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.
Aliens: Dark Descent
Real-time squad tactics where every marine death is permanent
88% positive
19K reviews
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™
Class-based third-person shooter pitting customizable plants against zombies
71% positive
19K reviews
Age of History 3
Single-player grand strategy across history and the far future
85% positive
19K reviews
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
First-person military shooter focused on stealth and long-range sniping
76% positive
19K reviews
Company of Heroes
World War II RTS built around cover and destructible battlefields
94% positive
19K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Combat-focused turn-based 4X warfare in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
82% positive
19K reviews
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
Third-person stealth action across one open mission area
85% positive
18K reviews
Stronghold Crusader 2
Medieval real-time strategy mixing castle building, sieges, and desert economies
72% positive
18K reviews
Crysis Remastered
Sci-fi first-person shooter with stealth, vehicles, and open-ended combat
77% positive
18K reviews
Predecessor
Free-to-play third-person MOBA with vertical movement and shooter elements
71% positive
Free
Isonzo
Team-based World War I shooter across the Italian Alps
83% positive
17K reviews
Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
Cartoon tower defense built around upgrades, spells, and heroes
97% positive
17K reviews
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
First-person sci-fi shooter with squad commands and tactical firefights
96% positive
17K reviews
RUNNING WITH RIFLES
Top-down tactical shooter where ordinary soldiers fight larger battles
88% positive
17K reviews
Rome: Total War™ - Collection
Turn-based Roman conquest campaigns with real-time battles and barbarian invasions
95% positive
17K reviews
Desperados III
Isometric Wild West stealth tactics built around coordinated takedowns
97% positive
17K reviews
Six Days in Fallujah
Tactical first-person shooter built around tense urban room clearing
79% positive
16K reviews
BATTALION: Legacy
Free-to-play World War II FPS with five-on-five attack-and-defend matches
60% positive
Free
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV
Turn-based grand strategy where supply lines shape China’s conquest
63% positive
16K reviews
WARNO
Cold War real-time tactics with customizable NATO and Warsaw Pact forces
80% positive
16K reviews
Gloomhaven
Difficult card-driven tactical RPG adapted from a cooperative board game
82% positive
16K reviews
The Banner Saga
Turn-based tactical RPG with consequential choices on a frozen journey
89% positive
16K reviews
SCP: 5K
Co-op tactical horror shooter inside anomalous underground research facilities
79% positive
15K reviews
Easy Red 2
Large-scale World War II FPS with squad command and vehicles
90% positive
15K reviews