Best Tactical Games
361 Tactical games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Far Cry 4
Released: Nov 18, 2014
Critic rating: 86.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Discover the most diverse Far Cry world ever created.
Frozen Synapse
Released: May 26, 2011
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Frozen Synapse is a thrilling PC, Mac, Linux and tablet (iOS/Android) strategy game.
Persona 5 Tactica
Released: Nov 17, 2023
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
After a strange incident, the Phantom Thieves wander into a bizarre realm where its citizens are living under tyrannical oppression.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
Released: Apr 13, 2010
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Experience an unparalleled level of action as you navigate the world of Sam Fisher.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Released: Mar 28, 2005
Critic rating: 77.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You are Sam Fisher, the NSA's most elite black-ops agent.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2
Released: Jul 28, 2011
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
When a new website that shows the manner of people's deaths in advance makes the rounds amongst Japanese high schoolers, a trio of students is shocked to witness their own deaths in a terrible subway accident just minutes away.
Invisible, Inc.
Released: May 12, 2015
Critic rating: 85.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Released: Dec 4, 2018
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
From a team including former designers of HITMAN and PAYDAY comes Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, a tactical adventure game that combines the turn-based combat of XCOM with a real-time stealth and exploration of a post-human world reclaimed by nature… and Mutants.
Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation
Released: Jul 9, 2015
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Fire Emblem Fates is split into three story paths.
Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms
Released: Aug 28, 2007
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms is the official expansion to last year's award-winning Medieval II: Total War, presenting players with all-new territories to explore, troops to command, and enemies to conquer.
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Released: Apr 18, 2001
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 99 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Play six Desperados, lead by the hero John Cooper in the hardest and wildest Wild West Game of all times.
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle
Released: Nov 23, 1999
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 30 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle (also known as SWAT3 or SWAT3:CQB) is a tactical squad-based first-person shooter, developed by Sierra Northwest and published by Sierra Entertainment for Windows-based PCs.
SuperHot
Released: Feb 25, 2016
Critic rating: 84.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Superhot is an independent first-person shooter built around a single core mechanic: time only moves when the player moves.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
Released: Mar 18, 2003
Critic rating: 81.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A tactical shooter with realistic properties, it adapts various features absent in previous installments of the franchise such as the ability to see one's weapon while in first-person view, many new weapons and upgrades, as well as a redesigned multiplayer.
Napoleon: Total War
Released: Feb 23, 2010
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Napoleon: Total War is the new chapter in the critically acclaimed Total War series and opens up a new narrative layer to the genre-defining franchise.
Ready or Not
Released: Dec 13, 2023
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Stephen Popovich's rating: 8.6
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Ready or Not is a tactical first person shooter which places you in the boots of an elite SWAT team, tasked with diffusing hostile situations in intense, claustrophobic environments.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
Released: Nov 22, 2006
Critic rating: 85.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six makes its next-generation hardware debut in the most dramatic installment of the renowned first-person shooter franchise to date.
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Released: Feb 22, 2007
Critic rating: 74.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player
Radiant Dawn is a turn-based tactics RPG and a direct sequel, 3 years have passed, to the game "Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance" for the Nintendo GameCube.
Fire Emblem Engage
Released: Jan 20, 2023
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Become the Divine Dragon and save the continent of Elyos!
Shadowrun: Hong Kong
Released: Aug 20, 2015
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Shadowrun: Hong Kong is the third standalone game in Harebrained Schemes’ critically-acclaimed Shadowrun cRPG series.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Released: Aug 29, 2017
Critic rating: 83.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
This is the story of an unexpected encounter between Mario and the irreverent Rabbids.
Mega Man Battle Network 2
Released: Dec 14, 2001
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100 • 44 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Enter the futuristic universe of Mega Man.EXE in this new adventure in the Battle Network series.
Faeria
Released: Mar 8, 2017
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Faeria is a digital collectible card and turn-based strategy game that takes place on a dynamic playing board set in a fantasy universe.
Marvel's Midnight Suns
Released: Dec 2, 2022
Critic rating: 85.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Marvel's Midnight Suns is a tactical role-playing game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games.
Ingress
Released: Oct 30, 2013
Critic rating: 96.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Ingress is an augmented reality massively multiplayer online role playing GPS-dependent game created by Niantic Labs, a startup within Google, originally for Android devices, and since July 14, 2014 for Apple's iOS.