The Best 2D Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : Jaded added at rank #45.
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Cybertrash STATYX (2024)

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Cybertrash STATYX is a story-driven 2D action-platformer with tactical elements, set in a cyberpunk world.

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  • 2d
  • robots
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • tactical
  • cyberpunk
  • platform
  • pixel
  • retro
  • dystopian
  • conspiracy
  • shooter
  • linear
  • action
  • futuristic

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GraalOnline Era (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Era is a modern 2D action MMO RPG. Purchase weapons and work with a gang to compete in activities such as special events, base capturing and PvP battles in the Spar Complex, or start your own gang and chart your own path!

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  • mmo
  • multiplayer
  • royale
  • 2d
  • rpg
  • pvp
  • tower-defense
  • open-world
  • retro
  • battle
  • shoot-em-up
  • customization
  • action-adventure
  • endless

13

Cat Rescue (2023)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows

A desperate woman fights to rescue her cat from a paranoid streamer’s lair of twisted experiments, puzzles, and lurking horrors in this psychological thriller.

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  • 2d
  • platform
  • nature
  • casual
  • pixel
  • single-player
  • adventure
  • action-adventure

14

Penguin Panic (2025)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

A penguin's life is never easy. Even more so when you're a penguin mother, looking to protect her eggs. Penguin Panic is a cute platformer and features simple controls, secret challenges and cheerful graphics. A fast-paced action game that no one will want to put down.

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  • 2d
  • platform
  • casual
  • colourful
  • grand-strategy
  • scroller
  • 1990s
  • cartoony
  • family-friendly
  • strategy
  • nature

15

Hidden Deep (2022)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…


  • mining
  • thriller
  • physics
  • dark
  • 2d
  • horror
  • story
  • realistic
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • mystery
  • aliens
  • action-adventure
  • in-game
  • cooperative

16

Cave Crawler (2022)

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Linux PC Windows

Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.

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  • horror
  • linear
  • walking-simulator
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • platform
  • psychological
  • 3d
  • thriller
  • cosmic
  • first-person
  • 1990s
  • retro

17

Aurora (2020)

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Android Xbox One Xbox 360 PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

This is a light puzzle game of pretty girls, so help the girls solve their problems! Then you can interact with the pretty girls.


  • precision
  • platform
  • hand-drawn
  • rpg
  • 2d
  • japanese
  • mature
  • casual
  • action-adventure
  • investigation
  • clicker
  • adventure
  • philosophical
  • cute
  • jrpg

18

The Wild Case (2021)

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Embark on a journey to an eerie village shrouded in mystery in The Wild Case. Solve puzzles, negotiate with inhabitants, and uncover supernatural occurrences in this atmospheric adventure. With stunning hand-drawn graphics and haunting sound effects, immerse yourself in an open world that will keep you on edge. Unravel the secrets of the forgotten village if you dare.


What we like:
  • Short but well-rounded gameplay
  • Intriguing mystery with satisfying ending
  • Beautiful hand-drawn artwork
  • Atmospheric music and sound effects
  • Adequate price point
What could be improved:
  • Lack of motivation for replayability
  • Rough English translation
  • Story not frightening for adults

  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • story
  • hand-drawn
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • text
  • 2d
  • supernatural
  • exploration
  • first-person
  • investigation
  • linear
  • mystery

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Space Tail: Every Journey Leads Home (2022)

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Linux Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

Space Tail is a 2.5D adventure platformer, which immerses the player in a deep, emotional plot, and lets him explore new planets and interact with alien civilizations.


  • platform
  • 2.5d
  • logic
  • 2d
  • foreign
  • puzzle
  • narration
  • hand-drawn
  • atmospheric
  • colourful
  • stylized
  • fantasy
  • choices
  • stealth
  • exploration

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!AnyWay! (2022)

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Anyway is a 2D platformer adventure in which every day is not the same: There are some secret rules to this place which can change from day to day. So be cautious, it may be dangerous out there!

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  • 2d
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • precision
  • family-friendly
  • scroller
  • colourful
  • metroidvania
  • casual
  • character
  • atmospheric
  • comic
  • attack
  • score
  • sandbox

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