Top Tactical Games
60+ tactical games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Action, Multiplayer, Strategy, Shooter.
Recommended Tactical Games

Counter-Strike 2
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an elite, tactical team-based shooter where superior planning and execution triumph.
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- #1 Counter-Strike 298% matchVery Positive86% of 9,677,771 reviews2012Developer: ValvePlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 552.6hMean: 1147.9h≥1hr: 97%
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
- #2 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege96% matchVery Positive82% of 1,525,055 reviews2015Developer: Ubisoft MontrealPublisher: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 40.9hMean: 272.1h≥1hr: 93%
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an elite, tactical team-based shooter where superior planning and execution triumph.
- #3 PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS93% matchMixed60% of 2,724,706 reviews2017Developer: PUBG CorporationPublisher: KRAFTON, Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 31.0hMean: 229.8h≥1hr: 91%
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.
- #4 Ready or Not92% matchMostly Positive78% of 333,837 reviews2023Developer: VOID InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.1hMean: 34.4h≥1hr: 95%
Become an elite SWAT commander and bring order to a city overwhelmed by chaos and corruption.
- #5 Call of Duty®86% matchMixed58% of 774,504 reviews2022Developer: TreyarchPublisher: ActivisionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.5hMean: 112.4h≥1hr: 85%
The Call of Duty® experience supports Modern Warfare® 4, Black Ops 7, Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.
- #6 XCOM: Enemy Unknown77% matchVery Positive93% of 58,300 reviews2012Developer: Firaxis GamesPublisher: 2KPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 10.8hMean: 34.9h≥1hr: 93%
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
- #7 Hunt: Showdown 189676% matchMostly Positive74% of 274,168 reviews2019Developer: CrytekPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.3hMean: 180.2h≥1hr: 93%
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.
- #8 Insurgency: Sandstorm75% matchVery Positive85% of 132,412 reviews2018Developer: New World InteractivePublisher: Focus EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.5hMean: 56.2h≥1hr: 93%
Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.
- #9 Arma 375% matchVery Positive90% of 293,403 reviews2013Developer: Bohemia InteractivePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 14.4hMean: 256.3h≥1hr: 90%
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
- #10 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,295 reviews2016Developer: Mimimi GamesPublisher: Daedalic EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.1hMean: 14.9h≥1hr: 81%
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
- #11 Squad74% matchVery Positive81% of 238,913 reviews2020Developer: OffworldPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.3hMean: 112.6h≥1hr: 93%
Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.
- #12 Insurgency74% matchVery Positive92% of 124,773 reviews2014Developer: New World InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.0hMean: 35.1h≥1hr: 81%
Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.
- #13 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN72% matchVery Positive92% of 106,907 reviews2015Developer: KONAMIPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 19.0hMean: 65.6h≥1hr: 96%
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
- #14 Hearts of Iron IV72% matchVery Positive90% of 369,247 reviews2016Developer: Paradox Development StudioPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 30.6hMean: 296.3h≥1hr: 92%
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
- #15 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands70% matchMostly Positive80% of 104,938 reviews2017Developer: Ubisoft ParisPublisher: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 19.9hMean: 55.4h≥1hr: 96%
Create a team with up to 3 friends in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands and enjoy the ultimate military shooter experience set in a massive, dangerous, and responsive open world.
- #16 Counter-Strike: Source70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 191,685 reviews2004Developer: ValvePlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 7.5hMean: 178.8h≥1hr: 78%
Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.
- #17 GROUND BRANCH70% matchVery Positive88% of 23,435 reviews2018Developer: BlackFoot StudiosPublisher: MicroProse SoftwarePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.8hMean: 19.4h≥1hr: 89%
From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.
- #18 Counter-Strike68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 260,115 reviews2000Developer: ValvePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.5hMean: 276.1h≥1hr: 68%
Play the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly popular team-based game. Ally with teammates to complete strategic missions. Take out enemy sites. Rescue hostages. Your role affects your team's success. Your team's success affects your role.
- #19 Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition68% matchVery Positive87% of 87,309 reviews2013Developer: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPublisher: SEGAPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 24.8hMean: 114.5h≥1hr: 95%
Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.
- #20 Zero Hour67% matchMostly Positive78% of 33,152 reviews2024Developer: AttritoM7 ProductionsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.5hMean: 11.2h≥1hr: 81%
Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.
- #21 BattleBit Remastered66% matchVery Positive82% of 146,248 reviews2023Developer: SgtOkiDokiPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.1hMean: 36.0h≥1hr: 93%
BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly, massive multiplayer FPS, supporting 254 players per server. Battle on a near-fully destructible map with various vehicles!
- #22 Door Kickers66% matchVery Positive94% of 10,032 reviews2014Developer: KillHouse GamesPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 3.7hMean: 7.5h≥1hr: 82%
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
- #23 World of Tanks66% matchVery Positive80% of 99,371 reviews2021Developer: Wargaming Group LimitedPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.8hMean: 59.8h≥1hr: 71%
World of Tanks is a tactical action game with very different gameplay depending on the vehicle type and role. Aside from regular PvP, there are competitive and clan-based modes, special PvE and PvPvE events, and much more. Whether you play to dominate or just enjoy the ride, you'll fit right in.
- #24 Hell Let Loose66% matchVery Positive82% of 148,012 reviews2021Developer: Expression GamesPublisher: Team17Platforms: WindowsMedian: 13.4hMean: 73.1h≥1hr: 89%
Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.
- #25 Gray Zone Warfare66% matchMostly Positive72% of 76,522 reviews2024Developer: MADFINGER Games, a.s.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 15.7hMean: 48.2h≥1hr: 94%
Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.
- #26 XCOM® 266% matchVery Positive85% of 108,189 reviews2016Developer: Firaxis GamesPublisher: 2KPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 12.5hMean: 61.3h≥1hr: 90%
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
- #27 Dota Underlords64% matchVery Positive82% of 90,970 reviews2019Developer: ValvePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.0hMean: 53.2h≥1hr: 75%
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
- #28 Total War: SHOGUN 264% matchVery Positive92% of 67,085 reviews2011Developer: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPublisher: SEGAPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.
- #29 The Bureau: XCOM Declassified64% matchMostly Positive70% of 12,034 reviews2013Developer: 2K MarinPublisher: 2KPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.2hMean: 14.5h≥1hr: 86%
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
- #30 Company of Heroes 263% matchMostly Positive79% of 112,700 reviews2013Developer: Relic EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.0hMean: 57.5h≥1hr: 81%
Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.
- #31 Total War: THREE KINGDOMS63% matchVery Positive82% of 93,076 reviews2019Developer: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPublisher: SEGAPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 21.6hMean: 89.6h≥1hr: 92%
Unite Ancient China under your rule through a thrilling blend of turn-based empire building and real-time battles. Use the Guanxi System and diplomacy to forge alliances, and build powerful armies with hundreds of unique infantry, cavalry and war machine units.
- #32 Bodycam62% matchMostly Positive76% of 43,640 reviews2024Developer: Reissad StudioPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.5hMean: 22.0h≥1hr: 78%
Bodycam is the first tactical multiplayer FPS with a true body-camera view in Unreal Engine 5. Close-quarters combats feel raw and loud. Every angle, callout, and bullet matters. Play Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Body Bomb on photoreal maps where teamplay, tactics, and clutch skill are key.
- #33 Combat Master: Season 562% matchVery Positive88% of 53,798 reviews2023Developer: Alfa Bravo IncPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.6hMean: 10.8h≥1hr: 59%
Join fast-paced action-packed combat. Play Combat Master -- AAA experience on any hardware. Best-in-class multiplayer gunfight. Next-level extreme performance. Lightning-speed loading time and a whole lot more.
- #34 Hitman: Absolution™62% matchVery Positive93% of 62,472 reviews2012Developer: Io-Interactive A/SPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.5hMean: 17.5h≥1hr: 91%
The original assassin is back! Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.
- #35 Men of War: Assault Squad 262% matchVery Positive91% of 46,337 reviews2014Developer: DigitalmindsoftPublisher: Fulqrum PublishingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.5hMean: 64.0h≥1hr: 90%
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
- #36 Jagged Alliance 361% matchVery Positive89% of 14,509 reviews2023Developer: Haemimont GamesPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.2hMean: 22.0h≥1hr: 87%
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
- #37 Desperados III61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,413 reviews2020Developer: Mimimi GamesPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.0hMean: 17.0h≥1hr: 87%
Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
- #38 Loop Hero61% matchVery Positive93% of 36,343 reviews2021Developer: Four QuartersPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 12.1hMean: 28.5h≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
- #39 World War 362% matchMixed54% of 54,576 reviews2022Developer: New Generation GamesPublisher: Wishlist GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.0hMean: 20.8h≥1hr: 77%
World War 3 is a free-to-play tactical online multiplayer FPS where the world is your battleground. Outgun the enemy in thrilling, team-based skirmishes with a huge arsenal of weapons, vehicles, gadgets, and drones at your disposal.
- #40 Aliens: Dark Descent61% matchVery Positive88% of 18,240 reviews2023Developer: Tindalos InteractivePublisher: Focus EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.2hMean: 15.1h≥1hr: 87%
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
- #41 STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,993 reviews2009Developer: LucasArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.5hMean: 16.2h≥1hr: 58%
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
- #42 PAYDAY 362% matchMixed45% of 64,208 reviews2023Developer: Starbreeze StudiosPublisher: Starbreeze EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.3hMean: 40.2h≥1hr: 94%
PAYDAY 3 is the ultimate co-op FPS crime fantasy. Choose between stealth or loud playstyles, customize your character, and get ready to pull off the perfect heist.
- #43 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden61% matchVery Positive90% of 20,474 reviews2018Developer: The Bearded LadiesPublisher: FuncomPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.6hMean: 14.4h≥1hr: 88%
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
- #44 Arena Breakout: Infinite60% matchMostly Positive73% of 58,769 reviews2025Developer: Morefun StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 55.6h≥1hr: 76%
Arena Breakout: Infinite is a high-stakes tactical extraction shooter where every decision matters. Fight, loot, and extract—or lose it all. With stunningly realistic visuals, lifelike sound, and unforgiving PvPvE combat, every raid is a gamble between glory and ruin.
- #45 Escape from Tarkov61% matchMixed48% of 54,291 reviews2025Developer: Battlestate GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 41.2hMean: 178.6h≥1hr: 95%
Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.
- #46 Total War: ATTILA61% matchVery Positive82% of 37,373 reviews2015Developer: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPublisher: SEGAPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 17.4hMean: 81.1h≥1hr: 93%
Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...
- #47 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®60% matchMostly Positive79% of 42,713 reviews2023Developer: Infinity WardPublisher: ActivisionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.8hMean: 20.2h≥1hr: 85%
Experience a visceral Campaign or assemble your team in the ultimate online playground with multiple Special Ops challenges and a mix of Multiplayer maps and modes.
- #48 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 261% matchVery Positive85% of 6,064 reviews2008Developer: Ubisoft MontrealPublisher: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 9.5h≥1hr: 71%
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 - the sequel to the award-winning next-generation first-person shooter - returns to Sin City. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is your last chance to rescue America's sexiest city from an escalating terrorist siege that will force you into heart-pounding action from beginning to end.
- #49 STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack60% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 42,617 reviews2010Developer: PetroglyphPublisher: LucasArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.9hMean: 47.6h≥1hr: 72%
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
- #50 Northgard: Definitive Edition60% matchVery Positive85% of 68,340 reviews2018Developer: Shiro GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.9hMean: 29.0h≥1hr: 88%
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
- #51 BATTLETECH60% matchVery Positive84% of 32,899 reviews2018Developer: Harebrained SchemesPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.6hMean: 43.9h≥1hr: 89%
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
- #52 METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES60% matchVery Positive85% of 17,950 reviews2014Developer: KONAMIPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.7hMean: 9.9h≥1hr: 78%
World-renowned Kojima Productions brings the Metal Gear Solid franchise to Steam with METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Play as the legendary hero Snake and infiltrate a Cuban military base to rescue the hostages. Can you make it out alive?
- #53 Plague Inc: Evolved59% matchVery Positive94% of 63,105 reviews2016Developer: Ndemic CreationsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.1hMean: 16.8h≥1hr: 89%
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
- #54 Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition59% matchVery Positive91% of 37,693 reviews2009Developer: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPublisher: SEGAPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.9hMean: 44.0h≥1hr: 84%
Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
