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Mindustry, sort of like factorio but open source and free on itch. Although you can also buy it on steam

I love Dead Cells and me and my wife have been playing a lot of Out of Space lately. Other than that Paradox games are awesome, and one that I've played a lot years and years ago was Project Zomboid. On the more AAA front I loved Deus Ex and Borderlands 2.

@privsecfoss Starsector has a Linux build, and is an excellent game.

0ad, Wesnoth, Endless Sky, Mindustry

Kerbal Space Program!

Damn so many great ones to choose from. I am big fan of Paradox strategy games, kinda in that order: Stellaris, Hearts of iron IV and Europa Universalis IV.

There are a few that are really fun. My kids were getting interested in gaming, so I had to have a look into suitable games. So here is a kid-friendly list of great stuff that runs natively:

GCompris: A lot of nice learning mini games for the very young (also good to teach e.g. usage of mouse and keyboard)

Minetest: Very similar to Minecraft, but with its own twist. Highly customizable with mods and completely free and open. I am running my own minetest server with a customized non-survival world that is used by my family.

Widelands: A really great community adaption (and extension) of the Settlers II. My son totally loves it.

Unciv: Civilization game based on the Civ5 ruleset. I actually had to deinstall it again on my mobile phone (also available for Android) because it has the same addictive properties as the original...

And for non-free games: Lutris + GOG makes me happy. Currently playing some older Tomb Raider game. Although not really native, I think. Probably using Wine or so...

The games I keep coming back and playing since years are Factorio and Cities Skylines. And Minecraft if you call a Java program native. All because of the vast number of mods that exist. And Dota now and then for playing with friends.

Right now I'm really getting into old school games or games that have the old school look. Here's a few which have native Linux support:

• Stardew Valley
• Broforce
• Carrion
• Dusk
• FTL: Faster Than Light
• Huntdown

I go back to Battle for Wesnoth a few times a year. There are many new scenarios over the recent years.

Don't know about them being the best, but I've been playing Valheim and Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun and having a good time with both.

Whenever people ask this, no one ever mentions Teeworlds. It's so cute but has insane depth

The Talos Principle must be mentioned here. It was the first major game to provide Vulkan support, running just incredibly well.

And of course, Minecraft.

I have a long list :)

Dota2 & CS GO Paradox strategy games (JRepin had listed)

Many non-strategy games published (not developed by) by Paradox Interactive are also providing native Linux games, incl. Cities: Skylines, Surviving Mars, Tyranny

I know you are specifically asking for natives, but with the awesome work Valve has put into proton so many games play well with linux now!