Games Game Genres Tactics

Tactics

Role-playing games and strategies in the genres labeled "Tactics" have a unique combat system where victory depends on a large number of parameters. Among them are not only the parameters of the units themselves but also their positioning, actions, timing of the attack, and much more. Tactical games are often built on a turn-based type of combat (tactical turn-based), but there are also real-time tactics (real-time tactics, RTT). Very rarely are tactical elements applied in other genres; for example, in shooters, tactical capabilities in such games are limited.

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Best Games in the Tactics genre of 2003 (Game released)

Counter-Strike

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Tactics

Game released: PC, Xbox, Mac, Linux → 8 November 2000

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Counter-Strike is a competitive team shooter with a first-person view. Initially, the game was a modification to Half-Life, but its great popularity made it...

Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour

Action, Strategy, DLC, Isometric, Tactics, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Mac → 26 September 2003

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Command & Conquer: Generals — Zero Hour — each of the 3 sides has its own advantages: the USA is technologically advanced, electricity is required for...

Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Stealth

Game released: Amiga, Linux, Mac, PC → 29 November 2006

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood is a real-time tactical strategy game with an isometric camera dedicated to the legendary Robin Hood. England, Anno Domini 1190...

Commandos 3: Destination Berlin

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Historical, Action, Tactics

Game released: PC → 31 January 2008

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A real-time tactics game about an elite special forces unit operating behind enemy lines during World War II. The campaign spans several parts of the European...

Worms World Party

Action, Strategy, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, N-Gage, PlayStation, PC, Windows Mobile → 3 June 2001

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Worms World Party is a continuation of the tactical action game with strategy elements in the popular Worms universe. As usual, the goal of the game is to destroy...

Conflict: Desert Storm

Action, Shooter, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Tactics, Online

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 9 May 2003

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A third-person tactical shooter about a special forces squad deployed behind enemy lines. The squad must seek out and destroy enemies while sowing confusion in...

Commandos 2: Men of Courage

Action, Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 6 February 2004

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Commandos 2: Men of Courage is a real-time tactical action and strategy game about an elite commando unit operating behind enemy lines during World War II. The team...

UFO: Aftermath

Strategy, Horror, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Tactics

Game released: PC → 26 November 2009

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This tactical strategy game with RPG elements follows an alien invasion in which a spacecraft releases spores into the atmosphere, wiping out macroscopic life on...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Tactics

Game released: PC, Xbox → 15 July 2008

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder — 2010. Since Castro's death in 2006, the Cuban people have been ruled by increasingly incompetent thugs, but...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

Simulation, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Action

Game released: GameCube, Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, Wii → 27 March 2003

Players: 4.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a hardcore tactical shooter with a first-person view. The events of the game will take you to Eastern Europe in 2008, where massive...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

Simulation, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Tactics

Game released: GameCube, Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 24 June 2004

Players: 4.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This tactical first-person shooter follows Rainbow, an international counter-terrorist team facing a threat across several countries. The squad races against time...

Hogs of War

Third-person view, Turn-based, Tactics, Action, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation, PC → 14 November 2003

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A turn-based tactical game featuring anthropomorphic pigs. In battles, players use explosions, while the characters trade comic remarks. The game includes a mode...

Bontãgo

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Puzzle, Logic, Tactics

Game released: PC → 12 December 2003

Bontãgo is an arcade game with a mixture of strategy, puzzle and tactical game from developers from the Circular Logic studio. The game is published by DigiPen...