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...

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: 83/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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: 8.5/10

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...

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: 83/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

Code Zero

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Action, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: PC → 15 August 2021

Steam: 71/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

UFO2: Extraterrestrials

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

Game released: PC → 15 June 2021

Steam: 60/100

UFO2: Extraterrestrials is a prequel to UFO: Extraterrestrials, which was released in 2007 and serves as an unofficial sequel to X-COM: UFO...

Doors of Insanity

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Side view, Card game, Tactics, Turn-based, Anime / Manga

Early Access: PC → 10 February 2021; Game released: PC → 27 January 2022

Steam: 72/100

Doors of Insanity is a card-based role-playing game with Japanese-style turn-based tactical combat. In the game you will go on an exciting journey...

Thunder Tier One

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

Game released: PC → 7 December 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Thunder Tier One is a top-down tactical shooter that features destructible environments, realistic gunplay and physics, a ten-mission story campaign...

Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Tactics

Early Access: PC → 4 March 2020; Game released: PC → 7 April 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 77/100

Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail — a tactical war game from the creators of the Ultimate General: Civil War series, which will offer to join epic...

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...

Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice

Strategy, Stealth, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: PC → 6 December 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Standalone expansion for Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, focused on the story of the kunoichi Aiko. A master of disguise, able to pretend to...

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: 65/100

Metacritic: 67/100

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

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...

Gladiator Guild Manager

Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Turn-based, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Business / Management, Role-playing game

Early Access: PC → 14 October 2021; Game released: PC → 22 June 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 80/100

A managerial simulator with elements of tactics in which the player needs to develop his own guild of fighters and lead them to glory. Recruiting...

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...

Urtuk: The Desolation

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 27 February 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Urtuk: The Desolation is a dark open-world tactical RPG with hardcore gameplay. There will be no elves, gnomes, dragons and other classic creatures...

Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires

Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Strategy, In real time, Action, Simulation

Game released: PC → 15 February 2022

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires is a new game in the tactical and strategic branch of the Dynasty Warriors 9 series. As before, the Empires sub-cycle will...

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...

Aircraft Carrier Survival

Simulation, Indie, Warships / Submarines, Strategy, Historical, Business / Management, Tactics, Side view, Isometric, Action, Survival

Early Access: PC → 5 February 2021; Game released: PC → 20 April 2022

Steam: 60/100

Aircraft Carrier Survival is a tactical simulator with elements of real-time management strategy, where you will act as the captain of an aircraft...

Dust to the End

Adventure, Side view, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 11 August 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 78/100

Dust to the End is an adventure role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. Nuclear war destroyed...

Wars and Roses

Shooter, First-person view, Adult game, Simulation, Tactics, Visual novel, Action

Game released: PC → 15 December 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 53/100

Wars and Roses is an unusual first-person shooter about sexy girls with elements of a dating simulator. The plot tells about the military company...

Re:ZERO - The Prophecy of the Throne

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics

Game released: PC → 5 February 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Re:ZERO — The Prophecy of the Throne is a tactical adventure with visual novel elements and turn-based combat, based on the anime of the same...

Infinite Lagrange

Tactics, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Simulation, Free game, MMO, Space

Game released: PC → 8 October 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 57/100

Infinite Lagrange is a tactical real-time strategy with elements of fantasy and simulation. We have expanded our presence to one third of the Milky...

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...

Hired Ops

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

Game released: PC → 13 April 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 67/100

Hired Ops is a free-to-play team-based online shooter with a first-person view. You will be able to take part in the confrontation between...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre of 2021 for PC