The Best Retro Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : PathBlasters added at rank #28.
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Awakened Evil (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Awakened Evil is an action platformer inspired by the classics. Jump and slash your way through intense linear stages that will put your skills to the test. Do you have what it takes to slay all the bosses, and take on evil itself?

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  • retro
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • platform
  • fantasy
  • 1980s
  • action
  • dark
  • single-player
  • adventure
  • difficult
  • old-school

22

Breakout: Recharged (2022)

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

The original brick breaker returns with its toughest challenge yet. Survive as long as you can in arcade or take on one of 50 challenges picking up game-changing power-ups along the way.

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  • arcade
  • cooperative
  • psychedelic
  • retro
  • 1980s
  • modern
  • multi-ball
  • classic
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • local
  • attack
  • score
  • linear
  • action

23

The Night Of The Inquisitor (2023)

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Linux PC Windows

A VHS/PS1 Survival Horror Experience! Play as Emilia, a young woman cursed by an ancient rosary, transported into the Realm of the Inquisitor, a surreal dimension filled with the ghosts victims of the Inquisitor himself. Solve puzzles, free ghosts, and escape the Inquisitor!

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  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • assassin
  • thriller
  • retro
  • multiple-endings
  • third-person
  • surreal
  • psychological
  • action-adventure
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • exploration

24

Stardust Demon (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

A retro metroidvania adventure - featuring Algol, who lives on a demon planet. Explore alien biomes and uncover dark secrets after a catastrophe sends the galaxy into disarray!

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  • fmv
  • metroidvania
  • lgbtq
  • psychedelic
  • 2d
  • demons
  • retro
  • cartoony
  • platform
  • pixel
  • aliens
  • action-adventure
  • colourful
  • old-school
  • space

25

Ninja Gold Thief (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Join the adventure and control a cute blue ninja on a gold-stealing spree. Sneak through numerous levels, evade rival ninjas, and navigate increasingly tricky obstacles. With retro-inspired gameplay and vibrant graphics, this game offers endless fun as you outsmart your foes and collect all the gold

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  • retro
  • pixel
  • ninja
  • minigame
  • arcade
  • strategy
  • rpg
  • 2d
  • 1980s
  • heist
  • casual
  • action
  • adventure
  • runner
  • reflexes

26

TTV2 (2017)

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Nintendo Switch Linux PC Windows

TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

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  • reflexes
  • arcade
  • retro
  • maze
  • pixel
  • fast-paced

27

Panzer Paladin (2020)

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Linux Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The game consists of 17 levels, during which players take control of either the slow but powerful Paladin mech Grit or the small but swift Squire pilot Flame. When commanding Grit, the player can pick up discarded melee weapons dropped by defeated enemies and use them in battle against them. The combat mechanics include a high-versus-low attacking and blocking system (similar to Zelda II), along with a rock-paper-scissors style weapon triangle system that grants your weapons damage bonuses or reductions depending on the weapon used by the enemy.[4][5][6]


  • mech
  • swordplay
  • demons
  • platform
  • retro
  • pixel
  • anime
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • 1980s
  • mythology
  • boss
  • hack-and-slash
  • hockey
  • battle

28

PathBlasters (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Run, blast, and solve your way to victory! Experience the rush of a colorful, fast-paced chase, solo or against a friend! Burst through the levels and up your score in this retro-inspired arcade setting.


  • destruction
  • attack
  • score
  • competitive
  • pvp
  • split-screen
  • top-down
  • family-friendly
  • local
  • multiplayer
  • arcade
  • anime
  • retro
  • colourful
  • pixel

29

Primal Light (2020)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Inhabit Krog, a mysterious blue creature in a red loincloth, as he traverses a labyrinth of ladders, levers, traps, and monsters. Explore the nooks and crannies of a bizarre and evocative world as you hack and slash your way to victory, leaving a graveyard of grotesque bosses in your wake.

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  • platform
  • precision
  • beautiful
  • retro
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • old-school
  • linear

30

Alisa (2021)

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

Alisa is a classic late-90s style horror-themed action adventure game set in a fantasy universe inspired on the 1920s. You play as an Elite Royal Agent called Alisa, who wakes up in a strange Victorian mansion and must find her way out while being haunted by materialized / mechanized doll-like humanoids. Explore classic survival horror gameplay with real pre-rendered backgrounds, eccentric currency and item shop, unique player stats boosts, weapon load-outs, a large variety of enemies and locations and surprises around every corner.

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What we like:
  • Nostalgic survival horror experience
  • Sound and graphical design inspired by classic titles
  • Interesting story and characters
  • Optional side missions and collectibles
  • Varied enemy designs and difficulty levels
What could be improved:
  • Unintuitive currency system reliant on killing enemies

  • 1990s
  • survival-horror
  • retro
  • gothic
  • historical
  • alternate
  • old-school
  • military
  • horror
  • mystery
  • action-adventure
  • 3d
  • pixel
  • pve
  • atmospheric

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