Tactics for PC — top best games in the Tactics genre

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Sandbox, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Construction

Early Access: PC → 10 September 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 79/100

A large-scale tactical first-person shooter that combines dynamic gunfights with elements of construction and destruction in a vast combat sandbox. Battles unfold...

Escape from Tarkov

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Online, First-person view, Tactics, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 15 November 2025; Beta testing: PC → 28 July 2017

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Survival game with elements of first-person stealth shooter and RPG in a visual style of post-USSR, set in the fictional city of Tarkov. Players make forays into...

Dispatch

Adventure, Business / Management, Comics, Indie, Tactics, Casual game, Comedy, Strategy

Game released: PC → 22 October 2025

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Adventure from the creators of The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands. The story is about a superhero whose mech armor was broken by his arch-nemesis...

Bodycam

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 7 June 2024; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 79/100

Multiplayer tactical shooter with body camera view, real-life graphics and 3v3 combat. In deathmatch mode, two teams of one to three players compete to be the last...

Battlefield 6

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

Game released: PC → 10 October 2025

VGTimes: 4.8/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Battlefield 6 — a multiplayer first-person shooter, the thirteenth game in the main series. The developers returned to the popular formula with four classes and...

Counter-Strike 2

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: PC → 27 September 2023

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Improved and redesigned version of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, created on the Source 2 engine. The game received a new interface, reworked maps (some of...

Jagged Alliance 3

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

Game released: PC → 14 July 2023

Players: 9/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Continuation of the Jagged Alliance series, the plot of which tells about mercenaries. A squad of three mercenaries roams locations and participates in turn-based...

Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis TD

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

Game released: PC → 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: PC → 30 June 2020; Early Access: PC → 23 April 2018

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...

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Steampunk, Science fiction, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 7 December 2023

Players: 9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Players will take on the role of a Rogue Trader, descendant of an ancient dynasty of brave privateers, ruling their own trading empire and exploring the outskirts...

Intravenous 3: Borderline

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Stealth, Top-down view, Free game, Tactics

Game released: PC → 2 October 2026

Steam: 96/100

A free prologue for the tactical stealth action game Intravenous 3. You play as Gideon, a mercenary who lost everything after clashing with Steve, the protagonist...

King's Bounty 2

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2021

Players: 8.3/10

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...

StarSavior

Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 11 December 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 71/100

A step-by-step role-playing game set in a world where the light of the stars is gradually fading. After the victory of the legendary Star Savior, a new Trial...

Wartales

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 1 December 2021; Game released: PC → 12 April 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hundred years have passed since the world witnessed the fall of the once great Edoran Empire at the hands of an unprecedented plague that swept through the...

RimWorld

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Tactics, Remake

Game released: PC → 28 August 2025

VGTimes: 8.8/10

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. The game's plot unfolds in 1964 during the Cold War. Naked Snake is a professional special agent and soldier-spy who is...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Online

Game released: PC → 4 October 2019

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Breakpoint is a direct continuation of the military shooter in an open world Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands. The game takes place on a fictional island in the...

Ready or Not

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

Early Access: PC → 18 December 2021; Game released: PC → 13 December 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game takes place in the cramped slums of an alternative America, where economic collapse has greatly affected the differences between social groups of people...

Valorant

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

Game released: PC → 2 June 2020

Players: 4.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A tactical multiplayer first-person shooter developed by Riot Games, the creators of League of Legends, focusing on the esports aspect. The game resembles a mix of...

Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour

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

Game released: PC → 26 September 2003

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...

Star Wars Zero Company

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Star Wars, Strategy

Game released: PC → 27 August 2026

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Step-by-step tactics in the universe of "Star Wars" in the spirit of the XCOM game series. The events unfold at the twilight of the Clone Wars. The player will lead...

Horizon Walker

Role-playing game, Adult game, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 25 August 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

The events of the game take place on Earth, where portals have opened, from which monsters poured in and began to destroy cities. Players take control of a team of...

Menace

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Strategy

Early Access: PC → 5 February 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

The game takes place in the distant Waybeck system, where lawlessness reigns. Players take control of a squad of marines and later team up with mercenaries and...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 28 October 2022

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 42/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the continuation of the popular series of first-person adventure shooters in the Call of Duty series. The game is a direct...

Counter-Strike: Source

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

Game released: PC → 22 December 2005

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...

Loop Hero

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

Game released: PC → 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...

PUBG: Battlegrounds

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Free game, Tactics, Survival, Battle Royale

Game released: PC → 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...

Hearts of Iron 4

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

Game released: PC → 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...

PUBG: Black Budget

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Tactics, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)

Game canceled: PC → 1 October 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Multiplayer game where several mercenaries are sent to complete a mission on a secret island. There are three factions offering rewards for completing contracts...

Company of Heroes

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics, Online, Action

Game released: PC → 13 September 2006

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Tactical real-time strategy from the creators of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. The main action takes place on the battlefields of World War II. In addition to...

Dragon Age: Origins

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

Game released: PC → 5 November 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...

Hunt: Showdown 1896

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Steampunk, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tactics, Open world

Game released: PC → 27 August 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A dynamic PVP shooter about hunting monsters that combines elements of dark action and survival. The game takes place in the late 19th century in the swampy areas...

Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Slasher, Third-person view, Historical, Tactics

Game released: PC → 1 October 2026

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A modern reimagining of Dynasty Warriors 3 and Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends brings the iconic battles of the Three Kingdoms era to life in a new form on...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Shooter, First-person view, Online, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies, Action

Game released: PC → 10 November 2023

Players: 7/10

Steam: 45/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Direct continuation of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2022. John Price faces off against a new terrorist leader. Ultranationalist war criminal Vladimir Makarov...

Total War: Warhammer 3

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Dynasty Warriors: Origins

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Historical, Tactics, Medieval era, Role-playing game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 17 January 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A dynamic action-slasher film set in the era of the Three Kingdoms of China. The player becomes part of the legendary events, fighting for one of the sides in the...

ArmA 3

Action, Shooter, Combat robots, Tactics, Online

Game released: PC → 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...

Phoenix Point

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

Game released: PC → 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...

World of Tanks

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

Game released: PC → 29 April 2021

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...

Cities: Skylines

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre for PC