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

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint - a game in the Tactics genre

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...

This is the President

Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

This is the President is a turn-based tactical strategy with management elements. This is a management game with a fascinating plot. It's 2020 and you've been...

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...

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...

Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Free game, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2021

A minimalist strategy in the genre of "tower defense," where protecting the base from endless waves of enemies combines with technology development, resource...

Brigador

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Braveland Pirate

Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2015

Braveland Pirate is a side-scrolling turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy setting. The final part of the trilogy of classic games in the spirit of “Heroes of...

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...

The Way of Wrath

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The Way of Wrath is an adventure RPG with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view where decisions made will have consequences. In the game you have to take...

Handmancers

First-person view, Tactics, Roguelike, Fantasy, Collectible card game (CCG)

Early Access: Linux → 5 May 2026; Game in development: Linux → I квартал 2027

The player collects a deck of cards and battles various monsters in a "Rock, Paper, Scissors" style. There are several factions with their own fighting styles...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood

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

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2004

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood is a real-time tactical strategy game with an isometric camera dedicated to the legendary Robin Hood. England, Anno Domini 1190...

Door Kickers

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

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 83/100

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...

Duskers

Exploration, Space, Roguelike, Tactics, Top-down view, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2016

Metacritic: 83/100

The player controls a drone and explores abandoned spaceships to find means of survival and learn how the universe turned into a giant graveyard. Dangerous...

Silence of the Siren

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

Early Access: Linux → 30 September 2024

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...

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...

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...

Party Hard

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Dungeon Raid: Zero Floor

Turn-based, Card game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2025

The main character descends into a dark dungeon and tries to reach the final boss. You need to collect various cards, use them in battles or combine them with each...

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...

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...

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...

All Walls Must Fall

Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Cyberpunk, Free game

Game released: Linux → 23 February 2018

Metacritic: 72/100

The game takes place in an alternate reality where the Cold War did not end even in 2089. In the story, governments send their agents back in time to prevent a...

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...

Digital Defender ORC

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2026

A free tactical game in the "tower defense" format with role-playing elements set in a cyberpunk future, where the player defends monsters from digital assassins...

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...

Divided We Fall

Strategy, Online, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Divided We Fall is a multiplayer tactical real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view during the Second World War. The game invites you to immerse...

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...

SpringRTS: 1944

Isometric, In real time, Tactics, Strategy, Tanks, Historical, Warships / Submarines, Online

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2010

Players: 7.9/10

SpringRTS: 1944 is a real-time tactical historical strategy game with an isometric view. The game takes place at the end of World War II on a massive scale, using...

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...

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...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre for Linux