Tactics for Linux — top best games in the Tactics genre / Page 2

Action, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 2 June 2016

Brigador is an isometric action game with an indie and tactical twist from the developers of Gausswerks and Stellar Jockeys. The game is published by Stellar...

Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall

Role-playing game, Strategy, DLC, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → январь 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall — futuristic tactical role-playing game. This game will take you back to the golden age of RPGs on PC. Its non-linear, almost...

Frozen Synapse

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Sandbox, Indie, Tactics, Online

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2011

Metacritic: 85/100

Frozen Synapse is a fantastic top-down turn-based tactical strategy game. This game allows you to give detailed and precise orders to your team: classic gameplay...

Men of War 2

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, In real time, Historical, Tanks, Action

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2024

Players: 7/10

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...

Dwerve

Fantasy / Medieval, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Top-down view, Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Tactics, In real time

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Dwerve is a top-down action RPG with tower defense elements in a fantasy setting. In the game, you will try on the role of a craftsman dwarf who goes to a ruined...

Castle Story

Arcade, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Castle Story is an isometric arcade game with fantasy and tactical elements from the masters at Sauropod Studio. The game is published by Sauropod...

Ticket to Ride Europe

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2012

Players: 5.2/10

Ticket to Ride is an arcade board game with puzzle elements. Start your trip right now and get tickets by getting directions on the map. Each ticket specifies two...

Deadly Days

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Action, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Deadly Days is an arcade action strategy game with bagel elements and a top-down view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. In the game you will control a group of...

Breach and Clear

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 22 March 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Breach and Clear — You take control of US Army Rangers, German KSK, Canadian JTF2, British SAS and others — and challenge a variety of opponents with...

XCOM 2: Tactical Legacy

Strategy, DLC, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2018

Players: 5.5/10

XCOM 2: Tactical Legacy is an addition to the futuristic tactical strategy with turn-based combat in the XCOM universe. The game takes place between the first and...

Heck Deck

Card game, Arcade, Tactics, Indie, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 12 January 2022

Heck Deck is a top-down tactical card arcade game with indie elements. Over the course of 5 stages, you will be able to show dexterity and resourcefulness to dodge...

Knights of Pen and Paper 2

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2015

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Knights of Pen and Paper 2 is a continuation of the adventure role-playing game in a fantasy setting. As in the first part, you will become the head of a group of...

XCOM 2: Anarchy's Children

Strategy, DLC, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 17 March 2016

XCOM 2: Anarchy's Children is an expansion to the futuristic tactical strategy game featuring turn-based combat set in the XCOM universe. This update introduces a...

Trapped Dead: Lockdown

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 20 March 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Trapped Dead: Lockdown is an isometric RPG with action, strategy and tactical elements from Bigmoon Studios. The main publisher of the game is Headup...

At the Gates

Strategy, God Simulator, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2019

Metacritic: 63/100

At the Gates is an engaging turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view from the creator of Sid Meier's Civilization 5. You will take on the role of a...

Lara Croft GO

Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle, Turn-based, Logic, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 4 December 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Lara Croft GO is a turn-based tactical puzzle game with an isometric camera view about everyone's favorite tomb raider. The game continues the traditions of Hitman...

Big Pharma

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2015

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Big Pharma is a management strategy with an isometric camera, where you will become the head of a new pharmaceutical company and create your own medical empire. You...

Massive Chalice

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

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2015

Metacritic: 73/100

Massive Chalice is an isometric strategy game with fantasy and tactical elements from Double Fine Productions. The main publisher of the game is Double Fine...

Chroma Squad

Role-playing game, Strategy, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2015

Metacritic: 75/100

Chroma Squad is an RPG with strategy, indie and tactical elements from the masters at Behold Studios. The game is published by Behold Studios. Overall, the project...

Ash of Gods: Redemption

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

Game released: Linux → 23 March 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Ash of Gods is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical turn-based combat with dramatic, choice-driven storytelling. The game world is a fantasy on the theme of the...

Jagged Alliance: Flashback

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

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2014; Early Access: Linux → 4 June 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 52/100

Jagged Alliance: Flashback is the incredible return of the Jagged Alliance series of tactical strategies. The game takes place during the Cold War on the island of...

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...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...

Defense Zone 2

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

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2014

Players: 3.2/10

Defense Zone 2 is a continuation of the top-down tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre. New interesting levels with even more beautiful graphics and...

Survivor Squad

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2013

Survivor Squad is a top-down arcade game with RPG, action, strategy, tactical and roguelike elements from developers from Endless Loop Studios. The main publisher...

Pairs & Perils

Collectible card game (CCG), Roguelike, Tactics, Turn-based, Casual game, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 January 2025

The player explores dungeons where he fights opponents. In battles, you need to memorize and combine creature and weapon cards for attacks. During breaks, you can...

Chaos Reborn

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

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Chaos Reborn is a multiplayer tactics game from the creator of the original X-COM. In which, in turn-based mode, from two to six warlocks controlled by players...

Last Federation

Simulation, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2014

Metacritic: 72/100

Last Federation is a fascinating global strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant future in the...

Bionic Dues

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2013

Players: 4/10

Bionic Dues is a hardcore tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view in a sci-fi setting. In the game, you will go to a terrifying world of...

GoblinChess

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Chess game, Free game, Tactics, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2026

A variation of chess, where the classic foundation is combined with a system of magical cards that add an element of randomness and tactical changes during the...

We Are the Dwarves

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2016

Metacritic: 60/100

We Are the Dwarves is a fantasy real-time tactical strategy game. In the company of three dwarf astronauts, players will have to go after the new Sun — a...

ZEPHON

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

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2024

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...

Capes

Isometric, Tactics, Turn-based, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2024

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...

Defense Zone

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

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Defense Zone is an exciting tactical strategy game in the "tower defense" genre with a top-down view. During the game, you need to protect your towers from huge...

Space Hulk: Ascension

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

Game released: Linux → 12 November 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Bombagun

Tactics, Strategy, Card game, In real time, Top-down view, Free game

Game released: Linux → 26 January 2022

Bombagun is a conditionally free competitive card game in a post-apocalyptic style set in the universe of ATOM RPG Trudograd, which can be played online (against...

Zoria: Age of Shattering

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

Game released: Linux → 7 March 2024

Players: 8/10

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...

Kingdom Draw

Card game, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Kingdom Draw is a top-down tactical turn-based strategy game in the fantasy genre for multiple players. You have to gather your armies, prepare your spells and dive...

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...

XCOM 2: Alien Hunters

Strategy, DLC, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2016

XCOM 2: Alien Hunters is an addition to the futuristic tactical strategy with turn-based combat in the XCOM universe. This update will delight you with a new story...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre for Linux