Real-time tactical games

Real-time tactics games are an hybrid between real-time strategy (RTS) and turn-base tactics. Real-time tactics are played in real-time, like RTSs, but lack the resource management and base and unit building elements. Real-time tactics games focus much more on individual units and tactics on the battlefield. Some of the most popular real-time tactics games are: the Syndicate series, Cannon Fodder.

Most popular real-time tactics games

Hooligans: Storm Over Europe

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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

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Ambush at Sorinor

DOS19933.8/5 Mindcraft Software

Army Men

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 The 3DO Company

Army Men 2

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5 The 3DO Company

Battle Bugs

DOS19944.1/5 Epyx

Battle Master

DOS19913.5/5 Personal Software Services

Battle Master is a fantasy themed abandoned action-strategy game hybrid (with real-time tactics elements) developed by Personal Software Services. Battle Master was released by Mirrorsoft in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST and Genesis.

BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge

DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios

BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is a turn-based strategy game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom in 1990. It is the sequel to "Crescent Hawk's Inception" and is set in the BattleTech universe, a fictional universe where noble houses and mercenary groups vie for power using giant robotic vehicles known as BattleMe...

Black Moon Chronicles

DOS1999protected4.1/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment

Cannon Fodder

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Sensible Software

Cannon Fodder, released by Sensible Software in 1993, is a military-themed action game that cleverly blends strategy with real-time tactics. Players control a small squad of soldiers through various missions, facing enemies and obstacles in a top-down perspective. The game's distinctive style is marked by its dark humor and satirical take on war, m...

Cave Wars

DOS19964.2/5

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 Pyro Studios

Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 Pyro Studios

Core War Plus

DOS19843.9/5

Cossacks: European Wars

Windows XP/98/952000protected4.4/5 GSC Game World

Cossacks: European Wars is a real-time strategy game developed by GSC Game World and released in 2001. The game is set in the 17th and 18th centuries, a period marked by significant military, political, and social changes in Europe. Players can choose from 16 different European nations, each with unique units and buildings. The gamep...

Dark Reign 2

Windows XP/98/952000protected4/5 Pandemic Studios

Dark Reign: The Future of War

Windows XP/98/951997protected4/5 Auran Games

Dominus

DOS19943.9/5 Viacom New Media

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

Windows XP/98/952001protecteddemo4.1/5 Interplay Productions

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel is a tactical role-playing game published by Interplay Entertainment in 2001. Unlike its predecessors, which were traditional RPGs with turn-based combat, Fallout Tactics took a different approach by focusing more on tactical combat rather than extensive role-playing elements.The game features squad-based comba...