Role-playing game 2015 for Linux — top best games in the Role-playing game genre

Dying Light - a game in the Role-playing game genre

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 27 January 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Adventure action game in the open world Dying Light allows you to fully immerse yourself in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You can expect upgrades, RPG...

Undertale

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 92/100

An RPG with a unique combat system, where each battle can be completed without a single blow. Instead of the usual violence, there are conversations, mercy, and...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

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

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Set in the open world of Mordor, this fantasy action game with role-playing elements follows a hero pursued by a spirit seeking to bend him to its will. As he...

Pillars of Eternity

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This isometric fantasy role-playing game combines world exploration, real-time combat and dungeon delving. In Pillars of Eternity, players create a protagonist by...

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...

Dex - a game in the Role-playing game genre

Dex

Role-playing game, Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Action

Game released: Linux → 7 May 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Dex is a 2D open-world cyberpunk RPG that focuses on exploration and non-linear...

Shadowrun: Hong Kong

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 20 August 2015

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Shadowrun: Hong Kong is a sequel to the classic role-playing game with turn-based combat in the cyber universe of Shadowrun. The game takes place in Hong Kong in...

Sunless Sea

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Exploration, Survival

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2015

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Sunless Sea is a dark, H.P. Lovecraft-inspired role-playing adventure set in the universe of London Has Fallen. You have to take the helm of a Victorian steamship...

Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2015

Players: 9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Divinity: Original Sin — Enhanced Edition is an updated version of one of the best games of 2014 — Divinity: Original Sin. The re-release has...

Barony

Role-playing game, Roguelike, First-person view, Indie, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 23 June 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Barony is a cooperative action-adventure game with a first-person view and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. You have to explore dangerous dungeons full of...

Armello

Role-playing game, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2015

Players: 9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Armello is a unique hybrid of two genres — a collectible card game and a tabletop turn-based RPG from the creators of League of Geeks. The game world is...

Skyhill

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Survival, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2015

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...

Nuclear Throne

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2015

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Nuclear Throne is a dynamic arcade action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. Having chosen one of 12 unique characters and armed with an arsenal of...

Warhammer Quest

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Board / Group Game

Game released: Linux → 7 January 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A fantasy role-playing strategy game based on the Warhammer Quest tabletop game, it sends a band of adventurers into the dangerous dungeons of the Warhammer World...

Victor Vran

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This isometric action RPG follows demon hunter Victor as he battles monsters in a dark fantasy world. Combat involves dodging attacks, jumping and using special...

Zombie Exodus

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Text quest, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2015

Steam: 84/100

Zombie Exodus is a role-playing adventure horror game with a first-person view. You'll create your own character and fight your way out of a zombie-infested city to...

Age of Wonders 3

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Age of Wonders 3 — continuation of a series of strategy games that combine construction, war and role-playing components. The game is one of the best in the...

Dungeon Kingdom

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, First-person view, Dungeons, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 20 November 2015

Steam: 61/100

Dungeon Kingdom is a hack-and-slash RPG with a first-person perspective. This is a modern real-time dungeon crawling RPG. You will plunge into a fantastic adventure...

Hard West

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

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Hard West is a turn-based tactical western. The plot of the game will suggest delving into the darkest recesses of the soul of the main character Warren. You have...

Shallow Space

Strategy, Simulation, Role-playing game

Early Access: Linux → 21 October 2015

Steam: 23/100

A fleet-focused strategy game in which players assemble a taskforce and lead it through missions to exert influence across planetary regions. Resources for building...

Aberoth

Free game, Role-playing game, MMO

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2015

Steam: 63/100

Aberoth is a fantasy massively multiplayer role-playing game with retro graphics, set in a world inhabited by enemies. The adventure begins in an orc prison, where...

Vendetta - Curse of Raven's Cry

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 45/100

Metacritic: 27/100

Vendetta — Curse of Raven's Cry is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view from the creators of the Two Worlds series. The main character of the game...

Golden Rush

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Online, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Mini-game / browser-based, MOBA

Early Access: Linux → 23 September 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Golden Rush is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game in a fantasy setting. In it you can become one of the legendary heroes fighting for the treasures...

Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord GOLD

Turn-based, Role-playing game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 27 March 2015

Steam: 80/100

This fantasy turn-based strategy game with role-playing elements follows two separate stories: the succubus Bel'Kara opposes the Underworld, while the orc Katzok...

Sword Coast Legends

Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Sword Coast Legends — the game is an action role-playing video game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe. It presents typical races and classes of the...

Pixel Dungeon

Roguelike, Role-playing game, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2015

Steam: 88/100

This pixel-art roguelike sends a hero into the depths of a dungeon in search of the Amulet of Yendor, a powerful artifact in its world. The dungeon has 25 randomly...

Super Chibi Knight

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 24 June 2015

Steam: 87/100

Super Chibi Knight is an action-adventure RPG with platforming elements and a side view. The game takes place in the kingdom of Oukoku, which is threatened by the...

Black Closet

Detective, Strategy, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2015

Steam: 91/100

This detective strategy game with role-playing elements is set in an elite boarding school where reputation and political rivalry matter. The player directs...

Siralim

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2015

Steam: 83/100

Siralim is an indie action role-playing game in the bagel genre. In this game you have to fight your way through randomly generated dungeons and complete randomized...

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...

Champion of the Gods

Role-playing game, Indie, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2015

Steam: 85/100

This text-based role-playing game is set in a world inspired by ancient Greek myth, where a hero’s fate is bound up with the gods and the struggle to save their...

VERSUS: The Lost Ones

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2015

Steam: 81/100

This science-fiction text adventure follows an interstellar warrior held captive on the unfamiliar planet Versus. To survive and seek a way out, the protagonist...

Community College Hero: Trial by Fire

Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 4 December 2015

Steam: 84/100

This text-based role-playing game follows a student who receives a scholarship to a new college for aspiring superheroes. In Community College Hero: Trial by Fire...

Diabolical

Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2015

Steam: 75/100

This text-based interactive novel follows a criminal mastermind intent on building an evil empire and becoming the world’s most notorious villain. Across 130,000...

The Hero of Kendrickstone

Role-playing game, Indie, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2015

Steam: 79/100

This text-based fantasy role-playing game follows a fledgling adventurer tasked with rescuing Kendrickstone from an evil wizard and his troop of black-clad...

A Wise Use of Time

Role-playing game, Indie, Text quest

Game released: Linux → 4 September 2015

Steam: 79/100

A text-based science-fiction adventure about a person who can freeze time. The power makes it possible to rob a casino, rescue a celebrity, or escape death, but...

Ironcast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Ironcast is an engaging role-playing strategy game with elements of a match-three puzzle set in a Victorian steampunk environment. To protect Great Britain, the...

Lord of the Dark Castle

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Action

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2015

Steam: 73/100

A turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler with strategy elements, Lord of the Dark Castle follows a hero exploring a shifting dungeon and fighting its monsters. Turns...

RPG MO

Free game, Role-playing game, MMO

Early Access: Linux → 18 August 2015

Steam: 74/100

RPG MO is an online multiplayer role-playing game set in an open world where players choose their own activities and develop their characters’ skills. Combat and...

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Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2015 for Linux