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 2017 (Game released)
Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Free game, Tactics, Survival, Battle Royale
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 21 December 2017
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
66/100
Metacritic:
81/100
PUBG: Battlegrounds is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical shooter in third-person perspective, where only the last surviving participant wins. In this survival...
Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Science fiction, Online
Game released: PC → 27 April 2017
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
47/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3 is a continuation of the popular real-time strategy series in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The game combines the variety of...
Action, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Historical, Free game, Tactics, MMO, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter
Game released: PC → 17 September 2015
VGTimes:
7.6/10
Players:
5/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
81/100
A multiplayer online action game that immerses you in the world of large-scale naval battles of the first half of the twentieth century. More than a hundred...
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: 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...
Online, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Zombies, Action
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 10 November 2017
Steam:
57/100
The game takes place in the year 2000. The UN created quarantine zones around the world to conceal the spread of an unknown virus. Scientists searched for the cause...
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: PC, Mac, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux, Xbox One → 29 February 2016
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Faeria is a card-based tactical strategy game in a fantasy setting. You have to fight on a playing field consisting of hexagons, mine gold and mana, acquire...
Game released: PC, Mac, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 24 February 2017
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
67/100
911 Operator is a simulator with elements of tactical strategy and a top-down view. You have to try on the role of an emergency services dispatcher who is required...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Turn-based, Exploration, Space, Indie
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS → 9 August 2017
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a management strategy with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to take command of an old powerful base that was...
Role-playing game, Online, Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Tactics, MOBA
Game released: Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2017
Players:
9.3/10
Metacritic:
79/100
Arena of Valor is a free-to-play MOBA in a fantasy setting for mobile platforms. The game features three lanes and a jungle, various gameplay modes including 5v5...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC → 26 March 2015
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is a Japanese-style turn-based tactical RPG. The main character is the demon Killia, who opposes the emperor who rules hell. You...
Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Tactics, Free game, Strategy
Game released: PC, Android, iOS → 25 July 2019
Players:
7/10
Steam:
78/100
Night of the Full Moon is a first-person fantasy-style tactical card game. To find her missing grandmother, Little Red Riding Hood went alone to the Black Forest...
Tower Defense (Tower Defense), In real time, Strategy, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Tactics
Game released: Android, iOS → 8 August 2017
Players:
4.3/10
Empire Warriors: Tower Defense is a fantasy real-time strategy game with tower defense and RPG elements. You have to fight powerful enemies with your wise...
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...
