Tactics for Linux — top best games in the Tactics genre

Cities: Skylines - a game in the Tactics genre

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 10 March 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Cities: Skylines is a city planning simulator with a developed management system and metropolitan management. As mayor, you'll have to take care of education...

Hearts of Iron 4

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

Game released: Linux → 6 June 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Hearts of Iron 4 is a historical top-down real-time tactical strategy game. The player is given the opportunity to fully manage an individual state, its diplomacy...

RimWorld

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

Game released: Linux → 17 October 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 87/100

RimWorld is a sci-fi survival simulator on an alien planet with real-time strategy elements and a top-down view. Under your control is a small group of people who...

Total War: Warhammer 3

Strategy, Online, In real time, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2022

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Total War: Warhammer 3 is a continuation of the fantasy strategy with turn-based movements on a global map and real-time battles. Far from the familiar world with...

Ravenfield

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2017

Players: 8/10

Ravenfield is a tactical shooter with a first-person view for single player play. Together with the blue men you have to destroy those annoying red men using...

XCOM 2

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 5 February 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 87/100

XCOM 2 is a tactical turn-based strategy set in a futuristic setting and in the XCOM universe. The game continues the storyline of the first part, and the action...

Backpack Hero

Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy, Dungeons, Tactics, Card game, Side view, Roguelike

Early Access: Linux → 15 August 2022; Game released: Linux → 14 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Pixel roguelike about anthropomorphic animals and inventory management. The player sets out to conquer dungeons, collecting rare items, distributing them in a...

Total War: Attila

Strategy, In real time, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2015

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Total War: Attila is a continuation of the historical strategy with real-time battles and turn-based movements on the global map. The game tells the story of the...

Lumencraft

Tactics, Roguelike, Top-down view, Shooter, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Early Access: Linux → 13 April 2022; Game released: Linux → 28 February 2023

Players: 6.4/10

The events of the game take place back in 2221. More than two centuries ago, the surface of the planet became uninhabitable. The remnants of humanity are struggling...

Counter-Strike: Source

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 2 November 2004

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Counter-Strike: Source is an improved version of the tactical competitive first-person shooter Counter-Strike. The game will delight you with all the beauties of...

Magicka 2

Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Magicka 2 is an isometric action game with a mixture of fantasy, tactical, adventure and co-op games from the developers of Pieces Interactive AB. The main...

Police Stories

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Police Stories is a top-down tactical shooter with horror elements. You will play as a policeman and, together with your partner Rick, go to storm various premises...

Shogun Showdown

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

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

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...

Wildermyth

Role-playing game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Board / Group Game, Fantasy

Early Access: Linux → 13 November 2019; Game released: Linux → 15 June 2021

Metacritic: 86/100

Tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles. The player leads a group of heroes who have left their farming duties to protect their home. Each character has...

Worms W.M.D

Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2016

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Worms W.M.D is a turn-based tactical action strategy game with a side view. A continuation of the popular game series, where two squads of worms will clash again in...

Tropico 5

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

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Tropico 5 — continuation of the banana republic dictator simulator. You have to take control of a small republic again and lead it through world wars, the...

Banner Saga

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

Game released: Linux → 14 January 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...

Party Hard

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Defense Grid 2

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2014

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Defense Grid 2 is a continuation of the exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre with an isometric camera view. In the sequel, you will find an...

Hard West

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2015

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Hard West is a turn-based tactical western. The plot of the game will suggest delving into the darkest recesses of the soul of the main character Warren. You have...

The Ouroboros King

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Chess game, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2023

An unusual strategy game that combines classic chess with roguelike elements. Each playthrough offers a new set of challenges, forcing you to adapt to changing...

Kingdom Rush Origins

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

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Kingdom Rush Origins is a great continuation of the tower defense game with beautiful hand-drawn graphics, which tells the story of the war of one kingdom with...

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Tactics

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a management strategy with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to take command of an old powerful base that was...

Door Kickers

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

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Real-time tactical strategy with stealth elements and an isometric view. The events take place in 17th century Japan, where a group of five heroes operates in the...

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...

Crystal Project

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2022

Crystal Project is a Japanese-style RPG adventure game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You have to go to conquer a large open world, find crystals and...

Cassette Beasts

Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Tactics, Open world, Side view

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2023

Metacritic: 83/100

The action of the game unfolds on an island inhabited by different creatures. The detachment of the protagonist arrives in this mysterious place to find the best...

Trigon: Space Story

Simulation, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Isometric, Strategy, Tactics, Top-down view, In real time

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2022

Players: 8/10

Trigon: Space Story — real-time space management strategy with a top-down view and roguelike elements. In the game, you will command your own spaceship and...

Evertried

Strategy, Tactics, Roguelike, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2021

Evertried is an isometric tactical strategy with turn-based battles and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. In a world of unshakable order, the Tower is a...

Expeditions: Conquistador

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2013

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Expeditions: Conquistador is an isometric RPG with a mixture of strategy, history and tactics from the developers at Logic Artists. The publisher of the game is...

Running with Rifles

Arcade, Shooter, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Running with Rifles is an isometric top-down tactical shooter set in an open world where you take on the role of a common soldier. Together with your squad, you...

Faeria

Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Free game, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Faeria is a card-based tactical strategy game in a fantasy setting. You have to fight on a playing field consisting of hexagons, mine gold and mana, acquire...

XCOM 2: Collection

Strategy, Tactics, Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Collection

Game released: Linux → 1 February 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

XCOM 2: Collection — the complete edition of the turn-based strategy game XCOM 2, which includes not only the original game but also previously released DLCs and...

Tower of Time

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 12 April 2018

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Tower of Time is a tactical action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game take place in the gloomy world of...

Overland

Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Metacritic: 72/100

Overland is a post-apocalyptic tactical strategy with survival elements. The characters try to work together to survive another day in North America. Each level is...

Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Fantasy

Early Access: Linux → 12 December 2024; Game released: Linux → 16 December 2025

Players: 8.3/10

A turn-based role-playing game about a wanderer traveling through the lands of New Draconia. One day, a mysterious artifact falls into the hands of the hero, which...

Dota Underlords

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

Early Access: Linux → 20 June 2019; Game released: Linux → 25 February 2020

Players: 7.9/10

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...

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based RPG with an emphasis on storytelling and tactical combat. A serious, adult story will unfold before you, the action of...

Pathway

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2019

Metacritic: 69/100

Pathway is an amazing tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The events of the game will take you to 1936, when German military...

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Best Games in the Tactics genre for Linux