Best Tactical Games
361 Tactical games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Solasta: Crown of the Magister
Released: Oct 20, 2020
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Discover the shattered world of Solasta: explore ruins and dungeons for legendary treasures, learn the truth of an age-old cataclysm - and stop it from happening again.
Mass Effect 3: From Ashes
Released: Mar 6, 2012
Critic rating: 66.0 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Cerberus has attacked Eden Prime and taken over a human colony.
Sniper Elite 4
Released: Feb 13, 2017
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Sniper Elite 4 combines genre-defining ballistics, breathless emergent stealth, and gripping third person action across the largest and most diverse environments ever seen in a Sniper Elite game.
Valorant
Released: Jun 2, 2020
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Multiplayer
Valorant is a character-based 5v5 tactical shooter set on the global stage.
Plants vs. Zombies
Released: May 5, 2009
Critic rating: 70.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Nintendo DSi
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Plants vs.
The Saboteur
Released: Dec 4, 2009
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Experience the ultimate open-world action/adventure as The Saboteur.
Manhunt
Released: Nov 18, 2003
Critic rating: 71.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Manhunt is a third-person stealth horror game.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Released: Oct 6, 2009
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a game about a fictitious conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands, a conflict that is in danger of erupting onto a global scale.
Arma 3
Released: Sep 12, 2013
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Arma 3 is a truly massive military simulation sandbox game.
Clash Royale
Released: Jan 4, 2016
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100 • 203 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Multiplayer
Enter the Arena!
Heroes of Might and Magic IV
Released: Mar 28, 2002
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Heroes of Might and Magic IV is a turn-based strategy game developed by Gus Smedstad through New World Computing and published by the 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in 2002.
Death Squared
Released: Mar 13, 2017
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions.
Kingdom Rush
Released: Dec 19, 2011
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!
XCOM: Chimera Squad
Released: Apr 24, 2020
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
Payday 2
Released: Aug 13, 2013
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Payday 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original crew: Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains as they descend on Washington D.C.
Perfect Dark
Released: Mar 17, 2010
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perfect Dark is a remastered release of the first-person shooter video game by the same name.
Metal Gear Acid
Released: Dec 16, 2004
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Metal Gear Acid is a turn-based collectable card game.
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013
Released: Jun 20, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Play with friends or AI as you travel across fantastic planes to take on new encounters & opponents.
Bloons TD 6
Released: Jun 14, 2018
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100 • 160 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, visionOS, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Bloons TD 6 is a tower defense game in which players place various monkey towers along a path to pop waves of balloons ("Bloons") before they reach the exit.
Madden NFL 25
Released: Nov 15, 2013
Critic rating: 77.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Sport, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Madden NFL 25 celebrates 25 years of Madden NFL Football action with Physics You Can Feel from the most authentic NFL game franchise on Earth.
Freedom Fighters
Released: Sep 26, 2003
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Freedom Fighters is a third-person shooter, in which the player navigates through the streets of New York while fighting the Soviet forces.
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
Released: Jun 4, 2021
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
SGW Contracts 2 is a modern warfare shooter with the story set in the Middle East.
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
Released: Nov 2, 2004
Critic rating: 75.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Lord of the Rings:The Third Age introduces entirely new characters which aren't mentioned in the books or movies.
Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi
Released: Mar 29, 2002
Critic rating: 73.9 / 100 • 53 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade is a Japanese tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo.
Grand Kingdom
Released: Nov 19, 2015
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
After the fall of the once-prosperous Uldein Empire over one hundred years ago, the Four Great Nations now wage war to claim dominion over the Resonail continent.