XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Lead a squad against the alien invasion, where each mission is a tense tactical puzzle and fallen soldiers stay fallen.
93% of 40,504 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 787$14.99
Games like Xenowars
If the replayable and mysterious rhythm of Xenowars stuck with you, this helps. These games are worth a look next.
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.
Replayable, Dark
81% of 4,966 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.
Replayable, Mysterious, Dark
93% of 40,504 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 787$14.99Heroes of Science and Fiction
A turn-based sci-fi strategy in the spirit of the old Heroes games: explore a cut-off star system, raise armies for your commanders, and outsmart your rivals on the battlefield. Five strange factions, four campaigns, and battles where a clever plan beats a bigger force.
Replayable
89% of 867 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$29.99Beat 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. Collect your squad, protect planets, strengthen your army with equipment and look for allies if you want to survive and win.
Replayable
75% of 59 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Tenebris: Terra Incognita
A dark, hand-drawn tactical RPG: your ship has crashed on a planet crawling with organized bugs. Build heroes from 5 classes into 23 specialists, mix abilities with gear, defend the Solaris, and hunt 17 bosses across a world that punishes sloppy planning.
Replayable, Mysterious, Dark
80% of 467 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$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.
Story-driven
75% of 359 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Xeno Command
Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun
Replayable
83% of 58 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Stellar 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, Mysterious, Dark
77% of 1,694 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$24.99Fated Land
This is a Pixel Tactical Self-Propelled RPG Games The battle system adopts a semi-turn-based design, Quick Battle or Enter the Battlefield? It's time to decide! In this journey full of magic, you will also meet a variety of characters, who may become your allies, or your partners...
Replayable, Mysterious, Story-driven
27% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$14.99ZEPHON
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.
Replayable, Mysterious, Dark
83% of 1,908 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 114$39.99Galaxy Squad
Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.
Replayable
74% of 385 Steam reviews are positive$9.99X-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.
Replayable, Dark
96% of 3,218 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$4.99
Cheaper than Xenowars
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
Fated Land
This is a Pixel Tactical Self-Propelled RPG Games The battle system adopts a semi-turn-based design, Quick Battle or Enter the Battlefield?
27% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Xeno Command
Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun
83% of 58 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Galaxy Squad
Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.
74% of 385 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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 3,218 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$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
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
Codex of Victory
In this sci-fi turn-based strategy with real-time base-building elements, you’ll be defending human territories against the transhuman Augments.
69% of 260 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Command eleven agents through tense turn-based breaches while unrest threatens to tear City 31 apart.
71% of 20,642 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 78$9.99
Infested Planet
Lead a small squad against a mutating alien swarm, rebuilding your tactics mid-fight to survive each brutal, fast-paced run.
94% of 2,475 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$14.99
Exogate Initiative
Build an underground facility, recruit a team of specialists and explore new worlds through the Exogate.
76% of 699 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$11.24
Hidden gems like Xenowars
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
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$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 467 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
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 12,872 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 4,966 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: 30$34.99
Exogate Initiative
Build an underground facility, recruit a team of specialists and explore new worlds through the Exogate.
76% of 699 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$11.24
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: 578$39.99
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
Chaos Galaxy 2
A turn-based Galaxy totalwar game. Choose one of 12 factions, direct dozens of admirals, control hundreds of warships, mecha and monsters, set up…
82% of 305 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Newest games like Xenowars
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 4,966 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
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 12,872 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 9,174 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 431 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$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 84 Steam reviews are positive$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$14.99