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

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2020

Players: 8.6/10

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)

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

Players: 9.1/10

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...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

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

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

Players: 7.5/10

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 Crew

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

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Players: 7.4/10

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...

Spiritfarer

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

Game released: Linux → 18 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Besiege

Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action

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

Players: 7.5/10

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

One Step from Eden

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

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

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...

Fort Triumph

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

Early Access: Linux → 26 April 2018; Game released: Linux → 16 April 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Fort Triumph is an exciting tactical strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You will become the leader of fearless heroes...

For the People

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Strategy, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 13 August 2020

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Ray's the Dead

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2020

Ray's the Dead is a fun zombie action game with an isometric camera view, where you rise from your grave and lead hordes of zombies. The main task is to investigate...

Space Haven

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

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

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Prison Architect - Island Bound

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

Game released: Linux → 23 June 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Prison Architect — Island Bound — an expansion for the real-time management strategy game with a top-down view. With it, you will have new opportunities for...

Cities: Skylines - Sunset Harbor

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

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2020

Players: 6/10

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...

DevLife

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

Early Access: Linux → 21 August 2020

Players: 7.1/10

DevLife is a management simulator with an isometric camera view, where you can create your own character and experience a whole life with him in the IT industry. As...

ShellShock Live

Online, Strategy, Turn-based, Tanks

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Stellaris: Federations

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

Game released: Linux → 17 March 2020

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

The Battle of Polytopia

Strategy, Simulation, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

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...

MMORPG Tycoon 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Simulation, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2020

Players: 6.9/10

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...

Space Commander: War and Trade

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

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

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

Game released: Linux → 29 February 2020

Players: 7.1/10

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...

Total War: Three Kingdoms - The Furious Wild

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

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2020

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Radio General

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

Game released: Linux → 9 April 2020

Players: 6.3/10

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...

Startup Company

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

Game released: Linux → 10 April 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Hearts of Iron 4: Battle for the Bosporus

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

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

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...

Merchant of the Skies

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Business / Management, Indie, Side view

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Merchant of the Skies is a real-time management strategy with a side view. In the game, you will act as the captain of an airship, who will have to trade, collect...

Godhood

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2020

Players: 3.9/10

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...

Secret Government

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

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

Players: 7/10

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...

Hearts of Iron 4: La Resistance

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

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2020

Players: 7.8/10

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...

CyberHive

Futurism (Future), Simulation, Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Adventure, Indie, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2020

CyberHive is a real-time role-playing strategy with elements of science fiction and anime. You are the commander of the Melistara (Star Bee), and you have a swarm...

Total War: Warhammer 2 - The Twisted & The Twilight

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

Game released: Linux → 3 December 2020

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...

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

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...

Graywalkers: Purgatory

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

Early Access: Linux → 15 January 2020

Players: 6.3/10

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...

Out of Space

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

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2020

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...

Meeple Station

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 17 January 2019; Game released: Linux → 10 April 2020

Meeple Station is an isometric management simulator set in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the game RimWorld. You will need to build your own space station and...

Crossroads Inn - Pests & Puppies

DLC, Simulation, Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2020

Players: 4.3/10

Crossroads Inn — Pests & Puppies is an add-on for a management simulator with role-playing elements and an isometric camera. It adds several pets and pests to...

Europa Universalis 4: Emperor

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

Game released: Linux → 9 June 2020

Players: 6.4/10

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

Songs of Syx

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

Early Access: Linux → 22 September 2020

Players: 10/10

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...

Stellaris: Necroids

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

Game released: Linux → 29 October 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Stellaris: Necroids - an addition for the global space strategy in real time stellaris. This DLC will add a reasonable undead to the game with a new option for the...

Space Grunts 2

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

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

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...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2020 for Linux