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1In Super Auto Pets you build a team from a lovable cast of animals who will fight for you. They each have unique abilities, so choose wisely who will join your team!
Team Wood Games · 2021 · Web, Linux, Android
2Immerse yourself in the WAKFU universe with this free to play MMORPG. Select your class, travel the world, meet adventurers to challenge powerful monsters in epic turn-based battles. Participate in the kingdom’s economy and politics and create your own legend!
Ankama · 2012 · Linux, PC, Mac
3The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host whom none can stand against! Choose units from a large pool of…
2005 · Linux, PC, iOS
4A collaboration between legendary card game designer Richard Garfield and Valve, Artifact Classic is a digital card game that combines deeply strategic, competitive gameplay with the rich setting of Dota 2. The result is an immersive and visually stunning trading card game unlike any other. Wield…
Valve · 2018 · Linux, PC, Mac · 83/100
5Roll up your sleeves and lay down your cards! Urban Rival is a truly original, free, collectible card game. It is a game of skill and strategy that allows you to create your own gang and challenge other players in fast and furious fighting. The games are simple but intense and in just a few…
Acute Games · 2009 · Web, Linux, Android
6Hedgewars is a turn based strategy, artillery, action and comedy game, featuring the antics of pink hedgehogs with attitude as they battle from the depths of hell to the depths of space. As commander, it's your job to assemble your crack team of hedgehog soldiers and bring the war to your enemy.
2019 · Linux, PC, iOS
7Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
Matt Roszak · 2010 · Web, Linux, PC
8Join Freyja, Bam, Mishima, and Phenez on their journey Towards The Pantheon! Gone are the rpg cliches of potions and elemental powers; in Towards The Pantheon you dive head first into a simultaneously lighthearted, fun, dark, and painful adventure in this fresh and exciting world!
2017 · Linux, PC, Mac · 55/100
9Age of Conquest is a Risk-like turn-based grand strategy wargame.
Noble Master Games · 2016 · Linux, PC, Mac
10You play a normal Match3 game but this time, you can actually battle others. Attack them directly, weaken them, buff yourself, manipulate the board to your liking or to your enemies disliking. Prove that you are better than anyone else on…
Akuma no Tsubasa · Web, Linux, Android
11Dungeon of Zaar is a turn-based strategy game taking place in an ancient and magical castle where Explorers fight for treasures! For PC/MAC/Linux at launch. Dungeon of Zaar is inspired by classic tactical games such as Final Fantasy…
Kurb · 2018 · Linux, PC, Mac
12Auro is a unique turn-based tactical dungeon-crawler all about bumping monsters into the water. Traverse randomly generated maps and create huge spell combos as you compete against rival Kingdoms and rise through the ranks. Auro is a…
Dinofarm Games · 2014 · Linux, Android, PC
13Evolution is a real time simulation of the evolutionary process. Creatures have DNA that defines their structure, traits, how they see the world around them, and how they react to it. Each creature is unique, most die quickly, some die a…
2016 · Linux, PC, Mac
14Nova Blitz is a real-time card game that's 100% free to play - download now and check it out! Summon units, play powers, and duel in real time. Turns are simultaneous, and in combat, hidden attack and block orders let you bluff and…
2016 · Linux, PC, Mac
15Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.
Noble Master Games · 2015 · Linux, PC, Mac
16Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes is a turn-based strategy game that will put you right in the middle of conflict between humans, orcs, goblins, elves and dwarves. Build a mighty army and lead your troops to victory, using unique skills of…
Home Net Games · 2017 · Linux, Android, PC
17Fly across haunted cities, solve rooftop puzzles and light magical runes. Cityglitch is a shimmery pixel puzzler with simple movement and deep challenge.
2017 · Linux, Android, PC
18Super Club Soccer is a free to play multiplayer tactical turn based soccer game. Create your player and jump into the action. Sign up to a team and compete in tournaments against teams from across the globe or try your hand as a manager…
Trick27 · 2019 · Linux, PC, Mac
19Age of Fear is a seven-year old turn-based strategy series that marries a tabletop wargame with elements of RPG. Age of Fear: The Free World serves as introduction to the series. You can roam the Open World realm, develop their party…
Leslaw Sliwko · 2019 · Linux, PC, Mac
20Feud is a turn-based strategy game. Swap pieces on a four-by-four grid to isolate your opponent's pieces, or go straight for their King. Hone your skills against three AI characters with distinct play-styles, then challenge your friends…
Bearwaves · 2019 · Linux, Android, PC
21An Action RPG about Utopia/Dystopia balance that aims to present some interesting concepts. The aim of the game is to make the player think and pose some ethical dillemas about how an actual Utopia could be achieved. It's dedicated to my…
Stavros Aeneas Kokkineas · 2026 · Linux, PC
22A genre-switching phenomenon that will take you on a journey to stop a rubber duck from taking over the developer's game!
Orius Games · 2021 · Linux, PC, Mac
23"Yixian" is an online card deck building game with a background of cultivating immortals. Every game is a deck building experience from scratch. Players will start to practice from the Qi refining period, gradually break through the…
DarkSun Game · 2024 · Linux, PC, Mac
24A hybrid of challenging turn-based strategy and customizable card collection gameplay set in a medieval fantasy universe. Campaigns Gather your armies, ready your spells and delve into an engaging single player campaign. Complete missions…
Eternal Technics · 2022 · Linux, Android, PC
25Shafted is a quick resource management game. Build your mini mining colony. Optimize your mineral outputs. Strategically position your buildings with turn based tactics. Pay off your contracts or else you'll get shafted.
Looch Lab · 2022 · Linux, PC
26Chess, but continuous! Avalog is a free game for playing analog chess with others, either locally or online. As well as a 'classic' mode, there is a 'draft' mode, where players pick pieces from 5 different factions.
AvalogGames · 2023 · Linux, PC
27Fuse monsters, build strategic decks, catch wild beasts, and battle players worldwide in the ultimate monster MMO!
Infinity (modder) · 2024 · Linux, PC, Mac
28The only path left is forward. Take the reins of Elena's revolution, conjure powerful incantations with the forgotten echoes of history, and deliver the final blow to the Duchy of Monte Branco in this short (2-3h) linear turn-based RPG…
Coletivo Brejo · 2025 · Linux, PC
29Heroes and Forsaken is a digital card game set in the world of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. Each player takes a side, the Light or the Shadow, picks a Leader from the books and builds a 30-card deck of Beings, Spells and Equipment…
Witsteen BV · Linux, Android, PC
30A dystopian turn-based strategy game where your moves are made manifest through a colorful selection of combat cards. Assemble your deck, exploit Clashes to turn the tides in your favour, and survive long enough to learn the secrets of…
Studio Lilac · 2026 · Linux, PC, Mac
