The Best 2D Games for Linux - Page 5

Update : Penguin Panic added at rank #14.
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Tres-Bashers (2021)

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Tres-Bashers is a 2D monster-bashing adventure featuring a big interconnected map full of cryptids, secrets, and more! Find 40 different monster types and whack 'em with your baseball bat!

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  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • lore
  • scroller
  • 1990s
  • action-adventure
  • magic
  • horror
  • pixel
  • 1980s
  • atmospheric
  • platform
  • colourful
  • funny
  • cute

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La-Mulana 2 (2018)

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Explore sprawling ancient ruins filled with mind-boggling mysteries, items, and monsters in La-Mulana 2. With no tutorial or sidekick to hold your hand, it's up to you to uncover the truth of the ruins' ancient civilization while fighting off challenging guardians. This indie game offers tremendous replayability, new weapons, widescreen support, and a beautifully rendered world. Will you be the one to uncover the secrets of Eg-Lana?


What we like:
  • Fair puzzles
  • Great pacing and challenge
  • Fantastic pixel art
  • Beginner friendly
  • Packed with puzzles and obstacles
What could be improved:
  • Encourages note-taking outside of the game
  • Starting maps offer almost no information

  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • souls
  • remake
  • precision
  • retro
  • difficult
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • platform-adventure
  • controller-support
  • mythology

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Dark Ball (2024)

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how to play W,a,s,d Want to get to the end to survive or find strategies but it's not all possible start whether easy but not when you proceed further you have one of the lives much harder than you mixes

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  • tutorial
  • 2d
  • platform
  • nonlinear
  • point-and-click
  • exploration
  • casual
  • cooperative
  • dark
  • pixel
  • puzzle

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Emiko's Pledge 4 (2024)

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Emiko's Pledge 4 is a 2D platform action game based on the story of a half-demon girl called Emiko, who wants to become the best warrior of the Ettaze state and abroad, as well as protect the weak.

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  • 2d
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • violent
  • pixel
  • old-school
  • retro
  • cute
  • exploration
  • action
  • programming

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Mute Crimson DX (2024)

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Mute Crimson DX is an action-packed precision-platformer where you guide Ninja on his quest to climb up walls, slice through bad guys and overcome great evils!

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  • platform
  • precision
  • 2d
  • ninja
  • linear
  • cartoony
  • funny
  • scroller
  • controller-support
  • pixel

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Spellsword (2023)

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Spellsword is an interactive web-based game designed to improve our command of the English language.

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  • card
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • futuristic
  • dungeon
  • fantasy
  • wars
  • web
  • 2d
  • dark
  • arcade
  • tactical
  • pvp
  • colourful
  • casual

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Jaded (2025)

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A fast-paced platformer where you can slash, dash, and control time. Slow down the frenzy of combat and find the right moment to strike! Then, aim the 360-degree dash and zoom away at lightning speed! Master your abilities to maneuver around obstacles and vaporize foes before they can touch you.

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  • platform
  • precision
  • 2d
  • lore
  • scroller
  • linear
  • hack-and-slash
  • magic
  • pixel
  • post-apocalyptic
  • story
  • supernatural
  • colourful
  • combat
  • cute

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Sock It (2024)

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Enter Sock It, the zany Punch-Out-May-Cry-like with fleshed out opponents, platforming, and cutscenes! Spar off with more than 12 bosses! Follow the story of a cryofrozen amputee boxer who needs to find his past! Encounter a stupid assassin, a greedy squatter, and a secret scheme!

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  • 2d
  • spectacle
  • precision
  • platform
  • boxing
  • scroller
  • soundtrack
  • hack-and-slash
  • comic
  • fight
  • comedy
  • book
  • story
  • pixel
  • sci-fi

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Steel Symphony (2024)

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Steel Symphony is a 2D Action-Strategy platformer where players craft combat sentinels by selecting components and balancing stats like integrity, mobility, and weapon capabilities. Chassis, weapons, and modules shape each sentinel's role with varied abilities for strategic customization.

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  • 2d
  • customization
  • dystopian
  • tactical
  • gun
  • post-apocalyptic
  • platform
  • robots
  • futuristic
  • space
  • character
  • real-time
  • sci-fi
  • vehicle
  • atmospheric

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Peculiar Tales of Mid-Lake Pavilion (2021)

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On a sultry night in late August, I ran into a man carrying a peony lantern at the Mid-Lake Pavilion. In the hazy and dim light, the man told the odd and bizarre stories. Under the overcast rainy sky, the moon setting horizontally, you will be brought into a perplexing, weird, and supernatural world

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  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • comic
  • fiction
  • text
  • lore
  • visual-novel
  • gothic
  • modern
  • drama
  • anime
  • interactive
  • psychological
  • book
  • romance

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