Best Tactical FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is a 1998 tactical shooter developed by Red Storm Entertainment and based on concepts from Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. Players command members of Rainbow, a multinational counter-terrorism organization, selecting personnel, equipment, routes, and orders before missi...

Insurgency is a 2014 tactical first-person shooter developed and published by New World Interactive as a standalone successor to the Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat mod for Half-Life 2. It emphasizes lethal gunplay, limited ammunition awareness, objective-based battles, and a minimal interface wi...

BattleBit Remastered is a multiplayer first-person shooter developed by a small independent team led by SgtOkiDoki and released in early access in 2023. It uses low-poly graphics to support large battles with as many as 254 players, along with vehicles, class-based roles, squad coordination, and des...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow is a tactical first-person shooter released for the original Xbox in 2004 by Ubisoft. It follows Rainbow Six 3 and features counterterrorism missions built around deliberate movement, team commands, and close-quarters combat. The game includes a single-player...

Pavlov VR is a multiplayer virtual reality first-person shooter developed by Vankrupt Games, originally released in early access for PC VR in 2017. Its weapon handling requires motion-controlled actions such as aiming, reloading, and operating firearms, while several modes draw on familiar tactical-...

Contractors VR is a virtual-reality first-person shooter developed by Caveman Studio. It centers on multiplayer combat with modern firearms, objective-based matches, and weapon handling designed for motion controllers and room-scale play. The game also supports community-created maps and modes, incl...

Delta Force is a 1998 first-person military shooter developed and published by NovaLogic. It places the player in expansive outdoor environments for missions involving reconnaissance, infiltration, hostage rescue, and attacks on defended positions. The game is distinguished by its voxel-based Voxel...

Medal of Honor (2010) is a military FPS by Danger Close Games with multiplayer by DICE, published by EA and set in Afghanistan during the early War on Terror.

A 2023 tactical shooter by Highwire Games based on the real Second Battle of Fallujah in 2004, notable for a decade-long controversial development before its eventual release.

A 2024 reboot of the Delta Force franchise developed by Team Jade, combining an extraction shooter mode with a large-scale multiplayer experience in a single package.

A 2004 standalone tactical shooter by Valve and Turtle Rock Studios, expanding Counter-Strike with a single-player bot campaign alongside the established online multiplayer.

Black Squad is a free-to-play competitive military FPS by NS Studio released on Steam in 2017, featuring team-based multiplayer modes in a modern military setting.

Warface is a free-to-play military FPS developed by Crytek Kiev, later operated by Blackwood Games, built on CryEngine and launched globally in 2013.

A 2002 NovaLogic tactical shooter set in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom, one of the earliest commercial games to depict the post-September 11 U.S. military campaign.

A 2023 standalone PvP arena spin-off of Escape from Tarkov by Battlestate Games, replacing the base game's open extraction format with structured competitive matches.

Battalion 1944 is a WW2 competitive FPS by Bulkhead Interactive, released 2018, designed as a spiritual successor to the mid-2000s Call of Duty multiplayer style.

A 2009 NovaLogic tactical shooter and the final mainline Delta Force release before the series went dormant, featuring cooperative and competitive online multiplayer modes.

Takedown: Red Sabre is a hardcore tactical squad shooter by Serellan, funded via Kickstarter and released in 2013, but received widespread criticism for bugs at launch.