The Best Tactical Games for PC Windows - Page 2

Update : Day of the Shell added at rank #41.
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Tactics Ogre: Reborn (2022)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Tactics Ogre: Reborn is a must-play for fans of strategy RPGs. This game features slow-paced gameplay that will make you think carefully about your moves. The story is full of political intrigue and compelling characters that are sure to keep you engaged from start to finish. With a permadeath system that makes each life matter, the stakes are high, and there's never a dull moment. This game may not be the easiest to get into, but once you do, you'll find yourself hooked.

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What we like:
  • Slow-paced gameplay
  • Compelling story
  • Permadeath system
  • Engaging characters
  • High stakes
What could be improved:
  • Not very accessible for beginners
  • Can be challenging
  • UI may be frustrating for some players
  • Difficulty increase unbalanced sometimes

  • tactical
  • rpg
  • remake
  • battle
  • strategy
  • card
  • turn-based
  • isometric
  • war
  • classic
  • political

12

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown (2025)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch

Splinter and Shredder are dead. Help the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tackle deadly new threats and the approach of adulthood in this fast-paced turn-based beat-em-up!


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • beat-em-up
  • rpg
  • comic
  • isometric

13

Sunderfolk (2025)

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IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

Sunderfolk is a shared turn-based tactical RPG adventure where your phone becomes the controller. Inspired by gathering around a table with friends, it is built with a couch co-op experience in mind. Up to four players adventure across the magical and dangerous Sunderlands.

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  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • cooperative
  • rpg
  • tabletop
  • class
  • party
  • couch
  • pve
  • strategy
  • combat
  • isometric
  • choices
  • team
  • family-friendly

14

Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice (2024)

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Linux PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.


  • real-time
  • tactical
  • stealth
  • ninja
  • strategy
  • isometric
  • assassin
  • historical

15

Expeditions: Rome (2022)

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PC Windows

Expeditions: Rome is a tactical RPG with a scope just as sweeping as its alternative historical setup. You get to create your own character and lead an entire legion in battles, explore the map, and make difficult decisions. The graphics are a combination of incredibly bright, colourful, vivid landscapes with minutely detailed character portraits during conversations.


What we like:
  • Rich narrative
  • Complex characters
  • All-encompassing character creation process
  • Satisfying tactical scope for skilled planning
  • Complex decisions and consequences
  • Intuitive use of resources
  • Varied random encounters
What could be improved:
  • Limited explanation of certain mechanics
  • Static battle animations with disconnect from choices made
  • Lengthy animations during combats can be tedious at times
  • Steep learning curve

  • tactical
  • rpg
  • historical
  • turn-based
  • battle
  • combat
  • strategy
  • old-school
  • classic

16

Ready or Not (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.


  • shooter
  • tactical
  • first-person
  • squad
  • fps
  • crime
  • cooperative

17

Wartales (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X

In Wartales, you will lead a group of mercenaries through an open-world medieval landscape, filled with treasure and mysteries to uncover. Customize your team with specialized skills and equipment, as you traverse a vast terrain via horseback or on foot. With a turn-based combat system, anticipate encountering various enemies requiring strategic planning and coordination for success. Bond with your fellow comrades and celebrate an accomplished day of pillaging with a well-earned feast. In this harsh world, will you endure and prosper? Play Wartales and find out!


What we like:
  • Exciting turn-based combat
  • Extensive customization options
  • Immersive map interactions
  • Amusing lock picking and puzzle-solving
  • Enticing exploration opportunities
What could be improved:
  • Harsh early-game difficulty
  • Repetitive late-game combat
  • No horse-riding option for faster travel
  • Lack of hints for in-game quests
  • Troop deployment is somewhat illogical

  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • tactical
  • medieval
  • open-world
  • combat
  • low-fantasy
  • battle
  • strategy
  • fight
  • survival
  • cooperative
  • crafting
  • skill

18

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

19

Desperados III (2020)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

Get ready to lead a gang of unique characters through a gripping story-driven tactical adventure in the Wild West. With stunning environments and countless ways to overcome obstacles, Desperados III offers a clean and satisfying stealth-strategy gameplay that rewards experimentation and strategic thinking. Explore the liberty to choose multiple paths and approaches to each situation while you plan your moves carefully.


What we like:
  • Clean and satisfying stealth-strategy gameplay
  • Multiple ways to approach each situation
  • Good level design
  • Fun characters with unique abilities
  • Wild West setting adds a unique twist to the genre
What could be improved:
  • Frequent need for quick saving and loading( if you are like me )
  • Limited enemy types
  • Some characters are less enjoyable to play as

  • stealth
  • tactical
  • real-time
  • western
  • isometric
  • strategy

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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

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