Category: Strategy

Planetary Annihilation is the crazy real time strategy game about planetary conquest on a massive scale. The game is thankfully native on Linux and has a new update to show off, it's all very social.

It seems like we are getting quite a few old gems nowadays, although this is most likely using Dosbox it's still nice to be able to have sales for it counted for Linux.

Starsector previously known as Starfarer is a game I have been following since early 2011 and I am glad to say it's still being fully worked on. Starsector is an open-world single-player space-combat, roleplaying, exploration and economic game.

As promised by our editor Cheeseness the current guys in charge of Nuclear Dawn have released version 7.1 which brings Linux out of beta and with it the ability to play with Mac and Windows users now too.

Infectonator Survivors is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defence, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. Currently in Steam's Early Access and it caught my eye, luckily the developers told me they have plans for Linux.

A joyful, casual puzzle game that will tease both your wits and your memory! Well that's what the developers claim anyway.

I have been chatting to the developers of The Last Federation for some-time now and have been able to play it before the release. I took a video and wrote down some thoughts on it.

With a mix of beautiful space backdrops, planets and a solidly built looking strategy Interplanetary looks godly.

I'm excited to announce that Curtis Schweitzer has agreed to create the music for Airships, which is now also available from Desura.

This update to Door Kickers is a doozy, featuring some really big features! It's a fantastic game and should be checked out by all of you.

Things have been moving at GameConnect, and Linux users can expect to see Linux support in the stable version of Nuclear Dawn in the near future. Upcoming changelog inside!

There really is an odd mix of game-play types being pushed out recently and keeping with that theme Heldric - The Legend Of The Shoemaker has been released.

ReignMaker is a city building political strategy game with match-3 tower defense combat. Did that make your head hurt as much as it hurt mine? What a mouthful!

Hacker Evolution the first in a series of games about hacking, filled with puzzles and stuff to make you scratch your weary head. The developers sent word that a Linux port is arriving soon.

Pixel Piracy already has a Linux version out for a while now, but they have just realised a patch they have been working on for some-time fixing start-up issues for Linux & Mac, yarrr maties, land ahoy!

Bionic Attack is an interesting looking mix of real time strategy and tower defence. An interesting tidbit is that the developers are actually programming for it on Debian Linux.

Can you pull off the greatest heist in the history of mankind? Well you can sure try this year when The Masterplan comes out.

Sadly Mojang have let us down again, after repeatedly stating their card-based strategy game Scrolls will come to Linux they still have no idea when.

Looks like Civilization is getting a reboot and it's called "Civilization: Beyond Earth". The great news is that multiple sources are stating Linux is a platform of choice now for Firaxis. See the bottom for the update.

Well now, this was annoyingly missed by myself. The developer of Banished a pretty big indie hit stated openly on his blog that he will be porting to Linux & Mac!