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
2,194 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Cepheus Protocol
Open-world military strategy against a spreading zombie outbreak
76% positive
3,179 reviews
Your Chronicle
Text-based idle RPG with branching choices and automated dungeon battles
80% positive
Free
World War Legion
A multiplayer shooter with World War II weapons and parkour
72% positive
Free
Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
Roguelike auto-battler with class combinations and rival player squads
83% positive
3,071 reviews
Millennia
Turn-based 4X strategy spanning history and branching into alternate ages
67% positive
3,062 reviews
Miscrits: World of Creatures
Creature-collecting RPG with evolving teams and turn-based arena battles
91% positive
Free
Element TD 2 - Tower Defense
Elemental tower defense with branching upgrades and multiplayer battles
88% positive
2,988 reviews
Demo Regiments
Single-player Cold War tactics commanding platoons across German battlefields
87% positive
2,979 reviews
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
Historical turn-based 4X strategy about building and expanding civilizations
92% positive
2,966 reviews
Nordhold
Nordic roguelite tower defense with village building and randomized upgrades
86% positive
2,958 reviews
Hades' Star
Persistent space strategy MMO built around gradual empire expansion
75% positive
Free
The Division Resurgence
Third-person looter shooter built around cover, gadgets, and squad roles
50% positive
Free
Deadswitch 3
Free-to-play 2D shooter with ranked matches and co-op survival
73% positive
Free
METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version
Third-person stealth action in a world where war is business
96% positive
2,903 reviews
The Great War: Western Front™
World War I strategy mixing frontline planning and trench battles
67% positive
2,872 reviews
Minecraft Legends
Open-world action strategy where you lead mobs against piglins
62% positive
2,831 reviews
The Last Flame
Fantasy roguelike auto-battler about building teams through item synergies
85% positive
2,825 reviews
Mighty Party
Fast-paced strategy RPG with collectible heroes and tactical PvP battles
59% positive
Free
Hard West 2
Turn-based Western tactics with ricochet shots and chained kills
81% positive
2,807 reviews
Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius
Visual novel and turn-based mech battles with squadmate relationships
92% positive
Free
Demo Disciples: Liberation
Dark fantasy strategy RPG with turn-based battles and faction politics
73% positive
2,797 reviews
DG2: Defense Grid 2
Sci-fi tower defense with changing maps and replayable challenges
86% positive
2,778 reviews
Dark Deity
Top-down tactical RPG with squad training and lasting battle wounds
72% positive
2,771 reviews
Star Renegades
Turn-based roguelite with timed battles and evolving enemy officers
82% positive
2,770 reviews