Best Games for Linux of 2017 / Page 9

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Metroidvania

September 1, 2017

Steam: 91/100

Necrosphere is a hardcore side-scrolling pixel action platformer with very simple controls, consisting of just two buttons. The main character dies and ends up in...

Maybot Run

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

October 19, 2017

Steam: 100/100

Maybot Run is a crazy arcade runner with a side view. Run through randomly generated levels, collect bonuses, taxes and votes. Jump over crazy enemies from angry...

Upside Down

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

February 14, 2017

Steam: 83/100

Upside Down is an adventure platformer with action and puzzle elements. You have to sharpen your reflexes. As a scarecrow, armed only with your wits, you'll face...

PATHOS

Puzzle, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Logic, Casual game

June 28, 2017

Steam: 78/100

PATHOS is an indie adventure arcade puzzle game. You have enough moves to get to the end. No more, no less. To deliver objects to the right place, you have to...

Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

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

April 5, 2017

Steam: 96/100

Four years after the end of the Great War and the death of her mother, the girl is still trying to cope with the consequences of the past and get used to her new...

Star of Providence

Indie, Action, Roguelike

June 7, 2017

Steam: 96/100

Star of Providence is a top-down action roguelike with procedurally generated levels, following a lone ship exploring an abandoned facility in search of wealth...

Agatha Knife

Indie, Adventure, Point & Click

April 27, 2017

Steam: 93/100

Agatha Knife is a satirical point-and-click adventure about seven-year-old Agatha, who befriends the animals in her mother’s butcher shop while also loving meat. To...

Ambre - a heartbreaking kinetic novel

Free game, Visual novel, Casual game

June 9, 2017

Steam: 75/100

This kinetic visual novel follows Tristan Mallory, a depressed thirty-year-old man who finds a lost little girl in a park and takes her into his home. Their...

welcome to heaven

Free game, Indie, Adventure

June 22, 2017

Steam: 74/100

An adventure game about disillusionment with religion, presenting heaven as a monument to its emerging problems. The player judges sinners and decides who is worthy...

Microtransaction Simulator

Free game, Simulation

September 14, 2017

Steam: 85/100

This clicker-style simulator revolves around collecting random loot and running a shop. The player unlocks achievements, gathers and sells items, then uses the...

Shigatari

Role-playing game, Indie, Roguelike

August 25, 2017

Steam: 97/100

A samurai role-playing game built around roguelike progression and permadeath. Players fight brutal, strategic katana duels and combine techniques from seven...

Artillerists

Strategy, Indie

January 2, 2017

Steam: 71/100

This turn-based isometric strategy game centers on a military conflict between two colonies, where the struggle for resources and power shapes the battles. In...

Herald: An Interactive Period Drama

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Point & Click

February 16, 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This choice-driven adventure is set in an alternate 1857, when the Western world has united into a colonial superpower known as the Protectorate. Devan Rensburg, a...

Code 7

Adventure

August 11, 2017

Code 7 is a text adventure with a cinematic storytelling style. The main character wakes up on an abandoned space station that he was trying to explore with his...

Emily is Away Too

Adventure, Visual novel, Free game, Indie, Simulation, Casual game

May 26, 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Emily is Away Too is an interactive text adventure with pixel graphics, which is the ideological successor to Emily is Away. Expect more expanded dialogue options...

Poi

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Action

February 1, 2017

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Poi is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view. The story follows the journey of a boy and a girl who embark on a dangerous journey to uncover the...

Ballistic Overkill

Online, Shooter, First-person view, Action

March 28, 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 70/100

Ballistic Overkill is a competitive multiplayer shooter with a first-person view. You can choose one of seven classes, each of which has its own special skills...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Heavy Cargo Pack

Simulation, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Open world

May 12, 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Heavy Cargo Pack - an expansion for the truck driving simulator with a first-person and third-person view. The expansion includes eight new...

Crusader Kings 2: Monks and Mystics

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Simulation

March 7, 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

Crusader Kings 2: Monks and Mystics is an addition to the global real-time strategy game that expands the capabilities of government. In addition, you will find an...

The First Tree

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator

September 14, 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 75/100

The First Tree is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The game intertwines two stories: a boy who is trying to find his father and a fox who goes in...

Cities: Skylines - Green Cities

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Simulation

October 19, 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Cities: Skylines — Green Cities is an add-on for the city-planning simulator Cities: Skylines. The addition will allow you to create a real “green” city...

Vaccine

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Roguelike, Action, Survival horror

February 21, 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 46/100

Vaccine is a third-person horror adventure with survival elements. Find a vaccine for your infected friend before time runs out, but know that your friend will...

Escapists 2 - Wicked Ward

Simulation, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Top-down view, Strategy, Indie

October 24, 2017

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Escapists 2 — Wicked Ward is an add-on for a prisoner management simulator with a top-down view. The add-on brings to the game new clothes, items, blueprints...

Asura: Vengeance Expansion

Action, Slasher, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

April 14, 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Asura: Vengeance Expansion is a top-down fantasy action-slasher with roguelike elements. You will be able to take on the role of the lower demon Asura to fight your...

This War of Mine: Stories - Father's Promise

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Simulation

November 14, 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 84/100

This War of Mine: Stories — Father's Promise — is an expansion to the side-scrolling adventure management strategy game — This War of Mine. The expansion is based...

Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs

Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

May 18, 2017

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs is a role-playing game full of exciting combat and adventure. Kai, from the House of Loren, unexpectedly inherits the old and...

Aztez

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Beat them all, Side view, Action, Indie

August 1, 2017

Steam: 80/100

Aztez is a monochrome mix of bitmap and turn-based strategy that tells the story of the Aztec empire. The game's plot takes place in the Aztec Empire before the...

Slash It 2

Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Action, Music game, Casual game

January 24, 2017

Steam: 87/100

Slash It 2 is an indie musical adventure game. The goal is to press letters, numbers and enter words at the right time and in the right...

Soulslayer～灭魂·误佳期～

Indie, Adventure, Casual game

July 13, 2017

Steam: 95/100

Set in ancient China, this adventure visual novel follows Yao Xiu, a young woman from a noble family who is killed on the eve of her wedding. She wakes after her...

WAVESHAPER

Casual game, Action, Indie

May 3, 2017

Steam: 87/100

WAVESHAPER is a minimalist score-attack arcade game about stopping a vector menace, one obstacle at a time. Its gameplay uses four-button controls, and the...

Summer Nightmare

Free game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

November 27, 2017

Steam: 55/100

This mystery-survival adventure follows Riel, a schoolboy whose nightmare is linked to the real world. In a school much like his own, students are forced into a...

Revhead

Action, Simulation, Construction

March 10, 2017

Steam: 80/100

This car racing simulator is set in a small Australian town, where recognition comes from building a fast race car. The player is invited by a friend, Charlie, to...

- Arcane Raise -

Adventure, Role-playing game, Strategy

March 10, 2017

Steam: 62/100

This role-playing game is set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by monsters, where a group of resurrected hunters known as Shades fight alongside humans. They...

Pray for Death

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

October 20, 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 85/100

This fighting game centers on a contest arranged by Death, where warriors from different times and worlds battle for the prize of life. The competitors include...

Memoranda

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

January 25, 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Memoranda is an atmospheric 2D point and click adventure filled with stories from Haruki Murakami. The game tells the story of the main character, who suffers from...

Wardrobe

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Indie, Comedy

February 15, 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Wardrobe is a 2D humorous point and click adventure with a side view. The game is inspired by classic quests from the 90s, including: Monkey Island, Day of the...

Red Comrades 3. Return of Alaska: Reloaded

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects

November 7, 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Petka and Vasily Ivanovich 3. Return of Alaska: Reboot - re-release of the legendary Russian quest for modern platforms. If Petka and Vasily Ivanovich had been a...

Out of the Park Baseball 18

Simulation, Baseball, Business / Management, Sports game

March 24, 2017

Steam: 91/100

Out of the Park Baseball 18 is a management simulator dedicated to baseball. You can create your own dream team and lead it to victory in the national cup...

MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate

Adventure, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

May 1, 2017

Steam: 81/100

MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate is an adventure visual novel in the Japanese style. A grisly murder interrupts an evening at a secluded mansion, and you are the prime...

Cities: Skylines - Concerts

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Simulation

August 17, 2017

Steam: 53/100

CITIES: SkyLines - Concerts - addition for the urban planning simulator CITIES: SkyLines. Together with the addition, you will have the opportunity to conduct mass...