The Best Tactical Games - Page 5

Update : Day of the Shell added at rank #49.
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Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters (2022)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Lead the Grey Knights in a turn-based RPG against chaos in Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters. With precision targeting, customised warriors, and evolving environments, engage in cinematic slaughter against mutated monstrosities and their minions. Follow the journey of elite warriors in a narrative penned by acclaimed author, Aaron Dembski-Bowden.

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What we like:
  • Cover system is well-designed
  • Environmental damage adds more fun
  • Warhammer 40K fans will enjoy storyline, callbacks and lore
  • Mechanics are fine-tuned and better than other turn-based games.
What could be improved:
  • Randomized events generation can ruin a game
  • Difficulty slopes with the early game being hardest
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • Lack of basic info regarding enemies.

  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • squad
  • xcom
  • battle
  • combat
  • warhammer-40k
  • cover

42

Lost Eidolons (2022)

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Xbox One Playstation 5 Xbox Series X PC Windows

Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • medieval
  • combat
  • grid
  • battle
  • fantasy

43

Classified: France '44 (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?

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  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • squad
  • stealth
  • strategy
  • war-ravaged
  • cover
  • combat
  • grand-strategy

44

UFO (2024)

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PC Windows Android

UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.


  • tactical
  • aliens
  • strategy
  • idler
  • dating-sim
  • turn-based
  • clicker
  • combat
  • fiction
  • psychedelic
  • text
  • pause
  • abstract
  • point-and-click
  • otome

45

Commandos: Origins (2025)

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Xbox One j Xbox Series X Playstation 4 PC Windows Playstation 5

ALARM! You have been selected for a mission which will shape the fate of the entire world. Witness the very beginning of the legendary elite WWII force in Commandos: Origins. The long-awaited sequel to the Commandos series brings you right back to the foundation of the real-time tactics genre.

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  • real-time
  • tactical
  • stealth
  • strategy
  • world-war-2
  • isometric
  • wargame

46

Cross Tails (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

What will the tails witness after a crossing tale? A tactical RPG that portrays a fantasy story of a war between the canine and the feline tribes playable from both points of view.


  • rpg
  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • japanese
  • strategy
  • war-ravaged
  • jrpg
  • story
  • simulation

47

Miasma Chronicles (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Xbox Series X Playstation 5

From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.


  • tactical
  • post-apocalyptic
  • turn-based
  • stealth
  • cover
  • strategy
  • combat
  • rpg
  • robots

48

Massi (2022)

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IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X j Nintendo Switch Playstation 5

Massi is a retro platformer game with souls like features. Fully made in hand-made pixel art, fun, fast paced. Fighting, exploration, tight controls, puzzle solving, difficult boss fights.


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • battle
  • combat
  • fight
  • fantasy
  • stealth
  • cover
  • rpg
  • squad
  • soundtrack
  • metroidvania
  • war
  • souls

49

Day of the Shell (2025)

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Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows j Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One

Day of the Shell is a “one-click, one-turn” tactical rogue-lite. In a shattered and flooded world, travel from island to island with only hope and a revolver, challenging and appeasing the gods.

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  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • rogue-like
  • strategy
  • isometric
  • nature
  • grid
  • tactical-lite
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • movement
  • 3d

50

Capes (2024)

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Linux Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS

Superheroes clash in this turn based strategy game. Recruit, train, and deploy your team in order to take back the city from the villains that hold it hostage.


  • turn-based
  • superhero
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • dystopian
  • comic
  • movement
  • destruction
  • class
  • book
  • combat

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