October 2014 - games, that were released this month for Linux

October 1, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 89/100

This strategy board game centers on an Egyptian-themed arena where mirrored pieces redirect laser beams. Players take turns moving a piece and firing the laser...

Super Win the Game

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

October 1, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 89/100

This exploration platformer follows You Have to Win the Game and centers on traversing an open-ended world in search of hidden secrets. The player explores a large...

Stronghold 3

Strategy, City Building, Medieval era

October 2, 2014 → Linux

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 26/100

Metacritic: 47/100

A medieval castle-building strategy game set ten years after the events of the original Stronghold. The Wolf, having survived a near-fatal ordeal, returns to take...

Left in the Dark: No One on Board

Hidden Objects, Casual game, Adventure

October 2, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 82/100

This hidden-object puzzle adventure follows a private detective investigating a ship that vanished at sea years ago and has now returned without its crew or cargo...

Alien: Isolation

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival horror, Science fiction

October 6, 2014 → Linux

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Alien: Isolation is a first-person stealth horror adventure set in the Alien universe. The plot of the game takes place fifteen years after the events of Ridley...

Costume Quest 2

Role-playing game, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

October 7, 2014 → Linux

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Costume Quest 2 is a continuation of the fun role-playing game with turn-based combat and third-person view. You will once again take on the role of children who...

Sid Meier's Colonization

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Adventure

October 9, 2014 → Linux

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

This turn-based strategy game follows the colonization of the New World, with the player leading one of four European powers and establishing settlements in newly...

Sid Meier's Covert Action

Simulation, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Puzzle, Adventure

October 9, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 91/100

A spy simulation with action and puzzle elements follows super-agent Max Remington as he confronts plots involving terrorism, smuggling, and extortion. Cases take...

TRI

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure

October 9, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This first-person puzzle-platformer takes place in the world of the Odd Gods, among towers and dungeons. Using the TRI artifact, the protagonist creates triangular...

Golden Wake

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

October 9, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This point-and-click adventure follows real estate agent Alfie Banks as he tries to succeed in the property market of 1920s Coral Gables, Florida. Based on actual...

Last Dogma

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

October 11, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 56/100

This surreal black comedy adventure is set in an alternate 1999, where the United States pursues world domination. ATF agent Sebastian Arise is sent to track down...

Sigils of Elohim

Strategy, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Casual game

October 13, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 91/100

Sigils of Elohim is a puzzle mini-game tied to The Talos Principle, in which the player solves challenges involving sigil shapes under the watchful eye of Elohim...

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

October 14, 2014 → Linux

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a dynamic shooter with role-playing elements and a first-person view in the Borderlands universe. The game takes place after the...

Eufloria

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

October 15, 2014 → Linux

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Eufloria is a meditative real-time strategy game with a top-down view. You'll explore a beautifully realized universe, created in a unique and compelling style...

Roommates

Visual novel, Comedy, Anime / Manga

October 15, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 85/100

This comedy visual novel with life-simulation elements follows Max and Anne through their first year of college and dorm life. The protagonist shares the dorm with...

Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek

Hidden Objects, Adventure, Point & Click

October 16, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This hidden-object detective adventure takes place in a small town in Vermont. After a powerful storm, the heroine wakes by the roadside with no memory of recent...

BloodNet

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Cyberpunk, Point & Click

October 17, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 62/100

This cyberpunk role-playing game with horror elements is set in Manhattan in 2094, where freelance operative Ransom Stark becomes a vampire and searches for a cure...

Darklands

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

October 17, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 90/100

This real-time role-playing game follows a band of adventurers through 15th-century Germany, where everyday medieval life mingles with mythical creatures and...

DeadCore

Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

October 17, 2014 → Linux

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

DeadCore is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to try on the role of a hero who lost his memory...

Door Kickers

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics

October 20, 2014 → Linux

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A real-time tactical strategy game about SWAT operations, Door Kickers puts the player in command of a team tasked with reaching hostages before criminals can harm...

Jagged Alliance: Flashback

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Role-playing game

October 21, 2014 → Linux

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 38/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Jagged Alliance: Flashback is the incredible return of the Jagged Alliance series of tactical strategies. The game takes place during the Cold War on the island of...

Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

Arcade, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

October 21, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 61/100

This puzzle game with strategy and horror elements follows Henry B. Knight, a ghost trying to drive the tenants out of his mansion. He earned the house through hard...

Dreamfall Chapters Book One: Reborn

Adventure, Third-person view

October 21, 2014 → Linux

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An expansion for Dreamfall Chapters, set in two parallel worlds: Arcadia, a realm of magic and chaos, and Stark, a world of science and order. Their balance is...

Prophour23

Action, Strategy, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

October 22, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 58/100

A fast-paced real-time strategy game in which the player builds an organism from different organs and tries to withstand mounting odds. Organs can be connected in...

Screencheat

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

October 22, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A competitive first-person shooter in which every fighter is invisible, forcing players to locate opponents by looking at their screens. Matches use split-screen...

Life of Pixel

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

October 22, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 79/100

This arcade platformer follows Pixel on a journey through video game history, teleporting between systems from past generations. He must jump, dodge enemies and...

Pajama Sam: Games to Play on Any Day

Strategy, First-person view, Board / Group Game, Casual game

October 23, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 93/100

This collection of board games and puzzles with a superhero theme features ten activities based on classic games and challenges. Players capture an opponent’s...

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

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

October 23, 2014 → Linux

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is an exciting turn-based strategy set in a sci-fi setting in the Sid Meier's Civilization series of games. You will lead the...

Ziggurat

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

October 23, 2014 → Linux

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Ziggurat is a first-person shooter with roguelike elements, inspired by the Hexen and Painkiller series. You have to put on the skin of a sorcerer and go...

Shopkeeper

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

October 23, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 20/100

This point-and-click narrative adventure follows a man who must choose the right antique to impress a wealthy relative. His choice will have dreadful...

Sproggiwood

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Roguelike, Adventure, Procedural generation

October 24, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 79/100

Sproggiwood is an arcade RPG with action and roguelike elements with an isometric view. You are a simple farmer from the peaceful island of Clog. One moment you are...

Sign Motion

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Indie, Platformer

October 24, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 62/100

This platform adventure follows a kid who escapes from a school crossing sign and enters a new world. The kid must find a way forward while encountering others who...

Democracy 3: Clones & Drones

Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Turn-based, Indie, Simulation

October 27, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 54/100

Democracy 3: Clones & Drones is a strategy game with a dash of business simulator from Positech Games. The main publisher of the game is Positech Games...

Spacebase DF-9

Arcade, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space, Science fiction

October 27, 2014 → Linux

Players: 10/10

Steam: 16/100

This space simulation focuses on building a home for humans and aliens in Earth's distant future. The player expands the base by mining asteroids, growing it from a...

Detail

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Point & Click,

October 28, 2014 → Linux

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Detail is an episodic point and click adventure in a noir style, inspired by the HBO series The Wire. The game tells an intriguing story of police officer Reginald...

BlazeRush

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

October 28, 2014 → Linux

Players: 6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 66/100

BlazeRush is an arcade survival racer set in a futuristic world, where the focus is on fighting for position: cars have no health, levelling system or brakes...

Dark Arcana: The Carnival

Hidden Objects, Adventure, Casual game

October 28, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This adventure follows the search for a young mother who has disappeared after a mysterious carnival arrives in town. The investigation spans two worlds: the...

Daedalus: No Escape

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

October 28, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 80/100

Daedalus: No Escape is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. You will act as a brave space marine and go to clear a large spaceship. A horde of...

LEGO Minifigures Online

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval

October 29, 2014 → Linux

Players: 5.5/10

LEGO Minifigures Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Funcom and released in 2014. The game recreates a toy world whose...

Europa Universalis 4: The Art of War

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

October 30, 2014 → Linux

Steam: 52/100

An expansion for Europa Universalis 4, The Art of War focuses on the Thirty Years’ War and political instability between church and state. It adds events and...