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Best Tactical Games

Top 50 of 663 qualifying games — tagged Tactical (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-08-06.

1 The WereCleaner (2024) Stealth · Casual · Cartoony · Free 99.4%13,039 reviews 2 Tactical Breach Wizards (2024) Turn-Based Tactics · Puzzle · Turn-Based Strategy · $19.99 98.0%12,033 reviews 3 Beastieball (2024) Early Access · Creature Collector · Sports · $24.99 98.3%1,696 reviews 4 Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition (2009) Tower Defense · Zombies · Strategy · $4.99 97.7%154,669 reviews 5 STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack (2010) Strategy · RTS · Space · $19.99 97.7%42,947 reviews 6 Left 4 Dead 2 (2009) Zombies · Co-op · FPS · $9.99 97.5%1,050,931 reviews 7 I Am Your Beast (2024) FPS · Fast-Paced · Arcade · $19.99 97.8%5,521 reviews 8 Counter-Strike (2000) Action · FPS · Multiplayer · $9.99 97.4%261,060 reviews 9 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense (2014) Tower Defense · Strategy · Singleplayer · $9.99 97.3%16,936 reviews 10 Ravenfield (2017) FPS · War · Singleplayer · $17.99 96.7%79,735 reviews 11 Emberward (2024) Early Access · Tower Defense · Strategy · $14.99 96.9%3,794 reviews 12 Left 4 Dead (2008) Zombies · Co-op · Multiplayer · $9.99 96.4%67,754 reviews 13 Desperados III (2020) Real Time Tactics · Strategy · Stealth · $39.99 96.5%16,526 reviews 14 Counter-Strike: Source (2004) Shooter · FPS · Action · $9.99 96.3%192,678 reviews 15 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade (2007) Strategy · Warhammer 40K · RTS · Free 96.3%9,500 reviews 16 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (2016) Stealth · Strategy · Tactical · $39.99 96.0%38,371 reviews 17 Cruelty Squad (2021) Capitalism · Surreal · Immersive Sim · $19.99 96.1%24,619 reviews 18 Teardown (2022) Destruction · Physics · Sandbox · $29.99 95.8%134,308 reviews 19 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North (2025) Tactical · Top-Down · Real-Time with Pause · $24.99 96.1%13,465 reviews 20 Age of Empires II (Retired) (2013) Strategy · RTS · Medieval · $19.99 95.8%102,744 reviews 21 Sid Meier's Civilization V (2010) Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy · Turn-Based · $7.49 95.6%210,371 reviews 22 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition (2006) Strategy · Medieval · Historical · $24.99 95.7%36,213 reviews 23 Cobalt Core (2023) Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Strategy · $19.99 96.0%4,352 reviews 24 STAR WARS Republic Commando (2009) FPS · Action · Tactical · $9.99 95.6%17,104 reviews 25 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense (2018) Tower Defense · Strategy · 2D · $14.99 95.6%7,951 reviews 26 FTL: Faster Than Light (2012) Rogue-like · Space · Strategy · $9.99 95.1%78,456 reviews 27 Animal Revolt Battle Simulator (2022) Indie · Sandbox · Simulation · $14.99 95.4%6,802 reviews 28 Dungeon Warfare (2015) Tower Defense · Strategy · Indie · $9.99 95.8%2,010 reviews 29 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (2019) Strategy · RTS · City Builder · $34.99 94.9%181,177 reviews 30 Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque (2022) FPS · PvE · Shooter · $14.99 96.1%1,022 reviews 31 Wandering Sword (2023) RPG · Martial Arts · Pixel Graphics · $24.99 94.9%44,041 reviews 32 Our Adventurer Guild (2024) Turn-Based Tactics · Management · Party-Based RPG · $14.99 95.3%3,418 reviews 33 Zup! 7 (2017) Puzzle · Casual · Indie · $1.99 95.4%2,369 reviews 34 BRUTALISTICK VR (2024) Gore · Action · VR · $9.99 95.5%1,638 reviews 35 STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) (2009) Action · Multiplayer · Shooter · $9.99 94.6%54,212 reviews 36 Rome: Total War - Collection (2007) Strategy · Historical · Rome · Free 94.7%16,687 reviews 37 Phasmophobia (2020) Horror · Online Co-Op · Multiplayer · $13.99 94.4%836,255 reviews 38 X-COM: UFO Defense (2008) Strategy · Classic · Turn-Based Strategy · $4.99 95.0%3,986 reviews 39 Creeper World 4 (2020) Tower Defense · Wargame · Real Time Tactics · $24.99 94.9%4,704 reviews 40 Door Kickers: Action Squad (2018) 2D Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Local Co-Op · $13.99 94.7%10,586 reviews 41 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic) (2007) Strategy · RTS · Warhammer 40K · $14.99 94.6%11,903 reviews 42 GemCraft - Chasing Shadows (2015) Tower Defense · Strategy · Indie · $9.99 94.9%4,390 reviews 43 Intravenous 2 (2024) Tactical · Shooter · Stealth · $19.99 94.8%4,672 reviews 44 Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga (2022) Tactical RPG · RPG · Story Rich · $19.99 94.5%14,698 reviews 45 Plague Inc: Evolved (2016) Strategy · Simulation · Outbreak Sim · $14.99 94.2%65,187 reviews 46 Tales of Maj'Eyal (2013) Traditional Roguelike · Rogue-like · Turn-Based · $6.99 94.5%7,408 reviews 47 Heat Signature (2017) Space · Stealth · Indie · $14.99 94.5%7,407 reviews 48 Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game (2015) RPG · Post-apocalyptic · Classic · $9.99 94.2%25,020 reviews 49 Into the Breach (2018) Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Indie · $14.99 94.2%22,154 reviews 50 Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars (2025) RPG · JRPG · Pixel Graphics · $49.99 94.9%2,545 reviews