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Iratus: Lord of the Dead - a game in the Turn-based genre

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

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Iratus: Lord of the Dead — a party-based RPG with roguelike elements and a side view, inspired by the popular Darkest Dungeon and Dungeon...

Ash of Gods: Redemption

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

Game released: Linux → 23 March 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Ash of Gods is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical turn-based combat with dramatic, choice-driven storytelling. The game world is a fantasy on...

Age of Wonders 3

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

Game released: Linux → 14 April 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Age of Wonders 3 — continuation of a series of strategy games that combine construction, war and role-playing components. The game is one of...

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Science fiction, Space

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2014

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is an exciting turn-based strategy set in a sci-fi setting in the Sid Meier's Civilization series of games...

For the King

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 78/100

For the King is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view and random level generation. You have to travel through an endless fantasy...

Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Medieval era

Game released: Linux → 3 May 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia is a spin-off for the Total War series of global historical strategies. The events of the game take place in...

Shogun Showdown

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...

XCOM 2: Collection

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

Game released: Linux → 1 February 2018

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Dragon Wars

Role-playing game, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Adventure, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2017

Steam: 91/100

This turn-based fantasy role-playing game follows a party sailing in search of Dilmun, a legendary paradise. King Drake of Phoebus has outlawed...

Unity of Command 2

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 12 November 2019

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Unity of Command 2 is a strategy game set on the Western Front and Africa. The player controls the troops of the anti-Hitler coalition. In addition...

Demonschool

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

Game released: Linux → 19 November 2025

Steam: 91/100

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...

Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares

Strategy, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Space

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares is a turn-based strategy game. Includes some game mechanics from Master of Magic, as well as new gameplay...

Master of Orion (2016)

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Space

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Master of Orion (2016) — restart of the popular space strategy with turn-based battles. The new game inherited the main philosophy of the...

Starfinder: Afterlight

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Science fiction

Game in development: Linux → Q1 2027

The game transports you to the vast reaches of space, where the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance. When the captain disappears and the end of...

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

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

Game released: Linux → 16 January 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Heroes of Might and Magic 3: The Restoration of Erathia

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

Game released: Linux → 1999

Players: 9.1/10

This turn-based strategy game with role-playing elements takes place in a fantasy world where heroes lead armies of creatures on expeditions. They...

Total War: Rome Remastered

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, In real time, Turn-based, Grand strategy, Action

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Total War: Rome Remastered is an enhanced version of the historical strategy game with turn-based movements on the global map and real-time battles...

Invisible, Inc.

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Invisible, Inc. — a tactical strategy with turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell about a secret organization of special...

Artifact: The Dota Card Game

Online, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Collectible card game (CCG), Strategy

Game released: Linux → 28 November 2018

Players: 2.4/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Artifact: The Dota Card Game is a card tabletop game set in the fantasy universe of Dota 2. The game features three lanes, characters, minions, and...

XCOM 2: Tactical Legacy

Strategy, DLC, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

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...

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

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

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...

Last Federation

Simulation, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Space

Game released: Linux → 18 April 2014

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Last Federation is a fascinating global strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant...

SteamWorld Heist

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots, Tactics, Steampunk

Game released: Linux → 7 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 86/100

SteamWorld Heist is a stylish and fun strategic shooter in the steampunk genre about pirates and robots. The main character is pirate Piper Faraday...

Across the Obelisk

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

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

Steam: 81/100

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...

This Is the Police 2

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This Is the Police 2 is a continuation of the adventure strategy with elements of a management game and an isometric camera view. The game takes...

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

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

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

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...

NEO Scavenger

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 6 December 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

NEO Scavenger is a turn-based strategy with role-playing elements and turn-based combat. In the game, you will need to survive in post-apocalyptic...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons

Early Access: Linux → 20 March 2020; Game released: Linux → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have...

Worms W.M.D

Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Online

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2016

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

Battle Chess

Strategy, Isometric, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Chess game, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 20 April 2017

Steam: 81/100

A chess strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world, where battles on the checkered board unfold as duels between animated pieces. Players can...

Heroes of Steel

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015

Steam: 77/100

Heroes of Steel is a classic role-playing game with turn-based combat and a top-down view in a fantasy setting. You have to control a party of four...

Nowhere Prophet

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

Game released: Linux → 19 July 2019

Steam: 77/100

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...

Broken Lines

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

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Broken Lines is a tactical turn-based strategy with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. Set during World War II, the game follows a group of...

Battle for Wesnoth

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

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

This turn-based fantasy strategy game is set in the world of Irdya, where campaigns follow struggles for a throne, battles against orcs and undead...

Space Hulk: Ascension

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

Game released: Linux → 12 November 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This turn-based tactical strategy game, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, follows a squad of Space Marine Terminators exploring ancient vessels...

Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition

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

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2017

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Planescape: Torment — Enhanced Edition is a special re-release of the classic role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy world for...

Tainted Grail: Conquest

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

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tainted Grail: Conquest is a dark role-playing game with turn-based combat and a top-down view in a fantasy setting. Avalon is dying. King Arthur is...

Darkest Dungeon: The Fire's Edge

Role-playing game, Adventure, DLC, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 18 August 2026

Steam: 78/100

The expansion introduces the Duelist and the Runaway from Darkest Dungeon 2, along with the new mechanics of setting fire, which opens up new...

Expeditions: Conquistador

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

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2013

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Set in 16th-century America, Expeditions: Conquistador is a turn-based role-playing strategy game about a Spanish expedition driven by the pursuit of...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre for Linux