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.
Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition
Hidden-movement board game of Dracula evading hunters across Europe
74% positive
263 reviews
Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm Player's Edition
Command NATO or Soviet forces in a turn-based Cold War wargame
88% positive
259 reviews
Navy War: Battleship Games
Online naval PvP battles with upgradeable historic and modern warships
65% positive
Free
Franchise Hockey Manager 7
Hockey management sim with historical seasons and custom leagues
78% positive
256 reviews
Remote Reaper: FPV Combat Drone Simulator
First-person combat drone simulator with custom builds and signal jamming
93% positive
255 reviews
Twilight Wars
Cyberpunk turn-based dungeon crawler about rebuilding a covert agency
75% positive
254 reviews
Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold
Grand strategy sandbox for managing nations amid global economic collapse
78% positive
251 reviews
Armored Brigade II
Cold War wargame with delayed orders and generated skirmishes
90% positive
251 reviews
Space Wars: Interstellar Empires
Turn-based space strategy with faction fleets and territorial conquest
65% positive
Free
Frozen Synapse 2
Simultaneous-turn tactics across a procedurally generated city of factions
66% positive
247 reviews
Welcome Back, Commander
Squad-based real-time tactics in a plague-stricken city with lasting choices
81% positive
246 reviews
Agarest: Generations of War 2
Turn-based tactical RPG with romance choices spanning multiple generations
60% positive
245 reviews
Crash Dive 2
World War II submarine sim mixing stealth, torpedoes, and gunfights
96% positive
245 reviews
Scramble: Battle of Britain
Turn-based tactical dogfights between RAF and Luftwaffe squadrons
89% positive
244 reviews
USC: Counterforce
Turn-based squad tactics against aliens on destructible battlefields
67% positive
241 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Tendou with Power Up Kit
Historical grand strategy across Japan with castles, territory, and culture
82% positive
240 reviews
汉武大帝传-经典策略战棋
Turn-based tactics with historical generals in Western Han campaigns
69% positive
237 reviews
Dust Fleet
Space strategy with turn-based fleet planning and real-time battles
76% positive
233 reviews
Cascadia
Digital board game about placing wildlife and connecting habitats
99% positive
228 reviews
International Basketball Manager 22
Basketball management sim with international leagues and in-match coaching
86% positive
221 reviews
Heian City Story
Top-down city builder in historical Japan with monster defenses
89% positive
220 reviews
Rise of Industry 2
1980s business sim where production chains depend on trade contracts
64% positive
220 reviews
CROPS!
Strategy auto battler where planting patterns bring crops to life
89% positive
218 reviews
Beneath the Mountain
Dwarven city-builder with mining and real-time defense against orcs
66% positive
217 reviews