The Best Hack-and-slash Games for Linux

Update : Crossing The Sands added at rank #11.
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Shing! (2020)

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

Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!


  • beat-em-up
  • demons
  • cooperative
  • ninja
  • fight
  • rogue-like
  • swordplay
  • hack-and-slash
  • 2.5d
  • spectacle
  • scroller
  • character
  • side-scrolling
  • colourful
  • arcade

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Nordicandia (2022)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Linux

Create your own hero and embark on an epic adventure in Nordicandia! Choose your class and assign attributes to specialize your character - will you be a mighty Warrior, agile Hunter, or powerful Mage? With an accessible auto-move and attack system, you can play actively or leave your character to gain experience even when you're not playing. With a deep crafting system and customizable skill masteries, you can personalize your gameplay style and defeat challenging bosses for epic rewards. Playable offline and with no level cap, compete in seasons and climb the leaderboard for ultimate bragging rights!

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What we like:
  • Nordicandia has vibes similar to Path of Exile and Diablo 3
  • Complex crafting system with surprising amounts of depth
  • Great character customization
  • Cross-platform play
  • Developer is very responsive and listens to player feedback
What could be improved:
  • Pay-to-win monetization with some elements gated behind real money
  • Offline progress is nerfed
  • Penalty for dying is too harsh
  • Near constant need to interact with the game
  • Inventory and stash size are limited
  • Skill mastery affects power in a negative way

  • idler
  • hack-and-slash
  • pve
  • crafting
  • dungeon-crawler
  • 2.5d
  • rpg
  • magic
  • management
  • fantasy
  • stat

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Monster Outbreak (2022)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch

It's a Monster Outbreak! The King's dimensional orb malfunctioned, bringing hordes of dimensional monsters into the Kingdom. As Yulia, the last survivor of the Royal Guard, defend your staging ground against the monsters, upgrade your arsenal, and survive long enough to find the orb and destroy it.

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  • base-building
  • hack-and-slash
  • tower-defense
  • cooperative
  • split-screen
  • crafting
  • local
  • survival
  • multiplayer
  • building
  • controller-support
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • arcade

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Juice Galaxy (2023)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Juice Galaxy is a happy place to fly around and smack things and drink juice. And explore things. And just, flip around doing stuff.

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  • psychedelic
  • souls
  • immersive
  • hack-and-slash
  • experimental
  • vampire
  • nonlinear
  • inventory
  • physics
  • 3d
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • rpg
  • management
  • simulation

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Cold Heart (2021)

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Mac OS Linux Xbox 360 wii u Playstation 3 PC Windows

Fight and protect the cold heart against the fire creatures in this magic game.


  • collectathon
  • action-adventure
  • hack-and-slash
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • survival
  • cartoony
  • top-down
  • magic
  • counter
  • pve
  • casual
  • crime

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Guards (2016)

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PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS

GUARDS! is a 1-4 player coop fantasy FPS that puts you in the underfunded and over-zealous steel boots of the City Watch. Kick down doors, bust criminals and cause excessive property damage as you fight to restore law and order to the corrupt city of New Alestead.


  • cooperative
  • turn-based
  • pve
  • fantasy
  • medieval
  • hack-and-slash
  • action-adventure
  • dungeon-crawler
  • first-person
  • procedural
  • time-management
  • stealth
  • third-person
  • tactical
  • battle

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Last Epoch (2019)

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Linux PC Windows

Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.

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  • arpg
  • rpg
  • hack-and-slash
  • action
  • loot
  • dungeon
  • isometric
  • crafting
  • boss
  • mechanics-driven
  • multiplayer
  • hardcore

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Wrath of the Roothless (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

Wrath of the Roothless is a 2d melee roguelike, where you play as jacob wielding his trusty Drumstick and Trashcan Lid to fight your way through hordes of monsters. Fight your way through to exact revenge and teach those monsters a lesson!

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  • rogue-like
  • hack-and-slash
  • 2d
  • stylized
  • action
  • pixel
  • fight

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Inside The Crystal Mountain (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

Inside The Crystal Mountain is an action adventure game with fast-paced combat and soulslike elements where you explore a mysterious world filled with ambiguous characters and challenging enemies.

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  • souls
  • hack-and-slash
  • dungeon-crawler
  • action-adventure
  • top-down
  • pixel
  • robots
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • combat
  • single-player
  • difficult

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The Dark Book (2023)

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An obscure old-school rpg - Single player offline with a skeleton warrior

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  • dark
  • hack-and-slash
  • rpg
  • fantasy
  • 3d
  • old-school
  • action

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