Strategy 2015 for Linux — top best games in the Strategy genre / Page 3

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2015

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A card-based fighting game where matches hinge on choosing cards and anticipating an opponent’s moves. Players select a character, learn their attacks and combos...

Tropico 5: Espionage

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

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2015

Steam: 79/100

Tropico 5: Espionage is a management strategy add-on with an isometric camera view. A new threat has appeared in the world of Tropico: now you have to defend your...

FortressCraft Evolved!

Shooter, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Crafting, Construction

Game released: Linux → 9 November 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 71/100

FortressCraft Evolved! is a unique mixture of voxel landscapes, tower defense, crafting, logistics, exploration and charged action with a first-person view. The...

Invisible, Inc. Contingency Plan

Action, Strategy, Stealth, DLC, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 12 November 2015

Steam: 90/100

Invisible, Inc. Contingency Plan is an add-on to the spy action game that adds new missions and achievements. Players will be able to explore new locations...

Idol Hands

Strategy, Simulation, God Simulator

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2015

Steam: 83/100

A strategy game and god simulator in which the player guides a people in a world of rival deities and gradually expands their power by defeating other gods. The...

Reassembly

Action, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Construction, Space, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2015

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 94/100

A space sandbox with action and strategy elements, Reassembly has players designing ships and exploring a procedurally generated universe. Resources are used to...

Masterplan

Action, Strategy, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 4 June 2015

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Set in the 1970s, this tactical, squad-based heist game presents its action from a 2D top-down perspective. The player plans robberies and chooses whether to rely...

Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri

Action, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Simulation, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2015

Steam: 96/100

A science-fiction first-person shooter with tactical squad command follows the fight to protect a colony on Centauri. The player leads Strike Force Centauri against...

Ant War: Domination

Strategy, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2015

Steam: 60/100

A strategy game with simulation elements about growing an ant colony and setting out to conquer the world. Starting with just a handful of ants, the player trains...

Ceres (2015)

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2015

Steam: 52/100

Ceres — real-time space strategy. Players will take control of a squadron of spaceships and take part in battles, trade and exploration of solar systems. It...

Survivor Squad: Gauntlets

Action, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 16 November 2015

Steam: 63/100

This strategy-action game follows a squad of survivors fighting infected enemies and trying to reach extraction. Line of sight is central to combat: squad members...

Mayan Death Robots

Arcade, Action, Futurism (Future), Side view, Turn-based, Strategy, Online

Game released: Linux → 20 November 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A turn-based artillery strategy set during the Mayan civilization, which is under threat from alien war machines. Players choose a robot and fight in an arena...

Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons

Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 9 January 2015

Steam: 44/100

This real-time tactical strategy game follows the Black Talons mercenary company, stranded in the Oberon system after the Tzanar Union captures the planet Genai. To...

Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord GOLD

Turn-based, Role-playing game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 27 March 2015

Steam: 80/100

This fantasy turn-based strategy game with role-playing elements follows two separate stories: the succubus Bel'Kara opposes the Underworld, while the orc Katzok...

Cheats 4 Hire

Strategy, Indie, Free game, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 25 June 2015

Steam: 72/100

Set in Travian High School, this tactical puzzle game follows a group of students who help their classmates cheat on exams as more and more of them fail. Janitor...

Bit Shifter

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 2 November 2015

Steam: 100/100

A futuristic action-strategy game follows a battle against a virus threatening a home computer. Pilot Flash Bios sets out to find his brother Rom, who went missing...

Making History: The Great War

Strategy, Simulation, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2015

Steam: 75/100

This turn-based grand strategy game is set during the First World War. The player leads an independent nation, managing its economy, diplomacy, and military, while...

Convoy

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 78/100

In a post-apocalyptic future, this tactical roguelike follows a squad crossing a wasteland to find parts for a broken spaceship. The group travels in combat...

Interloper

Online, Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2015

Steam: 84/100

Interloper is a real-time strategy game in which players compete for control of territory rather than trying to destroy one another. Capturing the map means...

Conflicks - Revolutionary Space Battles

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2015

Steam: 82/100

Conflicks: Revolutionary Space Battles is an indie real-time strategy game. The game will take the player to an alternative universe, where the source of enormous...

Idle Civilization

Indie, Simulation, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 24 November 2015

Steam: 47/100

Idle Civilization is a civilization management strategy with idle-game elements. Starting with a pair of villagers on the planet Communia, the player grows a...

Alien Robot Monsters

Strategy, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2015

Steam: 83/100

This sci-fi tower defense game follows colonists battling hostile robots on a planet capable of supporting human life. An expedition sends a colony ship and a small...

Zotrix

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2015

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Zotrix is an arcade space shooter inspired by arcade games from the 1980s and early 1990s. The player escorts a cargo ship through deep space and fights aliens in...

Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story

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

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2015

Steam: 73/100

Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story is a comedy, role-playing, turn-based management game. The player will have to explore the oceans, fight bandits, protect...

12 Labours of Hercules IV: Mother Nature (Platinum Edition)

Strategy, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 25 December 2015

Steam: 91/100

A casual strategy game with puzzle elements set in Greek mythology, 12 Labours of Hercules IV: Mother Nature follows Hercules and Megara as they try to restore the...

Shallow Space

Strategy, Simulation, Role-playing game

Early Access: Linux → 21 October 2015

Steam: 23/100

A fleet-focused strategy game in which players assemble a taskforce and lead it through missions to exert influence across planetary regions. Resources for building...

Enemy

Strategy, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 March 2015

Steam: 84/100

This tactical role-playing game combines elements of classic video games in a procedurally generated world. Each playthrough takes place in an open environment...

I of the Dragon

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 55/100

This fantasy action game with role-playing and strategy elements follows a young dragon defending the world of Nimoa from an ancient evil: the demon Skarborr. At...

Tomb of Tyrants

Indie, Strategy, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 June 2015

Steam: 78/100

This strategy game combines tile-matching puzzles with the construction and defense of a dungeon against waves of greedy adventurers. The player matches tiles to...

The Cat Machine

Indie, Strategy, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 12 August 2015

Steam: 92/100

This logic puzzle centers on a secret machine that keeps Earth in orbit, with trains carrying cats along its tracks. The player designs the contraption to process...

LocoSoccer Classic

Sports game, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2015

Steam: 64/100

A physics-based soccer game in which a team scores goals to win cups and unlock customization items. Players choose a difficulty and control five footballers split...

Stars Beyond Reach

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2015

Stars Beyond Reach is a strategy game with indie game elements from developers from the Arcen Games studio. The game is published by Arcen...

Biodrone Battle

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2015

Steam: 50/100

This top-down sci-fi action game centers on a rebellion by battle drones: artificial beings made from biological and electronic components. As their self-awareness...

Mighty Switch Force! Academy

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Action, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 23 November 2015

Steam: 80/100

Mighty Switch Force! Academy is a two-dimensional arcade game with puzzle elements. The main character is Patricia Wagon, who is undergoing training at the...

Wyrmsun

Strategy, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2015

Steam: 77/100

Wyrmsun is a real-time strategy game that draws on mythology, history and fiction. Its universe includes humans on Earth, dwarves on Nidavellir and elves on...

U.F.H.O. 2

Arcade, Strategy, Board / Group Game, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 2 June 2015

Steam: 87/100

This strategy board game with arcade elements pits aliens against one another in a maze of hexagonal spaces. Players plan their turns, anticipate opponents’ moves...

Almightree: The Last Dreamer

Arcade, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Action, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 7 September 2015

Steam: 77/100

This 3D puzzle platformer unfolds in a fantasy world falling apart, where the last dreamer must find the mystical Almightree and its seedlings to restore life and...

Massive Chalise

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

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2015

Massive Chalise is a strategy game with elements of a fantasy game, an indie game and a tactical game from the developers of Double Fine Productions. The game is...

Breach & Clear: DEADline

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Zombies, Action

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2015

Steam: 53/100

A tactical strategy game with action and RPG elements, in which a special forces squad investigates the source of a dangerous outbreak. The player commands four...

Mold on Pizza

Free game, Casual game, Indie, Action, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 25 September 2015

Steam: 81/100

The main character travels across the surface of a pizza, where he and his friends fight against mold and preservatives. After each level you can upgrade and...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2015 for Linux