I thought I’d be nice to make a little list of some of the GNU/Linux games I’ve tried out this past year. I’ve tried to keep the list heterogeneous (different game genres, all from different producers, some freshly released and some quite older…).
I’ve also decided to only include commercial games in this post; if it gets positive feedback I may also post a list of my favourite free games.
Anyway, here it goes:
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Vendetta Online
A massively multiplayer online first-person space-combat game featuring possibilities in trading, mining, combat, warfare, piracy… Price: $9.99 / month (free 8 hour trial) |
| Lugaru HD
A third-person action game featuring a rabbit on a fight to save his fellow rabbits from slavery in a fight against corrupt rabbits and wolves. Price: $9.99 |
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And Yet It Moves
A platform game in a world of paper collage you can rotate at will, turning walls into floors, slides into platforms and moving stacks of rocks (or even enemies). Price: $9.99 / 8.99€ |
| Savage 2
A fantasy first-person shooter, action role-playing game (in player role) and real-time strategy (in commander role) multiplayer game. Price: Free / $9.99 (Premium Account) See also Heroes of Newerth, a fantasy strategy game inspired in DotA ($30). |
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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
A futuristic, objective-driven and class-based multiplayer first person shooter featuring the fight between the Earth’s Global Defense Force and the alien Strogg. Available at shops |
| Penumbra (Overture, Black Plague)
A series of exploration-based horror games. Price: 16.20€ (demo available) See also Amnesia: The Dark Descent. |
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World of Goo
A physics-based puzzle game. Truly a work of art. Price: $20 |
| Bionic Heart
A science-fiction visual novel with interactive scenes (you can choose between different actions which change the ending of the story). Price: 12.70€ + VAT (demo available) |
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Revenge of the Titans
A tower defense game with RTS elements. Price: 10.66€ + VAT |
There are many more GNU/Linux-compatible games out there. Check out the other Humble Indie Bundle games, for instance. You may also follow LinuxGames to keep up with the latest news.
http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/ latest game by S2 should be included next to savage
Please post your fav FLOSS games!
Nice. Be good to keep the central list on the community wiki updated..
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games
@ Martijn: I already mentioned HoN in Savage 2′s description. (However personally I didn’t get the hang out of it when I played it a few times as beta-tester).
@ Alan Pope: Yup, those pages could use quite some work (although I’ve found some interesting game in them, thanks for the pointer :)).
You may like Achron, it is an innovative meta-time RTS with full Linux support (though currently only 64 bit).
http://www.achrongame.com
Shredder (chess) has linux versions of each major product
http://www.shredderchess.com/linux.html
Minecraft is java-based and works just fine under Ubuntu if you install the Sun Java runtime (for all I know it might work on the default Java install too; I’ve never tried). It’s also extremely addictive; beware, if you have little time for games.
http://minecraft.net
What about Prey? did you try it?
Savage: The Battle for Newerth has a Linux version as well and is gameplay wise more original and rewarding than Savage 2.
Videos: http://www.youtube.com/HurlyBurly3027
Website (Freeware, 280 MB): http://www.newerth.com