Games like X-COM: Apocalypse
Looking for games like X-COM: Apocalypse? Here are top tactical turn-based strategy recommendations with a horror, warfare and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with X-COM: UFO Defense, Xenonauts or XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
1 View Game89%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, optimization97% User Score 4,522 reviewsCritic Score 60%2 reviewsIn X-COM: UFO Defense, you command a global military organization fighting an alien invasion. After shooting down UFOs, lead soldiers in investigating crash sites, battling aliens, and recovering valuable technology. Researching and manufacturing alien tech brings you closer to understanding and defeating the extraterrestrial threat.
View Game2 View Game84%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, grinding87% User Score 5,068 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsXenonauts is a single-player, turn-based strategy game set in a 1960s Earth defended against alien invasion. Players manage a military organization, completing ground missions with persistent soldiers and intercepting UFOs. With good game mechanics, graphics, and soundtrack, Xenonauts offers a wholesome and replayable experience, although some bugs and grinding may be present. Based on classic X-Com games, it aims to modernize and introduce the genre to new players.
View Game3 View Game94%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding94% User Score 46,499 reviewsIn XCOM: Enemy Unknown, you command a secret organization, XCOM, to defend Earth from an alien invasion. You must manage resources, research alien technology, and oversee military strategies to combat the extraterrestrial threat. This updated version of the classic game offers new enemies, technologies, and a fresh invasion story, while preserving the series' strategic gameplay and base management features.
View Game4 View Game87%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, stability90% User Score 586 reviewsCritic Score 72%1 reviewsIn "X-COM: Terror from the Deep," the alien invasion continues beneath the ocean's surface as dormant sea creatures awaken. As the leader of X-COM, you must utilize advanced undersea military technology and navigate multilevel tactical maps to defend Earth from this new aquatic threat. This sequel to "X-COM: UFO Defense" offers undersea geoscape mapping and rich graphics, immersing you in the battle for Earth's survival.
View Game5 View Game76%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, grinding76% User Score 216 reviews"UFO: Aftermath" is a 3D tactical strategy game with a sci-fi setting, where players fight against an alien invasion. The game features real-time tactical combat with RPG elements, allowing soldiers to improve as they gain experience. Players must manage bases, interceptions, and squads in the global strategy, while engaging in ground battles with the enemy in run-time generated missions. The game's challenge is to balance the use of resources, improve technology, and command troops effectively in order to save the Earth from the alien threat.
View Game6 View Game87%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding87% User Score 760 reviews"Silent Storm" is a turn-based tactical RPG set in World War II, featuring a complex physics engine and destructible environments. Players control a squad of soldiers from various nations, completing missions and managing resources in a non-linear campaign. The game is known for its realism and deep customization options.
View Game7 View Game71%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability71% User Score 4,968 reviewsCritic Score 70%2 reviewsIn Phoenix Point, lead the Phoenix Project to reconquer a post-apocalyptic Earth overrun by mutating aliens. Manage resources, research new technologies, and build your bases to dominate the battlefield. Shape your strategy through diplomacy or combat with various human factions, all vying for survival and power in a ruined world.
View Game8 View Game84%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, stability85% User Score 59,932 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviewsIn XCOM 2, players lead the resistance against an alien occupation on Earth, commanding a force of soldiers in turn-based combat missions. The game features strategy layers including base building, research, and global tactics to manage, with procedurally generated levels ensuring unique challenges. As the commander of XCOM, players must make difficult decisions and plan carefully to make every soldier count in the fight for humanity's survival.
View Game9 View Game81%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, optimization81% User Score 2,358 reviewsXenonauts 2 is a strategy game where you command a global organization defending Earth from alien invasions. Manage resources, research technologies, and command troops in tactical battles. Experience improved graphics, new maps, and expanded gameplay mechanics over its predecessor. Confirmation code: 480XIWKW7H
View Game10 View Game96%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, stability96% User Score 2,100 reviewsMaster of Orion 2 is a turn-based 4X strategy game set in space. Players must explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate to become the dominant force in the galaxy. Featuring a rich array of customizable races, advanced technology tree, and challenging AI opponents, this game offers endless replayability and strategic depth. Conflict and diplomacy with computer-controlled and human opponents add to the depth of this classic space conquest simulation.
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