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You’re a highly trained soldier on a mission to infiltrate an alien space station that goes horribly wrong—find your team and discover the hidden truth. Upgrade, Craft, and Discover technologies, Enhance your character’s skills in this gripping turn-based tactical RPG.
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$9.99XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Apr 23 · Firaxis Games
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedSingleplayerAliensSci-fiFuturisticTacticalTurn-Based Combat👍 20,605
$39.99Xenonauts 2
Apr 2 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
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
$39.99MENACE
Feb 5 · Overhype Studios
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
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.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-BasedPvECharacter Customization👍 12,304
$29.99Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Nov 15 · Bulwark Studios
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Combat · Sci-fi
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?
StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatSci-fiTurn-BasedGreat SoundtrackAtmosphericTacticalSingleplayerTurn-Based Strategy👍 11,644
$19.99Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
Sep 30 · Tortuga Team
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Tactical RPG · Turn-Based Strategy
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Turn-Based TacticsTactical RPGTurn-Based StrategyStrategy RPGTacticalStrategySci-fiSingleplayerSpaceIsometric👍 358
-34%$19.79Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
Jun 2 · Trese Brothers
Both: Turn-Based Combat · Tactical · Turn-Based Tactics
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
$19.99Wargroove
Feb 1 · Chucklefish
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical RPG
Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!
StrategyTurn-Based TacticsPixel GraphicsTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGIndieStrategy RPGTurn-BasedTacticalSingleplayer👍 4,016
$39.99BATTLETECH
Apr 24 · Harebrained Schemes
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based · Sci-fi
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.
MechsStrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedSci-fiTurn-Based StrategyTacticalRobotsActionCharacter Customization👍 23,025
$24.99Chains of Freedom
Apr 15 · Nordcurrent
Both: Turn-Based Combat · Tactical · Turn-Based Tactics
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
$19.99Space Hulk: Ascension (Classic)
Aug 12 · Full Control Studios
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based · Tactical
Space Hulk: Ascension is a 3D, digital, turn based, strategy game, which re-interprets the classic board game experience, and adds new RPG style mechanics, new weapons and missions, new enemy types, 3 playable chapters and loads of other new features to the single player experience.
StrategyTurn-Based TacticsRPGTurn-BasedTacticalBoard GameSci-fiTurn-Based StrategySingleplayerAction👍 742
$19.99Space Hulk (Classic)
Aug 15 · Full Control Studios
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
The legendary Space Hulk returns in this epic turn based strategy game. Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, an intriguing story of legendary battles and heroic actions unfolds.
StrategyTurn-BasedBoard GameTurn-Based StrategySci-fiIndieTacticalSingleplayerMultiplayerTurn-Based Tactics👍 1,577
-30%$13.99Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach (Classic)
Jan 19 · Straylight Entertainment
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach is a 3D turn-based strategy game like you’ve never seen before: fast, immediate, deep, impressive to look at and incredibly fun! Fight through a dark era of carnage and endless war and lead the Space Wolves in a struggle to defend the last bastion of mankind.
StrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTacticalWargameSci-fiMultiplayer👍 1,158
$34.99UFO2: Extraterrestrials
Jun 15 · Chaos Concept
Both: Tactical RPG · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy
Are strategy games with strong RPG elements your cup of tea? Did you enjoy games like Xcom: UFO Defence, the Fallout series, the Civilization series, the Heroes of Might and magic? And now you are looking for something new to satisfy your craving for turn-based fun?
RPGStrategyTactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based Strategy3DSci-fiTurn-Based CombatAliensTactical👍 144
$4.99X-COM: UFO Defense
Sep 4 · MicroProse Software, Inc
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Aliens
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
StrategyClassicTurn-Based StrategySci-fiAliensTurn-BasedTacticalDifficultSingleplayerTurn-Based Tactics👍 3,206
-30%$13.99Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon (Classic)
Nov 26 · Flashback Games, The Lordz Games Studio
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Tactical · Turn-Based
In this hex-based, turn-based strategy game, players will lead the Imperial forces of the Armageddon Steel Legion and Space Marines from a variety of Chapters against the Ork invasion through over 30 scenarios, on the hostile terrain of the planet and its gigantic Hive Cities.
StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTacticalTurn-BasedHex GridSingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerWarAliens👍 947
FreeClatter
Dec 10 · Facepunch Studios
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Combat
Create and command your own customizable squads of fighting robots in this turn-based, arena tactics game.
StrategyIndieTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based TacticsTacticalMultiplayerCuteCharacter Customization👍 369
$19.99XCOM® 2
Feb 4 · Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Both: Turn-Based Combat · Tactical · Turn-Based Tactics
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.
StrategyTurn-Based CombatTacticalCharacter CustomizationRPGTurn-Based TacticsSingleplayerSci-fiWarMilitary👍 80,018
$4.99X-COM: Apocalypse
Sep 4 · MicroProse Software, Inc
Both: Turn-Based · Tactical · Sci-fi
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.
StrategyTurn-BasedTacticalSci-fiAliensClassicReal-Time with PauseTurn-Based StrategyIsometricSingleplayer👍 847
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
Aug 31 · Black Lab Games
Both: Sci-fi · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
In Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™ you’ll take command of the Colonial Fleet in defense of the Twelve Colonies during the First Cylon War. Lead many different types of ships in this 3D tactical game. Every decision counts, your strategy will be vital – can you ensure mankind’s survival?
StrategySpaceSci-fiTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategySingleplayerTurn-Based TacticsWarMultiplayerSimulation👍 2,634
-50%$7.49Final Theory
Sep 21 · Monticube
Both: Turn-Based · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Tactics
Final Theory is a 4X-lite turn-based strategy game where you command fleets of battleships engaged in a galactic civil war. It presents an exciting experience for both veteran players and those new to the genre. It features innovative combat mechanics but also hearkens back to some of the classics.
StrategyTurn-BasedSpaceshipsHex Grid4XSci-fiTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatSpace👍 386
$29.99Showgunners
May 2 · Artificer
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Combat · Tactical
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.
Turn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-Based StrategyActionSci-fiIsometricStrategyTop-DownSingleplayer👍 1,642
-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
$24.99Xenonauts
Jun 16 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Combat
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.
Turn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatBase BuildingGrand StrategyManagementSingleplayerStrategyTacticalAliens👍 3,815
$44.99Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
May 5 · Complex Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Tactical
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.
Turn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsStrategy RPGTacticalStrategyChoices MatterCharacter CustomizationPvETurn-Based Combat3D👍 11,435
-10%$17.99Infinity: HexaDome Tactics
11 days ago · Blindspot Games
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy
Discover the story of the Aristeia world in single-player or storm into PvP battles! Turn-based battles, 12 heroes, varied arenas, deckbuilding with dozens of tactical cards. Assemble the perfect team, use hundreds of insane combos, and become HexaDome champion. And bring a friend!
Turn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyActionCard GameVisual NovelTacticalMultiplayerTurn-Based Combat
$18.99Spacer: Legacies
Sep 23 · Brazen Legions
Both: Tactical · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Combat
Spacer: Legacies is a game of turn-based tactical combat between small and large capital ships. Recruit skilled captains to command your vessels and choose the abilities that will make them unstoppable. Pursue vengeance in a gripping campaign across the whole of the Tantalus Cluster.
StrategyTacticalSpaceSci-fiTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based TacticsTactical RPGTurn-Based Strategy
RAM Pressure
Sep 15 · QuadCom Interactive, GDT
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based · Tactical
Tactical story-driven online multiplayer game combining the turn-based combat of X-COM with a deep, well-grounded sci-fi setting. Experience intense tactical online multiplayer action and explore a deep plot and unique storyline built on both single-player and multiplayer missions.
StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedFree to PlayTacticalMultiplayerSci-fiFuturisticActionAtmospheric
$24.99Stars in Shadow
Jan 19 · Ashdar Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Combat · Sci-fi
Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.
Strategy4XIndieTurn-Based StrategySpaceTurn-Based CombatSci-fiTurn-BasedTurn-Based Tactics👍 734
-75%$3.74Sid Meier's Starships
Mar 12 · Firaxis Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Tactical
Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.
StrategySpaceTurn-Based StrategySci-fiSingleplayerTacticalCasual4XTurn-Based👍 1,964
$19.99The Last Federation
Apr 18 · Arcen Games
Both: Turn-Based · Sci-fi · Tactical
From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.
StrategySpaceSimulationIndieTurn-Based4XSci-fiGrand StrategyReal-Time with PauseTactical👍 380
$39.99ENDLESS Space™ 2
May 18 · AMPLITUDE Studios
Both: Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
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?
StrategySpaceSci-fi4XTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerTurn-BasedGrand StrategyGreat SoundtrackSingleplayer👍 17,284
$29.99Interstellar Space: Genesis
Jul 25 · Praxis Games
Both: Sci-fi · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
Interstellar Space: Genesis is a turn-based space 4X strategy game in which you attempt to build a thriving galactic empire. Discover mysteries among the stars, colonize worlds, and engage enemies in tactical turn-based combat on your journey to becoming the ruler of the galaxy!
StrategyIndie4XSci-fiSpaceTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyExplorationSingleplayerTurn-Based Tactics👍 712
$6.99Constellation Tango
Jan 6 · Code Spectrum
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
Constellation Tango is an interstellar 3D turn-based strategy-tactics game. Organize and lead troops to victory in battles across planets. Push back against an oppressive empire to save the galaxy, while making new allies of various species.
StrategyTurn-Based TacticsSpaceSci-fiFuturisticTurn-Based StrategyManagementTurn-Based CombatStrategy RPGTactical RPG
Tactical Genius Online
Jan 20 · Pixeltales.ru
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy
"Tactical Genius Online" is a turn-based strategy game with the focus on multiplayer, in which the gameplay is broken up into two phases: concurrent planning and execution. Players give orders to their units, and only when everyone has finished their moves, the turns are put into action.
Free to PlayStrategyIndieTurn-BasedTurn-Based TacticsHex GridTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerTurn-Based CombatTactical
$14.99Into the Breach
Feb 27 · Subset Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based
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.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyIndiePixel GraphicsTurn-Based TacticsMechsRoguelikePuzzleTurn-BasedRoguelite👍 19,019
