Best Tactical Games
360 Tactical games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Reigns: Game of Thrones
Released: Oct 18, 2018
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Through the fiery visions of Melisandre, claim the Iron Throne as Cersei Lannister, Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, and more to carefully navigate the complex relationships and hostile factions of the Seven Kingdoms.
Delta Force
Released: Oct 21, 1998
Critic rating: 67.4 / 100 • 58 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
As a member of Delta Force — The Army's Elite, top secret special forces unit — the word 'impossible' is not in your vocabulary.
Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad
Released: Sep 19, 2003
Critic rating: 62.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Take charge of the most feared special operations forces in the world: the elite British SAS or the US Delta Force squads.
Hitman: Codename 47
Released: Nov 19, 2000
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Hitman: Codename 47 sets a new standard for thinker-shooters.
Perfect Dark Zero
Released: Nov 17, 2005
Critic rating: 71.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Xbox 360 prequel to Rare's Nintendo 64 hit, Perfect Dark.
Star Trek Online
Released: Feb 2, 2010
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Star Trek Online is a premier free-to-play MMORPG from Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment set in the famous Star Trek universe.
Tower of Time
Released: Apr 12, 2018
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
RPG with 3d graphics, real time combat and deep and mature story with real time combat with time manipulation, tactical and challenging battles, seven diverse classes to choose for 4-man party, and more.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
Released: Nov 23, 2012
Critic rating: 63.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Discover the incredible 3D world of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, where Pokemon speak and amazing adventures are always nearby!
Conqueror's Blade
Released: May 30, 2019
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100 • 29 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Master the art of medieval warcraft in this free-to-play tactical action MMO.
Dynasty Warriors 4
Released: Feb 27, 2003
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
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 4 is a hack and slash video game and the fourth installment in the popular Dynasty Warriors series.
Dota Underlords
Released: Jun 20, 2019
Critic rating: 64.1 / 100 • 72 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In Dota Underlords, strategic decisions matter more than twitch reflexes.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Released: Aug 6, 2013
Critic rating: 69.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.
The Escapists
Released: Feb 13, 2015
Critic rating: 68.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
All that stands between you and your freedom is a perfectly executed escape plan.
Empire of Sin
Released: Nov 30, 2020
Critic rating: 58.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Empire of Sin, the strategy game from Romero Games and Paradox Interactive, puts you at the heart of the ruthless criminal underworld of 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago.
Mass Effect 3: Omega
Released: Nov 27, 2012
Critic rating: 40.0 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Omega has been seized by one of Cerberus' most accomplished and brilliant agents, General Oleg Petrovsky…and Aria T'Loak is plotting her revenge.
DayZ
Released: Dec 13, 2018
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Battle Royale
DayZ is a hardcore open-world survival game with only one rule: stay alive, no matter what.
SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays
Released: Nov 27, 2019
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the SD Gundam SRPG series, SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays is the second title in the series built on the new 3D engine that debuted with the previous title, SD Gundam G Generation Genesis.
Syndicate Wars
Released: Dec 31, 1996
Critic rating: 50.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Welcome to an urban hell of ultra-violent mayhem.
Gloomhaven
Released: Jul 17, 2019
Critic rating: 73.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
"In Gloomhaven, you play as a team of mercenaries on their own personal quests to go conquer a world of gloomy and wicked decadence.
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army
Released: Feb 28, 2013
Critic rating: 56.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Featuring a co-op campaign for 1 to 4 players, Nazi Zombie Army is a horrifying new stand-alone expansion of the award-winning Sniper Elite series.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt
Released: Sep 7, 2021
Critic rating: 59.1 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Multiplayer, Battle Royale
Bloodhunt is a thrilling free-to-play battle royale game set in Prague consumed by a ruthless war between vampire clans.
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm
Released: Sep 26, 2002
Critic rating: 58.5 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Gathering Storm is the first of two expansion packs for the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
Released: Oct 4, 2019
Critic rating: 53.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a military shooter set in a diverse and hostile open world entirely playable solo or in up to four-player co-op.
Heroes & Generals
Released: Sep 23, 2016
Critic rating: 57.2 / 100 • 50 votes
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Heroes & Generals is the ultimate WW2 game.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
Released: Mar 11, 2013
Critic rating: 51.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is the only multi-platform, first-person, modern shooter exclusively designed around the sniper experience.