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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.

War of Rights
Large-scale Civil War FPS focused on coordinated line battles
88% positive 15K reviews
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
Single-player tactical FPS built around extreme long-range sniping
84% positive 15K reviews
A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
Historical grand strategy across Viking-age Britain with real-time battles
71% positive 15K reviews
Jagged Alliance 3
Turn-based tactical RPG about mercenaries fighting for a divided nation
89% positive 15K reviews
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
Tactical fantasy RPG with customizable squads and automatic battles
94% positive 15K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Turn-based tactical RPG about stopping a galaxy-spanning plague
77% positive 15K reviews
Kingdom Heroes 8
Three Kingdoms strategy RPG with large real-time battlefield clashes
54% positive 15K reviews
Guns of Icarus Online
Team-based steampunk airship battles with pilots, gunners, and engineers
90% positive 15K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Turn-based squad tactics against awakening Necrons in their tombs
91% positive 15K reviews
Bad North: Jotunn Edition
Real-time tactics roguelite about defending islands from Viking raids
93% positive 14K reviews
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Space real-time strategy across two remastered fleet campaigns
88% positive 14K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
Squad-based real-time strategy with tactical combat and RPG progression
88% positive 14K reviews
Total War: ROME REMASTERED
Historical grand strategy combining turn-based empire management with real-time battles
77% positive 14K reviews
The Last Spell
Turn-based tactical RPG about defending a city from nightly hordes
91% positive 14K reviews
Shadowrun Returns
Isometric tactical RPG tracing a murder through cyberpunk Seattle
88% positive 14K reviews
Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Top-down real-time tactics built around planning close-quarters raids
96% positive 14K reviews
Dune: Spice Wars
Real-time 4X strategy mixing spice economics, politics, espionage, and war
79% positive 14K reviews
Songs of Conquest
Turn-based fantasy strategy with tactical battles and kingdom building
86% positive 14K reviews
Natural Selection 2
Team-based sci-fi shooter mixing marine-alien combat with real-time strategy
85% positive 13K reviews
Valkyria Chronicles™
Tactical RPG blending turn-based planning with direct battlefield control
90% positive 13K reviews
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
First-person sniper shooter built around open-ended assassination contracts
73% positive 13K reviews
The WereCleaner
Stealth comedy about cleaning an office as a werewolf
99% positive Free
Across the Obelisk
Cooperative roguelike deckbuilder with four-hero parties and branching runs
80% positive 13K reviews
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
Top-down sci-fi roguelite shooter with active reloads and permadeath
94% positive 13K reviews