Strategy 2013 for Linux — top best games in the Strategy genre

Role-playing game, Strategy, Hack and slash, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, MOBA

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2013

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Dota 2 is a continuation of the legendary team tactical and strategic game with role-playing game elements, in which each player controls one hero, and, if the hero...

Sanctum 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op), Strategy

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A first-person shooter with tower defense elements, Sanctum 2 centers on protecting oxygen-producing Cores from alien creatures on the planet LOEK III. During the...

Europa Universalis 4

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Grand strategy, Historical

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Europa Universalis 4 is a top-down global real-time strategy game. The game takes place in the period from the Late Middle Ages to the era of the Napoleonic Wars...

Company of Heroes 2

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: Linux → 25 June 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Company of Heroes 2 is a continuation of the historical real-time strategy with an isometric camera view, which will allow you to take part in a large-scale...

Anomaly 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

Reus

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Reus is a side-scrolling real-time management strategy game set in a fantasy setting. You have to take control of the universe as mighty titans, possessing all...

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2013

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly: Warzone Earth — This is a strategy with an unconventional approach. The player controls units that move along a pre-marked route. The goal is to kill...

NEO Scavenger

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

NEO Scavenger is a turn-based strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat. In the game, you will need to survive in post-apocalyptic Michigan, travel...

Dungeon Defenders

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Dungeon Defenders is a dynamic cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view and elements of the tower defense genre in a fantasy setting. You have...

Worms: Clan Wars

Action, Strategy, MMO, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view, Online

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Worms: Clan Wars is a new part of the exciting turn-based strategy in the Worms universe with an emphasis on the multiplayer component. The game contains 25 single...

Expeditions: Conquistador

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2013

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Set in 16th-century America, Expeditions: Conquistador is a turn-based role-playing strategy game about a Spanish expedition driven by the pursuit of gold and fame...

Game Dev Tycoon

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Game Dev Tycoon is a game developer simulator in which you play the role of a project manager. You will be able to come up with names for games, choose or create an...

Bionic Dues

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Tactics, Role-playing game, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2013

Players: 4/10

Steam: 84/100

Bionic Dues is a hardcore tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view in a sci-fi setting. In the game, you will go to a terrifying world of...

Sid Meier's Civilization 5: Brave New World

Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

An expansion for Sid Meier's Civilization 5 that adds international trade and new ways to pursue cultural and diplomatic influence in the turn-based strategy...

Skyward Collapse

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2013

Steam: 49/100

A turn-based strategy game in the god-game genre, Skyward Collapse casts the player as the Creator, tasked with keeping two warring factions in balance on the...

ArmA Tactics

Strategy, Isometric, Tactics, Indie, Turn-based, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 33/100

ArmA Tactics — turn-based indie strategy with tactics and shooter elements. You take control of a four-man special forces squad. There are no set strategies...

Chainsaw Warrior

Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Card game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2013

Players: 1/10

Steam: 64/100

A turn-based card strategy game based on a solo board game, set in Manhattan in 2032. A spatial rift unleashes hordes of creatures into New York, and an...

Battle Worlds: Kronos

Action, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots, Isometric, Warships / Submarines, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2013

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Battle Worlds: Kronos is a turn-based action strategy with fantasy elements and combat robots. Experience two sides of the battle using multiple fighting styles...

Castle Story

Arcade, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Strategy, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 55/100

A strategy sandbox set among floating fantasy islands, Castle Story puts the player in command of creatures called Bricktrons, who build castles and settlements...

World War 2: Panzer Claws

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Tanks

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2013

Players: 1/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A real-time strategy game about World War II battles in Europe, where the player commands Allied, German, Russian, or French Resistance forces. Its campaigns span...

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

Strategy, God Simulator, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 28 September 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

A turn-based fantasy strategy game about divine beings who rule nations and compete for dominion over the world. In Dominions 4, the player chooses a pretender to...

Gratuitous Space Battles

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Space

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2013

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A space strategy game centered on large battles between fleets of massive ships. The player takes the role of an admiral, assembling ships from modules, arranging a...

Cubemen 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2013

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Cubemen 2 is a 3D strategy game in which players use squads of small cubemen to defend and attack enemies. It features several modes, including CTF, Skirmish, and...

Skulls of the Shogun

Arcade, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 29 July 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This turn-based strategy game with an arcade pace follows samurai warriors in the afterlife, where General Akamoto assembles an army for battle. His forces include...

Hero of the Kingdom

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Hero of the Kingdom is an adventure strategy game with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. The game tells the story of a young hero whose father is kidnapped...

Crusader Kings 2: Sons of Abraham

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2013

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Crusader Kings 2: Sons of Abraham is an addition to the global real-time strategy game, where the gameplay is focused on the Abrahamic religions &mdash...

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2013

Steam: 95/100

A tactical role-playing game with tower-defense elements, Defender's Quest centers on real-time battles in which individual heroes take the place of defensive...

Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign

Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2013

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This turn-based operational wargame covers the 1942–43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front of World War II. The campaign can be played from either the Axis or...

Sword of the Stars: The Pit

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2013

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A turn-based role-playing game set in the science-fiction universe of Sword of the Stars, where an expedition ventures into an ancient alien facility beneath the...

Cook, Serve, Delicious!

Arcade, Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

This arcade restaurant-management simulator follows the growth of a small café into a five-star establishment. The player builds a menu from 30 types of food and...

Survivor Squad

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Steam: 67/100

This tactical action game with strategy elements follows a squad of survivors searching for supplies in a world overrun by the infected. The player commands up to...

Company of Heroes 2: Southern Fronts Mission Pack

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2013

Steam: 65/100

An expansion for Company of Heroes 2 set amid Red Army and Wehrmacht battles in the southwest of the USSR in early 1943, during the spring rasputitsa. Its 10...

Not The Robots

Isometric, Logic, Indie, Strategy, Action

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2013

Steam: 80/100

A stealth roguelike about a robot in an office building that eats furniture while avoiding security. A mysterious story gradually explains the strange...

Zen Bound 2

Strategy, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2013

Steam: 90/100

A puzzle game about painting wooden sculptures by wrapping them in rope. Each level presents a spatial challenge that players solve by inspecting the object and...

Dungeon Hearts

Role-playing game, In real time, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2013

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This puzzle RPG combines tile-matching with real-time combat. Runes move along a stream, and the player aligns them to attack enemies, defend against their moves...

Anomaly: Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2013

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Anomaly: Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign is a continuation of the top-down strategy game in the sci-fi setting of Anomaly: Warzone Earth, which adds 15 new missions...

WarGame: AirLand Battle

Strategy, Flight Simulator, In real time, Third-person view, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A real-time strategy game about a war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact that erupts in 1985 after an incident in the North Sea. The player commands the forces of...

Solar Flux

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Logic, Indie, Strategy, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2013

Steam: 78/100

This puzzle strategy game follows an effort to save dying stars in a perishing universe. The player pilots a ship through zero gravity, collecting fragments of...

Football Manager 2014

Simulation, Strategy, Football, Business / Management, Sports game, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 30 October 2013

Metacritic: 85/100

Football Manager 2014 is a football management simulator in which you become the manager of a football team and lead it to success. The game has over a thousand...

Anomaly Korea

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2013

Players: 4/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 86/100

A real-time strategy game with a top-down view, Anomaly Korea follows a human squad fighting an invasion by alien robots in Korea. The expansion campaign to Anomaly...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2013 for Linux (Game released)