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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.

Edge Islands
Colony sim with dungeon expeditions and turn-based hero battles
76% positive 100 reviews
The Deadly Path
Roguelike real-time strategy with dungeon building and demanding gods
46% positive 100 reviews
Radiis
Turn-based territory strategy built around placing buildings, not moving units
91% positive 99 reviews
DRONE PERSPECTIVE
Real-time infantry tactics from a drone above modern battlefields
90% positive 99 reviews
ARC SEED
Turn-based mech deckbuilder that turns city buildings into weapons
75% positive 99 reviews
三国志·天下归心
Turn-based Three Kingdoms RPG following Liu Bei's bid to restore Han rule
71% positive 98 reviews
Defense Of Greece TD
Tower defense across Greek islands with mechanical enemies and lightning
69% positive 97 reviews
Creeping Dusk
Isometric tower defense with daytime building and nighttime undead waves
67% positive 97 reviews
Tennis Manager 25
Tennis management game about developing players and coaching matches
69% positive 94 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Soutenroku with Power Up Kit
Historical strategy game with playable retainers and real-time battles
63% positive 89 reviews
OMG Words
Roguelike word game with tile upgrades and tougher opponents
80% positive 86 reviews
英雄竞起:三国
Three Kingdoms strategy with faction management and real-time battles
61% positive 84 reviews
Fritz Chess 17 Steam Edition
Chess strategy program for matches and neural engine analysis
66% positive 83 reviews
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
Turn-based World War II wargame commanding Finland's outnumbered forces
84% positive 82 reviews
FMTC
Online battle royale shooter with looting and two-shot headshot kills
79% positive 81 reviews
Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg
Real-time or turn-based tactical warfare in the Battle of the Bulge
76% positive 80 reviews
Endless Defense: Survival
Single-player tower defense against endless waves with tower soul upgrades
51% positive Free
Moon Watch
Roguelike deckbuilder with bullet-hell battles and time control
64% positive 77 reviews
Warlords I + II
Two turn-based fantasy strategy games about conquering rival empires
96% positive 75 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Reppuden with Power Up Kit
Turn-based grand strategy to unite Japan's forty castles
64% positive 74 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Tenshouki with Power Up Kit HD Version
Turn-based historical strategy about unifying Japan through clan warfare
60% positive 73 reviews
Vanguard Exiles
PvP card auto-battler with shifting zones and squad tactics
81% positive 70 reviews
Scourge Of War - Gettysburg
Real-time Civil War wargame commanding regiments in historical battles
84% positive 61 reviews
Successor
Miniature-board tactical RPG with pausable combat and procedural campaigns
70% positive 56 reviews