UFO: Afterlight
The story is situated on Mars. It starts where UFO: Aftermath left off and runs simultaneously with UFO: Aftershock.
70% of 372 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$1.39
Games like UFO: Aftermath
If UFO: Aftermath scratched a dark and retro itch for you, keep reading. Give these games a try when the craving hits.
UFO2: Extraterrestrials
Are strategy games with strong RPG elements your cup of tea? Did you enjoy games like Xcom: UFO Defence, the Fallout series, the Civilization series, the Heroes of Might and magic? And now you are looking for something new to satisfy your craving for turn-based fun?
Retro
60% of 144 Steam reviews are positive$34.99X-COM: UFO Defense
You run X-COM, the world's answer to an alien invasion: shoot down UFOs, lead soldiers through their wreckage, and turn captured tech against the invaders while governments threaten to pull funding. A tense, punishing 1994 strategy classic where every decision, and every loss, sticks with you.
Dark, Retro, Tense
96% of 3,218 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$4.99Xenonauts 2
Command a secret multinational force in an alternate 2009 where the Cold War never ended and aliens are picking sides. Run covert bases across the globe, scramble jets at UFOs, and lead turn-based ground battles where soldiers die and the survivors become veterans. A grim, old-school war of resistance against a smarter enemy.
Dark, Retro, Tense
81% of 4,968 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 234$39.99XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Command Earth's last defense against a global alien invasion. Build out your underground base, research alien tech, and lead a hand-picked squad in tense turn-based firefights where one bad move can cost a veteran soldier for good. Losing hurts, which is why winning feels so good.
Dark, Tense
93% of 40,504 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 787$14.99Ultimate Space Commando
USC is a turn-based, top-down view tactics game in which you control the crew of a stranded recon vessel in a "first contact war" for survival, featuring a detailed combat system with RPG elements, fully interactive randomized maps, unique weapons and gadgets, crafting, and custom multiplayer modes.
Retro, Tense
81% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$9.99USC: Counterforce
Lead your Space Commandos in a revival of turn-based squad tactics inspired by UFO/XCOM and Aliens. Utilize in-depth skill & combat systems in multiple game modes, including a full campaign. Discover the truth behind the demise of colony MC83-A and join the USC in defending humanity!
Tense
62% of 208 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy
Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion - a turn-based strategy where you command SOF forces against an alien threat. Investigate disappearances, fight the invaders, and uncover the mystery. Every decision affects the fate of humanity.
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
59% of 152 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Phoenix Point
Earth is lost to a mutating alien plague, and the Phoenix Project answers to you. A grim, demanding strategy game from the creator of X-COM.
Dark, Story-driven, Tense
73% of 5,422 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 209$24.99Infested Planet
Five soldiers. One hundred thousand bugs. Infested Planet is a top-down tactical fight where the alien horde mutates every mission and your squad can be rebuilt mid-battle. Burn, flank, fall back and adapt, in short, brutal sessions that keep pulling you back for one more run.
Dark, Retro, Tense
94% of 2,475 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$14.99Shock Tactics
Shock Tactics is a single player turn-based sci-fi strategy game with tactical combat, exploration, squad management and base building.
Dark, Tense
40% of 97 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Retro, Story-driven
75% of 359 Steam reviews are positive$19.99MENACE
Lead marines, mercenaries and criminals across the cut-off Wayback system to stop an alien threat. You answer distress calls, build infantry squads and tanks, and fight hard turn-based battles where suppression, cover and range decide who walks home.
Dark, Tense
90% of 12,879 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 669$39.99
Cheaper than UFO: Aftermath
UFO - Unfortunately Fortunate Organisms
U.F.O is an alien resource management action game where you beam up humans using your spaceship and churn them into resources to upgrade your…
87% of 62 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Element Space
Year 2199. Assemble an elite crew and make allies to combat a shadowy organization threatening the future of humanity.
54% of 246 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Lead an armored convoy through alien-held cities, planning routes and using the Commander's abilities to keep your squad alive.
84% of 1,012 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$1.59
ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's.
80% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$1.19
Trench Face
Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner.
93% of 769 Steam reviews are positive$2.24
X3: Terran Conflict
Trade, fight and manage your way from one small ship to a sprawling space economy in an open galaxy.
84% of 2,099 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 63$3.19
ROD: Revolt Of Defense
Explore a random generated space. Find artifacts and treasure maps. Build and develop your base on a flying platform.
80% of 526 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base
An epic struggle for control!
79% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$0.79
Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war.
94% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Aeon Command
Aeon Command is a tug of war strategy game, where you play as one of three unique factions to help gain dominance over the Aeon Nebula!
78% of 334 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Anomaly 2
Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth.
78% of 443 Steam reviews are positive$1.49
Hidden gems like UFO: Aftermath
Xenopurge
Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat.
85% of 431 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$6.24
Stellar Tactics
A sci-fi RPG where you wake from cryosleep 500 years late, build a squad of mercenaries and set out into a universe of over 160,000 star systems.
77% of 1,694 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$24.99
Sector Unknown
Sector Unknown is a solo-developed, isometric sci-fi RPG set in a shadowy expanse of space.
78% of 390 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$24.99
ZEPHON
A post-apocalyptic 4X where humanity's leftovers fight over a ruined Earth.
83% of 1,908 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 114$39.99
MENACE
Command improvised squads of marines and convicts through a grim, tense campaign where every loss stings and every run plays out differently.
90% of 12,879 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 669$39.99
Xenonauts 2
Scramble jets at UFOs, command ground battles turn by turn, and hold a divided world together one hard decision at a time.
81% of 4,968 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 234$39.99
Chromosome Evil 2
Command a strike team and a resource-starved convoy through a Lovecraftian apocalypse, in real time or with active pause.
87% of 256 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$19.99
Warhounds
Lead a mercenary squad through lethal turn-based firefights, then keep the whole company alive between missions.
70% of 899 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30$34.99
Every Day We Fight
Turn-based tactics meets real-time choices. Control each moment of combat: react to enemy fire, aim your shots, and interrupt enemies on-the-fly.
72% of 439 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
Terra Invicta
Steer one of seven factions through an alien arrival, from covert politics on Earth to fleet battles across the Solar System.
79% of 9,174 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 573$39.99
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
A real-time tactics game in the Terminator: Dark Fate universe.
82% of 3,503 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 199$39.99
Aliens: Dark Descent
Lead a squad of Colonial Marines in real time against a Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
87% of 15,522 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 285$39.99
Newest games like UFO: Aftermath
Every Day We Fight
Turn-based tactics meets real-time choices. Control each moment of combat: react to enemy fire, aim your shots, and interrupt enemies on-the-fly.
72% of 439 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
Tenebris: Terra Incognita
Crash-land on a hostile world, grow your squad from survivors into specialists, and hold out against a planet that wants you gone.
80% of 467 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Space Tales
Space Tales is a sci-fi RTS where you build fortified bases, manage resources, and command retro-futuristic armies.
78% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Warhounds
Lead a mercenary squad through lethal turn-based firefights, then keep the whole company alive between missions.
70% of 899 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30$34.99
Xenonauts 2
Scramble jets at UFOs, command ground battles turn by turn, and hold a divided world together one hard decision at a time.
81% of 4,968 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 234$39.99
Stellar Tactics
A sci-fi RPG where you wake from cryosleep 500 years late, build a squad of mercenaries and set out into a universe of over 160,000 star systems.
77% of 1,694 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$24.99
Heroes of Science and Fiction
Lead one of five factions through a cut-off star system, turn by turn, and win battles with plans instead of numbers.
89% of 867 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$29.99
Sector Unknown
Sector Unknown is a solo-developed, isometric sci-fi RPG set in a shadowy expanse of space.
78% of 390 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$24.99
MENACE
Command improvised squads of marines and convicts through a grim, tense campaign where every loss stings and every run plays out differently.
90% of 12,879 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 669$39.99
Terra Invicta
Steer one of seven factions through an alien arrival, from covert politics on Earth to fleet battles across the Solar System.
79% of 9,174 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 573$39.99
Xenopurge
Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat.
85% of 431 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$6.24
Live Hard, Die Hard
Busy but Addictive! This BATTLE x MEDICAL Counter-Invasion Real-Time Strategy is like nothing you've ever seen!
89% of 84 Steam reviews are positive$4.99