The Best Top-down Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : Airships: Lost Flotilla added at rank #12.
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Police Stories (2019)

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Xbox One PC Windows Linux Playstation 4 Mac OS Nintendo Switch

A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!


  • top-down
  • shooter
  • tactical
  • protagonist
  • cooperative
  • villain
  • online
  • crime
  • swat

12

Airships: Lost Flotilla (2025)

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PC Windows Linux

Airships: Lost Flotilla is a steampunk autoshooter where you fight your way through waves of enemies on your way to a safe harbour. Destroy your foes, harvest wreckage, and upgrade your ship.

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  • rogue-like
  • naval
  • attack
  • score
  • top-down
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • steampunk
  • pve
  • hack-and-slash
  • arena
  • action
  • flight
  • historical
  • combat

13

JYDGE (2017)

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Playstation 43 october 2017Linux Android Playstation 5 Linux Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone

Build your JYDGE. Enter Edenbyrg. Get out alive. JYDGE is a lawful but awful roguehate top-down shooter where you get to build your own cybernetic JYDGE and eradicate crime in the never-sleeping megacity of Edenbyrg.


  • top-down
  • shooter
  • twin-stick
  • crime
  • play
  • destruction
  • dystopian
  • cyberpunk
  • cooperative
  • futuristic
  • local
  • character

14

Ultimate Racing 2D 2 (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Android

The ultimate top-down racing game is back! Ultimate Racing 2D 2 includes new cars, new tracks, car/track editor, time-trial mode, improved online multiplayer and career mode, new settings and more.

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  • racing
  • top-down
  • auto
  • multiplayer
  • 1990s
  • asynchronous
  • simulation
  • split-screen
  • driving
  • local
  • retro
  • crafting
  • 2d
  • arcade

15

Bounty of One (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Fallen hero of the Wild West, you’re wanted and in disgrace! Grab your guns, survive endless hordes of bounty hunters and fight to clear your name! Bounty of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell for 1 to 4 players. Dash, Dodge, Shoot, Repeat!

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  • rogue-like
  • top-down
  • attack
  • score
  • cooperative
  • bullet-hell
  • western
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • arena
  • colourful
  • local
  • rpg

16

Hotline Miami (2012)

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Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 vita Playstation 3 l Xbox Series X PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.


  • top-down
  • violent
  • surreal
  • shooter
  • stealth
  • gore
  • narrative
  • 1980s
  • action
  • super-violent
  • baseball
  • reflexes
  • retro
  • murder

17

Memory Lost: Chapter One (2022)

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PC Windows Linux

First chapter of Memory Lost. It is a story-driven action shooter, the battles in which are built around the mechanics of mind capturing and moving into the enemy's body. First-aid kits were not delivered, there is only one magazine in the weapon - change the bodies to survive!

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  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • beat-em-up
  • isometric
  • shooter
  • gore
  • violent

18

Rustler (2021)

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

Become a medieval thug in a crazy open-world action game, full of pop-culture references. Complete insane quests, kill heroes, steal horses, fight guards, rob peasants, listen to some bard music, and much more! All packed in old-school gameplay style!


  • top-down
  • medieval
  • horses
  • crime
  • open-world
  • sandbox
  • funny
  • soundtrack
  • racing
  • swordplay
  • satire
  • shooter
  • gta
  • mature

19

Retaliate (2024)

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You are valiant space hero who is not as fortunate as those in the golden age of scrolling shooters who had infinite ammo. Instead you must absorb your enemies' weapons and retaliate!

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  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • space
  • retro
  • scroller
  • linear
  • scrolling
  • arcade
  • attack
  • score
  • 2d
  • vertical-scrolling

20

Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince (2022)

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Blossom Tales II: The Minotaur Prince is an action-adventure game inspired by A Link to the Past, where you play as Lily, fighting your way through carnival games and battles to save your brother Chrys from the evil Minotaur King. Full of charming visuals, a captivating story and puzzles to solve, this game is a must-play for fans of adventure titles!

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What we like:
  • Unique story featuring a sibling relationship
  • Charming visuals reminiscent of SNES era
  • Enjoyable soundtrack
  • Helpful campfire recaps
  • Girl protagonist
What could be improved:
  • Not as innovative as first game in series
  • Mini-games can be repetitive

  • top-down
  • dungeon
  • zelda
  • action-adventure
  • adventure
  • cute
  • hack-and-slash
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • retro
  • instrument
  • puzzle
  • remake
  • colourful
  • narration

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