Games like UFO: Afterlight
If UFO: Afterlight is your kind of game, the closest matches are UFO: Aftermath, Gears Tactics and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and stressful. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About UFO: Afterlight: The story is situated on Mars. It starts where UFO: Aftermath left off and runs simultaneously with UFO: Aftershock. While the Laputans on Earth are fighting Wargots and Starghosts and finding out what caused the destruction of their home planet, a small colony on Mars is trying to survive and flourish.
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UFO: Aftermath
WHY THIS
Top pick for UFO: Afterlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with UFO: Afterlight.
UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.
Gears Tactics
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for UFO: Afterlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with UFO: Afterlight.
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with UFO: Afterlight.
Third-strongest match for UFO: Afterlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with UFO: Afterlight.
Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout® Universe! You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend; if not you, will you break. In these dark times, the Brotherhood - your Brotherhood - is all that stands between the rekindled flame of civilization and the howling,...
UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold
WHY THIS
Shares tech tree research and a challenging mood with UFO: Afterlight.
Ranked #4 for UFO: Afterlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with UFO: Afterlight.
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.
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares save scumming and a challenging mood with UFO: Afterlight.
Ranked #5 for UFO: Afterlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.
The Red Solstice
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with UFO: Afterlight.
Ranked #6 for UFO: Afterlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with UFO: Afterlight.
2280 A.D. The last few survivors of a ruined Earth seek a new home: Mars, a planet whose inhabitants didn't take too kindly to outsiders. The Red Solstice is a tense, tactical, squad-based action game. Fight to survive with up to 8 players in co-op, or lead your own squad in single-player mode.
The Last Federation
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with UFO: Afterlight.
Ranked #7 for UFO: Afterlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
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.
Xenonauts
WHY THIS
Shares tech tree research and a tense mood with UFO: Afterlight.
Ranked #8 for UFO: Afterlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to UFO: Afterlight
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UFO: Aftershock
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with UFO: Afterlight.
Reviewers of UFO: Afterlight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with UFO: Afterlight.
UFO: Aftershock is a combination of tactical squad combat and global strategy that enhances and expands upon its prequel, UFO: Aftermath.
UFO: Aftermath
WHY THIS
Reviewers of UFO: Afterlight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with UFO: Afterlight.
UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.
Xenonauts
WHY THIS
Shares tech tree research and a tense mood with UFO: Afterlight.
Reviewers of UFO: Afterlight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
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.
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with UFO: Afterlight.
Reviewers of UFO: Afterlight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with UFO: Afterlight.
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.
UFO ENEMY KNOWN
WHY THIS
Reviewers of UFO: Afterlight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
Help aliens invade Earth in this procedurally-generated, infinite, 3D shooter game. Fully destructible cityscapes and a wide variety of destruction-wreaking weapons. Visit (rampage and destroy) cities of future Earth and Mars block by block. Chaotic battle scenes as rubble and vehicles pile up.
X-COM: UFO Defense
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with UFO: Afterlight.
Reviewers of UFO: Afterlight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with UFO: Afterlight.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
Croak Crusader: Spawn of the Spore Spectre
WHY THIS
Reviewers of UFO: Afterlight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
Embark on an odyssey into the unknown! Behold the tale of Toadman, an enigmatic being born from alien tech and the mysteries of Radiant Verde. Witness his perilous quest through treacherous jungles to confront Captain Croak in an epic showdown! Welcome to "Spawn of the Spore Spectre"!
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
WHY THIS
Reviewers of UFO: Afterlight cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below UFO: Afterlight at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under UFO: Afterlight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under UFO: Afterlight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under UFO: Afterlight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under UFO: Afterlight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under UFO: Afterlight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under UFO: Afterlight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under UFO: Afterlight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under UFO: Afterlight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Splitgate
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with UFO: Afterlight.
Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with UFO: Afterlight.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
PlanetSide 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
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Frequently asked about UFO: Afterlight
- Does UFO: Afterlight work on Steam Deck?
- UFO: Afterlight is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does UFO: Afterlight cost?
- UFO: Afterlight is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to UFO: Afterlight?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside UFO: Afterlight are UFO: Aftermath, Gears Tactics, Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel.
- Who developed UFO: Afterlight?
- UFO: Afterlight was developed by Altar Games and published by Bohemia Interactive.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on UFO: Afterlight.
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