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Games like X-COM: UFO Defense
MicroProse Software, Inc · 2008 · 94 % positive of 3,799
24 games that play like X-COM: UFO Defense and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Xenonauts, X-COM: Apocalypse and XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Player tags
At a glance
What games like X-COM: UFO Defense have in common
- The tags they share most often with X-COM: UFO Defense: Strategy (23 of 24), Turn-Based Strategy (18) and Sci-fi (17).
- They came out between 2007 and 2026, 20 of them after X-COM: UFO Defense (2008).
- Best rated by Steam players: Into the Breach (94 % positive of 20,216).
- X-COM: Apocalypse and X-COM: Interceptor both play and look like X-COM: UFO Defense.
By gameplay
Plays like X-COM: UFO Defense
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Xenonauts
87 % positive of 4,889
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
X-COM: Apocalypse
88 % positive of 897
Shared: Strategy · Classic · Turn-Based Strategy
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
93 % positive of 56,414
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
X-COM: Interceptor
54 % positive of 209
Shared: Strategy · Classic · Sci-fi
UFO: Aftermath
78 % positive of 306
Shared: Strategy · Classic · Turn-Based Strategy
Xenonauts 2
80 % positive of 2,952
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
90 % positive of 867
Shared: Strategy · Classic · Turn-Based Strategy
USC: Counterforce
70 % positive of 209
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
XCOM®: Chimera Squad
71 % positive of 22,709
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
XCOM® 2
84 % positive of 101,701
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Turn-Based
X-COM: Enforcer
57 % positive of 438
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Aliens
UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold
77 % positive of 238
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
More matches
- UFO: Aftershock74 % positive of 233Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Aliens
- Phoenix Point72 % positive of 6,344Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Aliens
- Into the Breach94 % positive of 20,216Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
- RAM Pressure47 % positive of 974Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
- Terra Invicta80 % positive of 6,560Shared: Strategy · Tactical · Simulation
- M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration87 % positive of 181Shared: Strategy · Classic · Turn-Based Strategy
- MoonBase Commander88 % positive of 165Shared: Strategy · Classic · Turn-Based Strategy
- Operation: New Earth60 % positive of 774Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Aliens
- Galaxy Squad75 % positive of 423Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
- Codex of Victory68 % positive of 392Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall79 % positive of 6,431Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
- The Bureau: XCOM Declassified70 % positive of 11,786Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Aliens
By look
Looks like X-COM: UFO Defense
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Descent
96 % positive of 458
Xeno Crisis
86 % positive of 182
X-COM: Interceptor
54 % positive of 209
Submarine Titans
85 % positive of 324
Interstellaria
55 % positive of 408
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
91 % positive of 697
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
89 % positive of 2,172
Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition
72 % positive of 560
Mainframe Defenders
88 % positive of 691
Space Quest™ Collection
84 % positive of 381
X-COM: Apocalypse
88 % positive of 897
Uriel's Chasm
18 % positive of 2,710
More matches
- UnMetal93 % positive of 3,017
- Master of Orion 190 % positive of 398
- Krush Kill ‘N Destroy 2: Krossfire70 % positive of 349
- Space Wreck90 % positive of 171
- Star Explorers84 % positive of 226
- Power of Ten81 % positive of 227
- Chaos Galaxy83 % positive of 289
- Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator92 % positive of 746
- Mech Engineer75 % positive of 782
- The Citadel92 % positive of 2,025
- Metal Fatigue94 % positive of 429
- For The Warp72 % positive of 442
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.