Tactical tag
Tag created in June 2017
Tactical's popularity amongst developers
This chart shows the amount of games released over the years with the Tactical tag and the percentage of games released on Steam they account for. The number of releases gives an appreciation of the quantity of games published each year. It often tends to increase naturally, just like the total amount of Steam games released.
The percentage, on the other hand, gives a better view of the trend a tag follows. It shows if, in proportion, the Tactical tag is getting more or less popular. The Review chart can let us know if this trend is a positive thing (i.e. players interest for the tag is growing) or a negative one (the tag is overcrowded).
The Tactical game tag peaked in 2022 with 578 games released. The popularity of the tag is in a range between 0.75% in 2011 and 0.23% in 2018.
Bear in mind that 2023 is not over yet. The number of releases will continue to increase, but the percentage is already a good estimate of things to come.
Tactical's popularity amongst players
On this chart, you can see the reviews for games associated with the Tactical tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. If the chart is cluttered, you can always deactivate some lines by clicking on the legend.
The review count gives a view of the sheer amount of reviews a tag receives, but it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. That is why the normalized value as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more interesting, as it gives you the popularity trend for Tactical tag games.
A typical game associated with this tag collected on average between 71 (2010) and 1887 (2020) reviews. Bear in mind that it is the average, and it can be strongly influenced by extreme values, like the release of a very popular game with this tag.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Tactical tag received between 195% (2010) and 546% (2018) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Tactical
This graph displays the evolution of the Tactical tag's games price in USD over the years, and the percentage of free to play games in this tag. Don't forget that a price should slowly increase year-on-year just to keep up with inflation.
The median price for Tactical games peaked in 2012 at 14.99$, and bottomed in 2021 at 7.99$. The percentage of free to play peaked in 2017 at 14%, and bottomed in 2023 at 2%.
Positive reviews ratio for Tactical, per language
This chart shows an aggregated Steam rating for all the Tactical tag games, classed by language. It helps estimate how different audiences judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't always mean that the audience doesn't enjoy that particular tag, as some cultures tend to always give lower scores. But it will affect a game's rating nonetheless.
The best rating for Tactical games is 95% for the Romanian audience, and the worst is 74% for the Simplified Chinese audience.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 | 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. | 9.99 | 84.9% | Apr 16, 2008 |
  | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® | Eastern Europe, 2008. War has broken out on the borders of Russia and the fate of the world hangs in the balance. That's when the call goes out for the Ghostsan elite handful of specially trained Green Berets, armed with the latest technology and trained to use the deadliest weapons. | 9.99 | 92.8% | Jul 15, 2008 |
  | GROUND BRANCH | 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. | 29.99 | 91.6% | Aug 14, 2018 |
  | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold | Raven Shield:Command an elite multinational squad of special operatives against hidden terrorist forces. In Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, the third installment to the wildly popular Rainbow Six series, Team Rainbow faces the hidden global forces of a new and secretive foe. | 9.99 | 91.5% | Sep 25, 2008 |
  | Door Kickers | 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. | 19.99 | 94.5% | Oct 20, 2014 |
  | Mordheim: City of the Damned | Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes. | 19.99 | 72.4% | Nov 19, 2015 |
  | Bionite: Origins | Bionite: Origins is a Tactical Shooter game based on vehicles. The game uses a combination of Aircraft and Tank physics to produce a unique gaming experience based on hover propulsion. Players can command pilots and build bases in 1 vs 1 team games or with up to 8 other players. | 11.99 | N/A | Aug 13, 2021 |
  | Ash of Gods: Redemption | Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters. | 24.99 | 73.8% | Mar 23, 2018 |
  | Phoenix Point | The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods! | 24.99 | 72.8% | Dec 3, 2020 |
  | Dungeon Deathball | ??? TACTICS, TERROR & TOUCHDOWNS. Turn-based roguelike meets arcade death-sport, where every dungeon is a unique gauntlet of brutal challenges. Can you survive the trials of Dungeon Deathball and win back your freedom? | 11.99 | 96.3% | Oct 13, 2021 |
  | Pixel Strike 3D | Pixel Strike 3D is a Multiplayer First-Person Shooter that features fast-paced gameplay, Battle Royale, and a wide variety of player customization. This is not your average pixelated gun game. It’s time to stop crafting and start shooting! | Free | 74.9% | May 29, 2020 |
  | Broken Lines | Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead. | 24.99 | 77.2% | Feb 25, 2020 |
  | Wanna Survive | HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary. | 11.99 | 93.1% | Aug 13, 2019 |
  | Circle Empires Rivals | In this fast-paced multiplayer RTS, you and your friends will take control of your own tiny kingdoms and conquer a world made of circles. Each one is overflowing with enemies to fight, monsters to hunt and loot to hoard – but watch out... Friends can quickly become rivals! | 14.99 | 90.1% | Apr 15, 2020 |
  | Ready or Not | 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. | 39.99 | 91.6% | Dec 17, 2021 |
  | Second Front | Second Front is a tactical WWII turn-based strategy game. Craft & share your own scenarios and maps or use your strategic prowess in 48 scenarios set in iconic locations. Command over 40 types of infantry and 216 tanks, vehicles and guns. An infinite tactical sandbox experience. | 34.99 | 81.2% | Jan 31, 2023 |
  | Code 3: Police Response | Code 3 is a tactical police based first person shooter developed for the PC made by police and police support personnel. | 14.99 | 66.7% | Jun 15, 2022 |
  | Loop Hero | 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. | 14.99 | 93.4% | Mar 4, 2021 |
  | Zero Hour | 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. | 11.99 | 81.5% | Aug 12, 2020 |
  | Gem Wizards Tactics | Choose your faction and test your skill in this one-player tactical masterpiece, where positioning is everything! Clear forests, pave roads, knock enemies into pits, yank them out from behind their defenders, before the Business Demons burn it all down! | 14.99 | 82.5% | Feb 16, 2021 |
  | Crash Dive 2 | WWII Tactical submarine combat in the South Pacific | 11.99 | 93.4% | Apr 1, 2021 |
  | Kaiju Wars | Play out a Kaiju movie as the (hopelessly) outclassed military in this stylish 2D turn-based strategy game. Construct buildings and defend your city with cannon-fodder tanks, jets and more as the devastating kaiju grow in power with every attack. | 19.99 | 83.9% | Apr 28, 2022 |
  | Circle Empires Tactics | It’s Circle Empires like never before! Take to the field in simultaneous turn-based tactical battles. Combine powerful magical tokens to infuse your army with unstoppable power, and take on evil demigods in single player. Or peer into the minds of your friends and predict their plans in multiplayer. | 14.99 | 55.6% | Apr 7, 2022 |
  | Hex of the Lich | Hex of the Lich is a spellcrafting turn-based roguelike. Forge spells from hexes and find new ones along the way. Gain powerful artifacts that enhance your abilities. Clear dungeons filled with bouncing blobs, eldritch horrors, and otherworldly aliens. Can you break the Hex of the Lich? | 14.99 | 84.6% | Jul 29, 2022 |
  | Mechanibot | In this tactical rogue-like auto battler, you'll build your unique team of robots and keep them alive as they fight. Battle through waves of enemies as you travel from planet to planet on a mission to fix the sun. Strategize, protect, survive. A Mechanibot's wrench never rests. | 2.99 | 89.4% | Aug 31, 2022 |