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
Games like XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Still thinking about XCOM: Enemy Unknown and its tense and replayable tone? These games are worth a look next.
X-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.
Tense, Replayable, Dark
96% of 3,216 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.
Tense, Replayable, Dark
81% of 4,958 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 234$39.99Phoenix 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.
Tense, Replayable, Dark
73% of 5,416 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 209$24.99UFO: Aftermath
UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.
Tense, Dark, Mysterious
77% of 276 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$3.99MENACE
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.
Tense, Replayable, Dark
90% of 12,816 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 801$39.99UFO2: 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?
60% of 144 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$34.99Aliens: 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.
Tense, Replayable, Dark
87% of 15,487 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 285$11.99USC: 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, Replayable
62% of 208 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Shock Tactics
Shock Tactics is a single player turn-based sci-fi strategy game with tactical combat, exploration, squad management and base building.
Tense, Replayable, Dark
40% of 97 Steam reviews are positive$9.99The 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.
Tense, Dark, Mysterious
67% of 4,870 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$19.99Xenopurge
Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.
Tense, Replayable, Dark
85% of 430 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$12.49Future 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.
Tense, Dark, Mysterious
59% of 152 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Cheaper than XCOM: Enemy Unknown
X-COM: Apocalypse
Command X-COM in a besieged megacity, fighting aliens in the streets, the labs and the boardrooms, turn by turn or in real time.
89% of 858 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$4.99
XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Command eleven agents through tense turn-based breaches while unrest threatens to tear City 31 apart.
71% of 20,638 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 78$9.99
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
Command X-COM's fight against aliens rising from the deep, from sunken bases to dark turn-based battles where no soldier is safe.
92% of 771 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 26$4.99
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
Aliens: Dark Descent
Lead a squad of Colonial Marines in real time against a Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
87% of 15,487 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 285$11.99
X-COM: Interceptor
They're back...only this time the heinous aliens are out to destroy Earth and rule the new frontier.
55% of 162 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Shock Tactics
Shock Tactics is a single player turn-based sci-fi strategy game with tactical combat, exploration, squad management and base building.
40% of 97 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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.
59% of 152 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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
X-COM: Enforcer
X-COM: Earth's top-secret eXtraterrestrial COMbat unit The Place: America - early 21st century The Mission: Eradicate the extraterrestrials Alien…
58% of 309 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Ultimate 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…
81% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Hidden gems like XCOM: Enemy Unknown
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
ZEPHON
A post-apocalyptic 4X where humanity's leftovers fight over a ruined Earth.
83% of 1,903 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 12,816 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
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
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 9,162 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$39.99
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
A real-time tactics game in the Terminator: Dark Fate universe.
82% of 3,493 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 157$23.99
Classified: France '44
Command resistance fighters in turn-based firefights across occupied France, where stealth, sabotage and hard choices decide the campaign before…
70% of 863 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$34.99
Aliens: Dark Descent
Lead a squad of Colonial Marines in real time against a Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
87% of 15,487 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 285$11.99
USC: Counterforce
Lead your Space Commandos in a revival of turn-based squad tactics inspired by UFO/XCOM and Aliens.
62% of 208 Steam reviews are positive$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…
70% of 2,586 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$14.99
Newest games like XCOM: Enemy Unknown
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 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$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
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
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
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 9,162 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 578$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 positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99
Slaves of Magic
Humanity has been invaded by otherworldly forces wielding magic.
79% of 39 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
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
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