The Best Retro Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : PathBlasters added at rank #27.
11

Breakout: Recharged (2022)

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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
  • retro
  • cooperative
  • psychedelic
  • modern
  • 1980s
  • multi-ball
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • attack
  • score
  • linear
  • local
  • classic
  • 2d

12

RetroArch (2021)

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RetroArch is an open source and cross platform frontend/framework for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications

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  • software
  • open-source
  • retro
  • rollback
  • cross-platform
  • platform

13

Basketball Classics (2019)

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96
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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

5 on 5 Pro Basketball born from the golden era of sports games. This spiritual successor to the 8-bit ballers bridges the gap between retro and today’s simulation games. Side-scrolling, sweaty arcade action with simplified 3-button gameplay and retro vibes galore.

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  • sport
  • basketball
  • retro
  • usb
  • linux
  • casual
  • historical
  • team
  • open
  • arcade
  • hands-on
  • subscription
  • platform
  • 1980s
  • entertainment

14

Escape Lala 2 - Retro Point and Click Adventure (2019)

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99
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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Our beloved princess is missing… What happened? Discover the world of Escape Lala 2, solve mysteries, uncover secrets and bring back peace and order to the world.

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  • pixel
  • point-and-click
  • retro
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • retro-pixel

15

Wrought Flesh (2021)

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92
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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Rip out organs and equip them in your own body. Fight biopunk monsters and drugged-up space bandits. You are a Gajeshian Cultist: A near-mythological being built from the bodies of long-dead saints.

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  • gore
  • 3d
  • retro
  • cyberpunk
  • rpg
  • exploration
  • first-person
  • pixel
  • futuristic
  • violent
  • horror
  • multiple-endings
  • action
  • management
  • inventory

16

Alwa's Awakening (2017)

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80
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Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.


  • platform
  • retro
  • metroidvania
  • pixel
  • puzzle
  • dungeon
  • boss-fight
  • boss
  • adventure
  • retro-designed
  • side-scrolling
  • chiptune
  • 2d
  • vintage

17

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

18

Commander Keen: Keen Dreams (2023)

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Commander Keen is back. In the modernised Definitive Edition of the lost episode "Keen Dream". The game structure has been reworked to make the game a more modern experience without sacrificing any of the original charm!

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  • nostalgia
  • retro
  • side-scrolling
  • platform
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • casual
  • scroller
  • adventure
  • compilation
  • non-linear
  • subscription
  • tile

19

Super Bit Blaster XL (2020)

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95
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Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows

A SUPER throwback to the classic quarter eating arcade games of the 80's. Super Bit Blaster XL is an (even more) enhanced version of the retro styled, addictive, and fast paced arcade shoot 'em up!

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  • addictive
  • attack
  • score
  • full-time
  • bullet-hell
  • casual
  • retro
  • shoot-em-up
  • arcade
  • family-friendly
  • multiplayer
  • replay-value
  • 2d
  • cooperative
  • local

20

TTV2 (2017)

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92
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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

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