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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ostrich Island

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

January 8, 2015 → Linux

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

HyperRogue

Open world, Exploration, Procedural generation

January 16, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 97/100

A puzzle roguelike built around tactical positioning unfolds on a hyperbolic plane, where the world’s geometry affects movement and exploration. A...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

8BitMMO

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, MMO, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Free game, Construction, Sandbox

January 26, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 57/100

This retro-styled 2D MMO combines role-playing action and building in a shared world created by players. In 8BitMMO, players can construct houses...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

TULPA

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

January 29, 2015 → Linux

Steam: 73/100

This surreal puzzle-platformer follows Ophelia and Oliver, her soulmate, as fate binds them together on a journey through a constantly changing...

Gear Up

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

January 29, 2015 → Linux

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 70/100

This multiplayer arcade action game centers on battles between player-built combat vehicles. In Gear Up, players assemble tanks from a broad range of...

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...

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...

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...

Making History: The Great War

Strategy, Simulation, Grand strategy, Indie

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...

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...

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...