Best Games for Linux of 2012 / Page 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view

August 5, 1994

Steam: 100/100

A platform action game about Dynamite Headdy, a puppet caught up in a plot unfolding in the puppet world. His stage rival, Trouble Bruin, and the evil doll Dark...

iBomber Defense Pacific

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

February 29, 2012

Steam: 85/100

This tower defense strategy game is set in the Pacific, where the player faces enemy forces and fights to regain freedom. Across the campaign maps, turrets must be...

Dustforce

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie

January 17, 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dustforce — the gameplay is based on acrobatic stunts. Playing as one of four cleaning heroes, the player tries to clear the dirt from the level as quickly as...

Phantasy Star 3: Generations of Doom

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

April 21, 1990

Steam: 66/100

Right at the wedding, the protagonist's bride is kidnapped by a dragon and he goes in search of her. The player will fight monsters in turn-based battles and...

Postal 2: Complete

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Open world, Comedy

May 7, 2009

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

This first-person shooter with dark humor follows a week in the life of The Dude, an ordinary man trying to complete everyday errands: buying milk, returning an...

Wurm Online

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Fantasy / Medieval, Mini-game / browser-based, Free game, Sandbox

December 12, 2012

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 61/100

A sandbox MMORPG in which players settle untamed lands and reshape the world around them. Wurm Online offers PvE and PvP servers: exploration and crafting take...

Virus Named Tom

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

August 1, 2012

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This action-puzzle platformer follows TOM, a virus created for revenge after a corporation fires its creator, Dr. X. Players rewire circuits to spread the virus...

Analogue: A Hate Story

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

April 27, 2012

Steam: 94/100

This science-fiction visual novel centers on the mystery of the Mugunghwa, a generation ship launched in the 25th century to establish the first interstellar colony...

Towns

City Building, Indie, Sandbox

November 7, 2012

Steam: 25/100

A city-building game with RPG elements, Towns centers on managing a settlement above an active dungeon. Rather than venturing underground as a hero, the player...

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Platformer

October 18, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This side-scrolling action platformer with puzzles is set in Albatropolis, a land ruled by a totalitarian penguin regime. Hardboiled Chicken sets out to assassinate...

Oil Rush

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

January 25, 2012

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This real-time naval strategy game is set in a world reshaped by nuclear war, which melted the ice caps. The player captures, upgrades, and defends floating...

Humble Bundle Mojam

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Fighting, Third-person view, Top-down view, Collection, Trains

February 19, 2012

Humble Bundle Mojam is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter, strategy, fighting and railway simulator from Mojang AB studio. The game is published...

They Bleed Pixels

Arcade, Platformer, Slasher, Action

August 29, 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 Troubled Young...

3SwitcheD

Casual game

March 29, 2012

Steam: 38/100

3SwitcheD is a casual puzzle game built around an arcade-style 3D board of gems that players move and combine. Its six modes offer different challenges, including...

Guns of Icarus Online

Online, Action, Shooter, MMO, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Third-person view, Steampunk, Cooperative (co-op)

September 30, 2012

Players: 2.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Guns of Icarus Online is a multiplayer competitive action game with a third-person view in a steampunk style. The events of the game take place in a fictional world...

Dynamite Jack

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Adventure

May 10, 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This top-down action-adventure follows Jack, a space marine trying to escape the Anathema Mines. He can sneak past guards or use bombs to eliminate enemies, while a...

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania, Adventure, Indie

August 3, 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This 2D action-adventure with shooter and metroidvania elements follows a journey toward the center of the mysterious Shadow Planet. The protagonist explores...

Humble Indie Bundle 5

Collection

May 31, 2012

Humble Indie Bundle 5 is a game. The game is published by Humble Bundle...

Vectorman 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

May 2, 2012

Steam: 83/100

An arcade platformer about Vectorman, who returns to Earth after a mysterious missile damages his ship. He lands near an abandoned research facility and sets out to...

Kairo

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Exploration

February 6, 2012

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This first-person 3D adventure takes place in a lost world of abstract architecture and ancient monuments. The player explores unusual rooms and solves puzzles by...

Journey Down: Chapter One

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

May 18, 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This point-and-click adventure with puzzles follows Bwana and his sidekick Kito as they struggle to make ends meet at a run-down gas station in Kingsport Bay, on...

Nexuiz (2005)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

May 10, 2012

Nexuiz (2005) is a first-person action game with shooter elements from developers from the studios Alientrap Games Inc. and IllFonic. The game is published by...

Book of Unwritten Tales

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Comedy

April 2, 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Book of Unwritten Tales is a point-and-click fantasy adventure with fun humor and fun puzzles. The events of the game tell the story of the halfling Wilbur, the elf...

Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Indie

October 16, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

An expansion for Serious Sam Collection, set during the events of Serious Sam 3: BFE. Sam and his team head to the Temple of Isis on the island of Philae, where...

2x2

Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Board / Group Game

February 19, 2012

Players: 8.8/10

2x2 is an educational game with puzzle elements from the masters from the studio AnyTech, Inc.. The game is published by AnyTech...

Mari0

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

March 3, 2012

Players: 9.5/10

Mari0 is an action game with a mixture of platformer and puzzle from the developers from the Stabyourself.net...

Unmechanical

Arcade, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

August 8, 2012

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This puzzle adventure follows a journey to freedom through a fantastical world of flesh, rock, and steel. The player explores the surroundings and solves more than...

Revenge of Shinobi

Arcade, Action, Platformer

November 19, 2002

Steam: 71/100

An arcade platformer about the ninja Joe Musashi, who sets out to take revenge on the criminal syndicate Neo Zeed. The revived organization has killed his teacher...

Blackwell Convergence

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

January 13, 2012

Steam: 96/100

A point-and-click adventure about medium Rosa Blackwell and her spirit guide Joey Mallone, who investigate strange connections between events in a big city. A new...

Blackwell Deception

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

January 13, 2012

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This point-and-click adventure follows Rosa, a genuine psychic, and Joey, her wayward spirit guide, as they investigate the deaths of clients targeted by street...

Realms Online

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

May 3, 2011

Realms Online is a third-person role-playing game with fantasy elements from NGD Studios. The main publisher of the game is NGD...

Cargo Commander

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Procedural generation

November 1, 2012

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a new Cargo Corps recruit sent into dangerous sectors of space to salvage valuable cargo from containers filled with...

Splice (2012)

Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

June 13, 2012

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Splice is a puzzle game set in a microbial world, where cells must be rearranged to form a target structure. Each level, called a “strand,” consists of several...

Blackwell Legacy

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

December 23, 2006

Steam: 89/100

A point-and-click adventure about Rosa Blackwell, a fledgling medium, and Joey Mallone, a ghost who becomes her spirit guide. After the death of her only relative...

Harveys neue Augen

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

October 16, 2012

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This point-and-click adventure follows Lilli, a quiet pupil at a convent school who diligently carries out the orders of the Mother Superior. When her friend Edna...

.heartbeats

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel

April 17, 2012

Steam: 100/100

.heartbeats is a first-person adventure with visual novel...

Humble Bundle for Android™ And Linux. And Mac. And Windows.

Collection

January 31, 2012

Humble Bundle for Android™ And Linux. And Mac. And Windows. is a game. The game is published by Humble Bundle...

Sid Meier's Civilization 5: Gods and Kings

Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Turn-based

June 19, 2012

Players: 8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 80/100

An expansion for Sid Meier's Civilization 5, adding systems for religion, diplomacy, and espionage to the turn-based strategy game. Players can found a...

Waveform

Action, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Casual game

March 20, 2012

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Waveform — A unique side-scrolling rhythm puzzle game set in a sci-fi setting. You have to ride a beam of light and go to conquer various solar systems. As...

Sleepless Night

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Visual novel

March 31, 2012

Sleepless Night is a first-person adventure with a mix of horror and visual...