Best Games for Linux of 2015 / Page 5

Adventure, Third-person view, Casual game, Indie

December 9, 2011

Steam: 78/100

This casual adventure follows a man taking a midnight stroll along the same road, where each journey can bring new encounters. Every step shapes the story, and its...

Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Online

November 14, 2013

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 58/100

An expansion for Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, adding online combat between warriors from different eras to the medieval action game. It introduces classes such as...

Fire: Ungh's Quest

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Indie

April 9, 2015

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 64/100

This puzzle adventure follows Ungh, a Neanderthal who falls asleep during his first night watch and lets the village fire go out. Banished by his tribe, he explores...

Illuminascii

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

August 11, 2015

Steam: 53/100

This first-person shooter with ASCII visuals and roguelike and RPG elements follows a conspiracy by the ILLUMINASCII organisation to establish a New World Order...

Orion Trail

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Science fiction

October 12, 2015

Steam: 68/100

Orion Trail is a procedurally generated side-scrolling adventure with pixel graphics. You will have to travel in outer space, where only the luckiest, bravest and...

The Hero of Kendrickstone

Role-playing game, Indie, Text quest

March 13, 2015

Steam: 79/100

This text-based fantasy role-playing game follows a fledgling adventurer tasked with rescuing Kendrickstone from an evil wizard and his troop of black-clad...

Cult County

Action, Horror

2014

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Cult County is an action game with a touch of horror from the studio Renegade Kid LLC.. The game is published by Renegade Kid...

White Night

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Puzzle

March 3, 2015

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 65/100

White Night is an adventure black-and-white horror game in the noir style. The action of the game takes place in the 1930s, where you will explore the sinister and...

Running with Rifles

Arcade, Shooter, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Action, Open world

April 2, 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Running with Rifles is an isometric top-down tactical shooter set in an open world where you take on the role of a common soldier. Together with your squad, you...

JumpJet Rex

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Runner, Racing

April 22, 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This 2D platformer with time-trial elements follows Rex, a Tyrannosaurus in jet boots trying to save the dinosaurs from a giant asteroid. Across more than 40...

Transformice

Arcade, Action, MMO, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online

May 1, 2010

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Transformice is a multiplayer platformer in which mice navigate traps to reach cheese and carry it back. Rounds take place on maps filled with physics-based...

Tallowmere

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action, Slasher

March 3, 2015

Players: 6/10

Steam: 90/100

This 2D action platformer with roguelike elements sends the player into Lady Tallowmere’s infinite dungeons, where rooms are generated anew for each run. They grow...

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide

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

October 9, 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth — Rising Tide — an addition to the turn-based strategy in a futuristic setting. 4 new leaders and factions have...

Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Platformer, Adventure, Casual game

May 12, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

An arcade platformer about Nyan Cat flying through endless space. The player collects coins and food, jumps across cake platforms, and dodges enemies such as dogs...

Higurashi When They Cry

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

May 16, 2015

Steam: 97/100

The events unfold in June 1983 in the quiet Japanese village of Hinamizawa. The main character, high school student Keiichi Maebara, moves here from the city and...

Gunnheim

Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

August 10, 2015

Steam: 40/100

Gunnheim is a top-down cooperative shooter about Viking warriors armed with guns. When the Lord of Death gets drunk during Ragnarok and chaos breaks loose, the...

Sound of Drop - fall into poison -

Visual novel, Horror, Anime / Manga

October 30, 2015

Steam: 85/100

This anime horror visual novel follows two schoolgirls who visit Manten Aquarium, a quiet Tokyo attraction surrounded by urban legends. Tamagawa Himeno invites her...

ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Casual game

May 1, 2015

Steam: 82/100

An arcade action game about rockets battling in space arenas. Players pilot a rocket, fly through space and fire at opponents, leaving glowing trails...

Body Changer

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure

October 15, 2015

Steam: 60/100

This 3D metroidvania combines third-person shooting with puzzles and takes place on a blocked water-storage station in space. The player controls a team of...

Interplanetary

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

May 12, 2015

Steam: 85/100

Interplanetary is an exciting strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. You will become a participant in interplanetary battles, where space...

Caromble!

Arcade, Pinball, Arkanoid, Indie, Science fiction, Old school, Action

August 28, 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 73/100

A three-dimensional puzzle game that combines elements of physics, pinball, and platforming. In the story, the player discovers ancient powers to stop an impending...

Always The Same Blue Sky...

Visual novel, Casual game, Anime / Manga

May 21, 2015

Steam: 77/100

This visual novel follows a teenager transferred to a school on a remote island and the connection between two young people who help each other make sense of a...

Diabolical

Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

November 6, 2015

Steam: 75/100

This text-based interactive novel follows a criminal mastermind intent on building an evil empire and becoming the world’s most notorious villain. Across 130,000...

Galak-Z

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Space

August 4, 2015

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A top-down space action game, GALAK-Z combines two-dimensional dogfights with procedurally generated worlds and physics-driven combat. The player pilots an...

MotorGun

Arcade, Online, Action, Shooter, Racing

2014

MotorGun — post-apocalyptic car combat game. The game promises a deep customization tool and focuses on goal-oriented team gameplay. Game modes include...

Bloodbath Kavkaz

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

April 21, 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Chaos Reborn

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

December 9, 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Chaos Reborn is a multiplayer tactics game from the creator of the original X-COM. In which, in turn-based mode, from two to six warlocks controlled by players...

Apotheon

Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Adventure

February 3, 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Apotheon — A fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer. The main character Nikandreos will have to climb Mount Olympus to gain the power of the gods. Only...

Sumico

Puzzle, Logic, Free game, Indie, Casual game

August 11, 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

A number puzzle game built around solving addition challenges and progressing through levels. It features 84 levels, an Endless Mode with adjustable settings, an...

Yomi

Strategy, Fighting, Card game, Indie

April 17, 2014

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A card-based fighting game where matches hinge on choosing cards and anticipating an opponent’s moves. Players select a character, learn their attacks and combos...

Star Horizon

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation

March 20, 2014

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 52/100

This on-rails space shooter follows John, a Federation pilot, and Ellie, the artificial intelligence that controls his ship, amid a war between the Inter Galactic...

Cross of the Dutchman

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Isometric, Indie

September 10, 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Cross of the Dutchman is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view. The game takes place in medieval Western Europe in the province of Frisia, at the...

Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces

Online, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Historical

September 2, 2015

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces is a stand-alone multiplayer expansion for the historical real-time strategy Company of Heroes 2. In the game, you will lead...

VERSUS: The Lost Ones

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

August 20, 2015

Steam: 81/100

This science-fiction text adventure follows an interstellar warrior held captive on the unfamiliar planet Versus. To survive and seek a way out, the protagonist...

Please, Don't Touch Anything

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Adventure

March 26, 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Please, Don't Touch Anything is an arcade puzzle game with pixel graphics. While your colleague has gone to the restroom, you need to replace him at a mysterious...

Endless Sky

Space, Free game, Open world

October 30, 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, choosing a...

A Wise Use of Time

Role-playing game, Indie, Text quest

September 4, 2015

Steam: 79/100

A text-based science-fiction adventure about a person who can freeze time. The power makes it possible to rob a casino, rescue a celebrity, or escape death, but...

Tinboy

Side view, Collectible card game (CCG), Puzzle

August 31, 2015

Steam: 64/100

This puzzle-platformer follows a small humanoid robot created by a scientist and tested in different environments. The player guides the robot, using a special bow...

Parcel

Indie, Puzzle, Science fiction

April 22, 2015

Steam: 84/100

Set in a cyberpunk future, this science-fiction puzzle game follows a 22nd-century postage company and its unusual employees. Players switch between members of the...

Invisible Apartment

Free game, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

March 2, 2015

Steam: 70/100

A cyberpunk visual novel about a girl hacker trying to find her place in a modern high-tech society. The story explores surveillance, hacking, artificial...