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

Crusader Kings 3 - a game in the Strategy genre

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

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crusader Kings 3 is the latest installment in Paradox’s series of grand strategy games set in the Middle Ages. The game was created with the historically accurate...

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...

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...

Space Haven

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

Game released: Linux → 13 May 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Total War: Warhammer 2 - The Twisted & The Twilight

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

Game released: Linux → 3 December 2020

Steam: 74/100

Total War: Warhammer 2 - The Twisted & The Twilight - an expansion for the fantasy strategy game with the gameplay mechanics of the Total War series set in the...

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...

Space Grunts 2

Arcade, Role-playing game, Card game, Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Futurism (Future), Roguelike

Early Access: Linux → 24 September 2019; Game released: Linux → 27 May 2020

Steam: 66/100

Space Grunts 2 is a continuation of the card role-playing game with strategy elements and turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. You will once again take on the...

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...

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...

Total War: Warhammer 2 - The Warden & The Paunch

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

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Total War: Warhammer 2 — The Warden & The Paunch — an add-on for a fantasy strategy with game mechanics from the Total War game series in the Warhammer...

A Long Way Down

Strategy, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 56/100

A Long Way Down is a fun side-scrolling card strategy game set in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of Sam, who finds himself in the...

Space Crew

Business / Management, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Top-down view, In real time, Action, Science fiction, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Space Crew is a strategic space simulator with elements of survival and management. In the game, you will lead the crew of a ship and, as part of the United Defense...

OBEY

Strategy, Action, Indie

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2020

Steam: 82/100

OBEY is an asymmetrical multiplayer game built around players commanding their opponents and sometimes following their orders in turn. Each player decides whether...

Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus

Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Online, DLC, Free game, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 46/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus is a free expansion for the side-scrolling, turn-based RPG Darkest Dungeon. The expansion introduces PvP battles where...

Startup Company

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

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 80/100

This business management simulation centres on running a website and growing it into the largest in its industry. The player improves its features, expands hosting...

Wizards and Warlords

Strategy, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 25 September 2020

Steam: 82/100

Wizards and Warlords is a turn-based fantasy strategy game set in a randomly generated world populated by rival wizards and warlords. The player creates a sovereign...

Graywalkers: Purgatory

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Adventure

Early Access: Linux → 15 January 2020

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 38/100

Graywalkers: Purgatory is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements set in a post-apocalyptic setting where Heaven and Hell have become intertwined with Earth as...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2020 for Linux