Single-player games like XCOM® 2
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to XCOM® 2, 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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Only Tactics
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
You lead a tactical group in a series of turn-based battles with other groups. A limited number of actions and rules create an infinite number of tactical combinations. The levels are balanced so that the one who finds the right tactics wins. Get ready, that will not be easy
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Every Day We Fight
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
Caught in a time loop, your band of resistance fighters is humanity’s last hope. Real-time exploration meets turn-based tactics and roguelite strategy as you learn new abilities, seek out new weapons, and develop new techniques to overcome the mysterious alien threat.
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Wasteland 3
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
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Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
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!
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Ground Breakers
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
Battle with robots on dynamic, randomly generated battlegrounds, as you attempt to take on the world in this unique turn-based strategy game.
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Dreadlands
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
Welcome to Dreadlands! A perilous landscape brimming with potential in the form of Glow. Command one of 3 unique factions in this turn-based tactical RPG and play through their campaigns, be it solo or Co-Op, or battle it out in PvP. So far no one has tamed the Dreadlands. Will you be the first?
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Unity of Command II
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
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Crawl Tactics
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.
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Marvel's Midnight Suns
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
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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Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
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.
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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
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.
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Xenonauts
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
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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Gears Tactics
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
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.
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Phoenix Point
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
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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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
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X-COM: UFO Defense
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
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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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
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® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
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® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
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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XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Single-player alternative to XCOM® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM® 2.
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® 2 — 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!