Turn-based for Linux — top best games in the Turn-based genre / Page 2

This is the President - a game in the Turn-based genre

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...

Nowhere Prophet

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Card game

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2019

Metacritic: 77/100

Nowhere Prophet is an adventure card game with role-playing elements. In the game you have to travel through a dangerous world that is randomly generated and...

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...

Backpack Hero

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

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

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...

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is an expanded edition of the legendary 1998 role-playing game. In addition to improvements in graphics and gameplay, the re-release...

Dungeon Rushers

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2016

Players: 1/10

Dungeon Rushers is a fantasy role-playing game with turn-based combat where you go on a dungeon exploration. All levels are generated randomly and are fraught with...

Across the Obelisk

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Roguelike, Online, Strategy, Side view, Turn-based

Early Access: Linux → 8 April 2021; Game released: Linux → 16 August 2022

Across the Obelisk is a role-playing roguelike in a fantasy setting with turn-based battles, a side view and the ability to collect a powerful deck of cards. In the...

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...

Pathway

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2019

Metacritic: 69/100

Pathway is an amazing tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The events of the game will take you to 1936, when German military...

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 23 March 2022

A classic turn-based roguelike where each run offers a new challenge. Randomly generated dungeons, enemies, items, and events make every expedition different from...

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...

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...

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...

Battle for Wesnoth

Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Battle for Wesnoth is a top-down strategy game with a mix of fantasy and sandbox. Battle for Wesnoth is also known as Battle for Wesnoth...

FTL: Faster Than Light

Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out secret information...

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2018

Players: 10/10

Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness is an expansion for a unique side-scrolling party-based RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on has added a new type of task...

The Battle of Polytopia

Strategy, Simulation, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Linux → 4 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 72/100

The Battle of Polytopia is a minimalist global strategy game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. In the game you will go to conquer the Square...

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...

Jagged Alliance 2

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

Game released: Linux → 2000

Players: 9.6/10

Jagged Alliance 2 is a continuation of the tactical role-playing game with turn-based strategy elements. The game takes place in the third world country of Arulco...

Next Jump: Shmup Tactics

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Beat them all

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2017

Players: 10/10

Next Jump: Shmup Tactics is a futuristic top-down action game with elements of turn-based strategy. You will take control of a deadly spaceship and fight alien...

Space Grunts 2

Arcade, Role-playing game, Card game, Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Futurism (Future)

Early Access: Linux → 24 September 2019; Game released: Linux → 27 May 2020

Space Grunts 2 is a continuation of the card role-playing game with strategy elements and turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. You will once again take on the...

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

Simulation, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Card game

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 91/100

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist is an adventure role-playing game with elements of a visual novel and dating simulator. You and your family grew up on humanity's first...

Shadowrun: Hong Kong

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 20 August 2015

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Shadowrun: Hong Kong is a sequel to the classic role-playing game with turn-based combat in the cyber universe of Shadowrun. The game takes place in Hong Kong in...

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is an add-on for a unique party-based side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on introduces a new campaign, the action...

Heads Will Roll: Reforged

Adventure, Role-playing game, Adult game, Turn-based, Visual novel, Survival, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2023

Players: 9.7/10

The game takes place in a medieval setting. The plot tells about a soldier who wants to escape justice. To clear his name and regain his former life, the hero sets...

Die in the Dungeon

Roguelike, Strategy, Turn-based, Card game, Procedural generation, Casual game

Early Access: Linux → 21 February 2025; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 10/10

A card roguelike where the usual cards are replaced with cubes. Each die unlocks unique abilities: attacking, healing, enhancing or copying the abilities of other...

Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire

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

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2004

Players: 9.2/10

Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire is the second standalone add-on for the tactical role-playing game with elements of the turn-based strategy of Jagged Alliance...

Saturday Morning RPG

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Side view

Game released: Linux → 29 January 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Saturday Morning RPG is a fantastic side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The developers took inspiration from cartoons and the culture of the eighties. The...

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...

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...

Vagrus - The Riven Realms

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 5 October 2021; Early Access: Linux → 22 July 2020

A role-playing game focused on storytelling, exploring an open world, and strategic management. At the center of the story is the vagrus — the leader of a caravan...

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...

Quest of Dungeons

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2014

Fate Hunters

Adventure, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 18 July 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Fate Hunters is a collectible card game with turn-based combat in a dark fantasy setting. In the game you have to collect your deck of cards, explore the dark game...

Renowned Explorers: International Society

Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2015

Metacritic: 72/100

Renowned Explorers: International Society is an isometric strategy game with a dash of adventure and tactics from the developers at Abbey Games. The game is...

Gremlins, Inc.

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 11 March 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Gremlins, Inc. is a board collectible card game with turn-based battles in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in a steampunk mech city where gremlins fight for...

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

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

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based RPG with an emphasis on storytelling and tactical combat. A serious, adult story will unfold before you, the action of...

Dungeon Clawler

Arcade, Collectible card game (CCG), Roguelike, Turn-based, Old school, Dungeons

Early Access: Linux → 21 November 2024

Players: 7.8/10

The main character explores a dungeon with monsters to get to the main villain and return his property. There are several characters with their own characteristics...

THERMOCLINE

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Dungeons, Old school

Game in development: Linux → 2026

A grim psychological horror set on the frozen surface of a dead planet, where an icy storm is just one of many threats. As the sole survivor among abandoned...

Fogpiercer

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Card game, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2026

Players: 6/10

A sci-fi card roguelike where the survival of humanity depends on the correctly assembled train composition, tactical decisions, and the ability to use every...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre for Linux