The Best Twin-stick Games for Linux

Update : Maniac added at rank #15.
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Tesla vs Lovecraft (2018)

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Tesla vs Lovecraft is a classic twin-stick shooter with an intriguingly zany premise that pits horror against science. Play as the celebrated inventor and futurist Nikola Tesla and battle hordes of undead monsters using a suite of perks and abilities like jetpack teleportation, increased health and a mech suit.


What we like:
  • Responsive and tight gameplay
  • Constant sense of empowerment
  • Varied areas perfect for short-burst play
  • Three difficulties to choose from
  • Emphasis on constant movement
What could be improved:
  • Enemies come at you from all angles
  • Story doesn't take itself too seriously

  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • top-down
  • mech

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Hatred (2015)

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Hatred is a twin-stick shooter set in a chaotic world where you take control of an unnamed character who hates the world and decides to take down as many people as possible before he dies. The game features a destructible environment, responsive shooting controls and an interesting visual style.

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What we like:
  • Responsive shooting controls
  • Destructible environment
  • Interesting visual style
  • Level-based missions
What could be improved:
  • Lack of meaningful statements about its violence
  • Few unique levels

  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • violent
  • isometric
  • political
  • gore
  • horror

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Black Widow: Recharged (2021)

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

Step into the shoes of a black widow spider with Black Widow: Recharged, a frantic twin-stick shooter game that revives classic Atari gameplay. Defend your web from a relentless onslaught of bugs, while navigating through a maze-like web and collecting power-ups. Get hooked on the arcade rush, with short gameplay sessions, instant restarts, and a competitive leaderboard.

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What we like:
  • Revives classic Atari gameplay
  • Frantic and constantly changing action
  • Excellent controls and responsive play mechanics
  • Power-ups add strategic elements
  • Competitive leaderboard for added fun
What could be improved:
  • Scoring system and leaderboard updates can be slow
  • Controls may lack precision for certain challenges
  • Gameplay can become repetitive

  • twin-stick
  • arcade
  • shooter
  • cooperative
  • classic
  • cult
  • local
  • shoot-em-up

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I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1 (2021)

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A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

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  • shooter
  • top-down
  • loot
  • twin-stick
  • zombies
  • shoot-em-up
  • music
  • multi-directional
  • procedural
  • post-apocalyptic
  • surreal
  • arena
  • abstract
  • destruction
  • dystopian

5

Yars: Recharged (2022)

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

Shoot from affar or get nibble away up-close and personal in a boss-rush, bullet-dodging revival of the 1982 Atari classic title, Yars' Revenge. Take on 60 unique enemy encounters alone or with a friend in local co-op.

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  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • twin-stick
  • arcade
  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • linear
  • multidirectional
  • boss
  • retro
  • classic
  • abstract
  • aliens
  • 1980s

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Breakpoint (2020)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Breakpoint is an arcade-style space shooter with neon explosions, unique enemies, and a variety of melee weapons that you can use to dispatch your adversaries. You can level up your weapons and build up a "breakpoint" meter to unleash powerful attacks that clear the screen efficiently. Compete in high score challenges and aim to best your own personal record.


What we like:
  • Unique spin on classic arcade trope
  • Variety of melee weapons with unique light/heavy attacks
  • Fast restarts and pick-up-and-play addictiveness
  • Catchy electronica dance track intensifies with each passing enemy
  • High score leaderboards both local and global
What could be improved:
  • Single game mode - no set level mode
  • More game modes would be nice

  • top-down
  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • space
  • attack
  • score
  • shoot-em-up
  • hack-and-slash
  • fast-paced
  • arcade
  • futuristic
  • colourful
  • retro
  • sci-fi
  • 2d

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Out of Space: Couch Edition (2020)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

You and your friends are about to move into a house in space, where you will have to deal with a deadly alien infestation and face the challenges of building a sustainable spaceship, all to make your new place feel as cozy as home!COUCH FUN MEETS STRATEGYEach match starts in a procedurally generated spaceship house that will demand your best planning and teamwork skills to become clean and comfy. You and your friends will need to generate resources, recycle trash and alien goo, buy and build new technologies, and take care of one another, if you ever want to call home the mess that you got into.As a COUCH-FUN game, Out of Space has short matches and is easy for everyone to grab a controller and play. At the same time also as a STRATEGY game, it will require short and long-term decisions, expanding and conquering new rooms and building technology to automate tasks.FEATURES- Buy, build and place your new technology, while keeping your systems efficient and sustainable.- Power up your spaceship by recycling alien goo and producing energy batteries.- Harvest and take care of your fruitful gardens to keep everyone fed.- Clean rooms with mops and water, while containing the deadly alien menace.- Take a nap on your sofa, while your friends desperately claim for help.- Automate cleaning and harvesting with the help of robots.- Adopt Dogs, they will love you for it and help you in any way they can!OTHER FUN STUFF- Procedural spaceship generator: different challenge everytime you play.- Missions to guide the player's progression that never leave out what couch-fun is about.- Unlock new content when completing achievements.- Play single-player or local multiplayer- No weapons of any kind.

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  • cooperative
  • aliens
  • local
  • twin-stick
  • couch
  • strategy
  • colourful
  • casual
  • multiplayer
  • platform
  • cute
  • controller-support
  • robots
  • skill
  • stealth

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Berzerk: Recharged (2023)

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

Blast your way through an endless maze inhabited by deadly robots and their invulnerable, menacing master Evil Otto. Tag in a friend in local co-op to help you survive this twin-stick revival of an arcade classic.

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  • shooter
  • twin-stick
  • rogue-like
  • maze
  • stealth
  • robots
  • dmz
  • arcade
  • classic
  • local-cooperative
  • multiplayer
  • open
  • first-person
  • narrative
  • military

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Guntech 2 (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One

Guntech 2 is a return of the good old “cave flyer” shoot ’em ups genre. It’s a twin-stick shooter influenced by such classics as Thrust, Oids, Geometry Wars, and Asteroids. You can play in single-player, or couch co-op with up to 4 players!

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  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1990s
  • scroller
  • dragon
  • retro
  • space
  • gun
  • futuristic
  • 3d
  • arcade
  • old-school
  • 2d
  • sci-fi

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Enter the Gungeon (2016)

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Enter the Gungeon is a thrilling bullet hell dungeon crawler packed with action! You'll dodge, loot, flip tables and battle adorable yet deadly enemies. With challenging bosses, hidden secrets, and an array of unique guns, you'll be hooked on changing your past in this evolving fortress.


What we like:
  • Challenging, skill-based gameplay
  • Balanced mechanics
  • Exciting gunplay and boss fights
  • Abundance of unlockables and secrets
  • High replayability
What could be improved:
  • Button spamming for maximum speed shooting
  • Limited information on items
  • Strict no-hit reward system

  • rogue-like
  • bullet-hell
  • twin-stick
  • dungeon-crawler
  • shooter
  • boss
  • cover
  • table
  • cooperative
  • hand-designed
  • dungeon
  • pixel
  • top-down

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