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
2,399 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Counter-Strike 2
Free-to-play tactical FPS built around competitive team matches
86% positive
Free
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PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
First- and third-person battle royale shooter with tactical survival
59% positive
Free
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Competitive 5v5 tactical shooter built around breaching and destruction
83% positive
Free
Team Fortress 2
Free-to-play class-based FPS built around chaotic team matches
90% positive
Free
Apex Legends™
Free-to-play squad battle royale with heroes and tactical abilities
69% positive
Free
Left 4 Dead 2
Co-op zombie FPS where unpredictable hordes demand teamwork
97% positive
893K reviews
Phasmophobia
First-person co-op horror built around identifying hostile ghosts
95% positive
742K reviews
PAYDAY 2
Co-op first-person heists with stealth, shootouts, and custom builds
90% positive
493K reviews
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Call of Duty®
Military first-person shooter spanning campaigns, co-op, and online battles
56% positive
461K reviews
Hearts of Iron IV
World War II grand strategy with detailed national war planning
79% positive
355K reviews
Battlefield™ 6
Modern military FPS with squad combat, vehicles, and destructible battlefields
64% positive
312K reviews
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THE FINALS
Team-based competitive FPS where players destroy arenas to win matches
77% positive
Free
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Turn-based historical strategy with expanding cities and five victory paths
85% positive
290K reviews
Ready or Not
Tactical first-person SWAT shooter built around careful room clearing
80% positive
288K reviews
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Arma 3
Open-world military simulation built around realistic combined-arms warfare
90% positive
249K reviews
Hunt: Showdown 1896
Tactical Western extraction shooter where monsters complicate player hunts
75% positive
231K reviews
Delta Force
Free-to-play FPS with extraction raids and large-scale vehicle battles
58% positive
Free
Squad
Large-scale military FPS built around teamwork, tactics, and combined arms
83% positive
195K reviews
Counter-Strike
Competitive tactical FPS where teamwork decides objective-based rounds
97% positive
190K reviews
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World of Warships
Team-based naval shooter with historical warships and tactical salvos
78% positive
Free
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Historical real-time strategy spanning centuries of civilizations and warfare
94% positive
165K reviews
Demo Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Casual tower defense with weaponized plants and varied zombie waves
97% positive
156K reviews
Counter-Strike: Source
Team-based tactical FPS with competitive matches and Source-engine physics
96% positive
153K reviews
WARDOGS
Large-scale tactical FPS with three-team battles, vehicles, and building
68% positive
147K reviews