Category: Strategy

The excitement is building within me about this, as I've wanted to try the harsh city builder Banished ever since I first heard about it.

Ashes of the Singularity looks like an awesome RTS game to try, and the developers have confirmed again they want to do Linux, but they are waiting for Vulkan.

As a big fan of the XCOM games, I was really excited to see what the original designer could do with his next game. Chaos Reborn is an interesting take on the fantasy turn based strategy genre.

Shallow Space has me excited, as it could be our answer to a Homeworld-like game on Linux, but it's early days yet for it.

I forget that Natural Selection 2 is on Linux, mainly due to the dying player base and how dog slow it was to load, but it seems they are finally taking steps to improve that part of it.

Kingdom is an interesting looking 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management game, and GOG provided a key for me to take a look.

The Escapists is now available on Linux, so we can now take a light-hearted look at being a prisoner and try to escape.

If you have fond memories of the setting of Darkwatch, or you've always wished XCOM featured cowboys and demons instead of aliens, consider yourself lucky.

Heads up DRM free lovers, as Xenonauts is has been updated on GOG to include the newer native Linux version.

RONIN is an action platformer with turn-based combat that was released for Windows this summer. The Linux version was released earlier this week, and if you act quickly you can buy it for half-off as part of the Steam Stealth Sale.

Arcen Games announced last week that they're moving the release of Stars Beyond Reach to next year, but the last of their humorous video shorts have been released, and they're teasing a new game to come out in the meantime.

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut is a big upgrade to the original Wasteland 2, it's free if you already owned it too. I've tested it a bit, and it's working great.

We have covered Tanks of Freedom before, but this open source strategy game has changed quite a bit since the initial article.

Civilization: Beyond Earth is a sci fi-themed entry in the much-beloved and long-running Civilization series. It came out late last year to mixed reception and now has seen the release of its first expansion. I decided to check out Rising Tide to see if it managed to recapture some of that classic Civ magic.

Templar Battleforce is a turn based human vs alien strategy game with RPG elements, and so far it does seem to be quite interesting.

Prison Architect is an absolute beacon of how to do Early Access right, and the final release is now available.

The developers of iLikeMoney emailed their game in, and it took me by surprise for how unique it looks. You should take a look at this.

Ever wanted to colonize Mars? Well in Sol 0 that's the aim of the game, and it looks like it could be quite cool.

Party Hard has recently released for Linux, and it looks like a pretty interesting game. You need to infiltrate your noisy neighbours parties, and kill them.

We covered it before, but now RollerCoaster Tycoon World has a proper release date, and Linux will be included.