Slasher for Linux — top best games in the Slasher genre

Action, Roguelike, Hack and slash, Adult game, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Isometric, Gothic, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 17 January 2025

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

A fantasy action game in which militant nuns go into dark dungeons to destroy vampires and cleanse the world of evil. By defeating enemies, you can...

Torchlight 2

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

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2012

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Torchlight 2 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The new heroes must navigate the...

Last Epoch

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, Hack and slash, Isometric, Free game, Fantasy, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2024

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A free-to-play action RPG set in a fantasy world where players travel back in time to save time from the Void. Humanity is forced to live underground...

Moonlighter

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Indie, Roguelike, Slasher, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy...

Hero Siege

Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Indie, Role-playing game, Online

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 60/100

This pixel-art action RPG with hack-and-slash combat and roguelike elements takes place in Tarethiel, a world besieged by the forces of Hell. The...

Children of Morta

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, Top-down view, Roguelike, Fantasy, Medieval era, Online, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game tells the story of the Bergson family, who live at the foot of a cursed mountain. An ancient evil has awakened and now only a famous family...

Vikings: Wolves of Midgard

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

Game released: Linux → 24 March 2017

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Vikings: Wolves of Midgard is an action RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in Midgard, which is known from...

Astral Ascent

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Slasher, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Fantasy, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2023

Players: 7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Four heroes with unique personalities try to escape from the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 godlike and treacherous Zodiacs. The game has...

Regions of Ruin

Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 5 February 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Regions of Ruin is a side-scrolling adventure RPG with strategy elements and a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to explore fabulous lands...

Heroes of Loot 2

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

Game released: Linux → 7 June 2016

Players: 1.1/10

Steam: 80/100

Heroes of Loot 2 is a top-down action role-playing game in a fantasy setting. The second part has retained all the characteristic qualities of the...

Crowsworn

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 9.9/10

The game takes place in the kingdom of Fearandal, which was once hit by a dark curse that destroyed most of the population and summoned terrible...

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2022

Players: 6/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 is a top-down fantasy action RPG that will take gamers into the fantasy world of Forgotten Realms from the Dungeons...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in...

Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince

Exploration, Slasher, Adventure, Top-down view, Remake, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 16 August 2022

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince is a top-down retro action-adventure game with RPG elements. Several centuries have passed since the events of...

Sacred Gold

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...

Blade Symphony

Action, Fighting, Slasher, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 7 May 2014

Steam: 67/100

Blade Symphony is a dynamic slasher game with a third-person view, where you have to compete in fencing. You can fight in tactical sword fights with...

Chronicon

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

Game released: Linux → 21 August 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Chronicon is a top-down action RPG in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in a fictional setting, in which, with the help of a magical device...

Cursed Isle

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Arcade, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 1 May 2026

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Adventure action game where a pirate fights through cursed lands, trying to stop the growing evil. The path goes through dangerous locations filled...

Mount & Blade: Warband – Viking Conquest

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, DLC, Slasher, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Medieval era

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2014

Steam: 69/100

An expansion for Mount & Blade: Warband, transporting players to the harsh Viking era of the 9th century. Britain and the coasts of Northern Europe...

Divinum

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2026

Steam: 85/100

In the center of the story is a girl named Fior — one of the defenders, born with the fate of a Guardian and outstanding combat skills. An unknown...

Shing!

Action, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Fighting, Beat them all, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 79/100

Shing! — a dynamic action-adventure with a side view, where you will play the role of a deadly ninja and begin to chop down hordes of demons...

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...

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...

Iesabel

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

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Players: 5.5/10

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...

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...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't...

Blacken Slash

Logic, Puzzle, Top-down view, Slasher, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2022

Steam: 90/100

Blacken Slash is a top-down logic puzzle game. This game pits you against bite-sized tactical puzzles. Create powerful builds from a variety of items...

FIEFDOM

Action, Slasher, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Medieval era, Online

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Medieval slasher with large -scale battles and a living, changing world. Players can fight both on land and at sea, participating in multi -user...

Die For Valhalla

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Side view, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2018

Steam: 70/100

Die For Valhalla is a dynamic action game with role-playing elements and a side view. In the game you will play the role of a warrior Valkyrie and...

Super Cane Magic ZERO

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2019

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Super Cane Magic ZERO — A colorful top-down action RPG based on the popular Scottecs cartoon. A tragedy occurred in a fairy-tale world &mdash...

Asura: Vengeance Expansion

Action, Slasher, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Asura: Vengeance Expansion is a top-down fantasy action-slasher with roguelike elements. You will be able to take on the role of the lower demon...

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...

Deadly 30

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 8 January 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Deadly 30 is a retro-style survival horror game set in a zombie-infested world, where the goal is to survive 30 days and nights while fighting off...

Slain: Back from Hell

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a...

Draw Slasher

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 13 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Draw Slasher is a side-scrolling arcade action slasher about a ninja named Hanzo. While Hanzo was learning the way of the ninja, pirate zombie...

The Night of the Scissors

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Exploration, Old school, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2022

Steam: 92/100

An ordinary scrap-metal hunting trip turns into a fight for survival. The main character, Adam, finds himself in a dangerous situation and becomes...

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...

Gunmetal Arcadia Zero

Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher

Game released: Linux → 15 November 2016

Steam: 69/100

Gunmetal Arcadia Zero is an old-school side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will find five heroes to choose from, bagel...

They Bleed Pixels

Arcade, Platformer, Slasher, Action

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2012

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An action platformer with slasher elements, inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft and classic horror. A young girl arrives at Lafcadio Academy for...

Mythic Origins

Action, Roguelike, MMO, Dungeons, Role-playing game, Procedural generation, Online, Exploration, Open world, Slasher, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2022

Steam: 69/100

Mythic Origins is a cooperative action RPG in the roguelike genre with elements of exploration and an open world. You have to discover a new world...

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Best Games in the Slasher genre for Linux