Best Games for Linux of 2014 / Page 5

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Sports game, Indie, Skateboards

January 21, 2014

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This skateboarding arcade game revolves around landing tricks and maintaining control through obstacle-filled levels. Players perform more than 120 tricks and...

Sportsfriends

Action, Platformer, Sports game, Indie, Free game

May 6, 2014

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This collection of local multiplayer games brings together sports contests, duels, and a physical party game. BaraBariBall features retro-styled fights, Super Pole...

Munin

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Casual game

June 10, 2014

Players: 5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This puzzle-platformer set in Norse mythology follows Munin, Odin’s messenger, on a journey through Yggdrasil to reclaim her power. The player moves mountains and...

Orbital Gear

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Online

August 7, 2014

Steam: 82/100

A side-scrolling shooter-platformer about mech battles in space, where the gravity of celestial bodies provides momentum and affects movement and weapons. Each mech...

A Story About My Uncle

Action, Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle

May 28, 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A Story About My Uncle is an action-adventure platformer with a first-person view. The game tells the story of a boy who, in search of his uncle, finds himself in a...

Rex Rocket

Arcade, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Action, Adventure, Indie

June 25, 2014

Steam: 71/100

Set in Earth’s distant future, this 2D platformer follows a former war hero trying to stop a starship’s rogue artificial intelligence. The player chooses Captain...

Golden Wake

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

October 9, 2014

Steam: 76/100

This point-and-click adventure follows real estate agent Alfie Banks as he tries to succeed in the property market of 1920s Coral Gables, Florida. Based on actual...

Unrest

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Exploration, Visual novel, Walking Simulator

July 23, 2014

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This story-driven role-playing adventure is set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India, where five ordinary people struggle to survive in the famine-stricken...

10,000,000

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view

August 29, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

10,000,000 — Action role-playing roguelike in a fantasy style with puzzle elements and a side view. In this game you have to run non-stop, overcome obstacles...

Chicken Invaders 4

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

November 5, 2012

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 98/100

Chicken Invaders 4 is a top-down, sci-fi arcade action game. They came without warning, squawking menacingly, their ruffled feathers darkening the sun. An invasion...

Gigantic Army

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Indie, Runner

March 6, 2014

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Gigantic Army is a classic side-scrolling arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the 21st century, where Earth is at war with the Ramulons, an...

Pandora: Eclipse of Nashira

Strategy, Simulation, DLC, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

September 19, 2014

Steam: 88/100

BlazeRush

Arcade, Action, Racing, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie

October 28, 2014

Players: 6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 66/100

BlazeRush is an arcade survival racer set in a futuristic world, where the focus is on fighting for position: cars have no health, levelling system or brakes...

Journey Down: Chapter Two

Adventure, Point & Click, Indie

August 25, 2014

Players: 1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An adventure point-and-click game with an Afro-Caribbean atmosphere, this chapter continues Bwana’s search for the mysterious Underland alongside Kito and Lina as...

X Rebirth: The Teladi Outpost

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

December 11, 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...

Magicite

Arcade, Role-playing game, Online, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Side view, Indie

June 9, 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Magicite is an action role-playing platformer with procedurally generated levels. The player, together with his friends, will have to explore the dungeons. The game...

Mountain

Simulation, Music game, Indie, Casual game

June 28, 2014

Steam: 85/100

Mountain is an indie simulator that will allow you to become the god of an entire mountain. Forests grow on it, fireflies fly and day turns into night. In addition...

Saturday Morning RPG

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Side view, Indie

April 5, 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Saturday Morning RPG is a fantastic side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The developers took inspiration from cartoons and the culture of the eighties. The...

Shan Gui

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

August 19, 2014

Steam: 77/100

Shan Gui — an adventure visual novel about a girl with beautiful art and a dramatic plot. Young Han Hui, who recently lost her father, goes to an amazing...

Fotonica

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie

January 17, 2011

Steam: 87/100

FOTONICA is a first-person arcade platformer about running, jumping, and moving at high speed through abstract environments. Its mostly two-color vector visuals use...

Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"

Arcade, Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

November 22, 2006

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 96/100

This children’s point-and-click adventure follows the secret agent SPY Fox as he searches for Mr. Udderly, rescues the cows, and tries to stop William the Kid from...

Tales from the Dragon Mountain: The Strix

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

February 20, 2014

Steam: 47/100

This hidden-object adventure with puzzles follows Mina, who is haunted by dreams of a fire consuming her grandmother Kate’s house. Seeking to understand the...

T.E.C. 3001

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Racing

August 24, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

T.E.C. 3001 — futuristic arcade runner with a third-person view. You will try on the role of a robot who will have to run through more than 40 different...

DreadOut

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Indie

May 15, 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 55/100

DreadOut is an action-horror game played from a third-person perspective. The events of the game will tell the story of young Linda and her friends, who find...

BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 2

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

March 25, 2014

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 82/100

BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea — Episode 2 — The beginning of the 20th century, Elizabeth is basking in the sun in the city she was so eager to get to...

DeadCore

Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

August 13, 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

DeadCore is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to try on the role of a hero who lost his memory...

TRI

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure

October 9, 2014

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This first-person puzzle-platformer takes place in the world of the Odd Gods, among towers and dungeons. Using the TRI artifact, the protagonist creates triangular...

McDROID

Action, Strategy, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Combat robots

November 20, 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 74/100

This science-fiction game blends arcade action, real-time strategy and tower defense. The modular robot McDROID must protect its shuttle and crops from mutants, and...

Drox Operative

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Space

February 18, 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...

Kill The Bad Guy

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Strategy, Simulation

May 28, 2014

Steam: 65/100

Kill The Bad Guy is a fun arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view. Does everyone deserve a second chance? Is it possible to forgive a person for his...

Lost Marbles

Action, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

May 30, 2014

Steam: 58/100

Lost Marbles is a platforming puzzle game in which the player controls three marbles at once, combining their properties to cross hazards and solve level...

Crowntakers

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

November 7, 2014

Steam: 74/100

Crowntakers is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements set in a fantasy world. In a big fairy-tale world, a tragedy occurs — a good king is captured by...

Screencheat

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

October 21, 2014

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A competitive first-person shooter in which every fighter is invisible, forcing players to locate opponents by looking at their screens. Matches use split-screen...

Democracy 3: Social Engineering

Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Turn-based, Simulation, Indie

February 6, 2014

Steam: 58/100

An expansion for Democracy 3 focused on subtle ways to influence the population. Rather than relying on broad economic measures, the player introduces campaigns and...

Myths of Orion

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

December 3, 2014

Steam: 82/100

This fantasy hidden-object adventure follows Meredith, the daughter of the enchantress Salina, as she searches for the missing Books of Power and seeks to stop an...

Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

September 6, 2006

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine is a classic point and click adventure with lots of puzzles. The game will tell about the difficult fate of Al, who at the age...

IO (2007)

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

December 5, 2014

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A physics-based platformer about guiding a ball through puzzle-filled levels using momentum and changes in size. Growing or shrinking the ball affects its speed and...

Putt-Putt Travels Through Time

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Casual game, Point & Click

November 22, 2006

Steam: 94/100

A point-and-click educational adventure about Putt-Putt searching through time for his missing friend Pep. After Mr. Firebird's time machine malfunctions, Putt-Putt...

Lumino City

Arcade, Adventure, Logic, Indie, Puzzle, Point & Click

December 2, 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A game created entirely by hand from paper, cardboard, miniature light bulbs and mechanisms. The main character explores the city of Lumino and solves puzzles to...

Eschalon: Book 3

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Adventure

February 14, 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Eschalon: Book 3 is an isometric role-playing game with action and fantasy elements from the developers of Basilisk Games. The main publisher of the game is...