Single-player games like UFO: Aftermath
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to UFO: Aftermath, 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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UFO: Afterlight
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Aftermath.
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: Aftershock
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Aftermath.
UFO: Aftershock is a combination of tactical squad combat and global strategy that enhances and expands upon its prequel, UFO: Aftermath.
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Xenonauts
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Aftermath.
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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Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Aftermath.
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,...
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The Last Federation
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Aftermath.
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.
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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Aftermath.
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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X-COM: UFO Defense
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Aftermath.
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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X-COM: Terror From the Deep
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Aftermath.
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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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Aftermath.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
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7,62 High Calibre
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Aftermath.
7.62 High Calibre is a tactical action game, sequel to Brigade E5. A professional mercenary is in pursuit of a certain Russian "businessman", who stole a large amount of money from his "colleagues". Now he is hiding in a small country of Latin America to avoid an inevitable punishment.
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Brigade E5: New Jagged Union
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Aftermath.
Brigade E5: New Jagged Union is a tactical game that places gamers in the small tropical nation of Palinero on the verge of a civil war. The mission: hire a band of mercenaries and take control of the deteriorating situation before the country finds itself in complete ruin.
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Hard Life
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This game is a survival game. Even though there are zombies in the game, the biggest challenge is the cold-temperature balance. The SandBox mod of the game is under construction. Apart from that, there are 3 different sections. The goal is to reach the farthest corner of the map.
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Aftershock
Single-player alternative to UFO: Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
When your own mind becomes the enemy, can you protect the one who matters most?