Best Tactical games on PC
These action, strategy, and simulation games emphasize planning, positioning, timing, and adapting decisions as situations change.
- Planning and situational decision-making
- Careful positioning and timing
Related: Strategy, Shooter, Multiplayer, FPS
956 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Counter-Strike 2
Free-to-play tactical FPS built around competitive team matches
86% positive
Free
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
First- and third-person battle royale shooter with tactical survival
61% positive
Free
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Competitive 5v5 tactical shooter built around breaching and destruction
82% positive
Free
Team Fortress 2
Free-to-play class-based FPS built around chaotic team matches
91% positive
Free
Apex Legends™
Free-to-play squad battle royale with heroes and tactical abilities
68% positive
Free
Left 4 Dead 2
Co-op zombie FPS where unpredictable hordes demand teamwork
98% positive
1.1M reviews
Phasmophobia
First-person co-op horror built around identifying hostile ghosts
94% positive
840K reviews
Call of Duty®
Military first-person shooter spanning campaigns, co-op, and online battles
59% positive
782K reviews
PAYDAY 2
Co-op first-person heists with stealth, shootouts, and custom builds
89% positive
675K reviews
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Turn-based historical strategy with expanding cities and five victory paths
86% positive
379K reviews
Hearts of Iron IV
World War II grand strategy with detailed national war planning
90% positive
377K reviews
Battlefield™ 6
Modern military FPS with squad combat, vehicles, and destructible battlefields
64% positive
369K reviews
Ready or Not
Tactical first-person SWAT shooter built around careful room clearing
79% positive
347K reviews
Arma 3
Open-world military simulation built around realistic combined-arms warfare
90% positive
296K reviews
Hunt: Showdown 1896
Tactical Western extraction shooter where monsters complicate player hunts
74% positive
279K reviews
THE FINALS
Team-based competitive FPS where players destroy arenas to win matches
78% positive
Free
Counter-Strike
Competitive tactical FPS where teamwork decides objective-based rounds
97% positive
262K reviews
Squad
Large-scale military FPS built around teamwork, tactics, and combined arms
81% positive
244K reviews
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Turn-based 4X strategy across history on a hex grid
96% positive
211K reviews
Delta Force
Free-to-play FPS with extraction raids and large-scale vehicle battles
58% positive
Free
Counter-Strike: Source
Team-based tactical FPS with competitive matches and Source-engine physics
96% positive
193K reviews
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Historical real-time strategy spanning centuries of civilizations and warfare
95% positive
183K reviews
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Casual tower defense with weaponized plants and varied zombie waves
98% positive
156K reviews
Hell Let Loose
Tactical World War II shooter built around large team battles
82% positive
150K reviews