The Best Real-time tactical Games for Playstation 4
By Sarah Thomas
Update : Stronghold Siege added at rank #35.
Here are our 10 Best Real-time tactical Games for Playstation 4:Desperados III (2020)
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Get ready to lead a gang of unique characters through a gripping story-driven tactical adventure in the Wild West. With stunning environments and countless ways to overcome obstacles, Desperados III offers a clean and satisfying stealth-strategy gameplay that rewards experimentation and strategic thinking. Explore the liberty to choose multiple paths and approaches to each situation while you plan your moves carefully.
What we like:
- Clean and satisfying stealth-strategy gameplay
- Multiple ways to approach each situation
- Good level design
- Fun characters with unique abilities
- Wild West setting adds a unique twist to the genre
- Frequent need for quick saving and loading( if you are like me )
- Limited enemy types
- Some characters are less enjoyable to play as
- stealth
- tactical
- real-time
- western
- isometric
- strategy
Aliens: Dark Descent (2023)
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Playstation 4 Xbox One Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Xbox Series X
In Aliens: Dark Descent, you'll command a squad of Colonial Marines to halt a horrifying Xenomorph outbreak. With open levels, strategic gameplay, and intense squad shooting, you'll be kept on the edge of your seat. Customize your soldiers, manage your resources, and outsmart the deadliest creature mankind has ever faced. Can you stop the outbreak before it's too late?
What we like:
- Immersive gameplay with a unique twist
- Variety of enemies and maps
- Rewarding squad building mechanics
- Solid sound design
- Well-executed level and environmental design
- Unmemorable characters
- Limited customization options
- squad
- real-time
- tactical
- strategy
- aliens
- stealth
- horror
- survival-horror
The DioField Chronicle (2022)
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A gritty and immersive story brought to life with the latest technology. Introducing "Real Time Tactical Battle" (RTTB), a new, deeply strategic, real-time battle system. The beginnings of a new Strategy RPG, crafted by a skilled and experienced development team.
- real-time
- rpg
- strategy
- tactical
- japanese
- battle
- political
- jrpg
- combat
- war
- pause
Tower of Time (2018)
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Tower of Time is a story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real time combat. Set in the world of Artaria, you play as an anonymous character who has no name and seemingly little history. Explore the Tower with your party, discover various narrative threads that tie back to the present and foreshadow the future. With RPG tropes such as upgrading buildings to level up your heroes, finding blueprints and crafting special equipment also included, Tower of Time offers an incredibly varied gaming experience.
What we like:
- Innovative real time combat system
- Story-rich narrative
- Varied team members with unique skills
- Deep exploration encourages full discovery
- RPG tropes included
- Occasional graphical hitches
- No shortcut to select all heroes at once
- rpg
- real-time
- pause
- combat
- dungeon-crawler
- tactical
- story
- old-school
- classic
- strategy
- battle
- exploration
- fight
Iron Danger (2020)
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Iron Danger is a tactical combat game with a unique time manipulation mechanic. A never before seen combination that blends the tactical depth of turn-based games with the exciting action of real-time games.
- tactical
- manipulation
- turn-based
- combat
- steampunk
- real-time
- rpg
- fight
- fantasy
- time
- role-play
- action
- mythology
- puzzle
Door Kickers: Action Squad (2018)
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Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.
- cooperative
- tactical
- moddable
- editor
- soundtrack
- level
- 2d
- retro
- real-time
- pixel
- replay-value
- zombies
- strategy
- local
- action
Minecraft Legends (2023)
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IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 PC Windows
Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!
- strategy
- real-time
- battle
- cooperative
- tactical
- resource
- action-strategy
- multiplayer
- action
War Mongrels (2021)
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Playstation 5 Xbox One Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Xbox Series X PC Windows
War Mongrels is an isometric real-time tactics game that takes place on the eastern front of World War II. Dynamic and tactical gameplay with stealth elements, tightly packed into a dark, fascinating story! Play on your own or in online co-op.
- cooperative
- campaign
- real-time
- tactical
- world-war-2
- isometric
- twin-stick
- stealth
- historical
- dark
- strategy
- atmospheric
- top-down
- story
- action-adventure
Legendary Heroes (2022)
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Xbox One Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Playstation 4
Legendary Heroes is a real-time RPG/strategy game with MOBA elements. Protect your towers and crush your opponents!
- moba
- real-time
- rpg
- tower-defense
- action-adventure
- tactical
- magic
- strategy
- casual
- action
- 3d
- fantasy
- 4x
John Wick Hex (2019)
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John Wick Hex is a fast-paced, action-oriented strategy game that makes you think and strike like John Wick, the professional hitman of the critically acclaimed film franchise.
- turn-based
- strategy
- tactical
- assassin
- real-time
- shooter
- villain
- hex
- action
- boss
- combat
- top-down
- wick
- cover
- grid
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