Strategy 2020 for Linux — top best games in the Strategy genre

Crusader Kings 3 - a game in the Strategy genre

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

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crusader Kings 3 is a continuation of the series of global strategies by Paradox about the Middle Ages. When creating it, historically accurate customs and morals...

Factorio

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Crafting

Early Access: Linux → 25 February 2016; Game released: Linux → 14 August 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Factorio is a top-down sci-fi management strategy game. You have to prepare an alien planet for comfortable living of earthly inhabitants. You will be able to mine...

Spiritfarer

Simulation, Business / Management, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op), Construction

Game released: Linux → 18 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Spiritfarer is a fun management simulator with a side view that tells the story of death. You take on the role of a ferryman for the dead and build your own ship to...

Desperados 3

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Desperados 3 is the continuation of the popular tactical strategy series Desperados from the creators of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. The game allows you...

Broken Lines

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

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Broken Lines is a tactical turn-based strategy with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. Set during World War II, the game follows a group of eight soldiers...

Iratus: Lord of the Dead

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Iratus: Lord of the Dead — a party-based RPG with roguelike elements and a side view, inspired by the popular Darkest Dungeon and Dungeon Keeper. An enraged...

Stoneshard

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 6 February 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 74/100

Stoneshard is a tactical RPG with roguelike elements and an open world from the creators of 12 is Better Than 6. You will embark on a grand journey across the...

Commandos 2: HD Remaster

Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 24 January 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 56/100

An updated version of the cult real-time strategy from 2001. In the modern edition you will find improved graphics and artificial intelligence, a user-friendly...

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...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons

Early Access: Linux → 20 March 2020; Game released: Linux → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

Beyond All Reason

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 25 May 2020; Game in development: Linux → 2027

Steam: 70/100

A large-scale free strategy inspired by Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander. The game transports players to futuristic wars between massive mechanized...

Dota Underlords

Online, Fantasy / Medieval, Chess game, Free game, Tactics, Strategy, Casual game

Early Access: Linux → 20 June 2019; Game released: Linux → 25 February 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Dota Underlords is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical game that features chess with heroes from the famous Dota universe. Victory is achieved through the proper...

The Battle of Polytopia

Strategy, Simulation, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Online

Game released: Linux → 4 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Battle of Polytopia is a minimalist global strategy game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. In the game you will go to conquer the Square...

For the People

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Strategy, Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 73/100

For the People is a political simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you will try on the role of the head of a small industrial...

Choice of Life: Middle Ages

Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Choice of Life: Middle Ages is a card adventure in a medieval setting. Here everything is determined by your choice: whether you become a robber, an artisan, or the...

Poly Bridge 2

Side view, Puzzle, Logic, Strategy, Simulation, Construction

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Sequel to the game about building bridges. The player is engaged in creating various structures that help vehicles get over ponds and cliffs. In the continuation, a...

Total War: Three Kingdoms - Mandate of Heaven

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Turn-based, DLC, Historical, Action

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Total War: Three Kingdoms — Mandate of Heaven is an add-on for a large-scale historical strategy from the Total War series. 182 Internal conflicts plague the...

Out of Space

Strategy, Online, Roguelike, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2020

Steam: 80/100

Out of Space is an online indie strategy game about team survival on board a spaceship. You have to collect resources, fight off attacks from hostile aliens...

Space Haven

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Survival, Space

Game in development: Linux → 2026; Early Access: Linux → 21 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Space Haven is a management simulator with roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to assemble your own team and go into outer space in search of a new...

Death and Taxes

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Puzzle, Visual novel, Side view, Point & Click, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Death and Taxes — an exciting adventure game in the spirit of Papers, Please, Reigns , and Beholder. In the game, you will take on the role of the Grim...

One Step from Eden

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Card game, Roguelike, Replayability

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

One Step from Eden is an action-adventure game with elements of a card roguelike, where you will need to build a powerful deck, attack opponents with spells, find...

RimWorld - Royalty

Strategy, Simulation, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Science fiction, Survival

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

RimWorld — Royalty — a major expansion for the strategy game RimWorld. The Empire has appeared in the colony. It is now possible to grant titles to residents...

Hearts of Iron 4: La Resistance

Strategy, Top-down view, In real time, DLC, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 40/100

Hearts of Iron 4: La Resistance is an add-on for the historical real-time strategy game. The game will introduce new opportunities for underground resistance, the...

Songs of Syx

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, City Building

Early Access: Linux → 22 September 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

The player develops a small village and tries to turn it into a thriving metropolis. It is necessary to build various buildings, gather resources, and create...

Cities: Skylines - Sunset Harbor

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

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2020

Players: 6/10

Steam: 60/100

Cities: Skylines — Sunset Harbor is an add-on for the city-planning simulator Cities: Skylines. It adds a fishing industry, new forms of public transport and...

Total War: Three Kingdoms - The Furious Wild

DLC, Strategy, Isometric, Top-down view, Action

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 52/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Total War: Three Kingdoms — The Furious Wild is an add-on for a large-scale historical strategy from the Total War series. The addition brings an expanded map...

Secret Government

Simulation, Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Grand strategy

Early Access: Linux → 22 June 2020; Game released: Linux → 15 April 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 52/100

Secret Government is a global turn-based strategy about secret societies, where you have to manage a powerful organization that influences the whole world. You will...

Godhood

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Isometric, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2020

Players: 3.9/10

Steam: 70/100

Godhood is a fun real-time strategy game with God simulator elements and an isometric camera view. In the game, you can try on the role of a prophet and create your...

MMORPG Tycoon 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Simulation, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Sandbox, City Building, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 85/100

MMORPG Tycoon 2 is an incredible sandbox with a first-person view, in which you take control of a full-size world and fill it with monsters, cities, NPCs and quest...

ShellShock Live

Online, Strategy, Turn-based, Tanks

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 93/100

ShellShock Live is a turn-based artillery strategy game built around online battles, where tank crews compete in teams or in free-for-all matches. Battles support...

From the Depths

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Construction, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2020

Steam: 90/100

A vehicle-building sandbox with strategy and simulation elements, From the Depths lets players assemble war machines from blocks and command them in battles across...

Stellaris: Federations

Strategy, Roguelike, Futurism (Future), In real time, DLC, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 17 March 2020

Steam: 67/100

Stellaris: Federations is an add-on for the global real-time space strategy Stellaris. The addition will significantly expand the arsenal of diplomatic techniques...

Europa Universalis 4: Emperor

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2020

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 49/100

Europa Universalis 4: Emperor is an expansion for the global strategy game Europa Universalis 4. The expansion brings improvements to the gameplay for Catholic...

As Far As The Eye

Top-down view, Strategy, Turn-based, Construction, City Building

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2020

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 70/100

The player creates a mobile village and helps the tribe get to the center of the world by a random-exteenurous route. It is important to take care of the...

Radio General

First-person view, Strategy, Tactics, Simulation, Historical, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2020

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Radio General is an unusual World War II game in which players have the opportunity to become a staff commander and give orders using voice commands. Radio General...

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

Action, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Role-playing game, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 20 September 2018; Game released: Linux → 1 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience is a side-scrolling survival game with roguelike elements. You have to find the answer to the question: “If you were...

Space Commander: War and Trade

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 67/100

Space Commander: War and Trade is a fantasy-style tactical action RPG with real-time management elements and an isometric view. You will have to create your fleet...

SimAirport

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, City Building, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 29 February 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 81/100

SimAirport is a real-time business strategy with a top-down view. You have to manage your own airport. Expand, invest in the purchase of new aircraft and new...

A Monster's Expedition

Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Puzzle, Top-down view, Strategy, Open world

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 94/100

A Monster's Expedition is a cute top-down adventure puzzle game. The game is about quirky monsters who love to learn new things about people. As you progress...

Hearts of Iron 4: Battle for the Bosporus

DLC, Strategy, Top-down view, In real time, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Steam: 40/100

Hearts of Iron 4: Battle for the Bosporus — addition for historical real-time strategy. National focus trees will be available in the game for small states on...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2020 for Linux