Best Tactical Games
361 Tactical games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Bloons TD 5
Released: Dec 14, 2011
Critic rating: 71.6 / 100 • 54 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Web browser, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Released: Feb 11, 2025
Critic rating: 82.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Rule as one of many legendary leaders from throughout history.
Phoenix Point
Released: Dec 3, 2019
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Google Stadia, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Phoenix Point is the new strategy game from the creator of the original X-COM series.
Rogue Company
Released: Sep 30, 2020
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Gear up and drop in to Rogue Company, the third-person tactical action shooter that puts the fate of the world in your hands.
Age of Wonders III
Released: Mar 31, 2014
Critic rating: 79.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Age of Wonders III, like the previous games in the series is a turn-based strategy game set within a high fantasy universe where the player assumes the role of a political-military leader.
Party Hard 2
Released: Oct 25, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
It's the Holiday Season, and you don't get your Christmas Bonus.
Mir Tankov
Released: Apr 1, 2022
Critic rating: 71.2 / 100 • 41 votes
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
The world famous tank MMO now developed and published by Lesta Games in RUBY region.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Released: Nov 13, 2001
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Red Army is back.
Fire Emblem Warriors
Released: Sep 28, 2017
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
"Clash with legions of soldiers and fierce monsters as Marth, Xander, Corrin, and other Fire Emblem heroes unleashing over-the-top-powerful Dynasty Warriors-style moves.
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
Released: Apr 26, 2018
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A remake of the first Utawarerumono title featuring remastered artwork and battle sections are now in 3D.
Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
Released: Mar 29, 2007
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories is a full remake of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, released on the PlayStation 2.
Dark and Darker
Released: Aug 7, 2023
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100 • 75 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
An unforgiving hardcore fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE adventure.
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
Released: Mar 23, 2003
Critic rating: 68.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
In late 1993, the United States launched dual military operations in Mogadishu Somalia.
Koudelka
Released: Dec 16, 1999
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 29 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Koudelka is the precursor (prequel) to Sacnoth's Shadow Hearts series.
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
Released: Mar 15, 2001
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 103 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
This is a Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout Universe.
The Age of Decadence
Released: Oct 14, 2015
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
The Age of Decadence is an upcoming pseudo-isometric 3D turn-based role-playing video game for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux by Iron Tower Studio, led by the pseudonymous "Vince D.
BattleBit Remastered
Released: Jun 15, 2023
Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 47 votes
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly, massive multiplayer FPS, supporting 254 players per server.
Volume
Released: Aug 18, 2015
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Volume is a near-future retelling of the Robin Hood legend, starring Danny Wallace (Thomas Was Alone), Charlie McDonnell and award-winning, critically-acclaimed actor Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings, Planet of the Apes) as Gisborne.
Not a Hero
Released: May 14, 2015
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.
Ronin
Released: Jun 30, 2015
Critic rating: 70.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Tactical, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Ronin (stylized as RONIN) is a 2015 turn-based action platformer video game developed by Polish indie developer Tomasz Wacławek, designer at polish indie studio Flying Wild Hog, and published by Devolver Digital.
Bad North: Jotunn Edition
Released: Aug 20, 2018
Critic rating: 69.8 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite.
Dynasty Warriors 3
Released: Sep 20, 2001
Critic rating: 69.8 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Tactical, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Dynasty Warriors 3 is the third installment of the Dynasty Warriors series in North America and the second within the Shin Sangoku Musou series in Japan.
Hitman: Sniper Challenge
Released: May 15, 2012
Critic rating: 81.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Get ready to pull the trigger on a completely new chapter in the award-winning Hitman series.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown
Released: Sep 8, 2005
Critic rating: 67.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Engineered specifically for the PC by Red Storm Entertainment, Rainbow Six returns to deliver the tensest close-quarters battles ever experienced online.
Hard West
Released: Nov 4, 2015
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to the Wild West like you’ve never seen it before.