Similar games
Games like XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Linux) · 2012 · 93 % positive of 56,414
24 games that play like XCOM: Enemy Unknown and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: X-COM: UFO Defense, XCOM® 2 and XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
Player tags
At a glance
What games like XCOM: Enemy Unknown have in common
- The tags they share most often with XCOM: Enemy Unknown: Strategy (23 of 24), Tactical (21) and Turn-Based Strategy (20).
- They came out between 2007 and 2026, 18 of them after XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012).
- Best rated by Steam players: X-COM: UFO Defense (94 % positive of 3,799).
By gameplay
Plays like XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
X-COM: UFO Defense
94 % positive of 3,799
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
XCOM® 2
84 % positive of 101,701
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Sci-fi
XCOM®: Chimera Squad
71 % positive of 22,709
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
Xenonauts
87 % positive of 4,889
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
Xenonauts 2
80 % positive of 2,952
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
X-COM: Apocalypse
88 % positive of 897
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
USC: Counterforce
70 % positive of 209
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
X-COM: Interceptor
54 % positive of 209
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Aliens
Phoenix Point
72 % positive of 6,344
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
UFO: Aftermath
78 % positive of 306
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
90 % positive of 867
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
Templar Battleforce
93 % positive of 950
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
More matches
- RAM Pressure47 % positive of 974Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
- Galaxy Squad75 % positive of 423Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
- UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold77 % positive of 238Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack91 % positive of 461Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy · Sci-fi
- X-COM: Enforcer57 % positive of 438Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Aliens
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall79 % positive of 6,431Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
- Terra Invicta80 % positive of 6,560Shared: Tactical · Strategy · Replay Value
- ZEPHON87 % positive of 1,259Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
- Codex of Victory68 % positive of 392Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
- Frozen Synapse Prime63 % positive of 335Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
- Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™60 % positive of 22,578Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy
- The Bureau: XCOM Declassified70 % positive of 11,786Shared: Tactical · Strategy · Sci-fi
By look
Looks like XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
87 % positive of 17,734
Greed: Black Border
43 % positive of 329
Atlas Reactor
83 % positive of 5,280
Black Mesa
95 % positive of 127,693
Sanctum 2
89 % positive of 14,291
Blacklight: Retribution
76 % positive of 16,411
Rogue Trooper Redux
77 % positive of 470
Dark Void™
55 % positive of 639
Advent Rising
77 % positive of 528
Leap of Fate
87 % positive of 463
Stellar Tactics
80 % positive of 1,430
The Red Solstice
70 % positive of 2,501
More matches
- Halo: Spartan Strike80 % positive of 1,542
- Retrovirus73 % positive of 182
- EPOCH82 % positive of 163
- Deep Black: Reloaded27 % positive of 221
- Shadowgrounds81 % positive of 1,558
- Horizon59 % positive of 475
- Vanquish89 % positive of 7,191
- Guns n Zombies69 % positive of 976
- Chasing Dead61 % positive of 221
- Champions Online71 % positive of 4,182
- Dystopia84 % positive of 1,089
- A.I.M.2 Clan Wars77 % positive of 489
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.