Category: Strategy

Planets³ is a 3D open-world voxel-based RPG (first person view) on Kickstarter. It was over-funded, but sadly it didn't hit the Linux stretch goal. Thankfully the developers won't be excluding Linux gamers.

Remember KeeperRL? That odd mix of Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress that we posted about recently is now on indiegogo looking for funds to reach a glorious "1.0" version.

Unvanquished continues to amaze with the 26th alpha version, wow that's a lot of alpha's for you. Usual assortment of new features and bug fixes.

KeeperRL is a Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress inspired dungeon simulator built on top of roguelike mechanics. You become a Sauron-like character, searching for ultimate knowledge of destruction.

Skyward Collapse is a pretty interesting looking god-game from Arcen Games who have become Linux-friendly developers recently, they have stated Skyward Collapse will come to Linux.

Hooray time to fail at keeping people alive again! FTL Advanced Edition has been officially released on Steam and DRM free.

Age of Wonders III is a brilliant looking turn-based strategy that thanks to Linux users doing their usual posting in Steam communities could come to Linux.

Airships v2 is out, bringing better multiplayer and more ship design options. At its core, the game is about designing airships and fighting with them. Ships are put together out of modules, and the layout of modules matters a great deal.

What would you do if a group of people just decided to ransack your village and leave you with basically nothing? Well you gather an army to get your stuff back with some extra compensation and that's exactly what we are going to do today!

So, Linux finally has Earth 2140 Gold Edition around 17 years after the original release of the game, how does it stack up? Here are my thoughts and a video.

Gary is an office worker who oversleeps after a drunken night out on the town. Since it isn’t the first time Gary’s been late for work, he could be fired if he’s spotted arriving at his desk after everyone else yet again. So he’ll have to prove he’s smart and sneaky enough to make his way up all the 22 floors between him and his office without being seen.

DUELYST is the awesome looking tactical combat games where the developers originally wheren't going to support Linux, until we showed our numbers. Now the Linux goal has been met, I asked when Linux is likely to come.

FTL: Advanced Edition is the free expansion to the extremely frustrating FTL game and it will be released on April the 3rd!

Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discreet units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.

A little later than expected, but Ground Pounders the turn-based strategy game now has a Linux version on Steam.

Planetary Annihilation has some more spit and polish now as they work through their Gamma phase of development, they have recently improved art, the lobby, the AI and more!

Battle Chess: Game of Kings looks like it will be coming to Linux as a developer confirms it on their Steam forum.

Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to Windows, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.

The Last Federation is a space sci-fi strategy game I am seriously looking forward to, it mixes some good unit graphics with beautiful space backdrops.

Paper Dungeons is a brand new mix of tactics and roguelike dungeon crawling all in one neat little package.