Space for Linux — top best games in the Space genre / Page 3

Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2015

Steam: 82/100

Galacide is a side-scrolling arcade shooter from the developers behind the fighting game Blade Symphony. You have to prevent the invasion of hostile...

X Rebirth: Home of Light

Simulation, Action, Shooter, DLC, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2016

Players: 6/10

Steam: 90/100

X Rebirth: Home of Light is a large-scale add-on for the space action simulator. It adds three new star systems, missions, technologies, an updated...

Meeple Station

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Space

Early Access: Linux → 17 January 2019; Game released: Linux → 10 April 2020

Steam: 57/100

Meeple Station is an isometric management simulator set in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the game RimWorld. You will need to build your own space...

CyberHive

Futurism (Future), Simulation, Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Adventure, Indie, Anime / Manga, Survival, Space, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 77/100

CyberHive is a real-time role-playing strategy with elements of science fiction and anime. You are the commander of the Melistara (Star Bee), and you...

Salvagers

Role-playing game, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Roguelike, Science fiction, Space, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

The player leads a small team of explorers who land on abandoned space stations. You need to collect equipment, lost weapons, forgotten treasures...

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Planetary Pack

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Collection, Futurism (Future), Online, Space

Game released: Linux → March 2001

Steam: 90/100

This futuristic strategy centers on humanity's colonization of space and the struggle among seven factions on a single planet. Sid Meier's Alpha...

Super Destronaut

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Arcade, Space

Game released: Linux → 26 August 2016

Steam: 85/100

Super Destronaut is a retro space action game with pixel graphics in the spirit of arcade machines. The player controls a spaceship and fights...

Duskers

Exploration, Space, Roguelike, Tactics, Top-down view, Science fiction, Horror

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2016

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The player controls a drone and explores abandoned spaceships to find means of survival and learn how the universe turned into a giant graveyard...

Grocket

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Space

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2022

Steam: 89/100

A free top-down arcade puzzle game where the player controls a rocket and travels through dangerous space locations, overcoming obstacles, magnetic...

Endless Sky

Space, Free game, Open world

Game released: Linux → 30 October 2015

Steam: 93/100

A 2D space trading and combat game set in the 31st century, across a galaxy with hundreds of systems. The player begins as the captain of a new ship...

Interstellar Transport Company

Space, Simulation, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2019

Steam: 65/100

This space business simulator follows the growth of a transport company that supports humanity’s colonization of the galaxy by supplying settlements...

Void Marauders

Tactics, Space, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 21 November 2025

Steam: 77/100

A tactical strategy game about space pirates raiding ships and installations to build their reputation and improve their vessel. In Void Marauders...

Bik: A Space Adventure

Adventure, Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2014

Steam: 94/100

Bik: A Space Adventure is a side-scrolling indie pixel adventure. Your hero is a boy who went on a hike with friends, but at one of the rest stops he...

Reassembly

Action, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Construction, Space, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2015

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 94/100

A space sandbox with action and strategy elements, Reassembly has players designing ships and exploring a procedurally generated universe. Resources...

Spirits of Xanadu

Action, Shooter, Puzzle, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Science fiction, Adventure, Space

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2015

Steam: 77/100

Spirits of Xanadu is a space adventure about crazy artificial intelligence. You discover the abandoned Xanadu spaceship in the far reaches of the...

IDUN

Isometric, Strategy, In real time, Space, Science fiction, Procedural generation, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2025

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 77/100

A sci-fi game set on the planet Idun. The gamer extracts resources and builds defensive towers to resist hordes of monsters. At the same time, you...

Stellaris: Infernals

Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Science fiction, Space, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2025

Steam: 40/100

Players can explore burning worlds — a new type of planet with its own districts, events, and archaeological sites. The developers have also added...

Kinetic Void

Simulation, Action, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2013

Steam: 17/100

Kinetic Void is a space simulation game with action elements, focused on exploring a procedurally generated galaxy. There is no main storyline: the...

Drifter

Simulation, Action, Indie, Space

Early Access: Linux → 4 March 2014

Steam: 57/100

This open-world space trading simulator takes place in a procedurally generated galaxy spanning 100,000 light years and containing tens of thousands...

Space Merchants: Arena

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

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2016

Players: 1/10

Steam: 61/100

Space Merchants: Arena — multiplayer action game with a third-person view, where you have to fly futuristic spaceships and get involved in...

Spacebase DF-9

Arcade, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 16/100

This space simulation focuses on building a home for humans and aliens in Earth's distant future. The player expands the base by mining asteroids...

Imperium Galactica 2: Alliances

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Space

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Imperium Galactica 2: Alliances — in the spirit of global strategies, the game provides full control over the empire from the very beginning. All...

Star Ruler 2

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 27 March 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

A space-based 4X real-time strategy game about expanding an empire and competing for galactic dominance. The player explores star systems, colonizes...

Captain Forever Remix

Space, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2016

Steam: 78/100

A spaceship-building roguelike set in a Solar System thrown into chaos by the hero’s mutant younger brother, who has frozen the Sun and brought...

Naev

Space, Exploration, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2017

Steam: 80/100

Naev is a top-down space game about exploring the galaxy, trading, and combat. Players travel between planets and moons, earning money through trade...

Deadnaut

Space, Exploration, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 9 December 2014

Steam: 67/100

This squad-based survival horror game sends a team to explore the derelict ships of extinct civilizations. Five Deadnauts investigate their...

One Eyed Kutkh

Space, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2017

Steam: 79/100

This space adventure draws on the fairy tales of the Far North. A lone traveler crashes on an unfamiliar planet while heading home; to resume the...

Vector 36

Racing, Construction, Space

Game released: Linux → 25 January 2017

Steam: 80/100

This physics-based racing game centers on competitions across the terraformed surface of Mars, where pilots steer vehicles that skim above the...

Nomad Fleet

Strategy, Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2016

Steam: 65/100

A real-time space strategy game about the last human survivors fleeing a mysterious alien race and seeking a safe sector. The player leads a small...

VoidExpanse

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Space, Open world

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Steam: 68/100

An open-world, top-down science-fiction action RPG about a spaceship pilot exploring the far reaches of space. The player mines asteroids, trades...

Retrobooster

Arcade, Action, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2014

Steam: 100/100

Retrobooster is a 2.5D arcade shooter about piloting a nimble ship through strange worlds filled with enemies and hazards. Its flight controls use...

Battlevoid: Harbinger

Strategy, Space, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2016

Steam: 79/100

A space strategy game with roguelike elements, Battlevoid: Harbinger centers on exploring procedurally generated galaxies and fighting enemies that...

XenoRaptor

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2014

Steam: 81/100

This top-down space shooter follows a cyberdragon battling an armada of space skeletons. The player salvages parts from defeated enemies to build...

PixPhys

Sandbox, Space, Simulation

Early Access: Linux → 25 April 2021

Steam: 73/100

PixPhys is a 2D engineering sandbox with physics simulation, where players design machines ranging from jet-powered carts to spacecraft with...

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