August 2017 - games, that were released this month for Linux

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Exploration

August 1, 2017 → Linux

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Post-apocalyptic action adventure with first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of pilot Will McKennzie, who caught his plane in a...

Slime Rancher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Exploration, Adventure, Open world

August 1, 2017 → Linux

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A bright first-person adventure that combines elements of farming, exploration, and arcade shooting. The action takes place on a distant planet where humanity has...

Aztez

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

August 1, 2017 → Linux

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...

Tacoma

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Walking Simulator, Science fiction

August 2, 2017 → Linux

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Tacoma is a futuristic adventure with a first-person view from the creators of Gone Home. The main story of the game is hidden behind the façade. You arrive at the...

Alchemyland

Indie, Adventure, Casual game

August 2, 2017 → Linux (Early Access)

Steam: 38/100

This casual adventure takes place in a magical land inhabited by gnomes, elves, and orcs, where mandrake grows and leviathans roam. The player gathers flowers and...

Flight of Light

Arcade, Racing, Casual game, Music game

August 4, 2017 → Linux

Flight of Light is a rhythm-racing game about flying through fantastical worlds, from forests and coral reefs to asteroid colonies. Moving in time with the music...

MINDNIGHT

Free game, Online, Strategy

August 4, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 83/100

MINDNIGHT is an online social-deduction strategy game set in a cyberpunk version of San Francisco in 2038, where hackers try to breach networks protected by...

1812: The Invasion of Canada

Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Board / Group Game

August 4, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 61/100

1812: The Invasion of Canada is a historical turn-based strategy game that focuses on the period of 1812, when there was a conflict between the United States and...

Demise of Nations

Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Free game, Indie

August 8, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 81/100

Demise of Nations is a free-to-play global strategy game with turn-based battles. The game takes place during the dawn of the Roman Empire and continues until its...

Upside-Down Dimensions

Role-playing game, Action, Stealth, Hack and slash, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure

August 9, 2017 → Linux (Early Access)

Set in a paper kingdom threatened by an army led by the Dark Shogun, this action-adventure combines role-playing, platforming, stealth and hack-and-slash combat...

Realms of Arkania: Star Trail

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

August 10, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 70/100

Realms of Arkania: Star Trail is a re-release of the 1994 first-person fantasy role-playing game with turn-based combat. The entire technical side of the game has...

Time Recoil

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure

August 10, 2017 → Linux

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Time Recoil is a top-down sci-fi shooter from the creators of the cult classic Crimsonland. In the game, every successful kill involves slowing down time, just like...

West of Loathing

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Side view, Comedy

August 10, 2017 → Linux

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 86/100

West of Loathing is an unusual adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat. You have to go to the minimalistic world of the city of Boring Springs, where you...

Gangs of Space

Free game, MMO, Action

August 10, 2017 → Linux (Early Access)

Steam: 75/100

Gangs of Space is a massively multiplayer roguelike shoot ’em up in which players and their groups compete to conquer the galaxy. Combat combines dodging enemy fire...

Total War: Warhammer - Norsca

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Action

August 10, 2017 → Linux

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Total War: WARHAMMER — Norsca is an addition to the fantasy strategy with the game mechanics of the Total War series of games in the Warhammer universe. The...

ICY

Role-playing game, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Visual novel

August 11, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 85/100

A post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. The player creates a character and leads a group of survivors across the White Wasteland. Attributes are...

Sudden Strike 4

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics

August 11, 2017 → Linux

Players: 8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Sudden Strike 4 is a sequel to the popular real-time strategy game set in World War II known as "Confrontation." You will find new graphics, increased scale of...

Code 7

Adventure

August 11, 2017 → Linux

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...

Project Explore

Survival, Adventure, Indie

August 11, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 62/100

Project Explore is a 2D sandbox survival game where players explore the game world and can create their own content. Its inventory system uses metadata to give...

Connected Hearts - Visual novel

Free game, Visual novel, Indie

August 12, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 89/100

A thriller, mystery, and fantasy visual novel follows a protagonist who has a strange dream shortly after moving away. In it, he meets Alice, who tells him that he...

Go Go Electric Samurai

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

August 14, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 74/100

Go Go Electric Samurai is a minimalist arcade action game with a third-person view. Expect dynamic and exciting battles on futuristic aircraft accompanied by an...

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Point & Click

August 15, 2017 → Linux

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is a visual novel adventure based on the classic historical novel The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. The events take...

Observer

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Science fiction

August 15, 2017 → Linux

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Observer is an adventure with horror elements and a first-person view in a cyberpunk style from the creators of Layers of Fear. The game takes place in 2084 in a...

Axis Football 2017

Simulation, Sports game, Strategy

August 16, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 56/100

This American football simulation features matches against AI, local player-versus-player games, a coach mode and simulated games controlled by the computer...

Darkwood

Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Survival, Simulation, Survival horror

August 17, 2017 → Linux

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Top-down survival action-horror adventure. Events take place in a mysterious forest, where every night threatens to be the last. Players control a nameless hero who...

Cities: Skylines - Concerts

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

August 17, 2017 → Linux

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...

Super Blood Hockey

Arcade, Action, Hockey, Top-down view, Sports game, Business / Management

August 17, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Super Blood Hockey is an exciting top-down hockey arcade game. To win the match you have to play as hard as possible, using all sorts of dirty tricks. The game...

Castles 2: Siege & Conquest

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Historical

August 18, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 85/100

This medieval strategy game follows barons competing for the throne of France. To expand their lands and strengthen their rule, players scout neighboring...

Heart. Papers. Border.

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

August 20, 2017 → Linux (Early Access)

Steam: 80/100

Heart. Papers. Border. — a unique real-time strategy game that tells about travel, freedom and changing the world. You are a free-spirited adventurer who...

The Escapists 2

Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Online, Business / Management, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op)

August 22, 2017 → Linux

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Escapists 2 is a continuation of the top-down prisoner management simulator. The game is a direct continuation of the original. You will be able to immerse...

Robocraft

Role-playing game, Simulation, Shooter, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Combat robots, Construction

August 24, 2017 → Linux

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Robocraft is a shareware multiplayer robot simulator in which you have to build your own personal robot and then send it to fight with other similar creatures of...

F1 2017

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game

August 24, 2017 → Linux

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 86/100

F1 2017 is a simulator of one of the most spectacular and dangerous types of motorsport — F1 car racing. The main feature of the new part was the return of...

Cossacks 3: The Golden Age

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

August 24, 2017 → Linux

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 71/100

Cossacks 3: The Golden Age is an add-on for the real-world strategy Cossacks 3, featuring a new multiplayer mode “Historical Battle” for eight players and a...

Sky Rogue

Flight Simulator, Action, Indie, Procedural generation, Simulation

August 24, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 92/100

A combat flight simulator where you can cut through the skies near countless randomly generated islands. The game has different missions in which you need to...

Shigatari

Role-playing game, Indie, Roguelike

August 25, 2017 → Linux

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...

ARK: Survival Evolved

Action, Shooter, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Survival, Open world

August 27, 2017 → Linux

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 56/100

ARK: Survival Evolved is an open-world action game with a first-person view and survival elements. You have to become a real dinosaur hunter. You will go to a large...

Screamer (1995)

Arcade, Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Simulation

August 31, 2017 → Linux

Steam: 73/100

An arcade racing game with first- or third-person views, set on high-speed tracks. Players choose a racing car and compete against other drivers, sliding through...

Death Point

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

August 31, 2017 → Linux

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 54/100

Death Point is a top-down stealth action-adventure game inspired by the Metal Gear Solid, Payday and Hitman series. You will find a large selection of weapons, as...