Tactics 2017 for PC — top best games in the Tactics genre

Escape from Tarkov - a game in the Tactics genre

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...

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

Most of the planet was destroyed by a cataclysm that brought strange, zombie-like creatures into the world. The survivors called them Husks. The last remnants of...

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: 66/100

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...

Ravenfield

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

Game released: PC → 18 May 2017

Players: 8/10

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...

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3

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...

Call of War

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

Game released: PC → 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...

World of Warships

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...

Battle Brothers

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2017; Early Access: PC → 27 April 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A turn-based tactical role-playing game about leading a mercenary company through a harsh, low-fantasy medieval world in a procedurally generated open-world...

Sudden Strike 4

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics

Game released: PC → 24 August 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Sudden Strike 4 is a sequel to the popular real-time strategy game set in World War II known as "Confrontation." You will find new graphics, increased scale of...

Expeditions: Viking

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

Game released: PC → 27 April 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Expeditions: Viking is a tactical turn-based RPG that will take you back to the 700s during the time of the Vikings and allow you to become one of them. You have to...

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

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

Game released: PC → 29 August 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 88/100

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen is an addition to the futuristic tactical strategy with turn-based combat in the XCOM universe. The main feature of the add-on is an...

Door Kickers: Action Squad

Arcade, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter, Simulation

Early Access: PC → 17 November 2017; Game released: PC → 10 September 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Door Kickers: Action Squad is a side-view pixel arcade action game from the creators of the Door Kickers series. In the game you have to become a SWAT operative and...

Blitzkrieg 3

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

Game released: PC → 2 June 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Blitzkrieg 3 is an exciting continuation of the real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view set during the Second World War. Three eras await you, each of...

Zomborg

Online, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Zombies, Action

Game released: PC → 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...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: White Noise

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

Game released: PC → 5 December 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: White Noise is an addition to the multiplayer tactical shooter with a first-person view. In addition, you will find three new...

Syrian Warfare

Strategy, In real time, Tactics, Historical

Game released: PC → 21 February 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 83/100

A real-time strategy game based on events of the Syrian war, following key stages of the conflict from its early days to victories over terror. Syrian Warfare...

Foxhole

Strategy, MMO, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Tactics, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 27 July 2017; Game released: PC → 28 September 2022

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 80/100

Multiplayer tactical real-time strategy. The events take place during the Second World War, where you will have to unite in squads with hundreds of other players...

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf

Strategy, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Tactics, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 21 September 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 65/100

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf is a turn-based tactical strategy in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. You will find a single-player campaign with a dramatic plot and a...

Element TD

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Futurism (Future), Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 January 2017

Steam: 76/100

Element TD is a fantastic tower defense strategy game in an isometric view. In this game you have to defend your towers from enemy armies...

911 Operator

Simulation, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 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...

Field of Glory II

Strategy, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Simulation

Game released: PC → 12 October 2017

Steam: 87/100

Field of Glory II is a turn-based global strategy with tactical elements in a historical setting. The game takes place between 280 and 25 BC. Major battles await...

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed

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

Early Access: PC → 22 June 2017; Game released: PC → 27 April 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Co-op shooter with tower defense elements. In the game you have to fight for the future of plastic life. Together with three friends, you will go on an epic...

Dropzone

Online, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Free game, Tactics, MOBA

Early Access: PC → 15 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 69/100

Dropzone is a free-to-play real-time tactical online strategy game. You'll take control of three powerful war machines called "Rigs" and fight for dominance for 15...

Pit People

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Comedy, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 13 January 2017; Game released: PC → 2 March 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Pit People is a turn-based adventure game with RPG elements in which you explore an apocalyptic wonderland. A giant bear from space falls onto the planet. The real...

Siegecraft Commander

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Online

Game released: PC → 17 January 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world, where two sides build fortresses and seek to destroy the opponent’s central Keep. The player expands a network of...

Carcassonne

Strategy, Online, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Casual game

Game released: PC → 27 November 2017

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A medieval strategy game based on the board game, in which players build a map of the area around Carcassonne by placing tiles depicting cities, roads, cloisters...

Steel Division: Normandy 44

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Tactics, Simulation, Action

Game released: PC → 23 May 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Steel Division: Normandy 44 is a tactical real-time strategy game that takes you through the events of World War II with faithfully recreated battles based on...

Tank Warfare: Tunisia 1943

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Turn-based, Tactics, Tanks

Game released: PC → 1 May 2017

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 83/100

Tank Warfare: Tunisia 1943 is a tactical military simulator of combat operations at the battalion level. Large-scale operations await you for the American Army and...

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Turn-based, Exploration, Space, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 August 2017; Early Access: PC → 20 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a management strategy with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to take command of an old powerful base that was...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands - Fallen Ghosts

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure

Game released: PC → 7 June 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 67/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands — Fallen Ghosts is an add-on for a tactical military shooter with a third-person view in an open world. The add-on...

HTPD: Власть закона

Online, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Tactics

Game canceled: PC → 3 December 2017

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

HTPD: Rule of Law are online games with an isometric view with a mixture of strategy and tactical play from the developers from the studio Cats who play CJSC. The...

Castle Story

Arcade, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Strategy, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 17 August 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 55/100

A strategy sandbox set among floating fantasy islands, Castle Story puts the player in command of creatures called Bricktrons, who build castles and settlements...

X-Morph: Defense

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 30 August 2017

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

X-Morph: Defense is a tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre with top-down shooter elements. You will play as an alien race that has invaded Earth in...

Supremacy: Call of War 1942

Strategy, Online, In real time, Historical, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 21 October 2017

Steam: 64/100

Multiplayer global strategy, where matches can last several days or weeks of real time. Depending on the map, up to 100 players can participate in one...

Faeria

Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Free game, Tactics, Online

Game released: PC → 29 February 2016; Early Access: PC → 1 March 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Faeria is a card-based tactical strategy game in a fantasy setting. You have to fight on a playing field consisting of hexagons, mine gold and mana, acquire...

M.E.R.C.

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Tactics, Action, Indie

Early Access: PC → 17 January 2017

Steam: 58/100

M.E.R.C. — tactical strategy in real time with an isometric camera view and in a cyberpunk setting. You have to manage a squad of four fighters, who can be...

Arma 3 Laws of War

DLC, Simulation, Tactics, Action, Online, Strategy

Game released: PC → 7 September 2017

Steam: 90/100

The add-on brings a new perspective to the familiar battlefield with the new humanitarian faction International Development & Aid Project (IDAP), vans, drones...

First Strike: Classic

Top-down view, In real time, Strategy, Simulation, Action, Tactics, Online

Game released: PC → 31 May 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 75/100

First Strike: Classic is a real-time strategy game with elements of tactics and action. A complete overhaul of the iconic strategy game about exploding the world...

Black Day

Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Stealth, Third-person view, Indie, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 18 September 2017

Players: 1/10

Steam: 61/100

Black Day is a tactical stealth shooter with a first-person view and sandbox elements. In the game you can fine-tune the gameplay, choose equipment, environment...

Ticket to Earth

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 June 2017

Steam: 89/100

Ticket to Earth is an RPG puzzler, the storyline of which tells about the future and a distant planet, as well as about surviving people and a criminal conspiracy...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre of 2017 for PC