Games like X-COM: Apocalypse
by MicroProse Software, Inc
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.
View on Steam · $4.99 →
Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
Closest matches
-60%$15.99ZEPHON
Nov 8 · Proxy Studios
Both: Turn-Based · Tactical · Sci-fi
From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?
StrategyTurn-Based4XTacticalMultiplayerLovecraftianSandboxCo-opSci-fiProcedural Generation👍 1,841
$39.99Xenonauts 2
Apr 2 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Tactical
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.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-BasedPvECharacter Customization👍 4,857
$4.99Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
Mar 7 · Firaxis Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Classic
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack includes the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion, Alien Crossfire.
Strategy4XMultiplayerSingleplayerSpaceTurn-Based StrategySci-fiClassic👍 599
-34%$19.79Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
Jun 2 · Trese Brothers
Both: Tactical · Isometric · Turn-Based Strategy
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!
Turn-Based CombatTacticalIsometricCyberpunkPerma DeathTurn-Based TacticsPost-apocalypticTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGStealth👍 2,938
-50%$19.99Terra Invicta
Jan 5 · Pavonis Interactive
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
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.
StrategyGrand StrategySimulation4XEconomyWarHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyTacticalManagement👍 9,064
$24.99Chains of Freedom
Apr 15 · Nordcurrent
Both: Tactical · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
Embark on a thrilling journey in a high-stakes, turn-based tactics game. Lead an elite squad in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European country as you unravel a conspiracy threatening the state. Navigate intense strategic battles and adapt to ever-evolving challenges to prevail.
StrategyTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-Based TacticsSci-fiCombatTurn-Based StrategyCinematicRealisticThird Person👍 520
$24.99Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Feb 10 · KillHouse Games
Both: Tactical · Real-Time with Pause
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".
TacticalTop-DownReal Time TacticsMilitaryReal-Time with PauseActionStrategyModdableCo-opIndie👍 12,331
$14.99Mechabellum
Sep 26 · Game River
Both: Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
StrategyAuto BattlerMechsRobotsWargameTacticalPvPMultiplayerRTSTurn-Based Strategy👍 17,866
$29.99Revival: Recolonization
Apr 11 · HeroCraft PC
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Tactical
Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.
4XGrand StrategyTurn-Based StrategyHex GridStrategyFuturisticEconomyTurn-BasedTacticalSci-fi👍 335
-35%$12.99Anomaly Collapse
Apr 11 · RocketPunch Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
Command a squad of adorably fierce warriors in Anomaly Collapse, a turn-based Roguelite strategy game that offers a fresh twist to an old formula! Face off against otherworldly beings and uncover the dark secrets of supernatural calamities. Immerse yourself in a story where every move counts!
Turn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based CombatParty-Based RPGRogueliteStrategyRoguelikeSingleplayer2D👍 567
-80%$1.19ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
Jan 12 · jounitus
Both: Isometric
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.
Action RoguelikeRPGRogueliteArena ShooterTop-Down ShooterShoot 'Em UpRoguelikeIsometricBullet HellSupernatural👍 154
$4.99SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited
Mar 7 · Maxis
Both: Classic · Isometric
SimCity 3000 Unlimited brings you the classic strategy gaming of SimCity 3000 with all-new scenarios that open up a whole world of city planning and building possibilities! The thrills of the classic SimCity 3000 are here again!
SimulationStrategyCity BuilderCasualSingleplayerClassicRetroIsometric1990's👍 763
$24.99StarVaders
Apr 30 · Pengonauts
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Roguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingTurn-Based TacticsRogueliteDifficultVisual NovelCard GameTurn-Based StrategyRoguelikeBoard Game👍 3,763
$59.99Homeworld 3
May 13 · Blackbird Interactive
Both: Sci-fi · Tactical
Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.
SpaceRTSStrategySci-fiStory RichSingleplayerMultiplayerTacticalCo-opRoguelike👍 5,438
$4.99Populous™: The Beginning
Mar 7 · Bullfrog Productions
Both: Isometric · Tactical
In the third part of the Populous series, you control your shaman and the tribe of her followers in a difficult quest to conquer all 25 planets of a star system and ascend to godhood.
God GameGrand StrategyIsometricStrategy RPGStrategyTacticalRPG1990's👍 438
$5.99Battle Grid
Oct 25 · Barking Dogs
Both: Aliens · Turn-Based Strategy
Face relentless alien hordes, collect their resources and assemble an unstoppable squadron of mechs! In this Action Roguelite, discover game-breaking synergies, mix and match weapons and units, unlock upgrades, harvest and conquer alien planets.
MechsBullet HellRogueliteAuto BattlerAliensTurn-Based StrategyRoguelikeStrategy2.5DAction Roguelike👍 204
$5.99Frontline Crisis
Aug 14 · BCQT
Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis! A battlefield swarming with insects makes strategic and combat decisions crucial. Each decision will determine your fate. Defend humanity's last sanctuary, fight fiercely, and uphold human honor with wits and courage!
Tower DefenseTop-Down ShooterRTSStrategyPixel GraphicsSpaceMechsLocal Co-OpAction RTS1980s👍 348
Also worth a look
Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
-30%$8.39From Glory To Goo
Apr 2 · Stratagem Blue
Both: Real-Time with Pause
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Base BuildingRTSTower DefenseReal-Time with PauseAction RTSResource ManagementColony SimCity BuilderStrategySandbox👍 1,796