Tactics 2016 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Tactics genre

World of Tanks - a game in the Tactics genre

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 January 2016

Players: 3.8/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An online simulator in which players control tanks in battles on various maps. You can choose from over 600 tanks from different countries and eras, each with its...

Banner Saga

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 January 2016

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: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 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...

Lara Croft GO

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 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...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 February 2016

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...

Banner Saga 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 July 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...

Worms W.M.D

Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 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...

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

Online, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Third-person view, Tactics, Zombies

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is a multiplayer shooter with strategy elements and a third-person view in the Plants vs. universe. Zombies. The continuation...

Mordheim: City of the Damned

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 October 2016

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mordheim: City of the Damned is a tactical role-playing game in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the fictional universe of Warhammer Fantasy. You will...

SteamWorld Heist

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots, Tactics, Steampunk

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 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...

Party Hard

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 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...

Risk: Urban Assault

Strategy, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 August 2016

Risk: Urban Assault is a tabletop tactical strategy game with turn-based battles. The game features five sides to the military conflict, each of which has its own...

There Came an Echo

Strategy, In real time, Tactics, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 June 2016

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This real-time strategy game with a science-fiction setting puts the player in command of a small squad, directing its members with precise orders. Corrin Webb, an...

XCOM 2: Anarchy's Children

Strategy, DLC, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2016

Steam: 34/100

XCOM 2: Anarchy's Children is an expansion to the futuristic tactical strategy game featuring turn-based combat set in the XCOM universe. This update introduces a...

Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Adventure, Simulation

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 August 2016

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a real-time space strategy game that takes you to war with huge spaceships. There are six classes of ships available in the...

Paragon

Online, Action, Strategy, MMO, Tactics

The project is closed: PlayStation 4 → 26 April 2018; Beta testing: PlayStation 4 → 16 August 2016

Anticipation Rating: 8.4/10

Paragon is a multiplayer action game with MOBA elements and a third-person view. Having chosen a hero, you have to fight in various arenas, where the main goal is...

Hitman GO

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 February 2016

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...

Kill Strain

Shooter, Strategy, Stealth, Isometric, Free game, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 July 2016; The project is closed: PlayStation 4 → 1 July 2017

Metacritic: 53/100

Kill Strain is a free-to-play hybrid of a MOBA and an arcade shooter with an isometric camera view. Players are divided into three teams, two of five people and one...

Rainbow Moon

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 February 2016

Metacritic: 70/100

Rainbow Moon — Japanese-style tactical RPG with turn-based combat. Cursed by his nemesis, Baldren finds himself in the unknown world of Rainbow Moon. And to...

XCOM 2: Alien Hunters

Strategy, DLC, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2016

Steam: 39/100

XCOM 2: Alien Hunters is an addition to the futuristic tactical strategy with turn-based combat in the XCOM universe. This update will delight you with a new story...

Space Hulk: Ascension

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This turn-based tactical strategy game, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, follows a squad of Space Marine Terminators exploring ancient vessels lost in the...

Planar Conquest

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 September 2016

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Planar Conquest is a tactical turn-based strategy in a fantasy setting with an isometric camera view. You will be able to lead one of eight powerful races, with a...

XCOM 2: Shen's Last Gift

Strategy, DLC, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 October 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 79/100

XCOM 2: Shen's Last Gift is an expansion for the futuristic tactical strategy game with turn-based battles in the XCOM universe. This update will delight you with a...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Red Crow

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 November 2016

Players: 10/10

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Red Crow is an expansion pack for the multiplayer first-person tactical shooter. The expansion takes place in Japan and...

Grand Kingdom

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 June 2016

Metacritic: 77/100

A tactical role-playing game about mercenaries caught in a struggle among four great nations for control of the continent of Resonail, following the fall of the...

Necropolis

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 December 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Necropolis is a fantasy third-person action roguelike about escaping a magical dungeon that reconstructs itself with each run. Death resets the current progress...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Dust Line

Online, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Free game, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 May 2016

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Dust Line is an addition to the multiplayer tactical shooter with a first-person view. The second big update, which brings...

Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Strategy, Simulation

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 February 2017

Metacritic: 70/100

Dynasty Warriors: Eiketsuden is a new part of the action-slasher series in the world of medieval Japan, which adds strategic elements. The main character Zhao Yun...

Battleship

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Tactics, Board / Group Game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 August 2016

Battleship is a tactical strategy based on the popular board game Battleship. As in the “hand-drawn” version, the players’ task is to sink the enemy fleet. The game...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Skull Rain

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 August 2016

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Skull Rain is an addition to the multiplayer tactical shooter with a first-person view. The expansion takes place in...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Black Ice

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 February 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Black Ice is an addition to the multiplayer tactical shooter with a first-person view. It adds a new map to the game...

Tethered

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Virtual Reality (VR), Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 October 2016

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Tethered is a tower defense strategy game for PlayStation VR virtual reality devices. The game takes place in the fantasy world of the Heavenly Archipelago, which...

LOUD on Planet X

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Music game, Indie, Tactics, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 April 2016

Steam: 28/100

LOUD on Planet X is an arcade action game with elements of a rhythmic tactical strategy in the tower defense genre. It is not known exactly whether you are...

Breach & Clear: DEADline

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Zombies, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 August 2016

Steam: 53/100

A tactical strategy game with action and RPG elements, in which a special forces squad investigates the source of a dangerous outbreak. The player commands four...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre of 2016 for PlayStation 4