Tactics for Mac — top best games in the Tactics genre

Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis TD - a game in the Tactics genre

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 24 September 2026

Steam: 90/100

The player defends the kingdom from waves of enemies by placing various towers. There are also several brave heroes with unique skills that help maintain the...

Fortnite

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 30 June 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The vast majority of the planet was destroyed by a cataclysm that caused strange, zombie-like creatures to appear. The survivors call them Husks. The last of...

RimWorld

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Roguelike, Survival

Game released: Mac → 17 October 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 87/100

RimWorld is a sci-fi survival simulator on an alien planet with real-time strategy elements and a top-down view. Under your control is a small group of people who...

Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour

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

Game released: Mac → 2005

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...

Hearts of Iron 4

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Tactics, Grand strategy

Game released: Mac → 6 June 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Hearts of Iron 4 is a historical top-down real-time tactical strategy game. The player is given the opportunity to fully manage an individual state, its diplomacy...

Loop Hero

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Top-down view, Fantasy, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Mac → 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...

Counter-Strike: Source

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

Game released: Mac → 2 November 2004

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Counter-Strike: Source is an improved version of the tactical competitive first-person shooter Counter-Strike. The game will delight you with all the beauties of...

Cities: Skylines

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Tactics, City Building, Construction

Game released: Mac → 10 March 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Cities: Skylines is a city planning simulator with a developed management system and metropolitan management. As mayor, you'll have to take care of education...

ArmA 3

Action, Shooter, Combat robots, Tactics, Online

Game released: Mac → 12 September 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 74/100

ArmA 3 is a continuation of the series of military-tactical simulator with a first-person view. Europe, scorched by the war between NATO and Iran, is practically...

Total War: Warhammer 3

Strategy, Online, In real time, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Grand strategy

Game released: Mac → 17 February 2022

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Total War: Warhammer 3 is a continuation of the fantasy strategy with turn-based movements on a global map and real-time battles. Far from the familiar world with...

Dragon Age: Origins

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 22 December 2009

Players: 9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Dragon Age: Origins is a tactical role-playing game with third-person perspective in a fantasy setting. You have to save Ferelden from the creatures of darkness. To...

Mechabellum

Strategy, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Combat robots, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 26 September 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 84/100

The game takes place on a newly colonized planet. The player commands an army of mechs fighting in massive battles with other players. Units can be pumped up and...

Shogun Showdown

Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Medieval era, Card game, Replayability

Game released: Mac → 5 September 2024

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A tactical turn-based roguelike about a hero who challenges the powerful shogun. To win battles, you need to choose a good position, attack at the right moment and...

Songs of Conquest

Strategy, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy, Old school, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 20 May 2024

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Turn-based adventure strategy in the spirit of “Heroes of Might and Magic”. The goal of the game is to gather a powerful army, master magic and conquer distant...

Banner Saga

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 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...

XCOM 2

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Role-playing game

Game released: Mac → 5 February 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

XCOM 2 is a tactical turn-based strategy set in a futuristic setting and in the XCOM universe. The game continues the storyline of the first part, and the action...

Ravenfield

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics, Sandbox, Action

Game released: Mac → 18 May 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Ravenfield is a tactical shooter with a first-person view for single player play. Together with the blue men you have to destroy those annoying red men using...

Space Menace

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Space, Science fiction

Game released: Mac → 11 November 2022

Steam: 58/100

A science fiction real-time strategy game with tactical space battles. Starting with a single ship, the player gradually transforms a small team into a full-fledged...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: Mac → 25 April 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 88/100

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactical strategy game about the secret organization XCOM fighting a global alien invasion. The player manages the...

Solasta: Crown of the Magister

Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 27 May 2021

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Solasta: Crown of the Magister is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You will find a choice of race and class of...

Dungeon Warfare

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Old school

Game released: Mac → 4 November 2015

Steam: 95/100

A strategy game in the tower defense genre, where the role of the dungeon defender is assigned not to towers, but to numerous deadly traps. Spikes, rotating blades...

Counter-Strike

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

Game released: Mac → 1 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...

Kingdom Rush

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics

Game released: Mac → 6 January 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Kingdom Rush is a real-time strategy game with fantasy elements and a top-down view. In this game you have to fight enemies with the help of your towers and protect...

Heroes of Might and Magic 5

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 7 May 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This turn-based fantasy strategy game with RPG elements is set in the Might & Magic universe, where demonic forces spread chaos and heroes from different...

Dungeon Warfare 2

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Old school

Game released: Mac → 6 July 2018

Steam: 89/100

Continuation of the tower defense strategy genre about the dungeon master, who must defend his domain from greedy adventurers and heroes who have decided to fight...

Dungeon Warfare 3

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Old school, Simulation

Game released: Mac → 29 August 2025

Steam: 78/100

A tower defense strategy game about creating deadly dungeons, where every piece of territory turns into part of an impregnable fortress. The new installment expands...

Sanctum 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op), Strategy

Game released: Mac → 15 May 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A first-person shooter with tower defense elements, Sanctum 2 centers on protecting oxygen-producing Cores from alien creatures on the planet LOEK III. During the...

Football Manager 2023

Business / Management, Sports game, Football, Tactics, Simulation

Game released: Mac → 8 November 2022

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A football manager in which you can take control of your favorite club and lead it to victories in all possible tournaments. In the new version, changes have...

Desperados 3

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

Game released: Mac → 16 June 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Desperados 3 is the continuation of the popular tactical strategy series Desperados from the creators of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. The game allows you...

Disciples: Domination

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 12 February 2026

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Fifteen years after the victory over the gods, Nevendaar is once again engulfed in chaos. The empire is falling apart, and on the throne is Avianna, a heroine of...

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 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...

Kingdom Rush Origins

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: Mac → 18 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Kingdom Rush Origins is a great continuation of the tower defense game with beautiful hand-drawn graphics, which tells the story of the war of one kingdom with...

Ancestors Legacy

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

Game released: Mac → 22 May 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Ancestors Legacy is an isometric real-time strategy game in which Vikings, Saxons, and other ancient barbarian tribes attempt to conquer medieval Europe through...

OTTTD

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

Game released: Mac → 6 August 2014

Steam: 79/100

OTTTD is an isometric strategy game with elements of a tactical game from developers from SMG Studio. The main publisher of the game is SMG Studio. In some circles...

Bloons TD Battles 2

Online, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Free game, Top-down view, Tactics, In real time, Indie

Game released: Mac → 30 November 2021

Steam: 83/100

Bloons TD Battles 2 is a continuation of the shareware arcade puzzle game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre. In the game, you will engage in a...

King's Bounty: Dark Side

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 17 May 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 73/100

King's Bounty: Dark Side is a continuation of a role-playing adventure with turn-based strategy elements in a fantasy world. In the continuation of the adventure...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

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

Game released: Mac → 17 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...

Banner Saga 3

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Mac → 24 July 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Banner Saga 3 is the third and final installment in a series of tactical turn-based role-playing games in which your decisions, sometimes very difficult, have very...

Lara Croft GO

Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle, Turn-based, Logic, Tactics, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 4 December 2016

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...

Call of War

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Free game, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 21 October 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Call of War is a free-to-play top-down real-time tactical strategy game. You have to lead one of the powerful nations during the Second World War. The game has a...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre for Mac (Game released)