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.
Years
Platforms
All platformsPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X/SPlayStation 4Xbox OneNintendo SwitchiOSAndroidMacLinuxPS Vita
Statuses
Best Games in the Tactics genre of 2021 (Game released)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 24 August 2021
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
56/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Nostria was once a magical place where everyone had a chance at a good life. Today, the kingdom is in decline: robbers prowl everywhere, creatures of darkness are...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 4 March 2021
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
83/100
A Russian roguelike that tells the story of how the evil Lich created a time loop, erased the memory of all residents and plunged the world into chaos. The player...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 December 2019
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Phoenix Point is a tactical strategy game with turn-based combat in a futuristic setting, which is the spiritual successor to the games in the X-COM franchise. The...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android → 1 February 2018
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
77/100
XCOM 2: Collection — the complete edition of the turn-based strategy game XCOM 2, which includes not only the original game but also previously released DLCs and...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 18 November 2021
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Disciples: Liberation is a continuation of the famous series of tactical RPGs with strategy elements and an isometric camera view in a dark fantasy setting. You...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 4 June 2021
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 is the continuation of the first-person tactical shooter in the Sniper: Ghost Warrior series. The game takes place in the fictional...
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...
Action, Strategy, Tactics, Side view, Third-person view, In real time, Shooter, Online, Battle Royale
Game released: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 1 December 2020
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
60/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Worms Rumble is a new part of the tactical action strategy with a side view in the legendary Worms series of games about funny worms. The sequel was the first game...
Warships / Submarines, Simulation, Tactics, Historical, Top-down view, First-person view, Stealth, Action
Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 2 April 2021
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
95/100
Crash Dive 2 is a tactical simulator about submarines with historical elements and a first-person view. You have to hunt enemy convoys, combat destroyers, attack...
Role-playing game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Board / Group Game, Fantasy, Procedural generation
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 15 June 2021
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles. The player leads a group of heroes who have left their farming duties to protect their home. Each character has...
Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Stadia, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 14 July 2020
Players:
10/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Orcs Must Die! 3 is a continuation of the tactical action game with elements of “tower defense” and a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The new part of the...
Simulation, Top-down view, Strategy, Tactics, Indie, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Roguelike, Casual game
Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, PlayStation 5 → 23 April 2020
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
73/100
A continuation of the original 911 Operator idea, but on a larger scale - now the whole world is under control. As an emergency services dispatcher, you will have...
Shooter, Online, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Action, Adventure, Slasher
Game released: PC → 15 August 2021
Steam:
61/100
Code Zero is a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter with online competitions in a "5 vs 5" format, similar to the early versions of Counter-Strike 1.6...
Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 8 September 2020
Players:
10/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Star Renegades is a tactical turn-based strategy game with role-playing elements and a side-view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Halcyon 6: Starbase...
Virtual Reality (VR), Card game, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Indie, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op), First-person view, Dungeons, Board / Group Game, Strategy
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5 → 15 December 2022
Players:
10/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Demeo is a card role-playing game with turn-based combat from a first-person view in a fantasy setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve...
Action, Indie, Side view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Role-playing game, Adventure, Beat them all, Metroidvania
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 14 October 2021
Players:
10/10
Steam:
50/100
Aeon Must Die! is an indie side-scrolling action game in a futuristic style with tactical and side-scrolling RPG elements. Eon, the fearsome Emperor of the...