Single-player games like UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold, 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: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold.
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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X-COM: UFO Defense
Single-player alternative to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold.
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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Xenonauts
Single-player alternative to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold.
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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XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Single-player alternative to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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X-COM: Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold.
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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Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold.
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.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Single-player alternative to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
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Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon (Classic)
Single-player alternative to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold.
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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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold.
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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UFO: Aftershock
Single-player alternative to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold.
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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UFO ENEMY KNOWN
Single-player alternative to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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UFO2: Extraterrestrials
Single-player alternative to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold.
Are strategy games with strong RPG elements your cup of tea? Did you enjoy games like Xcom: UFO Defence, the Fallout series, the Civilization series, the Heroes of Might and magic? And now you are looking for something new to satisfy your craving for turn-based fun?
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UFO: Extraterrestrials Platinum
Single-player alternative to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold.
UFO: Extraterrestrials PLATINUM is a new edition that includes a number of enhancements that give the player a new perspective on the classic game: new alien species, heavy weapon platforms, heavy mortar, crash site bombardment, unique items, UFO swarms and configurability.