The Best Asynchronous Games for Linux

Update 31 October 2025: Screeps: Arena added at rank #11.

Here are our 10 Best Asynchronous Games for Linux, position 11 to 20:

Screeps: Arena
Eight-Minute Empire
Barnard's Star

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Screeps: Arena (2025)

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Screeps: Arena is an online asynchronous PvP strategy game for programming enthusiasts. You write real JavaScript to control your units, and they fight autonomously against other players in a 1v1 match-based arena environment.

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asynchronous
real-time
strategy
programming
esport
artificial
intelligence
automation
turn-based
science
tactical
base-building
pvp
building
multiplayer

Eight-Minute Empire (2017)

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Eight-Minute Empire is the super-quick area control game requiring tough decisions. It’s easy to learn and perfect for when you only have a few minutes.

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board-game
asynchronous
card-driven
turn-based
card
strategy
touch-friendly
multiplayer
empire
4-player
short
local
resource
casual
cardgame

Barnard's Star (2021)

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Snipe your friends, electrocute your enemies and rain down acidic slime in the Barnard’s Star system, 6 light years from Earth. A multiplayer, turn-based tactics battler with no micro-transactions and no random chance — ingenuity is the only way to victory!

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