The Best Tactical turn-based Games for Linux - Page 5

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Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy (2024)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Swordhaven is a classic party-based RPG. Explore the land of Nova Drakonia, embark on quests unique to your character, discover mysterious artefacts of the ancients, and unravel a hidden conspiracy that threatens the very existence of the world.


  • rpg
  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • old-school
  • party
  • lore
  • isometric
  • strategy
  • classic
  • fantasy
  • medieval
  • character
  • customization
  • top-down
  • 3d

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Midnight Protocol (2021)

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Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.


  • typing
  • hacking
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • rpg
  • tactical
  • minimalist
  • narrative-rpg
  • atmospheric
  • crime
  • sci-fi
  • programming
  • story
  • hacker

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Transistor (2014)

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Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.


  • cyberpunk
  • rpg
  • narration
  • isometric
  • sci-fi
  • real-time
  • battle
  • turn-based
  • action
  • combat
  • tactical
  • story
  • beautiful
  • strategy
  • fight

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Epicinium (2020)

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Epicinium is a strategy game where nature is a finite resource. No need to wait for your move, thanks to fast, simultaneous turns. Your economy and troops are influenced by the environment and increasingly severe weather effects. Is it worth winning a war when you end up conquering dirt and ash?

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  • turn-based
  • nature
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • destruction
  • pvp
  • base-building
  • editor
  • level
  • tactical
  • mouse
  • resource-management
  • military
  • strategy
  • war

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Age of Fear: The Undead King (2011)

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Play as either Sir Edward, a noble Knight defending the Human Kingdom, or Krill, a wicked Necromancer with an unearthly lust for power! The Age of Fear series is a deep and complex turn-based strategy (full of humour!) that fuses a tabletop wargame with RPG elements.


  • turn-based
  • fantasy
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • rpg

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Vigilantes (2017)

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Vigilantes is a combat focused, turn-based tactical RPG set in the declining, crime riddled city of Reiker. The game offers hardcore squad-level combat in a gritty neo-noir setting, intel gathering through surveillance and interrogation, a detailed character system, base facilities, crafting, and much more.


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • rpg
  • violent
  • strategy
  • crime

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Invisible, Inc. (2015)

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Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.


  • turn-based
  • stealth
  • tactical
  • rogue-like
  • strategy
  • espionage

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Evertried (2021)

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Evertried is an isometric, tactical rogue-lite where the player ascends a mysterious tower in the afterlife using their wits, strategy and positioning in turn-based combat. Make clever use of attacks, movement, skills and hazards to clear floors of enemies and advance higher toward your destiny.


  • rogue-like
  • turn-based
  • isometric
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • boss-fight
  • free-flowing
  • tile

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Overland (2019)

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Fight scary creatures, rescue stranded survivors, and scavenge for supplies like fuel, first aid kits, and weapons. Get ready for close calls, dramatic escapes, hard choices, arguing about whether or not that dog gets rescued, and the end of the world.Features:- Always keep fuel in the tank. Every level, roadmap, and character is randomly generated, so each trip is new.- Equip dozens of items, including medkits, shields, axes, potted plants, scavenged armor, and luggage racks.- A completely new end of the world from Finji (Canabalt, Night in the Woods).


  • turn-based
  • survival
  • post-apocalyptic
  • tactical
  • diorama
  • strategy
  • grid
  • rogue-like

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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (2016)

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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro sci-fi strategy RPG with a unique blend of base building, exploration and deep tactical JRPG style combat system with capital starships and their idiosyncratic officers, all captured in stunningly beautiful modernized pixel graphics. In Halcyon 6, an unknown alien force is carving a path of destruction towards Earth and you, as the Commander of an immensely powerful, newly discovered derelict starbase left behind by a precursor alien race, are the best chance for the New Terran Federation to stop the impending invasion.


  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • rpg
  • tactical
  • space
  • combat
  • base-building
  • japanese
  • sci-fi
  • exploration
  • 4x
  • pirates
  • jrpg
  • pixel
  • resource

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