Single-player games like XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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X-COM: UFO Defense
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
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XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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Xenonauts
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
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.
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Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon (Classic)
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
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.
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X-COM: Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
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.
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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
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.
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Wildfrost
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
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Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Take command of Naval Strike Group 7 and lead your fleet to victory in full 3D tactical space combat. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a sci-fi strategy saga that will test your skills as both capital assault ship Captain and naval fleet Commander.
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Rome: Total War™ - Collection
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Control and conquer the greatest empire ever known to man.
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Darkest Dungeon®
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
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?
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Phoenix Point
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
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!
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UFO
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
About, A Boy's Summer Dream.
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Shadowrun Chronicles - Boston Lockdown
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Lead your team of Runners to survive a corrupt megacorporation’s intrigue threatening thousands of lives in this new action-strategy game set in the most popular cyberpunk universe of all times – Shadowrun.
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FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.
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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
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Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
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!
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Marvel's Midnight Suns
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
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.
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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
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.
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
Single-player alternative to XCOM: Enemy Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!