Space 2014 for Linux — top best games in the Space genre

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - a game in the Space genre

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Science fiction, Space

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2014

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is an exciting turn-based strategy set in a sci-fi setting in the Sid Meier's Civilization series of games. You will lead the...

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, growing it from a...

Lifeless Planet

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Space

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lifeless Planet is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game tells the story of an astronaut who discovers an abandoned Soviet...

StarMade

Action, Shooter, MMO, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Space, Sandbox, Open world

Early Access: Linux → 4 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

StarMade is a voxel-based space sandbox about exploring a procedurally generated universe and building ships, stations, and bases. Players can travel among...

GoD Factory: Wingmen

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2014

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 76/100

GoD Factory: Wingmen is a team-based multiplayer space action game from Nine Dots Studio. Two teams of 4 people each will have to fight each other in various space...

Last Federation

Simulation, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Space

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2014

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Last Federation is a fascinating global strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant future in the...

X Rebirth: The Teladi Outpost

Simulation, DLC, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Action, Space

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

An expansion for X Rebirth, adding a new star system with two sectors and numerous missions. One sector contains a massive Teladi space station with factories and...

Drox Operative

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 16 April 2014

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A space action RPG in which a captain from the Drox Operative guild works among rival alien races. Long after the Drox vanished, their guild still takes contracts...

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 thrust and...

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 is abducted by...

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 weapons and equips...

Space Run

Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Space

Game released: Linux → 13 June 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Space Run is an exciting tower defense strategy game set in a sci-fi setting. You have to try on the role of a space courier and transport various cargo from one...

CLR: Cannons Lasers Rockets

Action, MMO, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Space

Game released: Linux → 4 February 2014

Steam: 25/100

This space arcade with MOBA elements centers on ship-to-ship combat, with 2D battles set in a 3D environment. Players attack with cannons, lasers and rockets, while...

Celestial Command

Space, Simulation, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 21 November 2014

Steam: 60/100

This space sandbox simulates orbital mechanics and centers on gathering resources, building ships and stations, and exploring a procedurally generated galaxy. The...

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Best Games in the Space genre of 2014 for Linux