Games like X-COM: Interceptor

Loved how retro and tense X-COM: Interceptor can get? These games line up well for what comes next.

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.
Tense
93% of 40,494 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 787$14.99
Xenonauts
It is 1979 and aliens are invading a Cold War Earth. You run the whole defence: interceptors scramble against UFOs, scientists pull apart captured tech, and small squads of expendable soldiers fight tense turn-based battles on fully destructible battlefields. No scripted missions, so every war plays out differently. Brutal, absorbing, and hard to put down.
Retro, Tense
86% of 3,828 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 41$24.99
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
X2: The Threat
A space sim with a story about Julian Gardna, but the real game is the universe itself: over 130 sectors to explore, 60 ships to fly, asteroids to mine and factories to build. Start with one small ship and a thin wallet, end up running a trading empire, or hunting the Khaak. It takes patience to learn, and it pays you back for years.
Retro, Tense
83% of 446 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$0.99
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
UFO: 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$3.99
Fragile Allegiance
Assemble your fleets, fill your silos with nuclear warheads, conduct research, gather resources, and wage war in a vast galaxy in this unique take on 4X Strategy. Appoint Colony Supervisors to manage your colony and deploy Spy Satellites for the ultimate in skulduggery.
Retro
93% of 121 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$5.29
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
A turn-based 4X classic from 1999: seven factions with clashing ideologies colonize a sentient alien planet. Design your own units, terraform the surface, and argue your way to victory against leaders who feel unsettlingly human. The Planetary Pack adds Alien Crossfire with seven more factions.
Retro
90% of 610 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 51$4.99
Project Freedom
Get your dream job with a company called Project Freedom. Become a space pilot and serve for the corporation. You're going to get all the excitement and adventure you've ever wanted. Perhaps even more... 21 missions in the campaign Outstanding 3D graphics and special effects Original storyline with unexpected turns and surprises A...
Retro, Fast-paced
86% of 182 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
SOL: Exodus
Take on the role of the Lieutenant Commander, ace fighter pilot, as you search for a new home, battle a mysterious enemy, and rescue humanity from a fiery end.
Retro, Tense, Fast-paced
57% of 61 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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.
Tense
73% of 5,416 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 209$24.99
Tachyon: The Fringe
Caught in the middle of a violent conflict on the fringe of the galaxy — your ability to survive will depend on your piloting skills and combat savvy as a mercenary space fighter. But, as you explore the vastly detailed world of Tachyon: The Fringe, you will often find that the most powerful weapon on your ship is in your head.
Retro, Tense, Fast-paced
88% of 229 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99

Cheaper than X-COM: Interceptor

X3: Terran Conflict

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

$3.19

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

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

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

UFO: Aftermath

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

$3.99

Project Freedom

Get your dream job with a company called Project Freedom. Become a space pilot and serve for the corporation.

$2.99

Interstellar Pilot 2

The hit mobile game Interstellar Pilot 2 has come to Steam. Join the TEF forces heading to the Gatopean sector to find a new home for mankind.

$0.99

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

Space Crew: Legendary Edition

Run a starship under fire, juggling engines, turrets and fires while losses send fresh recruits straight into the fight.

$2.39

Icarus Starship Command Simulator

In this "starship command simulator" you will fight your way to the center of a randomly generated galaxy where a massive star is about to go…

$3.99

X: Tension

X-Tension is the eagerly awaited expansion pack to X: Beyond the Frontier.

$0.99

SPACECOM

SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.

$1.39

Hidden gems like X-COM: Interceptor

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

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

Space Reign

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements.

$19.99

Interstellar Pilot 2

The hit mobile game Interstellar Pilot 2 has come to Steam. Join the TEF forces heading to the Gatopean sector to find a new home for mankind.

$0.99

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

Dust Fleet

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander.

$19.99

Imperium Galactica

Imperium Galactica. The Universe is yours... if you can handle it. The fourth millennium. Mankind has colonised the galaxy. Created an Empire.

$4.99

Phoenix Point

Lead soldiers, research the plague and fight turn-based battles across a post-apocalyptic Earth where every decision carries weight.

$24.99

Fragile Allegiance

Assemble your fleets, fill your silos with nuclear warheads, conduct research, gather resources, and wage war in a vast galaxy in this unique take…

$5.29

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

Evochron Legacy SE

Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation.

$24.99

STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Alliance™

A neutral family fights for its business - and its survival - and is swept up in the struggle against the encroaching Empire.

$9.99

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