Strategy 2024 for Linux — top best games in the Strategy genre

Shogun Showdown - a game in the Strategy genre

Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Medieval era, Card game, Replayability

Early Access: Linux → 27 June 2023; Game released: Linux → 5 September 2024

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A tactical turn-based roguelike about a hero who challenges the powerful shogun. To win battles, you need to choose a good position, attack at the right moment and...

Men of War 2

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, In real time, Historical, Tanks, Action, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2024

Players: 7/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Continuation of a series of historical strategies known in the CIS under the name “Behind Enemy Lines.” The events of the game again take place on the battlefields...

HexDefense

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2024

Steam: 62/100

A roguelike in the tower defense genre, focused on continuous battles with almost no pauses. The main task is to defend the city from an endless onslaught of...

Backpack Battles

Strategy, Online, Indie, Fantasy, Roguelike

Early Access: Linux → 8 March 2024; Game released: Linux → 13 June 2025

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 92/100

As players progress, they acquire rare items and assemble powerful builds from them. After this, the character can be sent to fight with the heroes of other...

The Universim

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Casual game, Open world, City Building

Early Access: Linux → 28 August 2018; Game released: Linux → 22 January 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 79/100

A god simulator where you can create your own planets, civilizations and empires. During the course of the game, gamers will have to conduct technological and...

Firestone Online Idle RPG

Clicker, Online, Fantasy, Role-playing game, MMO, Free game, Strategy, Action

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 71/100

A fantasy MMO clicker in which players gather a team of valiant heroes and go to fight evil. As you progress, you can improve your skills and equipment, communicate...

Mini Airways

Business / Management, Top-down view, Simulation, Strategy, Casual game, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2024

Steam: 92/100

A game with minimalistic graphics in which the gamer, in the role of a dispatcher, controls planes at the airport. You need to monitor takeoff, landing, no-fly...

ZEPHON

Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2024

Steam: 82/100

The world collapsed under the onslaught of catastrophe, leaving behind a twisted Earth where mutated creatures hunt amidst the ruins and broken war machines wander...

Dungeon Clawler

Arcade, Collectible card game (CCG), Roguelike, Turn-based, Old school, Dungeons, Replayability, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 21 November 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 91/100

The main character explores a dungeon with monsters to get to the main villain and return his property. There are several characters with their own characteristics...

Zoria: Age of Shattering

Adventure, Role-playing game, Indie, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Medieval era, Exploration, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 7 March 2024

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

The game takes place in the world of Zoriya, filled with magic, ancient history, political conspiracies and countless secrets. The outpost is the main base of...

Tropico 6: Tropican Shores

DLC, Strategy, Simulation, City Building, In real time, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 18 June 2024

Steam: 72/100

The add-on introduces new opportunities for the construction and expansion of the island, 15 buildings, a new resource — pearls, a new scenario that will...

shapez 2 - Factory

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Logic, Construction, Business / Management

Early Access: Linux → 15 August 2024; Game released: Linux → 23 April 2026

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The player creates a factory that should automatically produce geometric shapes. Each figure is made up of individual blocks that can be taken apart, assembled...

Slice & Dice

Turn-based, Strategy, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

A turn-based roguelike where the main mechanic is dice. There are five heroes available in the game, each of which has its own unique dice. The main goal is to get...

Perimeter: Legate Edition

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 21 May 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Re-release of the futuristic strategy Perimeter. The updated version includes support for widescreen monitors, improved textures and models, refined game balance...

Factorio: Space Age

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

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2024

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 90/100

The add-on sends players to conquer and explore new worlds with unique mechanics and new resources. There are four unique planets available in the game, each with...

Crusader Kings 3: Wandering Nobles

Strategy, In real time, Historical, Simulation, Top-down view, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2024

Steam: 45/100

The add-on introduces a new wanderer path with three branches (inspector, wanderer and traveler), activities for new branches of the path ("check", "walk" and "trip...

Industry Idle

Arcade, Free game, Simulation, Business / Management, Roguelike, Clicker, Strategy, Construction

Early Access: Linux → 29 March 2021; Game released: Linux → 13 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

A production simulator with clicker elements, where everything revolves around factories, resources and precise calculations. Here, every step is a decision, every...

Silence of the Siren

Tactics, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Online, Turn-based, Science fiction, Strategy, Simulation

Early Access: Linux → 30 September 2024

Steam: 89/100

A sci-fi game in which several space-faring civilizations battle for control of a distant star system. You need to explore the surface and extract resources to...

Star Shift Rebellion

Top-down view, Tactics, Science fiction, Exploration, Space, Japanese role-playing game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 9 February 2024

Steam: 93/100

The game takes place in a mining colony on the Outer Rim that is under occupation. With the help of a hacked android, the rebels are trying to gain freedom. There...

Crusader Kings 3: Legends of the Dead

Strategy, In real time, Historical, Top-down view, Simulation, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 5 March 2024

Steam: 31/100

Expansion for Crusader Kings 3. Now characters can achieve legendary status by performing great deeds. This will enhance the family's status among neighbors...

Capes

Isometric, Tactics, Turn-based, Strategy, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2024

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Villains with superpowers seized control of the city twenty years ago. The player assembles a squad of superheroes to stop criminals. There are many characters with...

Mushroots

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Free game, Tactics, Construction

Game released: Linux → 10 July 2026; Early Access: Linux → 1 May 2024

Steam: 88/100

Real-time strategy where the player must lead a civilization of intelligent mushrooms and develop a vast colonial network, gradually expanding influence on the...

Teeny Tiny Town

Top-down view, Strategy, In real time, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 3 July 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

A game with minimalistic graphics in which the gamer creates a city from square blocks. To do this, you need to combine three or more adjacent objects. Simple...

Countless Army

Top-down view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Strategy, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2024

Steam: 71/100

The player sends waves of troops to break through the enemy's defense and capture territory — there are different kingdoms with their own features. You will have to...

Paragon Pioneers 2

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

Game released: Linux → 11 March 2024

Steam: 92/100

The player creates his own empire and solves the problems of his citizens while traveling across the islands. There are over 300 buildings that can be built...

Orphan Age

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Cyberpunk

Game canceled: Linux → 3 October 2024

Anticipation Rating: 7.2/10

An atmospheric adventure about child survival in a war-torn future. The story centers on a group of orphans, each with their own unique characteristics...

The Art of War: Card Game

Tactics, Collectible card game (CCG), Top-down view, Free game, Strategy, Card game, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 19 August 2024

Steam: 79/100

A game in a fantasy-medieval setting. The plot is based on the conflict between four kingdoms, each pursuing its own interests in the ongoing war on the continent...

Lost But Found

Simulation, Hidden Objects, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

A game about an airport worker who sorts out items forgotten by passengers. First you need to carefully lay out things on the table, and then give people their...

UNLIGHT:Revive

Free game, Collectible card game (CCG), Role-playing game, Turn-based, Tactics, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Card game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 7 December 2024

Steam: 54/100

The plot card game, in which players gather an army of fallen warriors for the goddess of fire. She collects the souls of the dead with unresolved fates - from...

Dawnmaker

Strategy, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk, City Building

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2024

Steam: 91/100

The game takes place in a world shrouded in toxic smog. You need to revive ancient beacons and bring back the light to protect life. As you progress, new maps are...

Meteora's Mystic Merge

Puzzle, Side view, Logic, Casual game, Strategy, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2024

Steam: 93/100

The player fills a large glass cube with various famous Vitubers. You can combine identical characters to move on to the next one. As a result, you need to move on...

Cawez's puzzlebox: Hiraeth

Free game, Puzzle, Platformer, Indie, Logic, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2024

Steam: 100/100

The player solves a series of physics puzzles and tests their skills in 3D platforming. There are four types of tasks: pushing tiles, tasks with changes in gravity...

Burntime Remastered

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 17 December 2024

Steam: 94/100

An improved and expanded version of the post-apocalyptic game Burntime from Max Design, released in 1993. The gamer chooses one of several leaders and tries to...

Kudamono Party

Side view, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Simulation, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 27 January 2024

Players: 1/10

Steam: 65/100

A fast-paced game where you need to drop and align fruits vertically on a moving board to score points and rise in the world rankings. Fruits come in different...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2024 for Linux