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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Templar Battleforce

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

A turn-based tactical strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where the Templar Knights wage war in Leviathan battle mechs. Their squad faces Xenos, rogue...

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...

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...

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...

Knights of Pen and Paper 2

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Tactics, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2015

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Knights of Pen and Paper 2 is a continuation of the adventure role-playing game in a fantasy setting. As in the first part, you will become the head of a group of...

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...

Hand of Fate

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Card game

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Hand of Fate is an indie role-playing adventure game with elements of action and strategy, with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to play with a...

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...

Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior

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

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2015

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 58/100

An expansion for Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, adding online combat between warriors from different eras to the medieval action game. It introduces classes such as...

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...

Windward

Role-playing game, Action, Warships / Submarines, Historical, Indie, Sandbox, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Windward is an action sandbox about sailing a ship through a procedurally generated world shaped by growing towns, trade, and conflict. Each voyage unfolds...

Chaos Reborn

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

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Chaos Reborn is a multiplayer tactics game from the creator of the original X-COM. In which, in turn-based mode, from two to six warlocks controlled by players...

Legacy of Dorn: Herald of Oblivion

Adventure, Visual novel, Interactive movie, Role-playing game, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 3 December 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Legacy of Dorn: Herald of Oblivion — adventure role-playing visual novel in the futuristic universe of Warhammer 40,000. You — veteran of the Space...

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...

Heroes of Steel

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

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015

Steam: 77/100

Heroes of Steel is a classic role-playing game with turn-based combat and a top-down view in a fantasy setting. You have to control a party of four brave heroes to...

Serpent in the Staglands

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

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2015

Steam: 62/100

Serpent in the Staglands is a role-playing game with retro graphics, made with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. In the role of the moon god named...

Fall Of The Dungeon Guardians

Role-playing game, First-person view, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2015

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Fall Of The Dungeon Guardians is a first-person RPG set in a dungeon world. The protagonist is a guard who was hired to guard a prison. During his shift, strange...

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...

Spellcrafter

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

Game released: Linux → 4 May 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 33/100

Worlds of Magic

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 19 March 2015

Steam: 46/100

Metacritic: 52/100

This turn-based 4X strategy game is set in a fantasy universe where magical powers explore and conquer procedurally generated worlds. The player founds settlements...

Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown

Role-playing game, Online, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Mini-game / browser-based, Tactics, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Set in the cyberpunk universe of Shadowrun, this tactical role-playing game takes place in Boston, where a corrupt megacorporation’s schemes threaten thousands of...

Forward to the Sky

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2015

Steam: 84/100

This 3D action-adventure with platforming elements follows a princess knight who ventures into a tower in the sky to defeat a legendary witch and prove herself a...

Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Board / Group Game, Indie, Card game

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2015

Steam: 65/100

A card-based adventure with role-playing and strategy elements, Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night continues the board game and sends its hero into a jungle where...

You Must Build A Boat

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row), Strategy

Game released: Linux → 4 June 2015

Players: 1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This role-playing puzzle game combines match-three tile combinations with runs through procedurally generated dungeons, all in pursuit of building a boat. As the...

Cross of the Dutchman

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Cross of the Dutchman is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view. The game takes place in medieval Western Europe in the province of Frisia, at the...

Tropico 5: Supervillain

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Simulation, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2015

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 50/100

Tropico 5: Supervillain is a management strategy add-on with an isometric camera view. El Presidente was tired of this ruthless dictator image, so he decided it was...

Enchanted Cave 2

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Indie, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2015

Steam: 89/100

Enchanted Cave 2 is a top-down action RPG in the roguelike genre. You'll delve into a strange cave with a seemingly endless supply of treasure, strategically...

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