Games like X-COM: UFO Defense
If X-COM: UFO Defense is your kind of game, the closest matches are X-COM: Terror From the Deep, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and X-COM: Apocalypse — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and stressful. 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: UFO Defense: 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
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Top pick for X-COM: UFO Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Second-strongest match for X-COM: UFO Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
X-COM: Apocalypse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Third-strongest match for X-COM: UFO Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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.
Xenonauts
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Ranked #4 for X-COM: UFO Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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.
GhostControl Inc.
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Ranked #5 for X-COM: UFO Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Manage a team of ghosthunters and free London from paranormal terror in turn-based battles. Develop your own strategy and build your business well.
UFO: Aftermath
WHY THIS
Shares base management and an atmospheric mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Ranked #6 for X-COM: UFO Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.
Into the Breach
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Ranked #7 for X-COM: UFO Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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.
Gears Tactics
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for X-COM: UFO Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to X-COM: UFO Defense
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Xenonauts
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Reviewers of X-COM: UFO Defense cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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.
Phoenix Point
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Reviewers of X-COM: UFO Defense cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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!
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Reviewers of X-COM: UFO Defense cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
Jagged Alliance 3
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Reviewers of X-COM: UFO Defense cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Reviewers of X-COM: UFO Defense cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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: Apocalypse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Reviewers of X-COM: UFO Defense cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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.
The Banner Saga
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Reviewers of X-COM: UFO Defense cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Into the Breach
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Reviewers of X-COM: UFO Defense cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below X-COM: UFO Defense at current Steam store prices.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under X-COM: UFO Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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!
Lily's Well
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
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: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense.
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.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
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Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)
WHY THIS
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: UFO Defense.
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: Apocalypse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: UFO Defense. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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.
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: UFO Defense. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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 base management, permadeath and an atmospheric mood with X-COM: UFO Defense.
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: UFO Defense. Shares Strategy with X-COM: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense.
Another title from MicroProse Software, Inc, the studio behind X-COM: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense.
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: UFO Defense
- Does X-COM: UFO Defense work on Steam Deck?
- X-COM: UFO Defense 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: UFO Defense cost?
- X-COM: UFO Defense 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: UFO Defense?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside X-COM: UFO Defense are X-COM: Terror From the Deep, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, X-COM: Apocalypse.
- Who developed X-COM: UFO Defense?
- X-COM: UFO Defense 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: UFO Defense.
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