Tactics 2016 for Xbox One — top best games in the Tactics genre

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 September 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Banner Saga

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

Game released: Xbox One → 12 January 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...

Worms W.M.D

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

Game released: Xbox One → 23 August 2016

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

Banner Saga 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 1 July 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga 2 is a turn-based role-playing game with tactical elements and an isometric view. You must lead your Viking clans through a hostile country on the verge...

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

Online, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Third-person view, Tactics, Zombies

Game released: Xbox One → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is a multiplayer shooter with strategy elements and a third-person view in the Plants vs. universe. Zombies. The continuation...

Tropico 5

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Tactics, City Building

Game released: Xbox One → 24 May 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Tropico 5 — continuation of the banana republic dictator simulator. You have to take control of a small republic again and lead it through world wars, the...

Mordheim: City of the Damned

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

Game released: Xbox One → 18 October 2016

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mordheim: City of the Damned is a tactical role-playing game in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the fictional universe of Warhammer Fantasy. You will...

There Came an Echo

Strategy, In real time, Tactics, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Xbox One → 31 May 2016

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This real-time strategy game with a science-fiction setting puts the player in command of a small squad, directing its members with precise orders. Corrin Webb, an...

Party Hard

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 26 April 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 60/100

A tactical stealth game about someone trying to stop noisy parties hosted by neighbours across the United States. Rather than call the police, the protagonist uses...

Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy

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

Game released: Xbox One → 25 August 2016

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a real-time space strategy game that takes you to war with huge spaceships. There are six classes of ships available in the...

Risk: Urban Assault

Strategy, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 2 August 2016

Risk: Urban Assault is a tabletop tactical strategy game with turn-based battles. The game features five sides to the military conflict, each of which has its own...

XCOM 2: Shen's Last Gift

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

Game released: Xbox One → 25 October 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 79/100

XCOM 2: Shen's Last Gift is an expansion for the futuristic tactical strategy game with turn-based battles in the XCOM universe. This update will delight you with a...

Battleship Lonewolf

Arcade, Shooter, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Action, Space

Game released: Xbox One → 2 August 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Battleship is a tactical game about locating and destroying an opponent’s fleet on a 3D board. Players deploy their ships and fire at the opposing grid, trying to...

Necropolis

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure

Game released: Xbox One → 4 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Necropolis is a fantasy third-person action roguelike about escaping a magical dungeon that reconstructs itself with each run. Death resets the current progress...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Dust Line

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

Game released: Xbox One → 11 May 2016

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Dust Line is an addition to the multiplayer tactical shooter with a first-person view. The second big update, which brings...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Black Ice

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

Game released: Xbox One → 2 February 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Black Ice is an addition to the multiplayer tactical shooter with a first-person view. It adds a new map to the game...

Battleship

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Tactics, Board / Group Game

Game released: Xbox One → 2 August 2016

Battleship is a tactical strategy based on the popular board game Battleship. As in the “hand-drawn” version, the players’ task is to sink the enemy fleet. The game...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Red Crow

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

Game released: Xbox One → 17 November 2016

Players: 10/10

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Red Crow is an expansion pack for the multiplayer first-person tactical shooter. The expansion takes place in Japan and...

Krinkle Krusher

Strategy, Indie, Tactics, Casual game, Action

Game released: Xbox One → 4 August 2016

Steam: 61/100

Krinkle Krusher is a strategy game with indie and tactical elements from the masters at Ilusis Interactive Graphics. The main publishers of the game are Ilusis...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Skull Rain

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

Game released: Xbox One → 2 August 2016

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Skull Rain is an addition to the multiplayer tactical shooter with a first-person view. The expansion takes place in...

Tiny Trooper Joint Ops

Action, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: Xbox One → 26 February 2016

Metacritic: 62/100

Tiny Trooper Joint Ops is an isometric action game with a dash of tactical gameplay from the developers at Wired Productions Kukouri. The game is published by Wired...

Tactics

Best Games in the Tactics genre of 2016 for Xbox One