Tactics 2021 for PC — top best games in the Tactics genre

King's Bounty 2 - a game in the Tactics genre

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

Game released: PC → 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Last Spell

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

Game released: PC → 9 March 2023; Early Access: PC → 3 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The game takes place in a dark fantasy world, in which, due to the Cataclysm caused by magicians, monsters began to appear everywhere, threatening humanity. A group...

Infinity Kingdom

Strategy, Online, MMO, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, MOBA, Tactics

Game released: PC → 1 July 2021

Players: 3.3/10

Steam: 49/100

A multiplayer strategy game with MMO elements in which the player manages their own kingdom and takes part in a large-scale struggle for power in the fantasy world...

Disciples: Liberation

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2

Shooter, Adventure, Tactics, First-person view, Stealth, Online

Game released: PC → 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...

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

DLC, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 11 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

The addition tells about the battles on the Eastern Front during the Great Patriotic War. It will hold players from June 1941 to the end of the war in May 1945. The...

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector

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

Game released: PC → 15 July 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a sci-fi turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. As you progress, you will...

Solasta: Crown of the Magister

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

Early Access: PC → 20 October 2020; Game released: PC → 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...

Frozenheim

Business / Management, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, In real time, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Simulation

Early Access: PC → 20 May 2021; Game released: PC → 16 June 2022

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Frozenheim is a Scandinavian real-time city-planning simulator with sophisticated control mechanics and an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game...

King Arthur: Knight's Tale

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

Early Access: PC → 26 January 2021; Game released: PC → 26 April 2022

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

King Arthur: Knight's Tale is a turn-based tactical role-playing game in a dark fantasy setting, based on the myths of King Arthur. The plot is a modern retelling...

Across the Obelisk

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Roguelike, Online, Strategy, Side view, Turn-based, Casual game, Adventure, Tactics

Early Access: PC → 8 April 2021; Game released: PC → 16 August 2022

Steam: 81/100

Across the Obelisk is a role-playing roguelike in a fantasy setting with turn-based battles, a side view and the ability to collect a powerful deck of cards. In the...

War Mongrels

Historical, Action, Strategy, Tactics, Adventure, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Stealth

Game released: PC → 19 October 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 72/100

War Mongrels is an isometric real-time tactical strategy game set on the Eastern Front. The main characters are two Wehrmacht soldiers who decide to desert and join...

Spire of Sorcery

Exploration, Open world, Tactics

Early Access: PC → 21 October 2021

Steam: 38/100

A turn-based tactical strategy about a party of runaway mages travelling across Rund, where the Empire persecutes people gifted with magic and dangerous Wild Lands...

Crash Dive 2

Warships / Submarines, Simulation, Tactics, Historical, Top-down view, First-person view, Stealth, Action

Game released: PC → 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...

Orcs Must Die! 3

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 23 July 2021

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...

Wildermyth

Role-playing game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Board / Group Game, Fantasy, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 13 November 2019; Game released: PC → 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...

Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts

Strategy, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Construction, Grand strategy

Early Access: PC → 10 December 2021; Game released: PC → 25 January 2023

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 62/100

A tactical simulator dedicated to naval battles. The game offers the unique opportunity to design and build countless variations of realistic-looking warships...

Age of Darkness: Final Stand

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

Early Access: PC → 7 October 2021; Game released: PC → 15 January 2025

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy setting, where darkness becomes the main enemy of humanity. No one knows for sure what it is - the embodiment of...

Intravenous

Shooter, Top-down view, Stealth, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 July 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Intravenous is a tactical indie shooter with a top-down view and stealth elements. In the game you will go to conquer a dark world as Steve Robbins, who decides to...

Code Zero

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...

Warpips

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Tanks, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics, Indie

Early Access: PC → 29 April 2021; Game released: PC → 21 April 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Warpips is an exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre and with a side view. In the game you have to create an indestructible army by combining...

Black Legend

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

Game released: PC → 25 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Black Legend is a turn-based strategy with role-playing elements in the setting of the dark Middle Ages. In the game you will lead a squad of mercenaries and help...

This is the President

Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Business / Management, Adventure, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 6 December 2021

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This is the President is a turn-based tactical strategy with management elements. This is a management game with a fascinating plot. It's 2020 and you've been...

Legion TD 2

Online, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 1 October 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Legion TD 2 is a tactical tower defense strategy game with an isometric camera view. The game involves 8 players who are divided into two teams and play on a...

Siege Survival: Gloria Victis

Historical, Role-playing game, Stealth, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, City Building, Survival

Game released: PC → 18 May 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Siege Survival: Gloria Victis is a spin-off of the multiplayer role-playing game Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG. The game takes place in a castle besieged by...

Aeon Must Die!

Action, Indie, Side view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Role-playing game, Adventure, Beat them all, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 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...

Demeo

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 → 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...

Star Dynasties

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

Early Access: PC → 16 March 2021; Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 70/100

Star Dynasties is a sci-fi turn-based strategy game that takes you to a time of divided galaxy after the destruction of Earth. Over the centuries, the few surviving...

SaGa Frontier Remastered

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

Game released: PC → 15 April 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 74/100

SaGa Frontier Remastered is an anime-style adventure tactical RPG with an isometric view and a fantasy world. You will play as one of eight heroes, each with their...

Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense

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

Game released: PC → 30 April 2021

Steam: 88/100

A minimalist strategy in the genre of "tower defense," where protecting the base from endless waves of enemies combines with technology development, resource...

Final Fantasy IV

Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 8 September 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes, deep, emotionally...

Super Squad

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Online, In real time, Isometric, Free game, Tactics, MOBA

Early Access: PC → 25 June 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 70/100

Super Squad is a free-to-play team arena shooter with MOBA and real-time tactical strategy elements. You have to take control of a squad of soldiers with unique...

Suit for Hire

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Beat them all, Tactics, Comics

Game released: PC → 20 June 2025; Early Access: PC → 31 August 2021

Steam: 93/100

The main character is a cold-blooded mercenary who is entrusted with the most risky contracts. There is little ammunition, but there are plenty of enemies. You will...

Bloody Raid

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

Early Access: PC → 20 May 2021; Game canceled: PC → 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Bloody Raid is a tactical cooperative zombie shooter with a first-person view from Russian developers, where you and your friends will fight hordes of the infected...

Stellar Warfare

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

Early Access: PC → 4 August 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 81/100

Stellar Warfare is a classic real-time strategy game with simulation elements in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to build and develop your own space base, as...

Badlanders

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

Game released: PC → 4 February 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 57/100

Badlanders is a tactical online shooter with a third-person view. Here, in the ruins of a once great civilization, scavengers fight for treasure and glory. The Red...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre of 2021 for PC