Tactics for Linux — top best games in the Tactics genre / Page 3

Conquest: Divide and Conquer - a game in the Tactics genre

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

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2011

Conquest: Divide and Conquer is an isometric action game with strategy and tactical elements from the developers of Proxy Studios. The main publisher of the game is...

Defend the Highlands

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

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2015

Defend the Highlands is a humorous tower defense strategy game set in a medieval setting. The events of the game take place in Scotland, where proud highlanders are...

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...

Black Powder Red Earth

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

Early Access: Linux → 31 December 2019; Game released: Linux → 30 March 2021

Black Powder Red Earth is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat. The game takes place in the near future, during the military invasion of Iraq...

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...

XCOM 2: Collection

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

Game released: Linux → 1 February 2018

Players: 7.2/10

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...

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

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

Game released: Linux → 28 September 2013

Players: 10/10

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension is an isometric strategy game with elements of an indie game and tactics game from Illwinter Game Design. The game is published by...

Duelyst 2

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

Game released: Linux → 17 December 2022

Steam: 75/100

Choose one of six factions and assemble a deck of hundreds of unique cards to defeat your opponent. The goal is to top the rating...

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...

Ganbare! Super Strikers

Role-playing game, Football, Sports game, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Linux → 26 July 2018

Ganbare! Super Strikers is a unique turn-based sports RPG focused on football. You will find non-standard football matches, where victories will increase the levels...

Gunslugs: Rogue Tactics

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2019

Gunslugs: Rogue Tactics is a side-scrolling tactical arcade action game where you take control of an elite squad of soldiers trying to destroy the Black Duck army...

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...

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...

Star Shift Rebellion

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

Game released: Linux → 9 February 2024

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...

Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown

Role-playing game, Online, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Mini-game / browser-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2015

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 61/100

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...

Zombie City Defense 2

Strategy, In real time, Action, Tactics, Isometric, Simulation, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 20 August 2016

Zombie City Defense 2 is a tactical post -apocalyptic game in the genre of tower protection. In the near future, the world was devastated by a virus, turning...

Crusader Kings 2: Horse Lords

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics, Medieval era

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Crusader Kings 2: Horse Lords is an expansion for the real-time strategy game. The expansion reveals the full potential of nomadic peoples — the Mongols and other...

Masterplan

Action, Strategy, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 4 June 2015

Metacritic: 68/100

Masterplan is an action game with a mixture of strategy, indie game and tactical game from the developers from the Shark Punch studio. The main publisher of the...

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...

Long Live Caesar

Indie, Role-playing game, Tactics, Historical, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2024

A step -by -step role -playing strategy with elements of a crogue in which the fate of the Roman Empire depends on the decisions of one person. Playing for Guy...

Combat Master: Season 1

Online, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2023

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Tactical multiplayer shooter in the spirit of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series. At the beginning of each round, the player chooses one of the opposing sides...

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...

Miscrits: World of Creatures

Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Casual game, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2025

A multiplayer game where gamers explore the Sunset Kingdom. You need to save and collect unique creatures — Miscrits, which mysterious sorcerers have vowed to...

Space Commander: War and Trade

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Space Commander: War and Trade is a fantasy-style tactical action RPG with real-time management elements and an isometric view. You will have to create your fleet...

This War of Mine: Stories - Father's Promise

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2017

Players: 9/10

This War of Mine: Stories — Father's Promise — is an expansion to the side-scrolling adventure management strategy game — This War of Mine. The expansion is based...

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...

Rocket Bot Royale

Action, Online, MMO, Platformer, Tanks, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Rocket Bot Royale is a tactical online platformer with a side view about tanks. Powerful, wall-climbing, rocket-jumping robot tanks are the best choice in this...

The Last Train

Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Simulation, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Trains, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2018

Players: 1/10

The Last Train is an indie role-playing simulator with elements of a post-apocalyptic adventure. You play the role of one of the last surviving train drivers in...

The Last Exodus

Free game, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Top-down view, Grand strategy, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2023

Free space strategy with turn-based battles. As players progress, they create an invincible space fleet, the heart of which is a large mothership. On it you can...

Sunset World Online

Online, Role-playing game, MMO, Platformer, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Roguelike, Side view, Tactics

Early Access: Linux → 2 March 2022

Sunset World Online is a side-scrolling adventure online role-playing game with platforming elements. You can gather your group and go on an adventure to the edge...

Demonschool

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics, Comedy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 19 November 2025

Metacritic: 74/100

A tactical RPG with an unusual approach to combat, where every move is also an action. The story takes place on a mysterious island, where the boundary between the...

Tales of Maj'Eyal

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Tales of Maj'Eyal is an exciting tactical RPG with turn-based combat and top-down view in a fantasy setting. You can create a unique character by choosing from a...

Massive Chalise

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

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2015

Massive Chalise is a strategy game with elements of a fantasy game, an indie game and a tactical game from the developers of Double Fine Productions. The game is...

Bunny Mahjo

Simulation, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Online, Board / Group Game, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2018

Bunny Mahjo is an online simulator of a strategic tactical board game. This is classic mahjong with the ability to create your own levels and play or do them with...

The Chronos Principle

Puzzle, Indie, Arcade, Tactics, Logic

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2022

The Chronos Principle is an arcade puzzle game based on the concept of time manipulation. The game features 77 well-developed and interesting puzzles, a calm and...

Steam Squad

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2016

Players: 1/10

Steam Squad is a tactical strategy with an isometric camera view and turn-based battles. The game takes place in an alternative universe of the First World War. You...

Warbanners

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

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Warbanners is a tactical strategy game with turn-based battles and role-playing elements set in a fantasy world. You will take control of a mercenary squad and go...

Graywalkers: Purgatory

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics

Early Access: Linux → 15 January 2020

Players: 6.3/10

Graywalkers: Purgatory is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements set in a post-apocalyptic setting where Heaven and Hell have become intertwined with Earth as...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre for Linux