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20 games like X-COM: UFO Defense

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    X-COM: Terror From the Deep

    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…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Tactical
    • PC
    • PS1
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    X-COM: Apocalypse

    Your mission, as X-COM Commander, is to combat alien aggression and uncover their deadly intentions. But Beware! Alien infiltration into the city and its politics could see you under fire from criminal gangs, religious…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Tactical
    • PC
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    X-COM: Interceptor

    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. You must…

    StrategyScience fictionHorror
    • PC
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    Xenonauts

    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…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Tactical
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
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    XCOM 2

    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…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Tactical
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +3
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    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

    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. As agent…

    StrategyTacticalScience fiction
    • PC
    • Mac
    • PS3
    • +1
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    Darkest Dungeon

    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…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Tactical
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +5
  8. 8

    Tom Clancy's The Division

    Tom Clancy’s The Division is a revolutionary experience that combines robust RPG customization with tactical action combat. There’s never been a better time to jump in and join the fight to save NYC. Join other agents…

    StrategyTacticalScience fiction
    • PC
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • +1
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    Sid Meier's Civilization V

    Sid Meier's Civilization V is a turn-based strategy game in which players lead a civilization from the ancient era through the future. Players found cities, research technologies, build improvements, train military…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Science fiction
    • PC
    • Mac
    • Linux
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    Arena Breakout: Infinite

    Arena Breakout: Infinite is a tactical extraction shooter featuring PvPvE combat. Players enter raids where they fight both AI enemies and other players, collect loot, and attempt to escape the map alive. Failing to…

    StrategyTacticalWarfare
    • PC
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    Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords

    Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords is a sequel to the blockbuster RPG Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. Players continue to enjoy the title's emotionally compelling and story-driven theme…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Science fiction
    • PC
    • Switch
    • Mac
    • +4
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    Baldur's Gate III

    An ancient evil has returned to Baldur's Gate, intent on devouring it from the inside out. The fate of Faerun lies in your hands. Alone, you may resist. But together, you can overcome.

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +2
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    R.E.P.O.

    R.E.P.O. (Retrieve, Extract and Profit Operation) is an online cooperative survival horror game for up to six players, developed by Swedish studio Semiwork using the Unity engine. Players are tasked with locating…

    StrategyScience fictionHorror
    • PC
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    Terraria

    Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build…

    StrategyScience fictionHorror
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +10
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    Balatro

    Balatro is a deck-building roguelite in which players construct poker hands to earn chips and overcome enemy blinds. The game features mechanics for enhancing a deck of playing cards, purchasing Jokers that modify hand…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +7
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    Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

    Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is the eagerly awaited sequel to the acclaimed medieval combat simulator and role-playing game Mount & Blade: Warband. Set 200 years before, it expands both the detailed fighting system and…

    StrategyTactical
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +2
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    DayZ

    DayZ is a hardcore open-world survival game with only one rule: stay alive, no matter what. How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with…

    TacticalHorrorWarfare
    • PC
    • PS5
    • Xbox
    • +3
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    Slay the Spire

    Slay the Spire is a single-player roguelike deck-building game. Players choose from four characters, each with a unique set of cards, and attempt to climb a procedurally generated spire consisting of multiple floors of…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +5
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    Sid Meier's Civilization VI

    Civilization VI is a 4X turn-based strategy game in which players guide a civilization from its founding as a small settlement through multiple eras of development. Players explore a procedurally generated map, found…

    StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
    • PC
    • Switch
    • PS4
    • +5
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    Dragon Age: Inquisition

    Dragon Age: Inquisition is a role-playing game and the third main game in the Dragon Age series. It is set in the Thedas continent, the same fantasy world as the two previous games. It consist of two large countries…

    StrategyTactical
    • PC
    • PS4
    • XB1
    • +2