Games like X-COM: Apocalypse
If X-COM: Apocalypse is your kind of game, the closest matches are X-COM: UFO Defense, X-COM: Terror From the Deep and Xenonauts — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and dark. 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 X-COM: Apocalypse: 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.
Players who liked X-COM: Apocalypse also play
Steam players who put hours into X-COM: Apocalypse also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
X-COM: UFO Defense
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Top pick for X-COM: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Second-strongest match for X-COM: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
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.
Xenonauts
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Third-strongest match for X-COM: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
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: Enemy Unknown
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for X-COM: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Ranked #5 for X-COM: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
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,...
Outcasts of Orion
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Ranked #6 for X-COM: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Outcasts of Orion is a Rogue-like Auto Battler. Choose a hero, recruit allies, and take on the toughest baddies in the Orion Sector! Tactically set up your units and then watch the battle. Unlock items, heroes, and artifacts to discover new synergies.
UFO: Aftermath
WHY THIS
Shares real time with pause and an atmospheric mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Ranked #7 for X-COM: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.
UFO: Afterlight
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Ranked #8 for X-COM: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to X-COM: Apocalypse
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UFO ENEMY KNOWN
WHY THIS
Reviewers of X-COM: Apocalypse cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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 an atmospheric mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Reviewers of X-COM: Apocalypse cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Reviewers of X-COM: Apocalypse cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
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.
The Front
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Reviewers of X-COM: Apocalypse cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below X-COM: Apocalypse at current Steam store prices.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under X-COM: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under X-COM: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under X-COM: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Majesty Gold HD
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under X-COM: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!
Bomber Crew
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under X-COM: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!
Turmoil
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under X-COM: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under X-COM: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Party Hard
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under X-COM: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
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!
South Scrimshaw, Part One
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
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.
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Dota Underlords
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
Fallout Shelter
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
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X-COM: UFO Defense
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: Apocalypse. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: Apocalypse.
The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you.
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: Apocalypse. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
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.
X-COM: Enforcer
WHY THIS
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: Apocalypse. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
X-COM: Earth's top-secret eXtraterrestrial COMbat unit The Place: America - early 21st century The Mission: Eradicate the extraterrestrials Alien forces have invaded Earth and are terrorizing the population.
X-COM: Interceptor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: Apocalypse. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Apocalypse.
They're back...only this time the heinous aliens are out to destroy Earth and rule the new frontier. As X-COM commander, it's your sole duty to protect humanity and the prized mining operations in outer space.
Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic)
WHY THIS
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: Apocalypse.
Sid Meier's Covert Action - A Techno-Thriller From the Case Files of Max Remington.
Sid Meier's Pirates! Gold Plus (Classic)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: Apocalypse.
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: Apocalypse.
Ahoy mateys! From the Mind of Sid Meier, The Golden Age of Buccaneering has returned with Pirates! Gold!
BloodNet
WHY THIS
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: Apocalypse.
I met her in her penthouse, expecting payment for the freelance job-and perhaps a little more. But I got more than I bargained for. I'm now part of an exclusive fraternity that moves catlike in the night through a world of high technology and senseless violence.
Frequently asked about X-COM: Apocalypse
- Does X-COM: Apocalypse work on Steam Deck?
- X-COM: Apocalypse is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does X-COM: Apocalypse cost?
- X-COM: Apocalypse is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to X-COM: Apocalypse?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside X-COM: Apocalypse are X-COM: UFO Defense, X-COM: Terror From the Deep, Xenonauts.
- Who developed X-COM: Apocalypse?
- X-COM: Apocalypse was developed by MicroProse Software, Inc and published by 2K.
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 X-COM: Apocalypse.
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