Single-player games like X-COM: Interceptor
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to X-COM: Interceptor, 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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Starfield Battlegrounds
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Interceptor.
On the occasion of the invasion of alien races, in order to defend our homeland on Earth, you will play the role of one of humanity's ace pilots, piloting aircraft provided by various countries, galloping in the universe, and fighting against alien fleets.
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Nibiru Voyage
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Nibiru Voyage is a classic scrolling game with weapon upgrades and hordes of enemy ships.
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DarkSpase
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Galaga meets Tie Fighter meets Elite Dangerous. A sci-fi starfighter combat sim with NASA-accurate Keplerian orbits. Voyage across the Solar System with real-time FTL. Engage Dregg swarms in dynamic PvE encounters. Outmaneuver invaders by pushing Newtonian physics to the limit at 150 m/s.
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Farlane
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Command a Nomad-class Frontier Runner and lead your crew on the edge of a fading galactic empire. Take on freelance contracts, explore unstable farlanes, upgrade your ship, and survive where civilization ends.
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Starbase Gunship
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Starbase Gunship places you in the seat of a weapons officer on a state-of-the-art Gunship as you defend a remote outpost from an Alien invasion fleet. With access to laser cannons, missiles, miniguns and nuclear warheads, you are the last line of defense between humanity and the alien invaders.
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Orbital Invaders
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
3D Sci-Fi arcade Shoot'em up game. Destroy asteroids and aliens. Shoot them all!3D arena shooter with multiple worlds. Spaceship simulator and shmup arcade style game.
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Aero Striker - World Invasion
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Aero Striker is a highly stylized action-packed flight combat simulator game that is intentionally designed to be easy to make it more enjoyable and less nerve-racking. The aim is to have fun making aliens explode while experiencing the sensation of flying. Let none of the evil aliens escape!
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IFO
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Interceptor.
A spaceship simulator for aliens, an ever-changing rule discovery puzzle for humans.
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X-COM: Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Interceptor.
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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X-COM: UFO Defense
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Interceptor.
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 Colonization (Classic)
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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X-COM: Terror From the Deep
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Interceptor.
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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X-COM: Enforcer
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with X-COM: Interceptor.
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.
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Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic)
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sid Meier's Covert Action - A Techno-Thriller From the Case Files of Max Remington.
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Sid Meier's Pirates! Gold Plus (Classic)
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Ahoy mateys! From the Mind of Sid Meier, The Golden Age of Buccaneering has returned with Pirates! Gold!
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BloodNet
Single-player alternative to X-COM: Interceptor — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.