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Games like Star Tactics

2016PC86 % positive

A turn-based tactics game about commanding fleets in space battles. Randomized engagements and two campaigns provide a wide variety of tactical situations.

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

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In short: Games like Star Tactics

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Star Tactics special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Star General

88 %Match

1996PCSteam Deck playable9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Star Tactics: turn-based combat, a sci-fi setting and tactical depth.

A 1996 turn-based space strategy game based on David Drake's The Fleet sci-fi series. You command fleets in tactical battles, though my knowledge of the game is limited.

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Ground Breakers

Turn-based combat

A turn-based strategy game where you command robots in battles on dynamic, randomly generated battlegrounds. The changing maps keep the tactical fights varied.

Frozen Cortex

A party of several characters

A tactical futuresport game where both sides plan their moves simultaneously and then watch them play out. Randomly generated arenas and outguessing your opponent make for tense, brainy duels.

Xenonauts

A party of several characters

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.

The Last Federation

Deep systems to master

As the last Hydral, you shape the fate of a deeply simulated solar system, trying to unite or destroy the eight other races through diplomacy, manipulation or force. Turn-based tactical space battles complement the grand strategy layer.

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.

X-COM: Apocalypse

Deep systems to master

As X-COM commander you defend the megacity of Mega-Primus from alien invaders while dealing with gangs, cults and corporations. It blends real-time base management and economy with deep tactical squad combat, playable either turn-based or in real time.

Möbius Front '83

A party of several characters

Turn-based tactics set in an alternate 1980s Cold War, where you command detailed period military hardware against an invasion from a parallel universe. The focus is on careful planning, terrain and unit composition.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Turn-based combat

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.

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