Strategy 2025 for Linux — top best games in the Strategy genre

The Wandering Village - a game in the Strategy genre

Business / Management, Strategy, Side view, Futurism (Future), In real time, Post-apocalyptic, City Building

Early Access: Linux → 14 September 2022; Game released: Linux → 17 July 2025

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

A city-building simulator where the settlement is built not on the ground, but on the back of a giant wandering creature named Onbu. The world around is poisoned by...

Two Point Museum

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

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2025

Metacritic: 84/100

A colorful simulator where the player takes on the role of curator of his own dream museum. As you progress, you need to explore the world in search of rare...

Sid Meier's Civilization 7

Strategy, Online, Historical, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op), Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2025

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Continuation of the legendary series of turn-based strategies. Players rule as one of the many legendary leaders in world history. At the beginning, the player also...

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

Strategy, Tactics, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Cyberpunk, Turn-based

Early Access: Linux → 17 October 2023; Game released: Linux → 2 June 2025

Players: 6.2/10

The game takes place in the harsh world of the future in 2231. Man-made environmental disasters have devastated the Earth's biosphere. Artificial consciousness was...

Backpack Battles

Strategy, Online, Indie, Fantasy

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

Players: 9.3/10

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...

Nordhold

Roguelike, Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Casual game, Procedural generation, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2025

The player controls the medieval Scandinavian village and protects it from the waves of opponents. 8 species of defense towers help to cope with all types of...

IDUN

Isometric, Strategy, In real time, Space, Science fiction, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2025

Players: 7.6/10

A sci-fi game set on the planet Idun. The gamer extracts resources and builds defensive towers to resist hordes of monsters. At the same time, you can move...

Кризис в Кремле: Холодная война

Simulation, Strategy, Historical, Indie, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2025

Players: 9.9/10

A global political strategy in real time, dedicated to the last decade of the USSR. As you progress, you must manage the economy, domestic politics and foreign...

Blacksmith Master

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Construction, Sandbox, Casual game

Early Access: Linux → 15 May 2025; Game in development: Linux → 2026

A management game about creating and developing your own medieval forge. The work begins with the extraction and processing of resources, hiring specialists and...

Warfare Legacy Collection

Strategy, Historical, Side view, Tactics, Remake, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2025

A combined re-release of the strategies Warfare 1917 and Warfare 1944, complemented by updated graphics, support for full-screen mode and the ability to create...

Pixel Frontier: Tactics

Strategy, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2025

Turn-based strategy with elements of roguelike and a dice-rolling system, where the player assembles a team of heroes and completes missions in the dangerous world...

Crusader Kings 3: All Under Heaven

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

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2025

The largest expansion Crusader Kings 3 adds new territories, cultures, dynasties, and mechanics inspired by medieval Asia. The expansion opens a new era of power...

Caveman Caravan

Strategy, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Old school

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2025

Free roguelike strategy game where the player leads a caravan of primitive people to a new land. The gameplay revolves around combining tile cards and tools that...

Die in the Dungeon

Roguelike, Strategy, Turn-based, Card game, Procedural generation, Casual game

Early Access: Linux → 21 February 2025; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 10/10

A card roguelike where the usual cards are replaced with cubes. Each die unlocks unique abilities: attacking, healing, enhancing or copying the abilities of other...

Sandwalkers

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Roguelike, Fantasy, Construction

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2025

The player gathers a team of brave travelers and sets off to explore hostile lands. The heroes must cross a desert with an eternal storm and establish trade and...

Final Outpost: Definitive

Survival, Strategy, Top-down view, In real time, Zombies, Post-apocalyptic, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2025

A post-apocalyptic pixel game in which the gamer controls a group of survivors and defends themselves from zombies. You need to build a settlement, extract...

Two Point Museum: Zooseum

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 2 December 2025

The expansion adds over 40 animals and wildlife experts who can take care of them. You need to treat the animals before releasing them into the wild. But during...

Stellaris: Infernals

Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2025

Players can explore burning worlds — a new type of planet with its own districts, events, and archaeological sites. The developers have also added two origins...

Chrono Port: Heroes of All Time

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 16 August 2025

The main character embarks on a journey through time, where they gather legendary heroes from different eras to save the world from ancient evil. There are over 60...

PyramidValley: Reborn

Strategy, Simulation, City Building

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2025

The gamer controls the city of the pharaohs in Ancient Egypt. You can play as iconic figures such as Cleopatra and build legendary structures such as the pyramids...

Becoming Saint

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2025

The game takes place in medieval Italy. The gamer increases the number of their followers to capture cities. Sometimes, difficult moral choices will have to be...

Mountaincore

Strategy, Construction, Simulation, City Building, Sandbox, Top-down view, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2025

The player controls a colony of gnomes in a fantasy world. Each settler has their own needs and desires that must be satisfied. The weather and seasons change...

Battle for Rakir

Role-playing game, Strategy, Roguelike, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2025

An open-world space game set in orbit around the war-torn desert colony of Rakir. The player pilots a variety of ships, commands strike fleets, and carries out...

Tiny Kingdom

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

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2025

A pixel game in which the gamer creates a prosperous kingdom from a small farm. You need to use a variety of cards to create buildings. It is important to place...

Iron Roads

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

Early Access: Linux → 21 January 2025

The gamer develops their iron roads to create an efficient network that provides comfort and punctuality for passengers. The main mechanics are inspired by board...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2025 for Linux