Free: Best beat 'em up games on Linux, ranked by community votes this month. Vote for your favourites every 12 hours: the ranking resets on the 1st of every month.
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1Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights. Stranded on an alien world, you must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface.
Grey Havens · 2011 · Linux, PC, Mac · 51/100
2Hammerfight is a 2D physics-based action game where you control an aircraft with your mouse. Your aircraft can be equipped with various slashing and crushing weapons, which are all effective at crushing through armor and slamming them into a wall. There are a large variety of weapons to unlock…
Konstantin Koshutin · 2009 · Linux, PC, Mac · 60/100
3Ascendant is the unforgiving beat 'em up that challenges you with a new world each time you play. It utilizes a number of modern roguelike elements such as permadeath and procedurally generated environments. You are a demigod who invades a plane controlled by your rivals. They will stop at nothing…
Hapa Games · 2014 · PS4, Linux, PC · 45/100
4"Dead Cells + Castle Crashers + executions = Infected Shelter Infected Shelter is a randomly generated rogue-lite post-apocalyptic action RPG shooter / dungeon brawler. Singleplayer and co-op for up to four players. Every run is different because of the randomly generated content. By beating…
Dark Blue Games · 2019 · PS4, Linux, PC
5Totemori is play-for-free arena game enjoyable both in multiplayer and single player modes. Your task is to build the tallest possible towers from the building blocks airdropping onto the playing field, and concurrently break your foes' attempts of doing the same. Toss them off the map, or if…
Mito Studio · 2017 · Linux, PC, Mac
6Knightczech is an hardcore adventurous 2D platformer in which the player explores various corners of kingdoms in the dangerous world of Euritia - from sun-drenched forests through the war-ravaged region to the dark underworld.
FridolinSlehacka · 2020 · Linux, PC, Mac
7Fight solo or team up with friends in this action-packed magic fighting game! To earn diamonds and shards, use your magic and level up! You can also find them around the map in Drop Zones and buy them in the in-game shop. Spend them on…
Linux, PC, Mac
8Fatal Theory is nostalgic beat-em-up action with a fresh twist of ENDLESS AERIAL RAVE COMBOS and a killer illustrated story. Exercise your carnage muscle by smashing through huge hordes of unlovable fiends and take your crummy city back…
2016 · Linux, PC, Mac
9Rebel Wings is a multiplayer arcade airplane shooter. Conquer the skies with an unusual arsenal of weapons and a gravity-defying airplane!
Butlerstyle Entertainment · 2016 · Linux, PC, Mac
10Frauki's Adventure is a melee-combat platformer where you fight your way deep into a strange and mysterious world. Challenging sword-fights and a sprawling, bizarre world await!
CLYDE Games · 2021 · Linux, PC
11Hack-n-slash your way through the evil brewing in the Outer Realm! Stop the ominous Overlords in their tracks, but tread lightly, for every corner hosts a monster in waiting!
Unnamed Studios · 2023 · Linux, Android, PC
12Side-scrolling, fast-paced, action-packed karate game with multiple levels. Scoring based on health and time to complete.
2025 · Linux, PC, Mac
