Strategy 2015 for Linux — top best games in the Strategy genre

Cities: Skylines - a game in the Strategy genre

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Tactics, City Building, Construction

Game released: Linux → 10 March 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Cities: Skylines is a city planning simulator with a developed management system and metropolitan management. As mayor, you'll have to take care of education...

Dungeon Warfare

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Old school

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2015

Steam: 95/100

A strategy game in the tower defense genre, where the role of the dungeon defender is assigned not to towers, but to numerous deadly traps. Spikes, rotating blades...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...

Besiege

Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action, Medieval era

Early Access: Linux → 28 January 2015; Game released: Linux → 18 February 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A construction game in which the player creates unique medieval siege engines and uses them to destroy fortified fortresses. Players can build siege weapons...

Total War: Attila

Strategy, In real time, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Total War: Attila is a continuation of the historical strategy with real-time battles and turn-based movements on the global map. The game tells the story of the...

Age of Wonders 3

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Age of Wonders 3 — continuation of a series of strategy games that combine construction, war and role-playing components. The game is one of the best in the...

Mini Metro

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Logic, Puzzle, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Mini Metro is a real-time management strategy where you can understand all the intricacies of the subway. Your task is simple — to develop a metro scheme in a...

Invisible, Inc.

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Invisible, Inc. — a tactical strategy with turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell about a secret organization of special agents who...

Hard West

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

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Hard West is a turn-based tactical western. The plot of the game will suggest delving into the darkest recesses of the soul of the main character Warren. You have...

War for the Overworld

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Isometric, Dungeons, Sandbox, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 65/100

War for the Overworld is a real-time strategy game with god simulator elements and an isometric camera view, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Overlord and...

Prison Architect

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

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Prison Architect is a top-down real-time management strategy game. Players will have to build and develop a real prison. Moreover, it will be necessary to organize...

The Escapists

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Strategy, Crafting, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 13 February 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Escapists is a fun indie prison escape game. This can be done by any means. For example, organize a riot. Or dig a tunnel right under the prison. Or quietly...

Warhammer Quest

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Board / Group Game

Game released: Linux → 7 January 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A fantasy role-playing strategy game based on the Warhammer Quest tabletop game, it sends a band of adventurers into the dangerous dungeons of the Warhammer World...

Battle Ranch: Pigs vs Plants

Strategy, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2015

Steam: 49/100

This strategy game combines tower defense and time management as the player protects a ranch from boars that threaten its livestock and the rancher's family. Mutant...

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Online, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 18 August 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 86/100

This science-fiction real-time strategy game stages large-scale battles between armies across multiple planets. Players command forces on land, at sea, in the air...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike, Space

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke up from...

Party Hard

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 60/100

A tactical stealth game about someone trying to stop noisy parties hosted by neighbours across the United States. Rather than call the police, the protagonist uses...

Valhalla Hills

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 2 December 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A strategy and simulation game about Vikings who are denied entry to Valhalla after death. Turned away by Odin, they travel through dangerous mountains toward a...

CaesarIA

Free game, City Building, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 20 January 2015

Steam: 58/100

CaesarIA is an economic city-building strategy set in ancient Rome and based on Caesar III. The player plans the town, develops extraction and production, and...

Templar Battleforce

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 21 September 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

A turn-based tactical strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where the Templar Knights wage war in Leviathan battle mechs. Their squad faces Xenos, rogue...

Big Pharma

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle, Tactics, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2015

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Big Pharma is a management strategy with an isometric camera, where you will become the head of a new pharmaceutical company and create your own medical empire. You...

Renowned Explorers: International Society

Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2015

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A strategy adventure with turn-based tactical conflicts, Renowned Explorers: International Society takes place in a fictional 19th-century world. The player leads...

Seduce Me

Strategy, Indie, Casual game, Adventure, Free game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2015

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 41/100

After receiving an invitation to a wealthy socialite’s holiday home, the protagonist finds himself in a Mediterranean mansion by the sea. He meets a range of...

Grand Ages: Medieval

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 25 September 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A real-time strategy game about developing a medieval settlement and building an empire in Europe in 1050. The player leads a community, explores the surrounding...

16bit Trader

Simulation, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 4 June 2015

Steam: 41/100

This medieval trading simulator with strategy elements follows a traveling merchant seeking revenge on his father’s killer and a fortune. He journeys between towns...

Empire TV Tycoon

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2015

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Empire TV Tycoon is a real-time management strategy game. This unique simulation game challenges players to manage a television studio. You'll have the opportunity...

StarDrive 2

Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Space

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2015

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A turn-based space 4X strategy with real-time tactical space battles and turn-based ground combat. In StarDrive 2, the player rules a race and builds an empire in a...

Cities: Skylines - After Dark

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Simulation, City Building

Game released: Linux → 24 September 2015

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

After Dark is an add-on for the city-planning simulator Cities: Skylines. It adds day and night cycles to the game. The mayor will need to provide entertainment and...

Defend the Highlands

Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tactics, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2015

Steam: 95/100

Defend the Highlands is a humorous tower defense strategy game set in a medieval setting. The events of the game take place in Scotland, where proud highlanders are...

Frozen Cortex

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Sports game, Cyberpunk, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2015

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Frozen Cortex is a unique tactical game that combines elements of Frozen Synapse and American football. The game features both a single-player campaign, offering...

Ironcast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Ironcast is an engaging role-playing strategy game with elements of a match-three puzzle set in a Victorian steampunk environment. To protect Great Britain, the...

12 Labours of Hercules III: Girl Power

Strategy, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 7 August 2015

Steam: 87/100

Set in the world of Greek mythology, this time-management adventure follows Megara as she searches for her husband Hercules, whom Charybdis has captured along with...

Europa Universalis 4: The Cossacks

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2015

Steam: 40/100

Europa Universalis 4: The Cossacks is an addition to the global strategy Europa Universalis 4. Events begin with the famous letter from the Cossacks to the Turkish...

Total War: Attila - Age of Charlemagne

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Historical

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2015

Players: 9/10

Steam: 64/100

Total War: Attila — Age of Charlemagne is an addition to the historical strategy Total War: Attila. The addition contains: a new campaign that will begin in...

Spellcrafter

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 May 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 33/100

Hand of Fate

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Card game

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Hand of Fate is an indie role-playing adventure game with elements of action and strategy, with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to play with a...

12 Labours of Hercules

Strategy, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 23 March 2015

Steam: 90/100

This time-management adventure and casual strategy game follows Hercules through a world inspired by Greek mythology. After Hades kidnaps his wife, the hero sets...

Massive Chalice

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2015

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A tactical strategy game set in a fantasy world, where an Immortal Ruler leads a nation through a 300-year war against the mysterious Cadence. The player commands...

12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull

Strategy, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2015

Steam: 90/100

This casual strategy game with puzzle elements follows Hercules on an adventure in Ancient Greece: after Hera unleashes the Cretan Bull, he repairs the roads and...

Dungeons 2: A Song of Sand and Fire

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2015

Steam: 57/100

This expansion for Dungeons 2 takes the Widely-Traveled Evil to a scorched desert, where an insane priestess burns anyone who fails to return to their dungeon in...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2015 for Linux