action games

The Are Coming is an indie in development 3rd Person Action game based on War Of The Worlds. Aliens attack without warning and huge walkers roam the roadside. Protect the people from this invasion and use your guns and quick reflexes to slay our unwanted visitors.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing The Are Coming in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of The Are Coming. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2
DXVK: 1.5

Wine Installation

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Hounds of Valor demo is a short 3rd person action platform game where you control a hound and stop the alien threat! Slay interesting creatures that have infested the landscape with your sword, knives and bombs. Find secret areas by jumping and climbing around hidden ledges.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Hounds of Valor in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Hounds of Valor. Other versions may require additional steps.

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.21-staging
DXVK: 1.4.6

Wine Installation

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TORB is a low poly physics-based action sword fighting game. Control the direction of your sword with the directional keys and mouse or controller. Dodge, perry and lock swords agains a friend or in cooperative mode against waves of opponents.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing TORB in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of TORB. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2

Wine Installation

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Look for the Wine Version: 4.0.2
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Cartoon Strike is a Lowpoly team deathmatch first person shooter inspired by Counter-Strike, Star Wars Battlefront and other FPS. This game is in development so there may be further levels like other FPS games in the future.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Cartoon Strike in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Cartoon Strike. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2
DXVK: 1.4.4

Wine Installation

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Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.0.2
Select it
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...

Call of Juarez Bound in Blood is another FPS installment of the Old West with the McCall brothers. Fight together in the Civil War and the West to find the Gold of Juarez. Play as Ray or Thomas, choose a variety of guns to slay bandits, soldiers and other enemies. Mount horses, drive wagons or row canoes across beautiful wild west landscapes.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Call of Juarez Bound in Blood in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Call of Juarez Bound in Blood. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2

Wine Installation

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Dead Lab is a short indie project by Fractured Games Inc where you play as Sam in an experimental lab where everything has gone wrong. You are awakened in a lab dormitory by a voice on the radio. You must reach the top level at all cost, find weapons, use physics and keep your cool.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Dead Lab 2.0 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GameJolt version of Dead Lab 2.0. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2
DXVK: 1.4.2

Wine Installation

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Look for the Wine Version: 4.0.2
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Gunman and the Witch is a real-time action strategy game where you build and manage your town while protecting the people from outlaws. When you begin the town is just a few basic buildings like a general store and a lodge, but as you add livestock, gunsmith, church and other necessities you will grow the town and earn more money. But, tend to the needs of the people otherwise the outlaw oppression will force them to leave!



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Gunman and the Witch in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io beta version of Gunman and the Witch. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2...

Drunk Fu: Wasted Masters is a physics-based brawler fighting game. You never really have full control of your character which makes a unique fighting experience as he stumbles across the level picking up any item in range and smashing it against the other players. This is the heart of Drunk Fu!



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing runk Fu: Wasted Masters demo in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of runk Fu: Wasted Masters demo. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2

Wine Installation

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Elite Force is a sci-fi wave-based First Person Shooter. Upgrade your weapons, abilities and protect your based from waves of enemies and a boss. Developed by Fractured Games, but as far as I can tell it is no longer under development.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Elite Force in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the MajorGeeks version of Elite Force. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2

Wine Installation

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Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.0.2
Select it
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...

Far Cry 2 takes place in Central Africa during the civil war. Your mission is to find and kill The Jakal who is selling arms to both sides. Explore beautiful desert and jungle environments on the land and rivers. Take out mercenaries, find diamonds and set fire to a completely destructible world.

Screenshot...

Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Far Cry 2 Fortunes Edition in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Far Cry 2 Fortunes Edition. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2
DXVK: 1.3.3

Wine Installation

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Dude Simulator is a sandbox free roam FPS where you can interact with just about anything in the game. You actually have objectives, but who follows those anyways? Mess with the dudes by commanding them to follow and watch them trip over eachother... or kill them, make them angry, pee on them or just do stupid things that dudes love to do. It never gets old!



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Dude Simulator 3 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the free itch.io version of Dude Simulator 3. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2

Wine Installation

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Tower 57 is an 8-bit 80s twin-stick inspired action game! Every object in the game is destructible and you have 3 swappable character to slay all the baddies. Every level is designed with co-op in-mind and it shows... Tower 57 is a lot of fun and quite a challenge!



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Tower 57 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Tower 57. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0.2

Wine Installation

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Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.0.2
Select it
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Kuara demo is a clever low-poly action tower-defense real-time-strategy game. You can equip your character with mech-ish weaponry and attack the enemy bases before they attack yours. Wave after wave defend your base, or obliterate theirs with projectile weapons from your three unique mechs.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Kuara Demo in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Kuara Demo. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.11-staging

Wine Installation

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Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.11-staging
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Wild Woods demo is a cooperative 3rd person action game where your clan of 4 animals guide the caravan through dangerous forests. Collect wood and health to stay alive when it gets dark, because when the light is gone, the enemies come to take all of your goods... and your life!



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Wild Woods demo in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Wild Woods demo. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.11-staging 64-bit
DXVK: 1.3.1

Wine Installation

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Afterlife Arcade is a FPS wave-based action game created by 5 students as an 8-week project. Gain tickets by slaying waves of zombies to continue into the next area of the arcade or purchase upgrades.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Afterlife Arcade in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Afterlife Arcade. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0 64-bit
DXVK: 1.3.1

Wine Installation

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Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
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Atma is a colorful fantasy action game with an interesting story and clever fighting mechanics. It isn't a typical hack-n-slash, instead you use earned abilities to solve puzzles, slow down time and attack enemies by slicing zones on the screen.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Atma Demo in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the itch.io version of Amta. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0
DXVK: 1.3.1

Wine Installation

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Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
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Goblin Cruncher is a 3rd person melee action low-poly dungeon game. There is no sneaking here... slice-n-dice goblins with different melee weapons and use your magic grappling hook to swing across large fissures and lava pits. And yes... of course there is a boss at the end.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Goblin Cruncher in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Itch.io version of Goblin Cruncher. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0

Wine Installation

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Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
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Play as a simple Mechanic thrown into an alien frenzy as all hell breaks loose! Shadowgrounds is a combat action game with a huge arsenal of weapons, upgrades, destructible environments and top-down action.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Shadowgrounds in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Shadowgrounds. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0

Wine Installation

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Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
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John Romero has finally added another expansion to Doom and its totall free:
https://www.romerogames.ie/si6il


You can run it with GZDoom in Linux

Grab a copy of GZDoom and place the SIGIL files into "/home/username/.config/gzdoom" so it can easily find it. You can then use your favourite Doom launcher or run it simply with a quick terminal command like so:

gzdoom -iwad DOOM.WAD -file SIGIL.wad

Jack McLantern is a 3rd Person Indie Fantasy Action game where you play a pumpkin head hero with a scythe, axe and a gun. Your job is to collect souls by slaying minion zombies, skeletons, armored demons and much more. This game is still in development, but for the moment its in beta and free to play.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Jack McLantern in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Moddb.com version of Jack McLantern. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0
DXVK: 1.0.3

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.0...