January 2015 - games, that were released this month for Linux

European Ship Simulator - release date for Linux

Simulation, First-person view, Open world

January 2, 2015 → Linux

Players: 10/10

Steam: 42/100

This ship-handling simulator lets players explore European ports, including Dover, Rostock and the Bay of Gibraltar. The player captains eight vessels, from a...

Lightrise

Action, Shooter, MMO, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

January 6, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 53/100

Lightrise is a fantasy PvP action game built around fast-paced combat, with outcomes determined by player skill. It has no classes, roles, or loadouts: every player...

Spartans Vs Zombies Defense

Free game, Indie, Casual game

January 6, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 47/100

This casual tower-defense game follows Leonidas, king of Sparta, as he faces zombie hordes at Thermopylae. The player summons allies and builds defenses to hold...

Warhammer Quest

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Board / Group Game

January 7, 2015 → Linux

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A fantasy role-playing strategy game based on the Warhammer Quest tabletop game, it sends a band of adventurers into the dangerous dungeons of the Warhammer World...

Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders

Arcade, Action, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Simulation, Indie

January 8, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 79/100

This arcade flight simulator centers on aerial combat during World War II, with battles set at Pearl Harbor, the Coast of Dover, Midway and other historical...

Cubot

Indie, Puzzle

January 8, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 88/100

A minimalist puzzle game about moving colored cubes onto tiles of the matching color. When several cubes are on the board, they move simultaneously, so the simple...

Ostrich Island

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure, Casual game

January 8, 2015 → Linux

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

This adventure RPG follows an ostrich left behind on an archipelago after a volcano erupts, searching for a way to escape and reunite with its family. Players...

Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons

Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Business / Management

January 9, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 44/100

This real-time tactical strategy game follows the Black Talons mercenary company, stranded in the Oberon system after the Tzanar Union captures the planet Genai. To...

Unhack

Indie, Anime / Manga, Puzzle

January 9, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 94/100

This puzzle game with combat unfolds in cyberspace, where the 5K Worm virus is spreading through the digital realm. The player takes the role of Smash Security’s...

Heroes of Steel

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Indie

January 15, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 77/100

Heroes of Steel is a classic role-playing game with turn-based combat and a top-down view in a fantasy setting. You have to control a party of four brave heroes to...

Tales of Aravorn: Seasons Of The Wolf

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

January 15, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 81/100

This fantasy RPG with visual novel elements follows elven twins Shea and Althea from the frozen village of Ninim. After encountering a young wolf, they set out...

GunSlugs 2

Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Science fiction

January 15, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 56/100

A side-scrolling arcade platformer about the elite Gunslugs squad fighting the Black Duck Army, which has returned with alien technology and is taking its war to...

Anoxemia

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Platformer

January 16, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 53/100

This science-fiction exploration game follows scientist Dr. Bailey, who must collect samples in underwater caves after his submarine crashes, relying on his...

Sakura Angels

Anime / Manga, Visual novel

January 16, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 84/100

This anime visual novel with romantic comedy elements follows two girls blessed with magical powers. They must save a lonely protagonist from a mysterious witch and...

Disillusions Manga Horror

Indie, Adventure, Horror

January 16, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 61/100

This first-person adventure horror follows two friends, DiS and Vigil, as they enter a haunted house featured in the newspapers. While exploring, they uncover...

Motorbike

Third-person view, Stunts, Motorcycle racing, Sandbox, Online, Racing, Sports game, Action

January 19, 2015 → Linux

Players: 10/10

Steam: 59/100

Motorbike — motorcycle racing with a third-person view. This game will test your skills and is full of action and real physics. You will find 100 original...

HuniePop

Anime / Manga

January 19, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 96/100

This dating sim combines match-3 puzzles with light RPG elements and visual novel-style presentation. After a failed attempt to meet Kyu, a love fairy in disguise...

InMind VR

Virtual Reality (VR), Free game, Indie, Educational game (Education)

January 19, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 78/100

This arcade game takes place in a science-fiction world inspired by the human brain, where the player travels through neural landscapes in an experimental miniature...

Saints Row: Gat out of Hell

Action, Shooter, DLC, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Comedy

January 20, 2015 → Linux

Players: 8/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 65/100

An open-world action game and expansion to Saints Row 4, set in Hell, where Johnny Gat or Kinzie Kensington sets out to save the Boss’s soul. The protagonists face...

Deity Quest

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

January 20, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 60/100

Deity Quest is an action RPG about a young god assigned to the world of Aberos, where the goal is to convert inhabitants into followers and gain enough power to...

CaesarIA

Free game, City Building, Strategy

January 20, 2015 → Linux (Early Access)

Steam: 58/100

CaesarIA is an economic city-building strategy set in ancient Rome and based on Caesar III. The player plans the town, develops extraction and production, and...

Among Ripples

Free game, Simulation, Casual game

January 22, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 67/100

Among Ripples is an ecosystem management simulator about caring for a small pond. In its sandbox mode, players choose which creatures to introduce and observe how...

Super Galaxy Squadron

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Action, Indie

January 23, 2015 → Linux

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A fast-paced vertical shooter in which players pilot one of 17 ships. The game features multiple modes, while its forgiving health system and gradual difficulty...

Without Within

Free game, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

January 23, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 88/100

This visual novel follows the misadventures of Vinty, a nobody who thinks she is somebody. The story is told through the heroine’s...

Clusterpuck 99

Arcade, Sports game, Indie, Online

January 23, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 82/100

An arcade sports game built around matches in which players fight for control of a puck and try to score in the opposing goal. Clusterpuck 99 supports local...

Gravity Ghost

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

January 26, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Gravity Ghost — arcade indie platformer from the developers of Ivy Games. The action takes place in a destroyed galaxy, where a ghost named Ione is looking...

Dying Light

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Survival horror

January 27, 2015 → Linux

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Adventure action game in the open world Dying Light allows you to fully immerse yourself in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You can expect upgrades, RPG...

Grim Fandango Remastered

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Point & Click, Comedy

January 27, 2015 → Linux

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A puzzle adventure set in a blend of film noir and Mexican folklore. Manny Calavera works as a travel agent at the Department of Death, selling souls tickets for a...

Dying Light - Enhanced Edition

Action, Horror, First-person view, Collection, Zombies, Survival horror

January 27, 2015 → Linux

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 94/100

Dying Light — Enhanced Edition — a collection that will include the original Dying Light and The Following add-on. Players have access to a large and...

Besiege

Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action, Medieval era

January 28, 2015 → Linux (Early Access)

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A construction game in which the player creates unique medieval siege engines and uses them to destroy fortified fortresses. Players can build siege weapons...

TULPA

Arcade, Action, Horror, Platformer, Indie, Puzzle, Adventure

January 29, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 73/100

TULPA is an arcade game with elements of action, horror, platformer and indie game from Encryptique Studios. The game is published by Rising Star Games...

Gear Up

Arcade, Online, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Free game, Combat robots

January 29, 2015 → Linux

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 70/100

Gear Up is an arcade game with a mixture of online games, action, shooter and tank simulator from the Doctor Entertainment AB studio. The game is published by...

Pix the Cat

Arcade, Indie, Action

January 29, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This arcade game follows Pix the Cat through digital mazes, where the cat hatches ducklings, forms a line behind him and guides them to target circles while...

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Detective

January 29, 2015 → Linux

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered is an improved edition of the third-person interactive adventure Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy. A bank teller in a trance kills...

Forward to the Sky

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie

January 29, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 84/100

This 3D action-adventure with platforming elements follows a princess knight who ventures into a tower in the sky to defeat a legendary witch and prove herself a...

Making History: The Great War

Strategy, Simulation, Grand strategy

January 29, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 75/100

This turn-based grand strategy game is set during the First World War. The player leads an independent nation, managing its economy, diplomacy, and military, while...

Supreme League of Patriots

Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click

January 29, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Supreme League of Patriots is a fun point and click adventure with lots of parodies of modern pop culture. The game will tell the story of Kyle Keever, who dreams...

Vendetta - Curse of Raven's Cry

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Indie

January 30, 2015 → Linux

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 45/100

Metacritic: 27/100

Vendetta — Curse of Raven's Cry is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view from the creators of the Two Worlds series. The main character of the game...

MagNets

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Casual game

January 30, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 49/100

MagNets is a fun arcade action platformer with an isometric camera view. In the game you will fight in various arenas to restore order in the Polar City. To do...

Transformice

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

January 30, 2015 → Linux

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...