Games like X-COM: Apocalypse

Chasing that dark and retro feeling you got from X-COM: Apocalypse? These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.

XCOM: 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 40,494 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 787$14.99
Xenonauts 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 4,958 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 234$39.99
Phoenix 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, Tense
73% of 5,418 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 209$24.99
UFO: Aftermath
UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.
Dark, Retro, Tense
77% of 276 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$3.99
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 positivePlayers online now: 1$34.99
Terra Invicta
Pick one of seven human factions and fight over how to face an alien invasion: seize control of Earth's nations from the shadows, research your way into space, mine asteroids, and build fleets for Newtonian fleet battles across a moving Solar System.
Dark, Tense
79% of 9,162 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$39.99
Aliens: Dark Descent
Lead a squad of Colonial Marines in real time against a Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe. Sneak, fight and manage your soldiers' stress while the hive adapts to you, death is permanent and every mission leaves its mark. A tense, dark tactical game with a real Aliens feel.
Dark, Tense
87% of 15,498 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 285$39.99
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Turn-based tactics with a twist: before any fight starts, you sneak. Lead a small band of mutants, a foul-tempered duck and a boar included, through a quiet, overgrown end-of-the-world, picking off patrols unseen or choosing your moment to strike. XCOM-style combat, real-time stealth and a strange, funny, bleak world worth exploring for its own sake.
Dark, Tense
89% of 13,366 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$34.99
ZEPHON
A post-apocalyptic 4X where humanity's leftovers fight over a ruined Earth. Lead survivors down human, eldritch or machine paths, build cities on a scarred world, and fight turn-based battles where every unit matters. When the final war comes, you pick a side and pray you picked right.
Dark, Tense
83% of 1,903 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 114$39.99
X3: Terran Conflict
The year is 2938 and Earth has finally met the X Universe, with trade flourishing and tensions rising. Start with one small ship and a handful of credits, then trade, fight, board and build your way to an empire in a living galaxy where every haul, factory and fleet is yours to command.
84% of 2,099 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 63$3.19
Future 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, Tense
59% of 152 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
1962, and the Cold War has company: aliens. As FBI agent William Carter you lead a two-agent squad through a secret war across 60s America, pausing mid-firefight to issue orders. A third-person tactical shooter with a story that turns out smarter than it first looks.
Dark, Tense
67% of 4,870 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$19.99

Cheaper than X-COM: Apocalypse

UFO: Aftermath

UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.

$3.99

UFO: Aftershock

UFO: Aftershock is a combination of tactical squad combat and global strategy that enhances and expands upon its prequel, UFO: Aftermath.

$3.99

X3: Terran Conflict

Trade, fight and manage your way from one small ship to a sprawling space economy in an open galaxy.

$3.19

X: Beyond the Frontier

The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other…

$0.99

Chromosome Evil 2

Command a strike team and a resource-starved convoy through a Lovecraftian apocalypse, in real time or with active pause.

$1.99

X2: The Threat

Fly one small ship across a huge open universe, trade, mine and build factories, and grow it into an empire of your own.

$0.99

X3: Reunion

Fly, trade and fight across open space, then build the factories and fleets that keep earning while you are out there.

$1.99

X-Team

X-TEAM is a role-playing strategy with a non-linear narrative. You must form your squad and fight aliens around the world.

$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.

$1.59

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war.

$2.99

Element Space

Year 2199. Assemble an elite crew and make allies to combat a shadowy organization threatening the future of humanity.

$0.99

Incoming + Incoming Forces

Prepare for one of the most action packed-shooters in PC gaming history! Every level is full of enemies and targets for you to destroy!

$2.99

Hidden gems like X-COM: Apocalypse

Xenopurge

Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat.

$12.49

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack

Lead a faction of ideologues across an alien world, out-think six rivals and shape a whole planet's future one turn at a time.

$4.99

ZEPHON

A post-apocalyptic 4X where humanity's leftovers fight over a ruined Earth.

$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.

$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.

$39.99

Warhounds

Lead a mercenary squad through lethal turn-based firefights, then keep the whole company alive between missions.

$34.99

Terra Invicta

Steer one of seven factions through an alien arrival, from covert politics on Earth to fleet battles across the Solar System.

$39.99

Aliens: Dark Descent

Lead a squad of Colonial Marines in real time against a Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.

$39.99

Revival: Recolonization

Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and…

$19.49

Destroy All Humans!

Play a snarky invader harvesting human DNA and flattening small-town America with your saucer.

$29.99

USC: Counterforce

Lead your Space Commandos in a revival of turn-based squad tactics inspired by UFO/XCOM and Aliens.

$19.99

Red Solstice 2: Survivors

Run a secret taskforce against a mutant outbreak, planning the campaign on the map and fighting brutal real-time missions solo or with up to seven…

$14.99

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