The Best Old-school Games for Linux

Update : Minesweeper Madness added at rank #16.
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Streets of Rage 4 (2020)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

Streets of Rage 4 is the long awaited fourth entry into the classic Sega franchise. It features a blend of old and new, with classic characters such as Axel and Adam Hunter returning alongside a new main character, Cherry. All characters have unique playstyles, from Axel's powerful punches to Cherry's speedy strikes. There are tons of unlockables to discover and it has an amazing soundtrack.


What we like:
  • Satisfying combat
  • Incredible music and visuals
  • Tons to unlock
  • Simple yet rewarding combat mechanics
What could be improved:
  • Lack of 4 player online
  • Occasionally too easy to get cornered

  • brawler
  • boss
  • cooperative
  • beat-em-up
  • combo
  • retro
  • classic
  • side-scrolling
  • fight
  • old-school
  • arcade
  • online
  • hand-drawn
  • crime
  • combat

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Death Trash (2021)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Death Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.


  • post-apocalyptic
  • isometric
  • rpg
  • lovecraftian
  • old-school
  • choices
  • souls
  • cyberpunk
  • pixel
  • character
  • pve
  • customization
  • atmospheric
  • open-world
  • exploration

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Steel Assault (2021)

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Punch, whip, and zipline your way through a post-apocalyptic America in this 16-bit retro-style action platformer! Play as Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.


  • platform
  • post-apocalyptic
  • retro
  • arcade
  • old-school
  • pixel
  • action
  • america
  • 2d
  • perma-death
  • scroller
  • futuristic
  • classic
  • mech
  • fast-paced

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Scott Whiskers in: The Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw (2024)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux Playstation 5 Playstation 4

“Scott Whiskers in: the Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw” is a modern, funny and family-friendly point & click adventure game about cats, pop culture and life itself. Created in the spirit of the classics of the genre.


  • 2.5d
  • investigation
  • family-friendly
  • cats
  • point-and-click
  • old-school
  • hand-drawn
  • cartoony
  • logic
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • comedy
  • funny
  • puzzle
  • adventure

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The Abandoned Planet (2024)

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A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

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  • point-and-click
  • pixel
  • 1990s
  • old-school
  • space
  • exploration
  • clicker
  • futuristic
  • linear
  • 2d
  • hidden-object
  • story
  • puzzle
  • sci-fi
  • adventure

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Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness (2021)

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Black Geyser is an isometric, party-based fantasy RPG inspired by genre classics. Recruit characters with unique personalities and explore a land ravaged by civil war and a mysterious curse of greed. Your choices, good or evil, will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Isilmerald.


  • old-school
  • rpg
  • choices
  • crowdfunded
  • isometric
  • pause
  • character
  • party
  • multiple-endings
  • real-time
  • tabletop
  • medieval
  • tactical
  • customization
  • fantasy

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Ludus Mortis (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

Grid-Based First Person Dungeon Crawler set in a Dark Fantasy version of the Imperial Rome. Create and develop your party, explore catacombs, manage your Gladiatorial School and fight demons and undead to free Rome. Inspired by old-school cRPG from the 80s and 90s.


  • rome
  • party
  • rpg
  • old-school
  • movement
  • dungeon-crawler
  • 1990s
  • classic
  • hand-drawn
  • turn-based
  • grid
  • dark
  • gore
  • fantasy

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Crossing The Sands (2024)

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A first-person dungeon crawler RPG with turn-based combat and grid-based movement. Explore the desert and discover what mysterious forces are behind growing attacks on the Human settlement.

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  • movement
  • rpg
  • dungeon-crawler
  • class
  • party
  • old-school
  • grid
  • hack-and-slash
  • turn-based
  • medieval
  • 1990s
  • first-person
  • combat
  • magic
  • fantasy

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Kakele Online - MMORPG (2020)

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Kakele Online - MMORPG is a 2D MMORPG! It is an old style multiplayer open world nostalgic and classic 2D pixel real time role playing game. Play on Mobile and PC! NO pay to win! NO ads! Play for FREE!

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  • mmo
  • rpg
  • multiplayer
  • old-school
  • class
  • character
  • medieval
  • top-down
  • choices
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • fantasy
  • pvp
  • customization

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Demonic Supremacy (2023)

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Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Demonic Supremacy is an old school 3D shooter with a certain nostalgic flavour and few gamer-friendly features. It offers several hours of hurricane gameplay rocking through memorable levels with the explosive heavy metal soundtrack!

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  • spectacle
  • 1990s
  • shooter
  • psychedelic
  • old-school
  • shoot-em-up
  • first-person
  • demons
  • character
  • retro
  • fps
  • arena
  • supernatural
  • stylized
  • dark

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