Best Games for Linux of 2013 / Page 5

Arcade, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Adventure

February 4, 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Anodyne is a 2D action-adventure set in the surreal dream world of a human named Young. The protagonist explores natural, urban, and abstract...

Dead Sky

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Indie, Zombies

November 22, 2013

Steam: 37/100

Set amid a mysterious outbreak, this isometric survival shooter takes place in contaminated areas overrun by hordes of mutated creatures. The player...

Survivor Squad

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Indie, Zombies

September 13, 2010

Steam: 67/100

This tactical action game with strategy elements follows a squad of survivors searching for supplies in a world overrun by the infected. The player...

Shattered Haven

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

March 18, 2013

Steam: 38/100

This post-apocalyptic action puzzle game follows the Williams family as they struggle to survive in a world where animals turn into violent creatures...

Super Splatters

Action, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

June 26, 2013

Steam: 74/100

Super Splatters is an arcade puzzle game about launching elastic creatures through levels, with liquid physics affecting their movement. The player...

Bad Hotel

Indie, Casual game, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

August 14, 2012

Steam: 33/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Bad Hotel combines tower defense with procedurally generated music. The player is a budding entrepreneur whose hotel lies in the territory of...

Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp (1994)

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Interactive movie, Adventure, Casual game

August 3, 2007

Steam: 76/100

This arcade interactive adventure, presented through animated scenes, follows the rescue of Princess Daphne from the evil wizard Mordroc. Dirk the...

World War 2: Panzer Claws

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Tanks

September 20, 2002

Players: 1/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A real-time strategy game about World War II battles in Europe, where the player commands Allied, German, Russian, or French Resistance forces. Its...

Sword of the Stars: The Pit

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Procedural generation

February 21, 2013

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A turn-based role-playing game set in the science-fiction universe of Sword of the Stars, where an expedition ventures into an ancient alien facility...

Hero of the Kingdom

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Adventure

December 20, 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Hero of the Kingdom is an adventure strategy game with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. The game tells the story of a young hero whose...

Tiny Barbarian DX

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

December 3, 2013

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade action-platformer, inspired by fantasy pulp fiction, follows a pixelated barbarian captured by crazed cultists, tied to a tree, and left...

Fish vs. Crabs

Arcade, Isometric, Logic, Tactics

November 13, 2013

Fish vs. Crabs is an isometric arcade game with elements of a tactical game from developers from the Swift Creek Games studio. The game is published...

Escape Goat

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Puzzle

September 5, 2012

Steam: 95/100

Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer about a goat imprisoned for witchcraft in the Prison of Agnus. To escape, the hero navigates traps and obstacles...

Fist Puncher

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Indie

June 21, 2013

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A retro-styled side-scrolling beat ’em up with role-playing elements follows a group of vigilantes fighting their way through the streets of a...

Hammerwatch

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

August 12, 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

A fantasy action-adventure hack-and-slash in pixel art follows a climb through Castle Hammerwatch. The castle can be explored solo or in co-op, as...

Iesabel

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

July 8, 2013

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...

Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe

Arcade, Action, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Indie

December 6, 2013

Steam: 88/100

This arcade game follows a space traveler who jumps through a wormhole, crash-lands on a desert planet, and finds an interstellar casino where...

Knights of Pen and Paper

Arcade, Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

October 30, 2012

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A turn-based, pixel-art role-playing game built around a fantasy tabletop session. The player controls both the adventurers and the game master, who...

AI War: Vengeance of the Machine

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie

June 17, 2013

Steam: 100/100

An expansion for AI War: Fleet Command that adds new ways to oppose the artificial intelligence in this real-time strategy game. It introduces tools...

Papo & Yo

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

August 14, 2012

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Papo & Yo is an unusual platformer, which is based on the author of his childhood fear of an alcoholic father. You play for the little boy KVICO, who...

PixelJunk Monsters

Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

January 24, 2008

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This tower defense strategy game follows Tikiman, a forest defender who must protect his offspring from waves of monsters. Enemies advance along...

X³: Reunion (Collector's Edition)

Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Strategy

November 22, 2005

Steam: 73/100

This space simulation with action and strategy elements continues the story of the X universe. The player explores space, trades, fights in real time...

Grave Digger

Action, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Stealth, Survival horror

May 30, 2013

Steam: 73/100

This stealth action-adventure blends whimsical English comedy with grim, Dickensian horror. The player controls Fagus, a grave robber who sneaks...

Bide (2013)

Arcade, Platformer, Indie

July 19, 2013

Bide (2013) is an arcade game with a mixture of platformer and indie game from developers from the EvolvingPoet Media studio. The main publisher of...

Maia

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation, Science fiction

December 3, 2013

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 39/100

Maia is a real-time management strategy game with an isometric camera view set in a science fiction environment. You will need to build a colony on a...

Teleglitch: Die More Edition

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Indie

July 24, 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This top-down roguelike shooter with pixel graphics is set in a grim future, where a small planet on the edge of habitable space hosts a secret...

Ballpoint Universe Infinite

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action

November 19, 2013

Steam: 87/100

Ballpoint Universe Infinite is an arcade shoot-’em-up adventure set in worlds drawn entirely with a ballpoint pen, where doodles provide the setting...

The 39 Steps

Adventure, Indie

April 25, 2013

Steam: 81/100

This interactive literary adaptation of John Buchan’s novel is set in London in 1914. Richard Hannay is framed for a murder he did not commit and...

Earth 2150 Trilogy

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Collection, Futurism (Future), Sandbox

November 7, 2005

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Earth 2150 Trilogy is a collection of three real-time strategy games set in the distant future, where humanity faces conflict across space and...

Receiver

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Simulation, Indie, Roguelike

June 18, 2012

Steam: 86/100

A first-person shooter with roguelike elements, Receiver follows a player exploring a building complex overrun by automated turrets and hovering...

Wooden Sen'SeY

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

December 5, 2013

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Wooden Sen'SeY is an action platformer set in a humorous “Japan Steam Rock” universe. It follows Goro, a village chief seeking revenge across a...

Tiny Diggers 2

Arcade, Action, God Simulator, Business / Management, Third-person view, Indie

November 23, 2013

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

Tiny Diggers 2 is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, business simulator and indie game from developers from the TouchTilt Games...

RetroWorld

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future)

December 11, 2013

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

RetroWorld is an arcade game with a touch of action and adventure from the masters from the Scary Pixel studio. The game is published by Scary...

Race The Sun

Arcade, Third-person view, Indie, Procedural generation, Runner, Racing

August 19, 2013

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An arcade runner about a solar-powered craft racing through a procedurally generated world toward sunset. The sun acts as a timer, and collecting...

Eldritch

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike

October 21, 2013

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A first-person fantasy horror game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The player explores strange worlds...

Monster Loves You!

Role-playing game, Adventure, Side view, Casual game, Indie, Simulation

March 18, 2013

Steam: 78/100

Monster Loves You! — a fun adventure with role-playing elements and a side view. Become a monster born in a slime-covered vat. Grow up and turn...

Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Online, Action

September 19, 2008

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest is a real-time strategy game with arcade elements, set in a digital world where tribes fight over Darwinia’s...

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (2013)

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Adventure, Indie

July 30, 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 55/100

This fantasy role-playing game takes place in Thorwal, one of Aventuria’s oldest cities, as an orcish threat emerges. The party must explore the city...

Domino Arena

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

November 26, 2013

Domino Arena is an arcade game with puzzle elements and indie games from the masters from the Gamieon studio. The game is published by...

Sanctum 2: The Last Stand

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Strategy

December 12, 2013

Steam: 93/100

An expansion for Sanctum 2 in which Core Guardians fend off increased Lume activity across four new maps, including a remake of the classic Arc map...