Games like XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Looking for games like XCOM: Enemy Unknown? Here are top tactical turn-based strategy recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with XCOM 2, Xenonauts or Phoenix Point.
1 84%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, stability85% User Score 59,932 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviewsXCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
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84%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, grinding87% User Score 5,068 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsXenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat. A detailed strategic layer allows you to co-ordinate the defence of the planet, using your interceptors to shoot down UFOs a…
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71%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability71% User Score 4,968 reviewsCritic Score 70%2 reviewsPhoenix Point is the new strategy game from the creator of the original X-COM series. It features turn based tactics and world based strategy in a fight against a terrifying, alien menace.
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81%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, optimization81% User Score 2,358 reviewsA follow-up to Xenonauts that takes place in an alternative timeline.
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80%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayreplayability, grinding78% User Score 3,709 reviewsCritic Score 81%9 reviewsSurvive the first invastion of the Locust Army in an innovative take on the hit Gears series. Lead a squad of stranded soldiers in the initial days of the war. Use your wits to fight against the overwhelming odds. Gears Tactics merges turn-based action with an intense combat experience and a gripping character-driven narrative. Lead on, commander! Features Rich and immersive story - You are Diaz, …
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89%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, optimization97% User Score 4,522 reviewsCritic Score 60%2 reviewsYou are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace. Shooting down UFOs is just the beginning: you must then lead a squad of heavily-armed soldiers across different terrains as they investigate the UFO crash site. Tackle the aliens with automatic rifles, rocket launchers, and even tanks in the struggle to retrieve useful technol…
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81%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, grinding80% User Score 12,574 reviewsCritic Score 83%18 reviewsLead humanity's greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.
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88%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, stability85% User Score 25,895 reviewsCritic Score 100%1 reviewsBattleTech is a turn-based tactical 'Mech combat set in the classic 3025 era of the BattleTech Universe. From the creators of the Shadowrun Series!
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80%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, emotional80% User Score 886 reviewsCritic Score 78%3 reviewsFantasy General II: Invasion is the reimagination of the strategy game classic from the 90s! Armies once again draw battle-lines on the war-torn land of Keldonia, and a new generation of commanders will test their bravery and tactics against each other. Fantasy wargaming is back! True to the tradition of the original game, Fantasy General II is all about turn-based battles. Lead over 75 different…
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76%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, optimization75% User Score 24,640 reviewsCritic Score 75%1 reviewsXCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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