to...

Nimble Quest

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2013

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade action game with role-playing elements centers on a party of heroes that moves constantly through stages while fighting enemy hordes. The player steers...

Novelist

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Logic, Indie, Stealth, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2013

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This stealth adventure follows novelist Dan Kaplan as he tries to finish the most important book of his career while also being a good husband and father. During...

Dungeon Hearts

Role-playing game, In real time, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2013

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This puzzle RPG combines tile-matching with real-time combat. Runes move along a stream, and the player aligns them to attack enemies, defend against their moves...

Legend of Dungeon

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2013

Players: 3.9/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This action RPG beat ’em up with roguelike elements sends the hero into a randomly generated, 26-floor dungeon. In the darkness, the hero encounters mysterious...

Monster Loves You!

Role-playing game, Adventure, Side view, Casual game, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 18 March 2013

Steam: 78/100

Monster Loves You! — a fun adventure with role-playing elements and a side view. Become a monster born in a slime-covered vat. Grow up and turn into a...

Voyage to Farland

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

Game released: Linux → 27 June 2013

Steam: 91/100

A turn-based roguelike about a wanderer searching for a missing sister in the forested Iya Gorge. The region is filled with dangerous creatures and mysteries, and...

Champions of Regnum

Free game, Role-playing game, MMO

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2013

Steam: 68/100

Champions of Regnum is a multiplayer role-playing game centered on large-scale PvP battles between realms. Players choose a side and take part in Realm versus Realm...

AdventurOS

Arcade, Role-playing game, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 December 2013

AdventurOS is an arcade-style RPG, platformer, fantasy and indie game from the masters at Eveland Games. The game is published by Eveland...

King Arthur's Gold

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online, Construction

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2013

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 82/100

King Arthur's Gold is a free-to-play side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will travel back to the glory days of King Arthur, where you...

Knights of Pen and Paper

Arcade, Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 June 2013

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A turn-based, pixel-art role-playing game built around a fantasy tabletop session. The player controls both the adventurers and the game master, who shapes the...

Salvation Prophecy

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Simulation, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 65/100

This futuristic military action game with role-playing and simulation elements follows a war for galactic dominance between human, mutant, and robotic factions. As...

KnightShift (Director's Cut Special Edition)

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2013

Steam: 76/100

KnightShift (Director's Cut Special Edition) is a third-person role-playing game with strategy, fantasy and sandbox elements from the masters from the studio...

Zigfrak

Arcade, Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 November 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Zigfrak is a third-person arcade game with RPG, simulation, action and shooter elements from the masters at Entheogen Studios LLC. The main publisher of the game is...

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Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2013 for Linux (Game released)