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:
64/100
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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...
