Tactical Warfare is a type of wargame that comes with military battles at a tactical level like units range from individual vehicles, squads, and more. The units in these games are based on ranges, and types of special weaponry and the first tactical warfare games were played as miniatures, extended to board games. Players select their factions from available, create his base, and command his units in the battlefield against opposing force for glory. The player assumes the role of the commander, and he must struggle to lead his team to victory by completing all the challenges and missions. These games are played from either an isometric perspective or a top-down viewpoint. They use the level-based system where the difficulty will increase as the player completed the levels. These games take the player in the war-themed world where he must plan his strategy to dominate the battlefield using his tactics.

16 Best Tactical Warfare Games for Mac OS

#1 Verdun

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Verdun is a great Tactical, multiplayer Online First Person Shooter video game set in the World War 1 Era and offers a totally unique game-play experience that immerses you with the immensely blasting nature of the game. The game features historically accurate and quite realistic venues, WW1 weaponry other aesthetics that will definitely leave you spellbound for quite some time. Verdun pushes you right in the middle of the 1916’s infamous battle of Verdun, France and allows you to be part of a 32 player squad and tasks you to defend and capture a number of trenches in order to attack and kill the enemies.by using the WW1 era weaponry, tactics and courage you are required to complete the game objectives. Just like the above mentioned names, Verdun allows you to select your character from 4 main classes (Rifleman, Machine Gunner, NCO and Ganadier) and act according to the skill set of the selected player character. Verdun offers a great realistic World War1 experience, along with a wonderfully immersive game-play, Squad-based Warfare, a great setting, beautiful visuals and a lot of other great things. For an awesome FPS Multiplayer and Tactical experience, do try it out.

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#2 StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty

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StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty is Military themed Sci-Fi, MMO-RTS video game by Blizzard Entertainment. The game is about 3 different races Terrans, Zergs and Protoss and offers amazing visuals, Mechanics and game-play like the original StarCraft video game. As the protagonist Jim Raynor, the game tasks you to lead an insurgent faction against the Tyrannical Reign of the Terran race, bring it down by completing a number of objectives such as waging huge wars, tactically weakening their strength, close their resource routs, steal them and use them to enhance your power, defenses and military abilities etc. With hardcore action, brilliant story and immersive game-play, StarCraft2: Wings of Liberty is a marvelous MMO-RTS and Sci-Fi video game to play. StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty offers new features such as upgrades that will help you pace through the game-play quite rapidly, engage into epic Real-time Strategy based Warfare, and select your sides from the three main choices, beautifully created visuals, enhanced game mechanics, a number of new single and multiplayer campaigns and a new story-line along with a very immersive and quite addictive game-play to enjoy.

#3 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a Military-themed, First-person Shooter, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the 4th title in the series of Call of Duty and takes place in the World War II settings. The story starts in the year 2011, where a leader has executed the unnamed country’s president in the Middle East, and the movement of ultranationalist ignites the civil war in Russia. The conflict takes place in different locations such as the Middle East, Russia, Azerbaijan, and more. The multiplayer campaign introduces various game features and consists of the leveling system that enables the player to unlock further weapons, attachments, etc. to advance to the match. There are six playable characters, and the player can select one of them to get into the world where he has accomplished a variety of missions, in which he must kill enemies, save innocents and more. The player as the soldier has equipped with lots of weapons like a rifle, pistol, grenades, etc. that he can use to kill enemies and also can use melee combat. With improved mechanics, gameplay, graphics and soundtracks, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is the best game to play and enjoy for those players who love playing military-based video games.

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#4 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is an Action-Adventure, Military-based, First-person Shooter, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the sixth entry in the series of Call of Duty and the direct sequel to Modern Warfare. The game revolves around the Task Force 141, controlled by the United States Army Rangers and the Captain Soap Mac Tavish as they attempt to take over Vladimir Makarov, who is the leader of Russian party. There are different protagonists such as Gary Roach, James Ramirez, Army Rangers, and more. Select your character and dive into the fictional world where you have to fight against enemies using a variety of military weapons and defeat them to earn experience. Your character can perform various actions like crouch, sprint, lay prone, jump, and more. You can use stealth element to avoid enemy attack. Explore the massive environment from the first-person perspective, and collect power-ups to maintain your health bar. There are different modes such as Multiplayer, Spec Ops, Campaign and more. In Single-player Campaign, you must navigate the environment and have to complete eighteen levels to progress through the game. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, and superb mechanics with smooth controls Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the best game to play and enjoy.

#5 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is an Action, FPS (First-person Shooter), War-based, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the eighth entry in the series of Call of Duty and third game in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The game starts right after the final mission of the previous game and introduces new campaigns, environment, and terrains. It supports both single and multiplayer mode, and the player can assume the role of different characters during single-player campaign and have to complete a series of tasks divided into three sets of missions known as Acts. The game rewards the player with experience points as he completes an objective and can use his points to upgrade weapons and equipment. It includes new modes in the entry such as Kill Confirmed, Ream Defender, Private Matches, and more. Progress through the story, use military vehicles, and weapons and immerse himself in war-based gameplay experience. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 offers enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, and superb visuals. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

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#6 Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

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Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is an amazing Multiplayer Online Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Tom Banner Studios. The game is set in Medieval Era and offers a Half-Life 2 and Age of Chivalry type of game-play and focuses on Melee combats primarily. It allows you to engage yourself into amazingly bloody battles against the enemies from a first or a third person perspective and enjoy Hacking and Slashing your way through the hordes of enemies using your swords, bows and arrows, Maces and Catapults etc. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare offers Ballistae, Catapults and Boiling oil as the secondary and the most damaging weapons as well and allows you to use against the enemies when waging wars and leading the troops. Because of the Multiplayer nature of the game, Chivalry: medieval Warfare lets you enjoy objective-based gameplay and take part in multiple game modes such as Free for All, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Last Team Standing, King of the Hill, Capture the Flag and Team objective etc. Chivalry Medieval Warfare offers a number of character classes as well and lets you choose the character you like from Archers, men at Arms, Vanguards, knights etc. The game offers a whole load of amazing weapons all based up on the character you select along with all the special character specific abilities and skills. With a wonderfully engaging and quite immersive gameplay, fantastic story, brilliant visuals and DLC, Chivalry Medieval Warfare is one amazing game to play and enjoy.

#7 Soldier of Fortune 2

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Soldier of Fortune 2 is a First-person Shooter, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. The game acts as the sequel to Soldier of Fortune and again hired John Mullins to serves as a consultant on the game. The storyline focuses on the germ warfare, where the protagonist and his partner named as Madeline Taylor traverse to fictional Colombia to interrogate the virus outbreak in the small village, due to the shadowy organization is known as Prometheus. According to the plot, the virus, known as Romulus, is programmed to erase files on every computer across the world. The player takes on the protagonist’s role, manipulate the environment from a first-person viewpoint, the battle against enemies to prevent them from stealing the secret organization’s file and save the data of computers from all over the world. The game has Multiplayer mode, consisting of five game types such as Team Death Match, Capture the Flag, Elimination, Infiltration, and more. With addictive gameplay, brilliant graphics, and superb action, Soldier of Fortune 2 is the wonderful sequel to play and enjoy.

#8 Night Hawk: F-117A Stealth Fighter 2.0

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Night Hawk: F-117A Stealth Fighter 2.0 is a Flight Simulation created by MPS Labs and published by MicroProse for multiple platforms. The game supports Single-player mode only and serves as the remake of the Project Stealth Fighter, released in 1987. In the game, the player controls an aircraft and explore the environment from a first-person perspective. It offers a new theatre of warfare such as Operation Desert Storm and Cuba. There are a variety of missions encompassed both primary and secondary targets, picked up from a series of the objective. The ultimate task of the player is to fly the aircraft at low altitude while battling against foes and struggling to destroy their planes. The game rewards the player with points which the player uses to raise up his level. Other challenging missions will be unlocked, and the player can show off his abilities and special skills while navigating the environment. Night Hawk: F-117A Stealth Fighter 2.0 includes prominent features such as Sensational Sound Effects, Nine Worlds to Explore, Awesome Missions to Complete, Eye-popping Graphics, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.

#9 The Orange Box

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The Orange Box is an Action-Adventure, First-person Shooter, Single-player and Multiplayer video game compilation for multiple platforms. The compilation consists of five different games such as Half-life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-life: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. Each game has its unique set of missions to accomplish, environment and the character. The player can select his favorite one and can jump into the environment to fulfill the requirements of each mission and score points to upgrade his character’s abilities and weapons. During the gameplay, the player navigates the environment from a first-person perspective, encounter foes and kill them to earn money, solve mind-bending puzzles and progress through the game. The compilation deals with travel, expansive environments, less linear gameplay, and more. There are nine different character classes in Team Fortress 2 from which the player needs to define his one to start his game. During the gameplay, the player can involve himself in the first-person perspective experience. It offers a unique experience that you’ve never seen before by combining the puzzles, class-based and multiplayer team warfare. With cool features, brilliant mechanics, and wonderful graphics, The Orange Box is the best game to play and enjoy.

#10 World of Warships

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World of Warships is an Action, Massively Multiplayer Online, War, Vehicular Combat, and Military-based video game developed by Lesta Studios. It is a fantastic team-based video game in which the game allows the player to choose his class and get into the game world and enjoy a game with other online players. The game offers four classes such as cruisers, battleships, destroyers and aircraft carriers each class offers a different and challenging gameplay. In this game, the player can battle against the well-programmed opponents in a unique ship. World of Warships offers limited numbers of maps, and each map offers a different location with different graphical layouts. The ultimate task of the game eliminates all the enemy force in order to game progress. World of Warships includes key features such as various Ships, Upgrades, different Modes, fantastic Warfare, Unlockable Achievements, several Missions and other exciting things, etc. With enhanced game mechanics, immersive and quite addictive gameplay, beautiful storyline and excellent visual details.

#11 Hearts of Iron III

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Hearts of Iron III is an Action, Grand Strategy, War, and Single-player video game by Paradox Development Studio. The game includes different nations and lets the player select one of them and jump into the game world during the period of World War II. It focuses on production, politics, espionage, armed forces and research. The game revolves around three different races such as the Allies, the Axis, and the Comintern. The ultimate task of the player is to lead his army, find and gather resources (oil, energy, material, and metal). Control air, sea and land units and fend off enemies by destroying them. Equip the armies with deadly weapons and show his strategy. Start operation against terrorist and fight against other factions to score the highest points. Unlock further content using the points and immerse himself in war experience. Hearts of Iron III offers core features such as Play as any Nation, Control the oceans, Real-world Military, Powerful AI, Customization Option, Strategic Warfare and more. Hearts of Iron III is the best game to play and enjoy.

#12 Chivalry

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Chivalry is a Series of hardcore Action-RPG and hack and Slash video games developed by Tom Banner Studios. The game offers critically acclaimed and popular titles such as Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior (DLC Pack for Chivalry: Medieval Warfare ), and Chivalry: Complete Pack (Pack for both of the games of series). The series mainly focuses on Melee combats and allows the players to engage in the Epic Multiplayer Online gameplay. The series offers various types of game modes including Deathmatch, team Deathmatch, Team objectives, Duel Mode, Capture the Flag, Last team Standing, and King of the Hill, etc. Because of being the Melee combat focused gameplay, the games in the series are all about killing the other online knights and Combatants while using a number of different types of Melee weapons such as Swords, Hammers, Axes, and Spears, etc. Throughout the series, you’ll experience an entirely brutal gameplay, packed with hardcore melee action and thrill. Chivalry offers A DLC pack for the game named as Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior that offers more new characters, a new story, new weapons and stuff to the gameplay and allows the players to enjoy a remarkable experience of Action, RPG, and Melee Combat elements. For all those who love playing games With Action, RPG, and Hack and Slash elements, Chivalry has loads to offer. Do give it a try.

#13 Gear Up

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Gear Up is a great MMO Vehicular and Mech Combat and Shooting video game inspired by the popular MechWarrior Online. The game allows you take part in wonderful hardcore actin filled combat campaigns and customize your Vehicles/Mechs with Turrets, Hulls, Propulsions, Guns and barrels etc. Once again the game focuses on Player vs. Player combats along with other MMO vehicular warfare events such as Deathmatch, team Deathmatch, and hoist the Flag, Conquest Constitute etc. With wonderful vehicle selection and customization options, a lot of weapons, multiple campaigns, and a lot of enemies to defeat, Super cool visuals, and an amazingly addictive game-play, Gear Up is a wonderful game to play and enjoy. Try it out and you’ll love it.

#14 War Thunder

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War Thunder is probably one of the best games of this specific genre. The game allows you to get yourself engaged in to the most epic vehicular combat and aviation warfare. The game focuses on Aerial combat and air to ground targeted strikes and allows you to take part in the epic dog fights in Player vs. Player events and shoot down your enemies by the use of sophisticated weaponry and amazing tactics. There are a lot of different aircraft to choose and enjoy thrilling PvP and PvE combat events along with a lot of solo missions. With the coolest ever visuals, a great action-packed game-play, amazing combats and a lot of other great things, War Thunder is a great game to play and enjoy.

#15 Rise Of Nations: Gold Edition

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The Rise of Nation game series includes some really great games like Rise of Nation: Thrones and Patriots and Rise of Nations: Gold Edition. This epic real time strategy game is developed by Big Huge Games. This game is based on the historical events of time and travels back to almost 6000 years of ancients. Main features include heavy Warfare, city building, governance, troops, battles, thrones, trade and merchandise etc. This super amazing RTS game never lets you feel like you are wasting your time while playing this game. Graphics and game-play are quite like Age of Empires. Storyline and user interface are a bit different. Rise of Nations expansion pack offers new nations, campaigns for single players, more troop units and some really great new wonders and government types to choose. This amazingly wondrous and engaging game can be played only on PC.

#16 Call of Duty

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Call of Duty or shortly named as COD is a First person Shooter and Action game created originally by Ben Chichoski. Because of being a mighty gaming franchise, Call of Duty is developed and published by a lot of companies. Few of the bigger names as Call of Duty Developers include, Infantry Ward, Sledgehammer Games, Gray Matter Interactive, Nokia, Raven Softwares and High Moon Studios. Since the beginning, this super awesome FPS and Action game was playable at PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo GameCube, Nokia N-Gage, Playstation 2, 3 and 4, Xbox One and 360, iOS, Android and BlackBerry. From its first release Call of Duty back in 2003 to its latest game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare November 3, 2014, this superbly addicting game depicts the scenarios from WW2 to today’s modern warfare. With online versions of the game, players can interact in real time and play the game with or against each other. As compared to the early Call of Duty versions, the game now includes more enhanced graphics, advanced AIs, engaging and addicting storylines, powerful and user friendly interfaces and open worlds. This epic first person shooter is still so much famous among all the FPS and Action game lovers.