Tactics 2023 for Linux — top best games in the Tactics genre

Shogun Showdown - a game in the Tactics genre

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

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

Steam: 97/100

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...

The Ouroboros King

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Chess game, Tactics, Roguelike, Board / Group Game

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2023

Steam: 80/100

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...

Combat Master: Season 1

Online, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Action

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2023

Players: 6.7/10

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...

Cassette Beasts

Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Tactics, Open world, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2023

Steam: 95/100

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...

Backpack Hero

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

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

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

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

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

Steam: 93/100

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...

Lumencraft

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

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

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 75/100

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...

Beacon Patrol: First Horizons

Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game, Turn-based, Tactics, Board / Group Game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 30 November 2023

Steam: 80/100

The gamer controls a coast guard ship and creates a map of the coastal area. You can place up to three tiles in one move. By placing new pieces of the map and...

Take The King!

Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Tactics, Puzzle, Logic, Chess game, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 11 November 2023

Steam: 87/100

A game in which the gamer helps his king escape from dangerous dungeons. The pieces move according to the rules of chess and use special fields to avoid dangerous...

Thyria: Step Into Dreams

Strategy, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Side view, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2023

Steam: 72/100

The main action takes place in the world of dark fantasy. Warrior Tyria travels with the Guardians through the dreams of the cursed inhabitants to perform various...

Planet S

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Tactics, Free game, City Building, Online

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2023

Players: 8/10

Steam: 92/100

A tactical real-time strategy game with a world of 14 procedurally generated planets ready for colonization. The planet type affects things like appearance, farm...

The Last Exodus

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

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2023

Steam: 71/100

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...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre of 2023 for Linux