The Best Real-time Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : Bunny Bunker added at rank #49.
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AI War 2 (2019)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.


  • real-time
  • grand-strategy
  • 4x
  • moddable
  • strategy
  • space
  • tactical
  • management
  • pause

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Desperados III (2020)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

Get ready to lead a gang of unique characters through a gripping story-driven tactical adventure in the Wild West. With stunning environments and countless ways to overcome obstacles, Desperados III offers a clean and satisfying stealth-strategy gameplay that rewards experimentation and strategic thinking. Explore the liberty to choose multiple paths and approaches to each situation while you plan your moves carefully.


What we like:
  • Clean and satisfying stealth-strategy gameplay
  • Multiple ways to approach each situation
  • Good level design
  • Fun characters with unique abilities
  • Wild West setting adds a unique twist to the genre
What could be improved:
  • Frequent need for quick saving and loading( if you are like me )
  • Limited enemy types
  • Some characters are less enjoyable to play as

  • stealth
  • tactical
  • real-time
  • western
  • isometric
  • strategy

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Iron Marines (2017)

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IOS iPhone Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Real-time strategy battles in amazing sci-fi worlds! Command brave soldiers, mighty mechas and powerful aliens to face the greatest challenges in hostile alien worlds. The galaxy needs you!


  • real-time
  • strategy
  • cartoony
  • aliens
  • space
  • sci-fi
  • 2d
  • comedy
  • tower-defense
  • military

14

Northgard (2018)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

Join the Viking explorers in Northgard, a new land filled with danger, riches, and mystery. Assemble your settlement, assign your vikings to various jobs, and manage your resources carefully to survive harsh winters and fend off vicious beasts. Expand, conquer, trade or become a God in a game that offers unique strategies and victory conditions. With multi-level AI and dedicated servers, you can play against your friends and grind your way up to the final Norse God rank.


What we like:
  • Fun and addicting RTS game
  • Focuses on core mechanics of building and expanding settlement with minimal micromanagement
  • Offers a less time-consuming experience compared to other RTS games
  • Immersive atmosphere with breathtaking landscapes
  • Challenges players to think strategically and make tough decisions
What could be improved:
  • Slow-paced gameplay for RTS games
  • Inconsistent balancing with some clans being overpowered
  • Low playerbase

  • strategy
  • real-time
  • city-building
  • trading
  • resource-management
  • military
  • mythology
  • tile
  • vikings
  • simulation
  • management
  • 4x
  • base-building
  • multiplayer
  • war

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The Unexpected Quest (2020)

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PC Windows j Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Mac OS Android Xbox One Linux

"The Unexpected Quest" is a strategy and management simulation game that takes place in a fantasy world where you play as a group of dwarves trying to rebuild their lives after a shipwreck. The game features fun gameplay mechanics with puzzles and the ability to strategize.

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What we like:
  • Fun gameplay mechanics
  • Engaging puzzles
  • Strategy element
What could be improved:
  • Combat can be unsatisfying
  • Limited replay value

  • time-management
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • clicker
  • management
  • fantasy
  • same-adventure
  • medieval
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • building
  • sims
  • point-and-click
  • exploration
  • adventure

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Space Menace 2 (2025)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Start small, expand your fleet, and rise to power as you navigate a galaxy full of opportunity and danger. This simple, non-traditional sci-fi RTS and space combat game offers strategic gameplay, evolving challenges, and satisfying ship customization through a variety of modules and upgrades.

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  • real-time
  • spaceships
  • strategy
  • mouse
  • space
  • sci-fi
  • tactical
  • wargame
  • pause
  • inventory
  • management

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Spellsword (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Spellsword is an interactive web-based game designed to improve our command of the English language.

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  • card
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • futuristic
  • dungeon
  • fantasy
  • wars
  • web
  • 2d
  • dark
  • arcade
  • tactical
  • pvp
  • colourful
  • casual

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Men of War II (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

Experience warfare like never before! Men of War II, the anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed RTS franchise is here with all-new units, locations, campaigns, game modes and true trademarks of the series: historical fidelity and action-filled gameplay on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WWII.

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  • real-time
  • strategy
  • world-war-2
  • tactical
  • tanks
  • cooperative
  • historical
  • military
  • moddable
  • realistic
  • battle
  • editor
  • artillery
  • cover

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Planetary Annihilation: TITANS (2015)

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Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!


  • real-time
  • strategy
  • cooperative
  • grand-strategy
  • base-building
  • robots
  • pvp
  • building
  • war
  • tactical
  • space
  • multiplayer
  • poor-quality
  • destruction
  • two-resource

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Iron Marines: RTS offline game (2017)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Command brave soldiers, mighty mechas and powerful aliens against hordes of space monsters, swarms of insectoids and robot armies in a galaxy far far away. PLAN, ATTACK AND BEAT ALL THE ENEMIES ADAPTING YOUR STRATEGY by changing the role of your troops even in the thick of the combat, from ranger to sniper, from flamethrowers to missile launchers. Armies of robots, crushed starships, gigantic monsters, unknown races, brave assaults, desperate rescues, audacious sabotages... the galaxy needs your command.

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  • real-time
  • strategy
  • aliens
  • cartoony
  • sci-fi
  • space
  • 2d
  • military
  • robots
  • single-player
  • comedy

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