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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Statuses
Best Games in the Tactics genre of 2016 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 14 January 2014
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 → 6 December 2016
Players:
9/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Real-time tactical strategy with stealth elements and an isometric view. The events take place in 17th century Japan, where a group of five heroes operates in the...
Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Windows Phone → 27 August 2015
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Lara Croft GO is a turn-based tactical puzzle game with an isometric camera view about everyone's favorite tomb raider. The game continues the traditions of Hitman...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One → 23 April 2015
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch → 19 April 2016
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Banner Saga 2 is a turn-based role-playing game with tactical elements and an isometric view. You must lead your Viking clans through a hostile country on the verge...
Indie, Arcade, Strategy, Tactics, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android → 22 June 2019
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
90/100
Data Defense is a minimalist top-down arcade strategy game with tower defense elements in a cyberpunk setting. In the game you have to protect the server from the...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 23 August 2016
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Worms W.M.D is a turn-based tactical action strategy game with a side view. A continuation of the popular game series, where two squads of worms will clash again in...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch → 26 April 2016
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
60/100
A tactical stealth game about someone trying to stop noisy parties hosted by neighbours across the United States. Rather than call the police, the protagonist uses...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Linux → 7 June 2016
Players:
10/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
86/100
SteamWorld Heist is a stylish and fun strategic shooter in the steampunk genre about pirates and robots. The main character is pirate Piper Faraday, who gathers a...
Tactics, Indie, First-person view, Role-playing game, Online, Adventure, Horror, Free game, Survival, Strategy
Game released: PC, Android, iOS → 20 March 2019
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
80/100
Black Survival is a role-playing adventure horror game with a first-person view. This is a real-time survival game played by 10 people on a desert...
Tactics, Indie, Board / Group Game, Mysticism / Supernatural, Online, Isometric, Top-down view, Strategy, Casual game, Detective
Game released: PC, Android, iOS → 18 May 2018
Steam:
87/100
Clue/Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game is an indie tactical board game with mystical elements and an isometric view. You will join Scarlett, Mustard, Peacock, Green...
Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Windows Phone, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Linux → 17 April 2014
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
77/100
A turn-based strategy puzzle set in the Hitman universe, where Agent 47 tackles missions across levels presented as miniature dioramas. The player moves along fixed...
