Tactics for Linux — top best games in the Tactics genre

Dota Underlords - a game in the Tactics genre

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

Early Access: Linux → 20 June 2019

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...

Mushroots

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Free game, Tactics, Construction

Early Access: Linux → 1 May 2024

Real-time strategy where the player must lead a civilization of intelligent mushrooms and develop a vast colonial network, gradually expanding influence on the...

Wildermyth

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

Early Access: Linux → 13 November 2019

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...

Shogun Showdown

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

Early Access: Linux → 27 June 2023

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...

Backpack Hero

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

Early Access: Linux → 15 August 2022

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...

Handmancers

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

Early Access: Linux → 5 May 2026

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...

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

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

Early Access: Linux → 17 October 2023

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...

Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy

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

Early Access: Linux → 12 December 2024

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...

Jagged Alliance: Flashback

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

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...

RavenWeald

Free game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Fantasy, Isometric, Procedural generation

Early Access: Linux → 13 January 2021

A free strategy game with turn-based combat and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. The main action takes place in a magical forest filled with deadly...

Lumencraft

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

Early Access: Linux → 13 April 2022

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...

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...

Interstellar Marines

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Tactics

Early Access: Linux → 2 July 2013

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Athena Crisis

Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Adventure

Early Access: Linux → 5 March 2024

A retro game in which the gamer commands various units, including infantry, tanks and air force. There are more than five locations with unique features. You can go...

Wolf Gang

Role-playing game, Isometric, Indie, Tactics

Early Access: Linux → 12 January 2018

Wolf Gang is a tactical RPG with an isometric view. Choose your character and go on an adventure. You can change your character right during the game. Lots of...

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...

Black Powder Red Earth

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

Early Access: Linux → 31 December 2019

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...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre for Linux (Early Access)