Best Tactical Games
361 Tactical games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Wildfrost
Released: Apr 12, 2023
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder!
The Last Story
Released: Jan 27, 2011
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The Last Story takes place upon the island fortress of Lazulis, in a world that is slowly being drained of life by an unknown force.
Delta Force
Released: Dec 5, 2024
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Delta Force is a free-to-play tactical first-person shooter developed by Team Jade and published by TiMi Studio Group.
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Released: Mar 18, 2014
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Door Kickers
Released: Oct 20, 2014
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Door Kickers is an innovative Real-Time Tactics game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team.
Mass Effect 2: Firewalker Pack
Released: Mar 23, 2010
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Firewalker Pack is a DLC pack for Mass Effect 2.
How to Survive
Released: Oct 23, 2013
Critic rating: 86.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You are shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world.
Stoneshard
Released: Feb 6, 2020
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Set off on a perilous journey across the procedurally generated world, while various followers flock under your banners.
PlanetSide 2
Released: Nov 20, 2012
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
PlanetSide 2 is a Massively Multiplayer first person shooter that delivers truly epic, massive combat on a scale never before seen in stunning, breathtaking detail.
GunBound
Released: May 1, 2002
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100 • 22 votes
Genres: Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
GunBound has turn-based artillery gameplay, bearing properties of two-dimensional games and ballistics-simulation games.
Tom Clancy's The Division
Released: Mar 8, 2016
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Tom Clancy’s The Division is a revolutionary experience that combines robust RPG customization with tactical action combat.
Mir Korabley
Released: Oct 12, 2022
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Mir Korabley is a free to play online naval combat game by Lesta Games.
Rainbow Six Siege
Released: Dec 1, 2015
Critic rating: 74.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
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 Rainbow Six Siege is a tactical first-person shooter focused on close-quarters combat between teams of five.
SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate
Released: Feb 28, 2006
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Stetchkov Syndicate expansion adds seven new single player missions revolving around the Stetchkov family, an Eastern European crime syndicate and new multiplayer content, amongst other features.
Meccha Chameleon
Released: Jun 9, 2026
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Genres: Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer
Paint yourself to blend in!
Syndicate
Released: Jun 6, 1993
Critic rating: 68.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC-9800 Series, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns
Game modes: Single player
Syndicate is a strategic action game set in a dystopian future where corporate entities vie for global dominance.
Plague Inc.
Released: May 26, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Web browser, Windows Phone, Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player
As a new disease, it is your job to destroy the entire human species by evolving to a deadly plague.
Call of Duty: Mobile
Released: May 14, 2019
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Call of Duty you know and love now on your mobile device.
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
Released: Aug 15, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Plants vs.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Released: Aug 6, 2019
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders and Overlord series, bringing all the exciting tactical-turn based combat and in-depth 4X empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new sci-fi setting.
Pathway
Released: Apr 11, 2019
Critic rating: 73.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Adventure into the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy RPG set in the 1930s great desert wilderness.
World of Warships
Released: Sep 17, 2015
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
World of Warships is a free to play online naval combat game by Wargaming.net.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Released: Sep 25, 2018
Critic rating: 65.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Pathfinder: Kingmaker is the first isometric party-based computer RPG set in the Pathfinder fantasy universe.
Sniper Elite
Released: Sep 30, 2005
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sniper Elite is a third-person action strategy game with a focus on sniping.
Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers
Released: Jun 26, 2013
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers is a digital collectible card game that introduces players to the Magic: The Gathering universe.