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Best Indie games on Linux
The 250 best Indie games on Linux, ranked from 23,956 critic and player ratings.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 23,956 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Ranking, page 2
51
Braid
87
/100
52
Kerbal Space Program
87
/100
53
A
Hotline Miami
86
/100
54
Pyre
86
/100
55
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
86
/100
56
Slay the Spire
86
/100
57
Baba Is You
86
/100
58
Iconoclasts
86
/100
59
Oxygen Not Included
86
/100
60
Pony Island
86
/100
61
Rogue Legacy
86
/100
62
Florence
86
/100
63
Guacamelee!
86
/100
64
Core Keeper
86
/100
65
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
86
/100
66
Torchlight II
86
/100
67
Fez
86
/100
68
S
Factorio
86
/100
69
Trine
85
/100
70
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
85
/100
71
Super Meat Boy
85
/100
72
Papers, Please
85
/100
73
BattleBlock Theater
85
/100
74
The Talos Principle
85
/100
75
Stray
85
/100
76
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
85
/100
77
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
85
/100
78
Frozen Synapse
85
/100
79
Risk of Rain
85
/100
80
Cookie Clicker
85
/100
81
Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition
85
/100
82
Loop Hero
85
/100
83
Everlasting Summer
85
/100
84
SuperHot
85
/100
85
Apotheon
84
/100
86
Limbo
84
/100
87
B
SOMA
84
/100
88
FTL: Faster Than Light
84
/100
89
Trine 2: Complete Story
84
/100
90
SpeedRunners
84
/100
91
Spiritfarer
84
/100
92
Salt and Sanctuary
84
/100
93
Thimbleweed Park
84
/100
94
Darwinia
84
/100
95
Nuclear Throne
84
/100
96
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
84
/100
97
Axiom Verge
84
/100
98
Super Hexagon
83
/100
99
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
83
/100
100
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
83
/100
Braid
87
/100
52
Kerbal Space Program
87
/100
53
A
Hotline Miami
86
/100
54
Pyre
86
/100
55
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
86
/100
56
Slay the Spire
86
/100
57
Baba Is You
86
/100
58
Iconoclasts
86
/100
59
Oxygen Not Included
86
/100
60
Pony Island
86
/100
61
Rogue Legacy
86
/100
62
Florence
86
/100
63
Guacamelee!
86
/100
64
Core Keeper
86
/100
65
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
86
/100
66
Torchlight II
86
/100
67
Fez
86
/100
68
S
Factorio
86
/100
69
Trine
85
/100
70
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
85
/100
71
Super Meat Boy
85
/100
72
Papers, Please
85
/100
73
BattleBlock Theater
85
/100
74
The Talos Principle
85
/100
75
Stray
85
/100
76
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
85
/100
77
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
85
/100
78
Frozen Synapse
85
/100
79
Risk of Rain
85
/100
80
Cookie Clicker
85
/100
81
Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition
85
/100
82
Loop Hero
85
/100
83
Everlasting Summer
85
/100
84
SuperHot
85
/100
85
Apotheon
84
/100
86
Limbo
84
/100
87
B
SOMA
84
/100
88
FTL: Faster Than Light
84
/100
89
Trine 2: Complete Story
84
/100
90
SpeedRunners
84
/100
91
Spiritfarer
84
/100
92
Salt and Sanctuary
84
/100
93
Thimbleweed Park
84
/100
94
Darwinia
84
/100
95
Nuclear Throne
84
/100
96
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
84
/100
97
Axiom Verge
84
/100
98
Super Hexagon
83
/100
99
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
83
/100
100
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
83
/100