Tactics for Xbox One — top best games in the Tactics genre

Cities: Skylines - a game in the Tactics genre

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 21 April 2017

Players: 7.9/10

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...

RimWorld

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

Game released: Xbox One → 29 July 2022

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Wartales

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

Game released: Xbox One → 31 October 2023

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Fortnite

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Tactics

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

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Most of the planet was destroyed by a cataclysm, which led to the emergence of strange creatures resembling zombies. The survivors named them "brain-eaters." The...

Phoenix Point

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

Game released: Xbox One → 1 October 2021

Players: 8.1/10

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...

XCOM 2

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 30 September 2016

Players: 8.7/10

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...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

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

Game released: Xbox One → 4 October 2019

Players: 6.6/10

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...

Dragon Age: Inquisition

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

Game released: Xbox One → 6 October 2015

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Dragon Age: Inquisition is a tactical role-playing game with third-person perspective in a fantasy setting. Players will have to revive and lead the Inquisition...

Jagged Alliance 3

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

Game released: Xbox One → 16 November 2023

Players: 9/10

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...

Weird West

Role-playing game, Isometric, Adventure, Action, Tactics, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Xbox One → 31 March 2022

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The game takes place in the world of the unusual and gloomy Wild West, where sheriffs and bandits exist along with fantastic creatures. Players find themselves in a...

PUBG: Battlegrounds

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

Game released: Xbox One → 12 December 2017

Players: 6.7/10

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...

King's Bounty 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 24 August 2021

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Gears Tactics

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 10 November 2020

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Gears Tactics is a top-down tactical strategy game set in the futuristic Gears of War universe. The game takes place 12 years before the events of the original...

They Are Billions

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Steampunk

Game released: Xbox One → 5 July 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

They Are Billions is a hardcore real-time tactical strategy game in steampunk style. The game takes place in a harsh post-apocalyptic world, where an infection has...

Desperados 3

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 16 June 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Desperados 3 is the continuation of the popular tactical strategy series Desperados from the creators of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. The game allows you...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 28 October 2022

Players: 6.5/10

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...

Worms Rumble

Action, Strategy, Tactics, Side view, Third-person view, In real time, Shooter

Game released: Xbox One → 23 June 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Worms Rumble is a new part of the tactical action strategy with a side view in the legendary Worms series of games about funny worms. The sequel was the first game...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

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

Game released: Xbox One → 10 November 2023

Players: 7/10

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...

Battle Brothers

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

Game released: Xbox One → 13 January 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Backpack Hero

Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy, Dungeons, Tactics, Card game, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: Xbox One → 11 June 2024

Players: 10/10

Pixel roguelike about anthropomorphic animals and inventory management. The player sets out to conquer dungeons, collecting rare items, distributing them in a...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 1 December 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Rainbow Six: Siege is a tactical first-person shooter where the main idea is to show the actions of counter-terrorist national organizations in the field during...

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector

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

Game released: Xbox One → 2 December 2021

Players: 9.4/10

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...

Space Engineers

Simulation, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Logic, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 15 April 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Space Engineers is a third-person educational simulator set in outer space. You will design, build and maintain spaceships. You will be able to build space stations...

Warpips

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

Game released: Xbox One → 12 October 2022

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 4 June 2021

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Marvel's Midnight Suns

Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Top-down view, Comics, Turn-based, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game released: Xbox One → 11 May 2023

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Turn-based tactics in the Marvel universe from the creators of XCOM: Enemy Within and XCOM 2. Marvel's Midnight Suns is based on the dark comic book storyline...

Commandos: Origins

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox One → 17 September 2025

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Prequel to the cult military tactics Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. The game tells the story of the formation of an elite sabotage squad. The heroes participate...

Aliens: Dark Descent

Top-down view, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Strategy, Action, Science fiction

Game released: Xbox One → 20 June 2023

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 76/100

A tactical strategy game set in the Alien universe, in which a squad of foot soldiers tries to stop an outbreak of xenomorphs. Many dangers await them: in addition...

WARSAW

Role-playing game, Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 2 October 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

WARSAW is a tactical role-playing game set in the Second World War. You will play the role of the Polish Resistance fighting against the Nazis. You will find...

112 Operator

Simulation, Top-down view, Strategy, Tactics, Indie, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Roguelike

Game released: Xbox One → 30 August 2024

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A continuation of the original 911 Operator idea, but on a larger scale - now the whole world is under control. As an emergency services dispatcher, you will have...

Party Hard

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 26 April 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Police Stories

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Xbox One → 9 July 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Police Stories is a top-down tactical shooter with horror elements. You will play as a policeman and, together with your partner Rick, go to storm various premises...

Shogun Showdown

Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Medieval era, Card game

Game released: Xbox One → 5 September 2024

Metacritic: 88/100

A tactical turn-based roguelike about a hero who challenges the powerful shogun. To win battles, you need to choose a good position, attack at the right moment and...

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 April 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based RPG with an emphasis on storytelling and tactical combat. A serious, adult story will unfold before you, the action of...

Disciples: Liberation

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

Game released: Xbox One → 21 October 2021

Players: 9.6/10

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...

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Tactics, Third-person view, Science fiction, Fantasy

Game released: Xbox One → 18 March 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Jack and his allies, Ash and Jed, are determined to defeat Chaos by opening the gates to the Temple of Chaos. However, doubts remain as to whether they are truly...

Commandos 2: HD Remaster

Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 18 September 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 56/100

An updated version of the cult real-time strategy from 2001. In the modern edition you will find improved graphics and artificial intelligence, a user-friendly...

Worms W.M.D

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

Game released: Xbox One → 23 August 2016

Players: 7.2/10

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...

Insurmountable

Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 24 April 2024

Metacritic: 74/100

Adventure tactical roguelike with turn-based combat. The main character alone challenges mountain landscapes and tries to withstand the endless hardships of...

Wildfrost

Roguelike, Card game, Tactics, Turn-based, Procedural generation

Game released: Xbox One → 10 December 2024

Metacritic: 80/100

The bitter cold has conquered the world, but Snowdwell and its inhabitants have become humanity's last hope to fight the eternal winter. As players progress, they...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre for Xbox One