Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics.
75% of 359 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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USC: 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!
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Tense
62% of 208 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Spaceland: 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.
Also in Co-op · Retro
75% of 359 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Galaxy Squad
Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.
Replayable, Tense
74% of 385 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Strain Tactics
Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!
Replayable, Tense
87% of 216 Steam reviews are positive$14.99XCOM: 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.
Replayable, Tense
93% of 40,494 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 787$14.99MENACE
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.
Replayable, Tense
90% of 12,816 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 801$39.99Stellar 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. Turn-based ground combat in the classic style, ships to customize, board and capture, mining, trading and a galaxy slowly eaten by a disease called Phage. Big, slow, old-fashioned and generous with your time.
Replayable
77% of 1,694 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$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.
Replayable, 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.
Replayable, Tense
40% of 97 Steam reviews are positive$9.99UFO: Aftermath
UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.
Retro, Tense
77% of 276 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$3.99Element Space
Year 2199. Assemble an elite crew and make allies to combat a shadowy organization threatening the future of humanity. Face overwhelming odds with strategy. Make your choices and save us from extinction.
Replayable
54% of 246 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Xenonauts 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.
Replayable, Retro, Tense
81% of 4,958 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 234$39.99
Cheaper than Ultimate Space Commando
Galaxy Squad
Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.
74% of 385 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
UFO: Aftermath
UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.
77% of 276 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$3.99
Steam Tactics
Welcome aboard your airship, captain! Engage in tactical combats, upgrade your ships and weapons, level up your pilots.
88% of 51 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Beat the Humans
Beat the Humans is the turn-based tactical strategy game. Here you lead an army of aliens against invaders from the human race.
75% of 59 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Halfway
Halfway is a turn-based strategy RPG taking place a few hundred years into the future. Humanity has started colonising new worlds.
70% of 891 Steam reviews are positive$2.59
MechCorp
MechCorp. is a turn-based-tactics/strategy game where you take command of a mercenary mech squadron in space.
79% of 70 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Mainframe Defenders
MAINFRAME DEFENDERS - Turn-based tactics centered around gear and unit customization. It offers simple combat, high replayability, and tons of loot.
87% of 728 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
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 85 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
X-COM: UFO Defense
Run the global defense effort: intercept UFOs, fight through crash sites turn by turn, and build the bases and research that keep humanity alive.
96% of 3,216 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$4.99
Earth vs Mars
Faced with a terrifying Martian invasion, you must lead Earth’s forces in a battle for our planet’s future.
85% of 75 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Hidden gems like Ultimate Space Commando
Xenopurge
Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat.
85% of 430 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$12.49
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 466 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
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
Showgunners
A dystopian reality show, a contestant out for revenge, and turn-based combat in hand-built arenas rigged with traps.
93% of 1,664 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$29.99
Deck & Conn
Take command of a nuclear-powered space corvette in a Cold War-flavored sci-fi campaign.
76% of 130 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
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 12,816 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 801$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 4,958 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 234$39.99
Void Marauders
Lead a band of space pirates and loot and pillage your way across the stars in this turn based tactical game!
77% of 106 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$13.99
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: 24$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 429 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
Space Cats Tactics
Fight nerve-wracking spaceship battles in this turn-based tactical space opera RPG!
74% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Mainframe Defenders
MAINFRAME DEFENDERS - Turn-based tactics centered around gear and unit customization. It offers simple combat, high replayability, and tons of loot.
87% of 728 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Newest games like Ultimate Space Commando
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 429 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 466 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Deck & Conn
Take command of a nuclear-powered space corvette in a Cold War-flavored sci-fi campaign.
76% of 130 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
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: 24$34.99
Cosmos point
Control a squad of fighters in turn-based battles. The game pays great attention to the details of equipment - weapons, backpacks, a lot of grenades…
79% of 82 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99
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 4,958 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 865 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$29.99
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 12,816 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 801$39.99
Xenopurge
Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat.
85% of 430 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$12.49
Void Marauders
Lead a band of space pirates and loot and pillage your way across the stars in this turn based tactical game!
77% of 106 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$13.99
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 85 Steam reviews are positive$4.99