Games Like EVE Online for LinuxSimilar Role-playing Games like EVE Online

EVE Online is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Star Citizen. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Oolite or Vega Strike. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to EVE Online and eight of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to EVE Online are Shores of Hazeron, X - Space Game, Star Conflict and Vendetta Online.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
EVE Online alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Star Citizen icon
     13 likes

    Star Citizen is a space sim video game for Microsoft Windows. Star Citizen is planned to consist of two main components: first-person space combat, mining, exploration and trading with first-person shooter elements in a massively multiplayer persistent universe and customizable...

    18 Star Citizen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Lutris
     
    |
    4
  2. Oolite icon
     14 likes

    Oolite is a space sim game, inspired by Elite. Among Oolite's several similarities to its inspirational source, the gaming experience is enhanced by the context set in Elite's original manual, and the accompanying novella, The Dark Wheel.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  3. Unscripted, living and thriving universe. First person action from the ground to the stars and beyond. You is always yourself, scavenging your first fruit from the tree or standing on the bridge of your flagship.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    |
    1
  4. X is a science fiction space trading and combat simulator series created by German developer Egosoft. The series is set in the X-Universe where several races populate a number of worlds connected by jumpgates.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
     
  5. Star Conflict icon
     5 likes

    Star Conflict is an action-packed, massively multiplayer space simulation game that puts players in the role of elite pilots engaging in a widespread interplanetary skirmish. The whole world for PVP and PVE!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
     
  6. Vendetta Online is a 3D space combat MMORPG for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. This MMO permits thousands of players to interact as the pilots of spaceships in a vast universe. Users may build their characters in any direction they desire, becoming rich captains of industry...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Daydream
     
  7. Play with friends online to defend the planet! Longest time to first impact or longest time to 100% damage. You destroy asteroids by flying into them before they hit the planet!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
8 of 8 EVE Online alternatives