Best Turn-Based Tactics Linux Games on Steam
Steam currently has 5,518 Turn-Based Tactics games, but not all of them are able to be played on Linux builds. Explore our list of the best picks ranked by Player Score. Our Player Score rankings are calculated directly from reviews left on the Steam store and will be updated in real-time as more players leave their feedback. Turn-Based Tactics game rankings were last updated on 9/19/2025.
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1. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

Your Only Move Is HUSTLE holds the #1 spot for "best Linux Turn-Based Tactics game on Steam" with a Player Score of 94. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 35,000 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 33,742 positive reviews and 1,258 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.
It is priced at $4.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Your Only Move Is HUSTLE on the Steam Deck (though some functionality may be limited).
2. 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!

5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel has achieved a Player Score of 94, placing it in the #2 spot for the best Linux Turn-Based Tactics games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 8,426 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 8,151 positive reviews and 275 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.
It is priced at $11.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel on the Steam Deck (though some functionality may be limited).
Steam Price | $11.99 |
Release Date | 7/22/2020 |
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Steam App Id | 1349230 |
3. Brutal Orchestra
Brutal Orchestra is a Turn-Based Roguelike Strategy Game. You died, someone killed you. You are in Purgatory and you will never escape. Make a deal with the "demon" Bosch and set off into Purgatory finding all manner of demented friends and foes on your quest to get petty revenge.

Brutal Orchestra has achieved a Player Score of 93, placing it in the #3 spot for the best Linux Turn-Based Tactics games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 1,861 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 1,825 positive reviews and 36 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.
It is priced at $19.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Brutal Orchestra on the Steam Deck (though some functionality may be limited).
Steam Price | $19.99 |
Release Date | 12/17/2021 |
Franchise | ItsTheTalia |
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Publisher | Hellbent Games |
Steam App Id | 1734320 |
4. Wildermyth
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

Wildermyth has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #4 spot for the best Linux Turn-Based Tactics games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 17,738 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 16,814 positive reviews and 924 negative reviews — making it "Very Positive" on Steam.
It is priced at $24.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
Steam Price | $24.99 |
Release Date | 6/15/2021 |
Developer | Worldwalker Games LLC |
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Steam App Id | 763890 |
5. Caves of Qud
Caves of Qud is a Hugo Award-winning science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations.

Caves of Qud has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #5 spot for the best Linux Turn-Based Tactics games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 10,848 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 10,315 positive reviews and 533 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.
It is priced at $25.49 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
Steam Price | $25.49 |
Release Date | 12/5/2024 |
Franchise | Kitfox Games |
Developer | Freehold Games |
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Steam App Id | 333640 |
6. Shogun Showdown
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!

Shogun Showdown has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #6 spot for the best Linux Turn-Based Tactics games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 5,613 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 5,366 positive reviews and 247 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.
It is priced at $7.49 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
Steam Price | $7.49 |
Release Date | 9/5/2024 |
Franchise | Gamera Games |
Developer | Roboatino |
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Steam App Id | 2084000 |
7. Slice & Dice
Tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat. Take control of 5 heroes, each with their own unique dice. Fight your way through 20 levels of monsters and try to take on the final boss. If you lose a single fight you have to start over so be careful (and lucky!).

Slice & Dice has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #7 spot for the best Linux Turn-Based Tactics games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 2,275 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 2,201 positive reviews and 74 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.
It is priced at $8.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Slice & Dice on the Steam Deck (though some functionality may be limited).
8. Into the Breach
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Into the Breach has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #8 spot for the best Linux Turn-Based Tactics games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 20,919 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 19,739 positive reviews and 1,180 negative reviews — making it "Very Positive" on Steam.
It is priced at $4.49 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
Steam Price | $4.49 |
Release Date | 2/27/2018 |
Developer | Subset Games |
Publisher | Subset Games |
Steam App Id | 590380 |
9. Cassette Beasts
Collect awesome monsters[/b] to use during turn-based battles in this open-world RPG, now with online multiplayer mode. Combine any two monster forms using Cassette Beasts’ Fusion System to create unique and powerful new ones!

Cassette Beasts has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #9 spot for the best Linux Turn-Based Tactics games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 9,761 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 9,244 positive reviews and 517 negative reviews — making it "Very Positive" on Steam.
It is priced at $19.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
Steam Price | $19.99 |
Release Date | 4/26/2023 |
Franchise | Raw Fury Games |
Developer | Bytten Studio |
Publisher | Raw Fury |
Steam App Id | 1321440 |
10. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #10 spot for the best Linux Turn-Based Tactics games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 57,073 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 53,186 positive reviews and 3,887 negative reviews — making it "Very Positive" on Steam.
It is priced at $5.99 to play and can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play XCOM: Enemy Unknown on the Steam Deck (though some functionality may be limited).
Steam Price | $5.99 |
Release Date | 10/11/2012 |
Franchise | XCOM Franchise |
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Steam App Id | 200510 |
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390 | 2/2/2023 | 94 | $4.99 | Steam Charts | ||
16 | 7/22/2020 | 94 | $11.99 | Steam Charts | ||
9 | 12/17/2021 | 93 | $19.99 | Steam Charts | ||
140 | 6/15/2021 | 92 | $24.99 | Steam Charts | ||
206 | 12/5/2024 | 92 | $25.49 | Steam Charts | ||
131 | 9/5/2024 | 92 | $7.49 | Steam Charts | ||
69 | 3/20/2024 | 92 | $8.99 | Steam Charts | ||
236 | 2/27/2018 | 92 | $4.49 | Steam Charts | ||
69 | 4/26/2023 | 92 | $19.99 | Steam Charts | ||
366 | 10/11/2012 | 92 | $5.99 | Steam Charts |
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- Valve Corporation. (2025, September 29). Into the Breach on Steam. Steam Store.
- Valve Corporation. (2025, September 22). Cassette Beasts on Steam. Steam Store.
- Valve Corporation. (2025, September 29). XCOM: Enemy Unknown on Steam. Steam Store.