Best Tactical Steam Games on Sale

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated tactical games.

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Company of Heroes 2 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.

Price -96% 0.87€
Rating 7.8
Release 25 Jun 2013
Prime World: Defenders Fight off hordes of monstrous mutants created from a strange cataclysmic event in the new tower defense game, Prime World: Defenders. Join a group of exile treasure hunters who have ventured into the capital of an ancient empire, vast with mystery and danger.

Price -85% 1.37€
Rating 7.2
Release 05 Jun 2013
Expeditions: Conquistador Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America. The search for gold, fame, and adventure drove these travelers into a treacherous wilderness where they faced hunger, disease, and dangerous predators. In their wake, the Aztec Empires lay in ruins.

Price -97% 0.66€
Rating 7.6
Release 30 May 2013
Wargame: Airland Battle 2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.

Price -79% 4.30€
Rating 8.4
Release 29 May 2013
Anomaly 2 Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.

Price -97% 0.52€
Rating 7.6
Release 15 May 2013
Receiver Receiver was created for the 7-day FPS challenge to explore gun handling mechanics, randomized levels, and unordered storytelling. Armed only with a handgun and an audio cassette player, you must uncover the secrets of the Mindkill in a building complex infested with automated turrets and hovering shock drones.

Price -88% 0.64€
Rating 7.7
Release 29 Apr 2013
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 takes the bulls-eye precision of its predecessor to new and exciting heights!

Price -90% 0.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 11 Mar 2013
Omerta - City of Gangsters Omerta - City of Gangsters is a simulation game with tactical turn-based combat. Taking the role of a fresh-from-the-boat immigrant, with dreams of the big life, the player will work his way up the criminal hierarchy of 1920’s Atlantic City.

Price -90% 1.55€
Rating 6.5
Release 31 Jan 2013
Hitman: Absolution™ 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.

Price -98% 0.50€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Nov 2012
Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire Even if the regime is totally inept and corrupt, don't suppose for a moment that you as the liberator will be greeted with open arms.JAGGED ALLIANCE 2: WILDFIRE brings you back to Arulco. The population is being terrorized by a reckless army; in the meantime the main export goods are drugs.

Price -94% 0.61€
Rating 7.5
Release 16 Nov 2012
Natural Selection 2 A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!

Price -48% 2.64€
Rating 8.3
Release 30 Oct 2012
Guns of Icarus Online Assemble your crew, take to the skies in the premier PvP airship combat game. Guns of Icarus Online is all about flying massive airships, shooting big turret weapons, and working as a team for supremacy of the skies. Everyone as one, victory or death, together.

Price -90% 0.51€
Rating 8.8
Release 29 Oct 2012
King's Bounty: Warriors of the North King’s Bounty: Warriors of the North is a standalone entry of the beloved tactical RPG series set in the world of The Legend, generations after its events. You will lead a Viking hero, wield Rune Magic, command Valkyries, and defend the northern lands of Endoria from an undead invasion.

Price -91% 0.90€
Rating 7.7
Release 25 Oct 2012
Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition This bonecrunching sport features 23 playable races, each with its own style, vicious moves, rankings & more!

Price -87% 1.98€
Rating 7.8
Release 11 Oct 2012
XCOM: Enemy Unknown The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!

Price -94% 1.00€
Rating 9.2
Release 11 Oct 2012
Worms Revolution Worms™ Revolution is the latest game in the classic turn-based strategy series to come to the PC.

Price -99% 0.44€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Oct 2012
FTL: Faster Than Light This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Price -91% 0.91€
Rating 9.4
Release 14 Sep 2012
Legend of Grimrock Use the Dungeon Editor to build entirely new adventures and challenges for other players to solve.

Price -86% 2.18€
Rating 9.1
Release 11 Apr 2012
A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.

Price -81% 5.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 22 Mar 2012
Wargame: European Escalation The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.

Price -76% 2.48€
Rating 7.6
Release 22 Feb 2012
Demigod Set in a magical world where gods walk among mortals, Demigod blends action, strategy and role-playing elements into a thrilling new experience.

Price -71% 2.84€
Rating 7.2
Release 14 Dec 2011
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.

Price -94% 0.61€
Rating 7.4
Release 16 Nov 2011
Nuclear Dawn Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.

Price -96% 0.41€
Rating 7.6
Release 26 Sep 2011
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Price -90% 2.49€
Rating 9.1
Release 13 Sep 2011
Men of War: Vietnam Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968. Experience the chaos of the Vietnam War through two story-driven campaigns that reveal both sides of the conflict.

Price -89% 0.95€
Rating 6.3
Release 08 Sep 2011
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood Roam the dense foliage of Sherwood, come face to face with royal trouble and battle against Prince John’s forces as you take on the role of legendary nobleman, Robin Hood.

Price -93% 0.57€
Rating 6.3
Release 26 Aug 2011
Alien Hallway Players measure stamina with a never-ending stream of green creatures within the borders of a special military mission.

Price -91% 0.46€
Rating 6.2
Release 19 Aug 2011
ARMA: Cold War Assault Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation and the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game”. Over 2 million copies have been sold since its release.

Price -90% 0.50€
Rating 7.8
Release 08 Aug 2011
ARMA: Gold Edition ARMA: Gold is pack of ARMA: Armed Assault and an expansion pack ARMA: Queen's Gambit. ARMA is a first person tactical military shooter with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread over large areas alongside the more closed quarters battle.

Price -70% 2.44€
Rating 7.3
Release 13 Jul 2011
Frozen Synapse Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.

Price -98% 0.62€
Rating 8.0
Release 26 May 2011
Sanctum You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.

Price -82% 1.89€
Rating 8.6
Release 15 Apr 2011
Atom Zombie Smasher The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.

Price -44% 5.69€
Rating 8.6
Release 14 Mar 2011
Total War: SHOGUN 2 Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.

Price -91% 2.87€
Rating 8.9
Release 14 Mar 2011
Men of War: Assault Squad Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.

Price -94% 0.68€
Rating 8.5
Release 24 Feb 2011
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition Explore a stunning world, make complex moral choices, and engage in bone-crushing combat against massive and terrifying creatures. The Ultimate Edition includes Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and all nine content packs.

Price -15% 25.65€
Rating 8.5
Release 26 Oct 2010
Sid Meier's Civilization® V Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

Price -93% 2.10€
Rating 9.5
Release 23 Sep 2010

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