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2026 PC

A turn-based tactical game set on Mars where stress helps manage randomness and suppression is a core mechanic. Your troops develop abilities, personalities and relationships through battle, played out on procedural, destructible maps with realistic bullet physics.

What defines Mars Tactics:

  • A party of several characters
  • Turn-based combat
  • Tactical depth
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Mars Tactics are XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Menace and Galaxy Squad. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Mars Tactics special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown

99 %

2012 PCPlayStationXbox 14.99 € 👍 93 % Very positive, 56,414 reviews on Steam

  • Turn-based combat
  • A party of several characters
  • Tactical depth

Turn-based tactical battles against alien invaders where cover, positioning and class abilities decide the outcome. Between missions you manage your base, research and funding, and fallen soldiers are gone for good.

Menace

Turn-based combat

A turn-based tactical RPG from the Battle Brothers developers: you lead an elite strike force against an alien menace, equipping infantry and fielding tanks and mechs in demanding, carefully planned battles.

Silent Storm

Turn-based combat

Turn-based squad tactics in an alternate World War II where you lead a custom-built team on secret missions, with fully destructible environments that make every turn a tactical puzzle.

Incubation: Time Is Running Out

Turn-based combat

Turn-based sci-fi tactics where you lead a small squad of marines against mutated aliens, equipping and growing your soldiers across missions. Part of the Battle Isle series, it rewards careful positioning and ammo management.

BattleTech

Turn-based combat

Tactical turn-based combat with giant mechs where armor, heat and positioning decide battles. As a mercenary commander you manage pilots, mechs and finances through a campaign set in 3025.

Xenonauts

Turn-based combat

A turn-based tactics and strategy game set in the Cold War, where you run a multinational military force against an alien invasion, command squads on the ground, intercept UFOs and research captured tech. A modern homage to classic X-COM.

Strike Team Gladius

A party of several characters

A turn-based sci-fi tactical RPG where you build a team and fight missions on an alien planet, backed by armored vehicles and combat mechs. Combat feels like a tabletop game, while character growth borrows from dungeon crawlers.

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

A party of several characters

A tactical squad-based spin-off in the Fallout universe where you lead Brotherhood of Steel recruits through mission-based wasteland campaigns. It emphasizes squad combat in turn-based or real-time modes, varied weapons and character building over free-roaming exploration.

Gorky 17

Turn-based combat

A turn-based tactical RPG in which a NATO squad investigates a former Soviet secret city in Poland overrun by mutants. Grim horror atmosphere meets grid-based, XCOM-style battles built around positioning and cover.

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