Best Tactical Games
361 Tactical games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Wildermyth
Released: Jun 15, 2021
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wildermyth is a character-driven, procedurally-generated tactical RPG.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Released: Dec 6, 2016
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Skillfully hide from and sneak past the enemies fields of view, take their formations apart and hide their bodies to cover your tracks.
Wasteland 3
Released: Aug 27, 2020
Critic rating: 87.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
As the sole survivor of Team November, a Ranger squad dispatched to the icy Colorado wastes, you find this is a land of buried secrets, lost technology, fearsome lunatics, and deadly factions.
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance
Released: Mar 26, 2015
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is a tactical role-playing video game.
Darkest Dungeon II
Released: May 8, 2023
Critic rating: 83.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Red Hook's smash hit gothic horror RPG!
Empire: Total War
Released: Mar 3, 2009
Critic rating: 89.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Empire: Total War introduces a host of revolutionary new features, including true 3D naval combat.
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Released: Nov 4, 2002
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is a re-vamped and revised edition of the original Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, in which Solid Snake must recover the stolen Metal Gear Ray from a group of terrorists bent on using its power for unthinkable reasons.
Strinova
Released: Aug 3, 2023
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100 • 45 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Strinova is an anime-style third-person tactical competitive shooter developed by Day 1 Studio.
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death
Released: Mar 31, 2000
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death is the second of two expansion packs for the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic III.
XCOM 2
Released: Feb 4, 2016
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year.
Valkyria Chronicles Remastered
Released: Nov 11, 2014
Critic rating: 85.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Valkyria Chronicles is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 in 2008.
Dragon Age: Inquisition - Trespasser
Released: Sep 8, 2015
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Dragon Age: Inquisition - Trespasser is a post-game DLC that concludes the main storyline, taking place after the defeat of Corypheus and the closing of the Breach.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Released: Nov 12, 2002
Critic rating: 84.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Infiltrate terrorists' positions, acquire critical intelligence by any means necessary, execute with extreme prejudice, and exit without a trace!
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth
Released: Sep 21, 2016
Critic rating: 76.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The epic story of Utawarerumono comes to an end in Mask of Truth, as the fate of the world will be determined by warring nations.
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Released: Sep 27, 2007
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Following the climactic battle against the King of Shadows, you awaken alone and stranded deep beneath the earth.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko’s Choice
Released: Dec 6, 2021
Critic rating: 86.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Aiko's Choice is a brand-new standalone addon to the beloved stealth tactics game Shadow Tactics.
Arknights
Released: May 1, 2019
Critic rating: 83.4 / 100 • 65 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Take on the role of a key member of Rhodes Island, a pharmaceutical company that fights both a deadly infection and the unrest it leaves in its wake.
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Released: Oct 7, 2004
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, you must help protect the nation of Renais from the invading Grado Empire.
Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition
Released: Feb 19, 2016
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Fire Emblem Fates - Special Edition was a limited time bundle containing both base stories, Birthright and Conquest, and gave access to DLC for the 3rd story, Revelation, when it became available.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Released: Jan 15, 2009
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Visual Novel
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Tokyo is in full lockdown, the government's swift, coldblooded response to a surprise demon invasion.
The Banner Saga
Released: Jan 14, 2014
Critic rating: 81.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Banner Saga is a Viking-themed tactical role-playing video game.
XCOM 2 Collection
Released: Feb 1, 2018
Critic rating: 77.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The XCOM 2 Collection includes the award-winning strategy game XCOM 2, the War of the Chosen expansion, and four DLC packs (Resistance Warrior Pack, Anarchy’s Children, Alien Hunters, Shen’s Last Gift, Tactical Legacy Pack) for a bundled discount.
Hidden & Dangerous 2
Released: Oct 21, 2003
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Hidden and Dangerous 2, like its predecessor, focuses on the British Special Air Service during the Second World War.
Chivalry 2
Released: Jun 8, 2021
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Tactical, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Multiplayer
Chivalry 2 is a multiplayer first person slasher inspired by epic medieval movie battles.
Wartales
Released: Apr 12, 2023
Critic rating: 86.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe.