The Best Top-down Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : Mina the Hollower added at rank #23.
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Bomball (2024)

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Bomball is a thrilling 2D top-down shooter PvP game where players juggle a bomb-ball to score against their opponent's car. Play locally with friends or practice solo against AI. With dynamic physics and chaotic gameplay modes, every match is a fast-paced battle for victory!

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  • top-down
  • boomer
  • shooter
  • cyberpunk
  • pvp
  • multiplayer
  • local
  • 2d
  • bullet-hell
  • action
  • pixel
  • dark
  • arcade

22

Space War: Infinity (2019)

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Space War: Infinity is a semi-procedural shoot-'em-up with a weapon upgrade system of the ship and unlocking of items. Embark in your ship and fight for your survival!

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  • top-down
  • jet
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • procedural
  • attack
  • score
  • shooter
  • space
  • 1990s
  • pixel
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • waves

23

Mina the Hollower (2026)

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Take control of Mina, a renowned Hollower hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island. Whip foes, burrow through the ground, and explore a pixel-perfect world in Mina the Hollower, a brand new game from the developers who brought you Shovel Knight!

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  • gothic
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • platform
  • top-down
  • fantasy
  • pixel
  • science
  • souls
  • pixel-perfect
  • horror
  • dark
  • controller-support
  • colourful
  • screens

24

Endlanders: First Encounter (2022)

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Build your deck, glitch through enemies, translate unknown languages and decipher the mysteries of this universe, in this grid-based real time combat indie game. This version features only one playable character and serves as the prologue for the game.

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  • rpg
  • logic
  • magic
  • dark
  • top-down
  • colourful
  • futuristic
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • card
  • space
  • fantasy
  • surreal

25

JYDGE (2017)

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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

26

Grind Stormer (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows genesis arcade

Grind Stormer, aka V・V, is a vertically scrolling manic shooter with gorgeous pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack. Developed by an all-star team at the legendary Japanese studio Toaplan, known for their stellar shoot ‘em ups.


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1990s
  • scrolling
  • reality
  • arcade
  • shoot
  • shooter
  • aliens
  • linear
  • cooperative
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • local
  • sci-fi

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Twin Hawk (2024)

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Take on powerful tanks and battleships with the best use of your fighter in this military themed vertical arcade shoot ‘em up by Toaplan! Summon friendly fighter planes to avoid emergencies and increase firepower. Now on PC with modern enhancements!


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1980s
  • vertically
  • scrolling
  • linear
  • shooter
  • 2d
  • military
  • arcade
  • pixel
  • experimental
  • old-school
  • vertical
  • cooperative

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Dogyuun (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows arcade

A science fiction-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game known for its stunning detailed pixel art, gigantic bosses, and a menacing difficulty. From the legendary studio Toaplan, this is quite possibly the most rock and roll shooting game of all time.


  • top-down
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • vertically
  • linear
  • pixel
  • futuristic
  • 1990s
  • shooter
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • graphic
  • robots
  • scrolling
  • retro

29

Stopping Santa (2025)

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Stopping Santa is a Jazzy top-down arena shooter where you play a mercenary fighting against Santa’s legions. Short play sessions, simple controls, instant action, and a global leaderboard for the Top 10. Inspired by classic arcade games.

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  • top-down
  • shooter
  • perma-death
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • arena
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • fight
  • mythology
  • funny

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The Unnamed Game (2025)

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The Unnamed Game is a top-down hardcore online game where you beat monsters to survive on a cursed reality.

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  • top-down
  • mmo
  • multiplayer
  • perma-death
  • rpg
  • zombies
  • shooter
  • pve

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