Games like Tactical Combat Department
If Tactical Combat Department is your kind of game, the closest matches are Breach & Clear, Gears Tactics and Tactical Breach Wizards — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Tactical Combat Department: Tactical Combat Department is a tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by Swat games. You command a special intervention squad that intervenes in various situations and environments.

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Breach & Clear
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Tactical Combat Department.
Top pick for Tactical Combat Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tactical Combat Department.
Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to PC, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.Choose your real-world squad -- US Army Rangers, Germany's KSK, Canada’s JTF2, UK SAS, and more -- and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets and...
Gears Tactics
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tactical Combat Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Tactical Combat Department.
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
Tactical Breach Wizards
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Tactical Combat Department.
Third-strongest match for Tactical Combat Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Combat Department.
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Arma Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares action point system and a tense mood with Tactical Combat Department.
Ranked #4 for Tactical Combat Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Combat Department.
Arma Tactics is a turn-based close-combat strategy game, where you take control of a four-member Special Forces team. There are no given strategies, rails to move on, or paths to follow; it‘s up to you to decide how you will play through both the story-driven missions and generated missions with randomized objectives.
Blackguards
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Tactical Combat Department.
Ranked #5 for Tactical Combat Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tactical Combat Department.
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
Into the Breach
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Shares a challenging mood with Tactical Combat Department.
Ranked #6 for Tactical Combat Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Combat Department.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Jagged Alliance 3
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Tactical Combat Department.
Ranked #7 for Tactical Combat Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tactical Combat Department.
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
Hard West 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Tactical Combat Department.
Ranked #8 for Tactical Combat Department fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tactical Combat Department.
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
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Police Quest: SWAT 2
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Shares a tense mood with Tactical Combat Department.
Reviewers of Tactical Combat Department cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Tactical Combat Department.
Keep the peace or wreck havoc on the streets of LA.
Rebel Cops
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Shares a challenging mood with Tactical Combat Department.
Reviewers of Tactical Combat Department cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Tactical Combat Department.
Lead a ragtag squad of cops in rebellion against their town's new criminal power and see how long you can hold out in this unforgiving turn-based spin-off game from This Is the Police. You'll be desperately short on supplies, and a single shot can cost a cop their life.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
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Reviewers of Tactical Combat Department cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Tactical Combat Department.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
Door Kickers
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Tactical Combat Department.
Reviewers of Tactical Combat Department cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Tactical Combat Department.
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Breach & Clear
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Tactical Combat Department.
Reviewers of Tactical Combat Department cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Tactical Combat Department.
Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to PC, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.Choose your real-world squad -- US Army Rangers, Germany's KSK, Canada’s JTF2, UK SAS, and more -- and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets and...
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares fog of war and an atmospheric mood with Tactical Combat Department.
Reviewers of Tactical Combat Department cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Tactical Combat Department.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tactical Combat Department at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Tactical Combat Department on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tactical Combat Department.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Tactical Combat Department on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tactical Combat Department.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Tactical Combat Department on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tactical Combat Department.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Tactical Combat Department on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tactical Combat Department.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~60% under Tactical Combat Department on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Tactical Combat Department.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tactical Combat Department on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tactical Combat Department.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Tactical Combat Department on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Combat Department.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tactical Combat Department on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tactical Combat Department.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tactical Combat Department.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Tactical Combat Department.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tactical Combat Department.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tactical Combat Department.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Tactical Combat Department.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Tactical Combat Department.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tactical Combat Department.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tactical Combat Department.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Frequently asked about Tactical Combat Department
- How much does Tactical Combat Department cost?
- Tactical Combat Department is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tactical Combat Department?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tactical Combat Department are Breach & Clear, Gears Tactics, Tactical Breach Wizards.
- Who developed Tactical Combat Department?
- Tactical Combat Department was developed by LukasH and published by Render System.
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