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Games Like XCOM® 2

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Tactical, Turn-Based Tactics.

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XCOM 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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 85% — of 109,714 reviews
Released: 2016-02-04
Developer: Firaxis Games
Publisher: 2K
Genres: Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 12.5 hrs
Mean playtime: 62.1 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 90%

Overview

XCOM 2 stands out for its high-stakes blend of turn-based squad combat, persistent soldier progression, base management, and a desperate resistance campaign against an alien occupation. These picks prioritize games with similarly tense tactical missions, meaningful positioning and cover, customizable squads, and strategic layers between battles.

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  1. #1 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    97% matchVery Positive93% of 58,745 reviews2012
    Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!

    Why similar: Turn-Based 23.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Tactical 18.8%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Strategy 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: The direct predecessor delivers the same alien-invasion premise, cover-based squad tactics, soldier classes, permadeath pressure, and global XCOM management.

  2. #2 Xenonauts 2
    96% matchVery Positive81% of 5,852 reviews2026
    Dev: Goldhawk InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 12.4%, Grid-Based Movement 11.4%, Isometric 9.5%, War 9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.5%

    Why You'll Like It: This modernized X-COM-style campaign emphasizes global interception, base construction, research, and unforgiving turn-based missions against extraterrestrial invaders.

  3. #3 XCOM®: Chimera Squad
    96% matchMostly Positive71% of 23,483 reviews2020
    Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.1%, Turn-Based 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Sci-fi 6.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A compact XCOM spin-off with familiar abilities and tactical combat, enhanced by breach-and-clear openings and a more character-driven squad.

  4. #4 Phoenix Point
    95% matchMostly Positive73% of 7,210 reviews2020
    Dev: Snapshot Games Inc.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods!

    Why similar: Perma Death 17%, Isometric 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Tactical 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Built by X-COM creator Julian Gollop, it combines geoscape management, bases, research, mutable alien threats, and granular free-aim tactical combat.

  5. #5 Xenonauts
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 5,076 reviews2014
    Dev: Goldhawk Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Xenonauts 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.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Turn-Based 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Isometric 12.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A faithful spiritual successor to classic X-COM, featuring a detailed global defense layer and tense squad-level battles where losses matter.

  6. #6 Jagged Alliance 3
    93% matchVery Positive89% of 14,995 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 19.5%, Tactical 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Isometric 8.9%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers deep mercenary customization, destructible tactical environments, overworld territory management, and satisfying turn-based firefights.

  7. #7 Gears Tactics
    94% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,780 reviews2020
    Dev: Splash DamagePub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 25.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.8%, Strategy 17.4%, Tactical 12.7%, Isometric 7.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Its cinematic campaign, heavily customizable soldiers, aggressive cover combat, and demanding mission objectives make it one of the closest modern tactical alternatives.

  8. #8 Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
    92% matchMostly Positive77% of 14,819 reviews2022
    Dev: Complex GamesPub: Frontier Foundry
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Lead 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.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Tactical 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Character Customization 12.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Manage an elite strike force aboard a strategic headquarters while deploying specialized soldiers in polished, ability-rich turn-based missions.

  9. #9 Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
    91% matchVery Positive89% of 14,868 reviews2018
    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?

    Why similar: Turn-Based 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Tactical 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%

    Why You'll Like It: This squad tactics campaign has a strong sci-fi atmosphere, persistent Tech-Priest upgrades, mission choices, and carefully paced combat encounters.

  10. #10 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 3,234 reviews2025
    Dev: Trese Brothers
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!

    Why similar: Turn-Based 10.2%, Perma Death 9.7%, Military 9.2%, Isometric 8.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8%

    Why You'll Like It: This cyberpunk tactical RPG pairs turn-based infiltration missions, stealth and overwatch choices, recruitable specialists, and a growing operations base.

  11. #11 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
    91% matchVery Positive90% of 20,576 reviews2018
    Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: Funcom
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, Turn-Based 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Tactical 12.3%

    Why You'll Like It: It blends exploration and ambush-based tactical encounters with an upgradeable team, making its smaller-scale battles feel very XCOM-like.

  12. #12 Classified: France '44
    89% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,040 reviews2024
    Dev: Absolutely GamesPub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?

    Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, Military 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, War 11%

    Why You'll Like It: A World War II take on the formula, with turn-based squad engagements, recruitable operatives, relationship systems, and a strategic resistance campaign.

  13. #13 Tactical Breach Wizards
    87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 12,205 reviews2024
    Dev: Suspicious Developments
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 22.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Military 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Tactical 13%

    Why You'll Like It: Though more linear than XCOM, its superb turn-based encounters revolve around precise positioning, environmental manipulation, and clever ability combinations.

  14. #14 BATTLETECH
    89% matchVery Positive84% of 33,272 reviews2018
    Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 26.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Tactical 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Command customizable mech pilots through punishing turn-based battles while managing contracts, finances, repairs, and a mercenary company between missions.

  15. #15 TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
    88% matchVery Positive93% of 9,873 reviews2020
    Dev: Dandylion
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children is the first season of a turn-based strategy SRPG that takes place in the world of Troubleshooter.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 30.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, RPG 7.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Its lengthy tactical campaign and extraordinarily deep character, equipment, mastery, and team-build customization reward the same careful planning as XCOM 2.

  16. #16 Wasteland 3
    86% matchVery Positive85% of 22,446 reviews2020
    Dev: inXile Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Isometric 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Character Customization 11.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Its squad construction, turn-based positioning, equipment choices, and branching campaign decisions make it a strong RPG-focused alternative.

  17. #17 Phantom Doctrine
    86% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,697 reviews2018
    Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 24.9%, Turn-Based 16.6%, Tactical 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Strategy 8.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A Cold War espionage version of the formula, mixing base management, agent recruitment, undercover operations, stealth, and turn-based firefights.

  18. #18 Hard West 2
    84% matchVery Positive82% of 3,231 reviews2022
    Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 17.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Isometric 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%

    Why You'll Like It: This supernatural tactical Western uses cover, positioning, character abilities, and a momentum system that rewards aggressive, well-planned turns.

  19. #19 Invisible, Inc.
    85% matchVery Positive91% of 5,792 reviews2015
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.

    Why similar: Isometric 16.4%, Turn-Based 15.9%, Perma Death 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Tactical 10.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Its tactical stealth missions make line of sight, overwatch, hacking, extraction timing, and limited resources intensely important.

  20. #20 Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
    84% matchVery Positive87% of 6,883 reviews2021
    Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game set in the grimdark universe of the 41st Millennium. Pick your force, develop your army, field mighty heroes and fight for victory using superior strategy, awesome abilities, and devastating weaponry.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Isometric 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%, Tactical 10.3%

    Why You'll Like It: It provides large-scale, ability-driven squad tactics in a grim sci-fi war setting, with campaign progression and distinct unit roles.

  21. #21 Battle Brothers
    83% matchVery Positive88% of 28,918 reviews2017
    Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 94.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 11.3%, Grid-Based Movement 10.4%, Military 9.4%, War 8.6%, Isometric 8.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It replaces sci-fi with mercenary fantasy but retains the harsh campaign management, persistent injuries, permadeath, roster building, and tactical challenge.

  22. #22 Marvel's Midnight Suns
    82% matchVery Positive82% of 24,541 reviews2022
    Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
    Windows
    Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.9%, Turn-Based Combat 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Tactical 15.1%, Character Customization 14.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It combines a customizable superhero squad, base social layer, mission progression, and tactical battles where ability synergy is central.

  23. #23 Aliens: Dark Descent
    81% matchVery Positive88% of 18,947 reviews2023
    Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.

    Why similar: Tactical 34.7%, Strategy 17.2%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Isometric 16.5%, Top-Down 11.3%

    Why You'll Like It: It trades turns for real-time control, but its squad management, alien-hunting tension, injuries, extraction decisions, and sci-fi resistance mood strongly fit XCOM fans.

  24. #24 X-COM: UFO Defense
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,004 reviews2008
    Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: 2K
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 24%

    You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Tactical 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Strategy 10.9%

    Why You'll Like It: The foundational alien-defense strategy game still offers the core appeal of global management, research, base building, and lethal tactical squad missions.

  25. #25 The Lamplighters League
    81% matchMixed69% of 1,256 reviews2023
    Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.

    Why similar: Alternate History 21.9%, Turn-Based Combat 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Tactical 15.5%, Top-Down 9%

    Why You'll Like It: Its globe-trotting race against rival factions, recruitable specialists, and stealth-to-turn-based-combat missions closely echo XCOM's campaign rhythm.

  26. #26 MENACE
    78% matchVery Positive91% of 13,728 reviews2026
    Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 12.4%, Grid-Based Movement 11.3%, Isometric 9.5%, War 9.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%

  27. #27 STAR WARS Zero Company™
    77% matchVery Positive83% of 22,156 reviews2026
    Dev: Bit ReactorPub: Electronic Arts
    Windows
    Median: 16.0 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Command an elite squad through a gritty and authentic story in STAR WARS Zero Company™, a single-player turn-based tactics game set in the twilight of the Clone Wars™.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Isometric 9.9%

  28. #28 Miasma Chronicles
    79% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,061 reviews2023
    Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: 505 Games Official
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.9%, Tactical 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Strategy 8.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Explore a hostile sci-fi America with a customizable party before shifting into cover-based turn-based battles with stealthy ambush opportunities.

  29. #29 Expeditions: Rome
    78% matchVery Positive87% of 6,804 reviews2022
    Dev: Logic ArtistsPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?

    Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.8%, Tactical 12%, RPG 10.7%, Strategy 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Lead and customize a Roman legion through strategic choices and detailed turn-based battles where squad composition and terrain matter.

  30. #30 Othercide
    79% matchVery Positive82% of 5,314 reviews2020
    Dev: Lightbulb CrewPub: Focus Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 20.8%, Turn-Based Combat 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.1%, Tactical 11.3%, Strategy 11%

    Why You'll Like It: This stylish, difficult tactics game emphasizes sacrifice, timeline manipulation, persistent unit growth, and tightly designed tactical puzzles.

  31. #31 Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
    80% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,950 reviews2009
    Dev: 14° EastPub: Bethesda Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout® Universe! You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend; if not you, will you break. In these dark times, the Brotherhood - your Brotherhood - is all that stands between the rekindled flame of civilization and the howling,...

    Why similar: Turn-Based 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Isometric 13.5%, Tactical 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%

    Why You'll Like It: An older but fitting squad-based campaign built around equipping a persistent military team and completing tactical missions in a post-apocalyptic world.

  32. #32 Into the Breach
    77% matchVery Positive94% of 22,436 reviews2018
    Dev: Subset Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Turn-Based 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Isometric 10%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%

  33. #33 Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II
    75% matchMixed54% of 2,353 reviews2026
    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Fast-paced tactical combat meets strategic management in this sequel to the acclaimed Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Take control of either the ancient and deathless Necron legions or the techno-religious acolytes of the Omnissiah, with the fate of a world in your hands.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 17.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Tactical 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%

  34. #34 Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
    76% matchVery Positive83% of 8,108 reviews2014
    Dev: inXile Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 23.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 29.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Isometric 11.3%, Tactical 11%, RPG 11%

  35. #35 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 379,637 reviews2016
    Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 101.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

    Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 29.2%, Turn-Based 25%, Strategy 17.1%, War 16.9%, Tactical 9.7%

  36. #36 Warhounds
    72% matchMostly Positive71% of 904 reviews2026
    Dev: Everplay DMCCPub: Brightika, Inc.
    Windows

    Warhounds is a turn-based tactical game about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action movie vibe, inspired by XCOM and Jagged Alliance. Recruit unique fighters, upgrade your base, and fight for Africa’s future. Less fake RNG, more true ballistics and lethal tactics.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Isometric 11.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%

  37. #37 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
    76% matchMixed61% of 23,177 reviews2014
    Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 28.9%, Turn-Based 28.2%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Strategy 14%, Tactical 10.7%

  38. #38 X-COM: Terror From the Deep
    75% matchVery Positive91% of 945 reviews2007
    Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: 2K
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%

    The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension.Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth, X-COM's deep space foes unexpectedly change strategy and launch a powerful second front against planet Earth.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 26.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Tactical 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Strategy 10.8%

  39. #39 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,654 reviews2025
    Dev: KillHouse Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

    Why similar: Military 30%, Tactical 25%, War 21.1%, Top-Down 14.2%, Strategy 7.9%

  40. #40 Darkest Dungeon® II
    71% matchMostly Positive75% of 27,056 reviews2023
    Dev: Red Hook Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23%, Turn-Based 22.4%, Perma Death 21.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%

  41. #41 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 3,878 reviews2026
    Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 19.5%, Alternate History 16.8%, War 16.2%, Military 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%

  42. #42 X-COM: Apocalypse
    74% matchVery Positive89% of 960 reviews2008
    Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: 2K
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 27%

    There's something evil in the city tonight... Earth has been ravaged by human excess, petty conflict and alien invasion. The world's population has been herded into huge cities, the first of which was Mega Primus. 2084: A Utopia shattered, social collapse and civil unrest reigns in Mega Primus. Fiendish aliens terrorize the city.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 29.4%, Tactical 18.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Sci-fi 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%

  43. #43 ENDLESS Space™ 2
    73% matchVery Positive83% of 23,109 reviews2017
    Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    ENDLESS Space™ 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS Universe™. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?

    Why similar: Strategy 81.6%, Turn-Based 6.1%, Sci-fi 4.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.7%, War 2.1%

  44. #44 Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy
    71% matchMixed61% of 157 reviews2025
    Dev: QuadCom InteractivePub: Brightika, Inc.
    Windows

    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.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 22.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Military 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%

  45. #45 Age of Wonders: Planetfall
    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,729 reviews2019
    Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Turn-Based 18.8%, Perma Death 12%, Character Customization 11.2%, Tactical 10.9%

  46. #46 The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
    73% matchMostly Positive70% of 12,092 reviews2013
    Dev: 2K MarinPub: 2K
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

    Why similar: Tactical 48.3%, Sci-fi 31.1%, Strategy 10%, RPG 6.6%, Singleplayer 4%

  47. #47 USC: Counterforce
    71% matchMixed67% of 242 reviews2024
    Dev: Angry Cat StudiosPub: Firesquid
    Windows

    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!

    Why similar: Military 17.8%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%

  48. #48 Darkest Dungeon®
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 162,804 reviews2016
    Dev: Red Hook Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 37.7%, Turn-Based 25.1%, Perma Death 19%, RPG 10.9%, Strategy 5.4%

  49. #49 The Banner Saga 2
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 3,806 reviews2016
    Dev: Stoic
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    The award-winning adventure continues in Banner Saga 2! This epic, story-based, role-playing game continues its emotional journey across a breaking world. Bold leadership decisions, wise use of resources, and skillful battle tactics are vital to ensure your viking clans make it through alive.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 27%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.9%, RPG 16.7%, Strategy 11.7%, Tactical 10.4%

  50. #50 Beat the Humans
    68% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 reviews2025
    Dev: Dochungryest
    Windows

    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.

    Why similar: War 15.5%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%

  51. #51 Every Day We Fight
    68% matchMostly Positive74% of 426 reviews2025
    Dev: Signal Space LabPub: Wild Hog Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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. Transform a trio of ragtag civilians into seasoned soldiers - and escape the alien timeloop.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 14.5%, Military 12.7%, War 11.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%

  52. #52 X-COM: Enforcer
    73% matchMixed58% of 473 reviews2008
    Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: 2K
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 26%

    X-COM: Earth's top-secret eXtraterrestrial COMbat unit The Place: America - early 21st century The Mission: Eradicate the extraterrestrials Alien forces have invaded Earth and are terrorizing the population.

    Why similar: Strategy 52.3%, Sci-fi 47.7%

  53. #53 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 18,807 reviews2018
    Dev: Proxy StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, War 11.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Strategy 9.8%

  54. #54 Phantom Brigade
    67% matchVery Positive81% of 4,602 reviews2023
    Dev: Brace Yourself Games
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.

    Why similar: Military 21.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.6%, Tactical 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%

  55. #55 Showgunners
    66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,978 reviews2023
    Dev: ArtificerPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.

    Why similar: Isometric 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15.1%, Tactical 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%

  56. #56 Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 206,376 reviews2017
    Dev: Larian Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 31.2 hrsMean: 75.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 32.1%, Character Customization 27.4%, Isometric 19.5%, RPG 14.7%, Strategy 6.3%

  57. #57 Frozen Synapse 2
    70% matchMixed66% of 247 reviews2018
    Dev: Mode 7
    Windows

    Frozen Synapse 2 is the sequel to the award-winning turn-based tactical game. Command your squads in a vast procedurally generated city: enter any building, perform any mission, execute any strategy.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 34.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.2%, Strategy 22.9%, Tactical 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%

  58. #58 Age of Wonders 4
    65% matchVery Positive81% of 23,080 reviews2023
    Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 22.5 hrsMean: 61.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!

    Why similar: War 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16.7%, Character Customization 15%, Tactical 14.8%

  59. #59 Urban Strife
    63% matchMostly Positive70% of 698 reviews2026
    Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Isometric 10.1%, Character Customization 9.3%

  60. #60 RimWorld
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 247,065 reviews2018
    Dev: Ludeon Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 59.4 hrsMean: 267.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    Why similar: Sci-fi 53.7%, Strategy 35.5%, Singleplayer 10.8%

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