Games like X-COM: Terror From the Deep
by MicroProse Software, Inc
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.
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$4.99X-COM: UFO Defense
Sep 4 · MicroProse Software, Inc
Both: Classic · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
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
$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
$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
$4.99X-COM: Interceptor
Sep 4 · MicroProse Software, Inc
Both: Sci-fi · Aliens · Classic
They're back...only this time the heinous aliens are out to destroy Earth and rule the new frontier. As X-COM commander, it's your sole duty to protect humanity and the prized mining operations in outer space.
StrategySci-fiSpaceSpace SimFlightSingleplayerAliensSimulationClassic👍 162
$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
-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
$24.99Xenonauts
Jun 16 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Tactical
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
UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold
Feb 17 · Chaos Concept
Both: Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
UFO: Extraterrestrials GOLD is a new GOLD edition which includes a number of changes and improvements giving a player a new look on the classic game: new maps, possibility to hire soldiers, globe UFO swarms and configurability.
StrategyTacticalTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedAliensSci-fiSingleplayerRPG👍 172
$5.99Master of Orion 2
Feb 25 · SimTex
Both: Turn-Based · Sci-fi · Classic
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Strategy4XTurn-BasedSpaceSci-fiClassicTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerSingleplayerRetro👍 1,658
Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf
Sep 21 · HeroCraft PC
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy
A unique combination of turn-based strategy, RPG and collectible card game. Win tough battles using a vast arsenal of weapons, abilities and the cunning of the sky warriors! Success on the battlefield depends on choosing the right mix of cards and planning your decisions meticulously.
Turn-BasedStrategyWarRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyCard GameBoard GameTacticalDifficult👍 943
$5.99Master of Orion 1
Feb 25 · SimTex
Both: Turn-Based · Classic · Sci-fi
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Strategy4XTurn-BasedSpaceClassicSci-fiSingleplayerTurn-Based Strategy2D1990's👍 441
$29.99Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Nov 15 · Bulwark Studios
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Sci-fi · Turn-Based
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
$19.99Space 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
$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
-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
-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
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
$34.99UFO2: Extraterrestrials
Jun 15 · Chaos Concept
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
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
$13.99The Protagonist: EX-1
Jul 18 · 3Mind Games
Both: Turn-Based · Tactical · Aliens
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.
StrategyTurn-BasedTacticalAliensSci-fiTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatFemale ProtagonistTactical RPG
$19.99Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
Sep 30 · Tortuga Team
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
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
$9.99Gorky 17
Sep 27 · Metropolis Software
Both: Turn-Based · Classic · Turn-Based Strategy
November 2008. NATO intelligence services report that, for reasons unknown, the Russian military has destroyed GORKY 17, one of the old Soviet "Secret Cities". A year later NATO takes over a former Russian secret base built on Polish soil. Diggers discover a laboratory complex in the completely demolished town.
RPGStrategyTurn-BasedClassicHorrorPost-apocalypticSingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyIsometricTactical👍 922
$19.99XCOM® 2
Feb 4 · Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Both: Tactical · Turn-Based Tactics · Sci-fi
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
-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
-35%$12.99Anomaly Collapse
Apr 11 · RocketPunch Games
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · 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
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
$39.99Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Oct 23 · Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Turn-Based
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.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategySci-fiSpace4XTurn-BasedMultiplayerFuturisticSingleplayerAliens👍 14,050
$39.99Aliens: Dark Descent
Jun 19 · Tindalos Interactive
Both: Tactical · Sci-fi · Aliens
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.
StrategyTacticalActionRTSReal Time TacticsSingleplayerSci-fiAliensTop-DownDark👍 15,320
-75%$7.49ENDLESS Legend™
Sep 18 · AMPLITUDE Studios
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
ENDLESS Legend™ is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS Space™ and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Strategy4XTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyFantasyHex GridMultiplayerRPGSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack👍 14,414
$4.99X-COM: Enforcer
Sep 4 · MicroProse Software, Inc
Both: Sci-fi · Aliens
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.
StrategyActionShooterThird-Person ShooterSci-fiAliensThird PersonSingleplayer👍 310
-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
$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
$24.99StarVaders
Apr 30 · Pengonauts
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Difficult · 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
-70%$10.49Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Dec 4 · The Bearded Ladies
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Tactical · Turn-Based
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.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based CombatPost-apocalypticTurn-Based TacticsTacticalTurn-BasedAdventureStealthSingleplayer👍 13,308
$19.99Steam Marines
Sep 24 · Worthless Bums
Both: Turn-Based · Tactical · Sci-fi
Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.
RoguelikeStrategyIndieRPGTurn-BasedTacticalSci-fiSpaceProcedural GenerationTurn-Based Strategy👍 219
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May 12 · Team Jolly Roger
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Sci-fi
In this turn-based strategy game, players wage interplanetary wars by developing their home planets and firing massive artilleries through the unpredictable gravity fields of the planetary system.
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$5.99MoonBase Commander
Feb 6 · Humongous Entertainment
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Classic
Explore. Strategize. Conquer.In the far future, Mankind has nearly exhausted all of earth’s natural resources. Fragile alliances between nations are tested to their limits as fierce wars ignite across land and space.MoonBase Commander puts you in charge of your own lunar territory in a quest to build the most powerful empire in space.
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$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
-80%$2.99Space Empires V
Oct 16 · Malfador Machinations
Both: Turn-Based · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
Strategy4XSpaceTurn-BasedSci-fiSingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayer👍 423
$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
$24.99Chains of Freedom
Apr 15 · Nordcurrent
Both: Tactical · Turn-Based Tactics · Sci-fi
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
$24.99Phoenix Point
Dec 3 · Snapshot Games Inc.
Both: Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy · Aliens
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!
TacticalTurn-Based StrategyGrand StrategyRPGStrategyProcedural GenerationThird-Person ShooterPerma DeathPvEAliens👍 5,379
-80%$1.99Space Empires IV Deluxe
Feb 7 · Malfador Machinations
Both: Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of strategy gamers everywhere.
Strategy4XSci-fiSpaceTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedSingleplayer👍 260
$9.99AI War: Fleet Command
Oct 21 · Arcen Games
Both: Sci-fi · Difficult · Tactical
"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...
StrategyRTSSpaceIndieSci-fiCo-op4XGrand StrategyDifficultTactical👍 993
$29.99Galactic Civilizations III
May 14 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Aliens · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.
AliensSci-fi4XTurn-Based StrategySandbox3DGrand StrategyModdableHex GridPvE👍 8,337
$4.99Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition
Aug 14 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Turn-Based · Difficult · Turn-Based Strategy
Galactic Civilizations is a space based strategy game in which you are in control of humanity's destiny.
4XGrand StrategyTurn-BasedStrategyPvEDifficultTurn-Based Strategy2DSandboxTop-Down👍 139
-50%$4.9960 Parsecs!
Sep 18 · Robot Gentleman
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Tactics
60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.
Turn-Based StrategyText-BasedFunnyDark HumorSci-fiManagementLGBTQ+Turn-Based TacticsExplorationComedy👍 3,310
$4.99Solar War
Jan 6 · Snipefish Entertainment
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
A turn-based grand strategy game in space, set in the near future: Defend Earth against an alien invasion from the edge of the Solar System and expand your campaign to push them back to their base.
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$9.99Space Grunts
Jan 12 · Orangepixel
Both: Turn-Based · Difficult · Turn-Based Strategy
A turn-based game on a planet outpost - with no waiting between turns! Play it at the speed of an arcade game, or take your time and think about your next step.. no matter how fast you take your turn, it might be your last!
RoguelitePerma DeathTurn-BasedDifficultTurn-Based StrategyRoguelikeStrategyRPGTop-DownAction
$9.99Master of Orion 3
Aug 25 · Quicksilver Software
Both: Turn-Based · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
Experience first-hand the challenges of leading one of 16 different races into unequalled galactic supremacy and face a universe of decisions. Set policies, explore, build, declare war, negotiate - put all these elements into motion to guarantee your place in the annals of space and time.
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$1.99Galaxy Admirals
Jan 17 · Jetdogs Studios
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Sci-fi
Galaxy Admirals is a multiplayer turn-based cosmic strategy with pretty innovative and challenging gameplay. Improve your command skills with AI and conquer the whole universe by fighting with real players.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategySpaceTurn-Based2DHex GridMultiplayerSci-fiBoard GameAdventure👍 126
$5.99Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri
Jul 23 · Looking Glass Studios
Both: Sci-fi · Classic · Tactical
Lead an elite fighting team battling for freedom from the sinister forces of the Earth Hegemony. Engage in combat on the bloody battlefields of four unique worlds. Encased in your Powered Battle Armour (PBA) you are an unstoppable fighting force.
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-80%$2.99Attack of the Earthlings
Feb 8 · Team Junkfish
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Aliens
Take on Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional intergalactic energy corporation, and its larger-than-life employees in a tactical-stealth game that fuses satisfying strategic gameplay and dark comedy in a quirky single-player story.
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-90%$1.09I am not a Monster: First Contact
Sep 27 · Cheerdealers
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Sci-fi · Tactical
Retro sci-fi tactical turn-based strategy with an exciting storyline. The Albatross space liner is overrun by lizard-like monsters that can infect humans and turn them into their own kind. Save the passengers and defeat the hostile creatures.
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$4.99Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000
Jan 15 · Rebellion
Both: Classic · Aliens · Sci-fi
Aliens Versus Predator Classic 2000 features the Colonial Marine, Alien and Predator Campaigns and the frenetic single-player Skirmish mode from the original title: Alien Versus Predator Gold Edition, which was released to massive acclaim in 2000.
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$29.99Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection
May 1 · Gearbox Software
Both: Aliens · Sci-fi
You & your friends are the deadliest killers in the galaxy – the US Colonial Marines. It’s up to you to not just survive, but wipe out the Xeno infestation.
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$9.99Flotilla
Apr 29 · Blendo Games
Both: Turn-Based · Sci-fi
Lead your orbital battleships to victory in Flotilla! Fight, trade, and explore new planets in your journey through the galaxy. Featuring tactically rich 3D combat, flank and surprise the enemy from any direction. When the dust settles, generate another randomized universe for a brand new adventure!
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$14.99Depth of Extinction
Sep 27 · HOF Studios
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based · Sci-fi
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
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Unreal 2: The Awakening
Mar 17 · Epic Games, Inc.
Both: Sci-fi · Classic · Aliens
You are John Dalton, an ex-Marine assigned to patrol the edge of human space as a Marshal for the Terran Colonial Authority. Unexpectedly, your monotonous life is shattered by a chilling distress signal, plunging you into an adventure beyond belief. Violent turmoil among the races has erupted on your watch.
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$24.99Lords of the Black Sun
Sep 12 · Arkavi Studios
Both: Turn-Based · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
Take command of one race to join the struggle for supremacy in the galaxy. As the leader of your empire you are tasked with exploring the stars, colonizing new worlds, managing your empire and conquering whoever dares to oppose you.
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Aug 30 · EXOR Studios
Both: Sci-fi · Aliens
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
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$3.99WARED
Jun 19 · Rostislavs Lihacs
Both: Turn-Based · Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy
There is a belief that wars are won by soldiers. But sometimes, wars are won long before even beginning. Have mode 1v1 to play with friend at evening.
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$19.99Surviving the Abyss
Nov 5 · Rocket Flair Studios
Both: Underwater · Difficult
Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.
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$19.99Horizon's Gate
Mar 9 · Rad Codex
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
Voyage into the wide world of Eral as an explorer, trader, or privateer. Defeat your enemies on land or at sea in deep but straightforward tactical combat. Unravel the secrets behind Dominio's betrayal – or sail off in search of your own adventure.
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$14.99Shattered Planet
Jul 3 · Kitfox Games
Both: Turn-Based · Sci-fi
Explore a dangerous planet that's different every time and try to survive! The Galactic Union's job for you is clear: research the alien wildlife -- for science! However, researching may include lasers, explosions, hungry aliens, space sushi, and other similarly delicious-or-terrifying hazards.
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Oct 17 · Artefacts Studio
Both: Turn-Based · Sci-fi
The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water.
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$9.99Interstellar Conquest
Feb 27 · GoldenGod Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
Take planets and assemble your fleet. The conquest of space is now, navigate through asteroid fields and hide in nebulas to outsmart your opponents. Experience the challenge of ion storms disrupting your ship's sensors and become the ultimate space fleet commander.
Strategy4XTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsWargame2DIsometricAtmosphericBuildingManagement
$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
$3.99Perimeter
Apr 3 · K-D Lab
Both: Sci-fi · Classic
Perimeter is an innovative Real-Time-Strategy game that pits players against each other or AI opponents in a life and death struggle to seize territory and establish crucial protective “perimeters.” Players will be introduced to the game’s unique terraforming feature, allowing them to move, build, construct and destroy the map...
StrategyRTSSci-fiClassicSpaceAtmosphericGreat Soundtrack👍 193
$18.99Spacer: Legacies
Sep 23 · Brazen Legions
Both: Tactical · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Tactics
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
$19.99Mech Armada
Jun 16 · Lioncode Games
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy
Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.
Turn-Based TacticsMechsRogueliteDeckbuildingTurn-Based StrategyRoguelikeCharacter Customization3DIsometricRPG👍 653
-80%$1.99FTL: Faster Than Light
Sep 14 · Subset Games
Both: Sci-fi · Difficult
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
RoguelikeSpaceStrategySci-fiIndieSingleplayerPerma DeathDifficultReplay ValueReal-Time with Pause👍 62,779
$29.99Starship Troopers: Terran Command
Jun 16 · The Artistocrats
Both: Tactical · Sci-fi
Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!
StrategyRTSSingleplayerMilitaryTacticalWarSci-fiResource ManagementReal-TimeWargame👍 9,216
$4.99Delta Force 1
Jun 18 · NovaLogic
Both: Classic · Tactical
As a member of Delta Force — The Army's Elite, top secret special forces unit — the word 'impossible' is not in your vocabulary. In Delta Force, you will conduct missions swiftly and silently, in every possible terrain, under every imaginable condition and through unconventional means.
ActionFPSMilitaryClassicShooterFirst-PersonSingleplayer1990'sTacticalVoxel👍 644
-80%$0.79Space Empires III
Oct 8 · Malfador Machinations
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Sci-fi
The third game within the Space Empires series brings the dawn of a new age of exploration. Your race keeps running through the fabric of space and moves to other solar systems beyond your own.
StrategyRetroTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Tactics4XBase BuildingExplorationManagementGrand StrategySci-fi
$2.99Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
Jan 30 · Rage Software
Both: Sci-fi · Classic
In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war. Twenty years have passed since the population of Earth did a fine job of destroying nearly everything in one final struggle for power by the politicians and military leaders.
StrategyActionSci-fiSingleplayerClassicShooterRTSVehicular Combat👍 175
$19.99Space Tyrant
Feb 27 · Blue Wizard Digital
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
Terrorize the galaxy for fun and profit! Space Tyrant is a surprisingly deep beer & pretzels strategy game set in a darkly humorous future. Build a mighty space force, disintegrate peaceful aliens, and rule irresponsibly on your relentless march to total domination.
StrategyIndieTurn-Based StrategyVillain ProtagonistFunnySci-fi4XEarly AccessRogueliteSpace👍 549
STAR WARS™ Rebellion
Mar 1 · Coolhand Interactive
Both: Sci-fi · Classic
It is a time of great upheaval. The first Death Star has been destroyed, marking a major victory for the Rebellion. But the Empire remains strong. As commander, you must choose to take control of either the Rebel Alliance or the Galactic Empire. Your goal: complete domination of the galaxy.
StrategyGrand StrategySci-fiClassicRTS4X1990'sSingleplayerSpace👍 1,272
STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995)
Sep 16 · LucasArts
Both: Classic · Sci-fi
Behind a veil of secrecy the evil Empire is creating a doomsday army - one that, if finished, will become the final cog in the Empire's arsenal of terror and domination. Your Mission? Join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, infiltrate the Empire.
FPSActionClassicSci-fiShooterRetroFirst-PersonSingleplayerOld School1990's👍 2,405
$0.99FINAL GOAL
Jun 20 · Gushi Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
This game attempts to provide you with an immersive experience of storytelling and diversity while playing, and has explored some new gameplay methods.
CasualStrategyTurn-Based StrategyGrand StrategySpace SimColony SimPuzzleTurn-Based TacticsWargamePolitical Sim
$49.99Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Dec 7 · Owlcat Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
RPGChoices MatterCRPGCharacter CustomizationTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatStrategyTactical RPGCo-opAdventure👍 33,727
$19.99Alien Rage - Unlimited
Sep 24 · CI Games
Both: Sci-fi · Aliens · Difficult
Unleash a fury of powerful weapons as you blast your way through armies of Alien forces hell-bent on taking you down! Battle through 14 intense levels and prepare to face a barrage of beastly-sized bosses that will test your every skill. Each of your 10 weapons comes with two firing modes and you’ll need all of them!
ActionShooterFPSFirst-PersonSci-fiMultiplayerAliensSingleplayerDifficultViolent👍 1,442
$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
$29.99Horizon
Feb 6 · L3O Interactive
Both: Sci-fi · Turn-Based
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
StrategyGrand StrategySpace4XSimulationSci-fiExplorationSandboxSingleplayerTurn-Based👍 377






