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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Verdun
First-person World War I shooter built around trench attacks
87% positive
31K reviews
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
Party-based fantasy RPG where choices reshape a war-torn kingdom
84% positive
30K reviews
Rogue Company
Free-to-play third-person shooter with cross-platform teams and objective-based matches
74% positive
Free
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II
Military first-person shooter with a global campaign and cooperative operations
45% positive
29K reviews
Transistor
Isometric sci-fi action RPG with real-time and planned combat
94% positive
29K reviews
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Holdfast: Nations At War
Large-scale historical shooter with chaotic battles and proximity voice chat
89% positive
29K reviews
Demo Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Medieval grand strategy with turn-based rule and real-time battles
95% positive
29K reviews
Total War: ATTILA
Historical grand strategy of Roman survival and real-time warfare
81% positive
28K reviews
Two Point Hospital
Comic hospital management sim about bizarre illnesses and efficient layouts
92% positive
28K reviews
Battle Brothers
Turn-based tactical RPG about running a medieval mercenary company
87% positive
27K reviews
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
World War II multiplayer shooter with infantry and tank battles
93% positive
27K reviews
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Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!
First-person library organization simulator with spells that speed up shelving
94% positive
26K reviews
Artifact
Competitive card battler fought across three simultaneous combat lanes
48% positive
Free
Company of Heroes 3
World War II RTS combining tactical battles with campaign command
58% positive
26K reviews
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Free top-down alien shooter with classes and eight-player co-op
95% positive
Free
Cruelty Squad
Surreal tactical FPS with corporate assassinations and multiple mission routes
96% positive
26K reviews
Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
First-person military shooter set in a near-future Cold War
86% positive
25K reviews
Battle Teams 2
Free-to-play first-person shooter combining competitive matches with cooperative boss battles
59% positive
Free
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Single-player VR gun sandbox with detailed physics and sentient hot dogs
97% positive
25K reviews
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Tactical first-person shooter with multiplayer matches and bot campaigns
90% positive
24K reviews
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War
Cold War first-person shooter with campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies
78% positive
24K reviews
GROUND BRANCH
Realistic tactical FPS with detailed loadouts and team-based operations
85% positive
24K reviews
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM BATTLE OPERATION 2
Team-based mech shooter where pilots can fight outside their machines
24% positive
Free
Dungeon Defenders II
Third-person tower defense RPG with heroes, loot, and co-op
77% positive
Free