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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Dota Underlords

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tropico 6: Spitter

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

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 53/100

Tropico 6: Spitter — an expansion for the banana republic dictator simulator Tropico 6. It adds the social network Spitter to the game, where the dictator...

Merchant of the Skies

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

Game released: Linux → 17 April 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Stellaris: Necroids

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

Game released: Linux → 29 October 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 54/100

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...

Russiaphobia

Action, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Horror, Strategy, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 25 December 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 70/100

Russiaphobia is a unique simulator of a foreign agent who is immersed in Russian realities to help raise the country from its knees. As you progress, tasks await...

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor

Simulation, Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Strategy, Adventure, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 14 May 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 78/100

Nimbatus — The Space Drone Constructor is a top-down sci-fi action game with simulation elements. You have to go to conquer hostile space in military drones...

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...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2020 for Linux (Game released)