- #1 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
97% matchVery Positive93% of 57,975 reviews2012
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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Why similar: Turn-Based 22.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, Tactical 18.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Strategy 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It is the closest match possible to XCOM 2, with the same core loop of base management, soldier progression, overwatch-heavy turn-based combat, and alien-threat campaign pacing.
- #2 Phoenix Point
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 6,915 reviews2020
Dev: Snapshot Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 18.0 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 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Tactical 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: Designed by the creator of the original X-COM, it closely mirrors XCOM 2's geoscape strategy, squad customization, and brutal tactical battles while adding free-aim and evolving alien enemies.
- #3 XCOM®: Chimera Squad
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 23,227 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 29.7%, Turn-Based 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Strategy 12.3%, Sci-fi 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This spinoff keeps XCOM 2's cover tactics, class synergy, and mission structure, but remixes them with breach phases and an interleaved turn order.
- #4 Xenonauts
95% matchVery Positive87% of 5,012 reviews2014
Dev: Goldhawk Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 Tactics 15.9%, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based 14.7%, Isometric 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: If you want the old-school side of XCOM 2's design DNA, this is a faithful modernized take on the original formula with deep strategic pressure and punishing squad tactics.
- #5 Xenonauts 2
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,657 reviews2023
Dev: Goldhawk InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Tactical 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the classic strategic-and-tactical X-COM formula almost note for note, with global defense management, persistent soldiers, aircraft interception, and lethal ground missions.
- #6 Jagged Alliance 3
93% matchVery Positive89% of 14,231 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 8.2 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 19.3%, Tactical 15.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Isometric 9%
Why You'll Like It: Its turn-based firefights, mercenary roster building, campaign map decisions, and constant tradeoffs between tactical success and strategic momentum make it a great XCOM 2 follow-up.
- #7 Gears Tactics
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,500 reviews2020
Dev: Splash DamagePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 24.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 22%, Strategy 17.7%, Tactical 12.8%, Isometric 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is one of the best modern alternatives for fast, polished, cover-based turn-based combat with customizable soldiers, aggressive flanking, and cinematic sci-fi warfare.
- #8 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
92% matchVery Positive90% of 20,374 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 17.7%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, Turn-Based 16%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Tactical 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its blend of stealth approach, ambush setup, character progression, and tightly designed turn-based encounters makes it feel like a streamlined story-driven cousin to XCOM 2.
- #9 Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 14,051 reviews2022
Dev: Complex GamesPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 19.2 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 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Tactical 15%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Character Customization 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It feels like a heavier, more combat-forward XCOM with elite squad progression, gear upgrades, a strategic ship layer, and challenging mission-based tactical play.
- #10 BATTLETECH
91% matchVery Positive84% of 32,635 reviews2018
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 43.6 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 25.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Tactical 11.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: While centered on mechs instead of infantry, it nails XCOM 2's appeal of persistent units, customization, tense turn-based missions, and a management layer between battles.
- #11 Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
90% matchVery Positive91% of 14,312 reviews2018
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.8 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%, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Tactical 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers satisfying turn-based sci-fi squad combat, persistent tech progression, and mission-based campaign structure with a similarly methodical tactical rhythm.
- #12 Wasteland 3
89% matchVery Positive85% of 21,899 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 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Isometric 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Character Customization 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Although more RPG-heavy, it shares XCOM 2's appeal through squad customization, impactful turn-based combat, base upgrades, and a campaign shaped by hard choices.
- #13 TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
88% matchVery Positive94% of 9,639 reviews2020
Dev: Dandylion
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 30.4 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 29.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Turn-Based Combat 16.7%, RPG 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This offers extremely deep squad building, class combinations, equipment tuning, and long-form tactical missions that scratch the same team-progression itch as XCOM 2.
- #14 Showgunners
87% matchVery Positive94% of 1,825 reviews2023
Dev: ArtificerPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Tactical 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is a very direct XCOM-like with cover, overwatch, environmental hazards, hero abilities, and a strong focus on tactical positioning in handcrafted combat arenas.
- #15 Phantom Doctrine
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,637 reviews2018
Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.5 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 24.8%, Turn-Based 16%, Tactical 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It translates the XCOM structure into Cold War espionage, emphasizing cover usage, overwatch, base operations, agent development, and a strategic metagame.
- #16 Miasma Chronicles
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,803 reviews2023
Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: 505 Games Official
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 22.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 22%, Tactical 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Strategy 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: From the creators of Mutant Year Zero, it combines exploration, squad development, and turn-based tactical encounters in a post-collapse world with a similar mission-to-mission flow.
- #17 Tactical Breach Wizards
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,483 reviews2024
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 21.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Military 14.2%, Tactical 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: It leans more puzzle-like, but the turn-based sequencing, knockback combos, and ability-driven squad tactics deliver a similarly satisfying combat sandbox.
- #18 Othercide
86% matchVery Positive82% of 5,143 reviews2020
Dev: Lightbulb CrewPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.1 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 20.4%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.1%, Tactical 11.5%, Strategy 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its highly tactical turn-based battles, persistent roster management, sacrifice mechanics, and punishing difficulty create the same kind of high-stakes attachment XCOM 2 excels at.
- #19 Invisible, Inc.
85% matchVery Positive91% of 5,719 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 16.5%, Turn-Based 15.4%, Perma Death 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Tactical 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is more stealth-focused, but its turn-based squad play, procedural mission pressure, and emphasis on positioning and risk management make it a strong tactical alternative.
- #20 Hard West 2
84% matchVery Positive82% of 3,037 reviews2022
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Isometric 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This channels the slick side of XCOM-style tactics with flanking, ability chaining, resourceful positioning, and stylish turn-based shootouts built around momentum.
- #21 Into the Breach
83% matchVery Positive94% of 21,742 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 31.7 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 20%, Turn-Based 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.2%, Isometric 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is far more abstract, but if your favorite part of XCOM 2 is solving perfect tactical turns under pressure, this is one of the sharpest strategy games on Steam.
- #22 Classified: France '44
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 931 reviews2024
Dev: Absolutely GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 22.8 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 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Military 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, War 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its morale system, WW2 resistance theme, turn-based cover combat, and campaign-level planning evoke XCOM 2's underdog-against-occupation energy in a historical setting.
- #23 Aliens: Dark Descent
80% matchVery Positive88% of 17,771 reviews2023
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.9 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 33.8%, Strategy 17.4%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Isometric 17.1%, Top-Down 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Even though it is real-time rather than turn-based, its small-squad command, class builds, extraction pressure, and oppressive anti-alien campaign vibe are very XCOM-adjacent.
- #24 X-COM: UFO Defense
82% matchVery Positive95% of 3,930 reviews2008
Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 6.8 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 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Tactical 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: The original template is older and harsher, but its mix of global strategy, base management, lethal alien missions, and emergent soldier stories is the foundation XCOM 2 builds on.
- #25 Age of Wonders: Planetfall
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 6,593 reviews2019
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 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 20.2%, Turn-Based 18.2%, Perma Death 12.2%, Character Customization 11.5%, Tactical 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its strategic empire layer is much bigger, but the tactical battles, unit customization, and sci-fi battlefield tools feel very natural for XCOM 2 fans.
- #26 King Arthur: Knight's Tale
79% matchVery Positive84% of 7,361 reviews2022
Dev: NeocoreGames
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A unique hybrid between turn-based tactical games and traditional, character-centric RPGs. Knight's Tale is a modern retelling of a classic Arthurian mythology story filtered through the dark fantasy tropes, a twist on the traditional tales of chivalry.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Turn-Based 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Isometric 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This swaps sci-fi for dark fantasy, but keeps the core pleasures of persistent heroes, base development, tactical missions, and stressful long-term campaign management.
- #27 MENACE
75% matchVery Positive91% of 10,002 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Character Customization 11.9%
- #28 Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,839 reviews2009
Dev: 14° EastPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 29.2 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: Post-apocalyptic 22%, Turn-Based 21.7%, Isometric 13.7%, Tactical 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers squad-based mission combat, character building, equipment management, and a campaign structure that will appeal if you enjoy XCOM 2's tactical emphasis more than its setting.
- #29 The Lamplighters League
78% matchMixed69% of 1,134 reviews2023
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 21.5%, Turn-Based Combat 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Tactical 15.5%, Top-Down 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its mix of infiltration, character-based abilities, turn-based battles, and world-map strategy clearly aims at the same squad-tactics audience as XCOM 2.
- #30 MASSIVE CHALICE
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,892 reviews2015
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
MASSIVE CHALICE is a tactical strategy game set on an epic timeline from Double Fine Productions. As the Immortal Ruler of the nation, you'll take command of its heroes, forge heroic marriages to strengthen your Bloodlines, and battle a mysterious enemy known as the Cadence in a 300 year war.
Why similar: Turn-Based 34.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.2%, Tactical 17.2%, Strategy 13.7%, Perma Death 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes strategic kingdom management with squad tactics and permanent consequences, capturing the same long-view tension that makes XCOM 2 campaigns so compelling.
- #31 Silent Storm Gold Edition
78% matchVery Positive88% of 1,061 reviews2013
Dev: NivalPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...
Why similar: Turn-Based 24.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.8%, Tactical 12.6%, Alternate History 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This classic still stands out for its excellent turn-based squad combat, soldier development, and highly destructible environments that reward creative tactical play.
- #32 Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
77% matchVery Positive83% of 8,092 reviews2014
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 22.4 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 28.4%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Isometric 11.4%, Tactical 11.2%, RPG 10.9%
- #33 Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
77% matchMixed60% of 22,976 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 29.5%, Turn-Based 27.2%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Strategy 14.2%, Tactical 10.8%
- #34 Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 136 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 21.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Military 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%
- #35 ENDLESS™ Space 2
75% matchVery Positive83% of 22,789 reviews2017
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 25.9 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 82%, Turn-Based 5.8%, Sci-fi 4.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.8%, War 2.1%
- #36 X-COM: Terror From the Deep
76% matchVery Positive91% of 914 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 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Tactical 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%, Strategy 11%
- #37 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
74% matchVery Positive86% of 371,365 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.0 hrsMean: 98.6 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 30%, Turn-Based 24.1%, Strategy 17.4%, War 16.7%, Tactical 9.7%
- #38 X-COM: Apocalypse
76% matchVery Positive89% of 934 reviews2008
Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
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 28.6%, Tactical 18.5%, Strategy 13.5%, Sci-fi 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%
- #39 Darkest Dungeon® II
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,172 reviews2023
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 34.7 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 23.4%, Turn-Based 21.8%, Perma Death 21.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%
- #40 Age of Wonders 4
72% matchVery Positive81% of 21,784 reviews2023
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 22.4 hrsMean: 58.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, Character Customization 15.2%, Tactical 14.8%
- #41 USC: Counterforce
73% matchMixed68% of 235 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 17.7%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #42 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
69% matchVery Positive94% of 2,628 reviews2025
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 19.2 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 9.9%, Perma Death 9.8%, Military 9.1%, Isometric 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%
- #43 Beat the Humans
71% matchVery Positive80% of 61 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 15.4%, Turn-Based 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%
- #44 The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 11,991 reviews2013
Dev: 2K MarinPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.6 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 48.4%, Sci-fi 30.9%, Strategy 10.1%, RPG 6.4%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #45 Marvel's Midnight Suns
71% matchVery Positive82% of 23,523 reviews2022
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 10.1 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 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Tactical 15.2%, Character Customization 14.7%
- #46 Darkest Dungeon®
71% matchVery Positive92% of 158,223 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.6 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 37.9%, Turn-Based 24.5%, Perma Death 19.4%, RPG 10.8%, Strategy 5.5%
- #47 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
70% matchMixed48% of 53,475 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
Why similar: Military 19.9%, Alternate History 18.1%, War 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Tactical 11.9%
- #48 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 12,788 reviews2025
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 26.7 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 29.7%, Tactical 24.7%, War 21.2%, Top-Down 14.6%, Strategy 8%
- #49 Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 201,253 reviews2017
Dev: Larian Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 31.6 hrsMean: 75.7 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 32.5%, Character Customization 27.5%, Isometric 19.4%, RPG 14.2%, Strategy 6.3%
- #50 X-COM: Enforcer
73% matchMixed58% of 462 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 52.7%, Sci-fi 47.3%
- #51 Terra Invicta
65% matchVery Positive81% of 9,023 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Why similar: Alternate History 18.5%, Military 16.6%, War 16.5%, Turn-Based 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%
- #52 Earth vs Mars
66% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: Relic Labs
Windows
Faced with a terrifying Martian invasion, you must lead Earth’s forces in a battle for our planet’s future. Create powerful human-creature super soldiers to fight an alien menace in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Grid-Based Movement 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, Tactical 10.8%
- #53 Phantom Brigade
67% matchVery Positive80% of 4,177 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 17.4 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 20.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Tactical 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%
- #54 ENDLESS™ Legend 2
65% matchVery Positive84% of 2,346 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 18.4%, Alternate History 16.6%, War 16.5%, Military 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%
- #55 Frozen Synapse 2
70% matchMixed65% of 243 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 33.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.6%, Strategy 23.3%, Tactical 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%
- #56 The Banner Saga 2
68% matchVery Positive90% of 3,748 reviews2016
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 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 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.7%, RPG 16.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Tactical 10.5%
- #57 Interregnum: False Prophet
67% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Spacewalkers
Windows
A tactical, turn-based strategy game in a post-apocalyptic world of eternal winter. As the titular False Prophet, recruit and lead a group of survivors to a promised land. Loot, craft, and make the best of what you find.
Why similar: Turn-Based 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Isometric 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
- #58 FRONT MISSION 2: Remake
66% matchMixed60% of 320 reviews2024
Dev: Storm Trident S.A.Pub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
FRONT MISSION 2: Remake preserves the mature story, strategic turn-based combat, and Wanzer customization options of the original.
Why similar: Military 15.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Tactical 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, War 12.4%
- #59 Anomaly 2
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,055 reviews2013
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.
Why similar: Strategy 64.2%, Sci-fi 31.1%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #60 Fantasy General II
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,900 reviews2019
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The fantasy wargaming classic is back! Lead powerful heroes and mighty armies into battle in this critically acclaimed turn-based strategy milestone. Level up and train your units and guide them through a gripping story campaign to decide the fate of a world on the brink of destruction.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Tactical 11.4%