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2027PC

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.

Turn-based combat
A party of several characters
Tactical depth
Deep systems to master

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

In short: games like Mars Tactics

Best alternative overall: XCOM: Enemy Unknown 98% match – Turn-based combat
Without combat: Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children 95% match – calmer, no fighting

Best match

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

98 %Match

2012PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable93 % positive14.99 €

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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Gears Tactics

Turn-based combat

Gears of War reimagined as turn-based tactics: you lead a small squad through tense fights against the Locust horde, using cover, flanking and executions that grant extra actions. Between missions you grow your soldiers with classes, skills and gear.

XCOM: Chimera Squad

Turn-based combat

A compact XCOM spin-off where you lead a squad of humans, aliens and hybrids through turn-based breach-and-clear missions in a tense city. The interleaved turn system and each agent's unique abilities make for fresh tactical decisions.

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.

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.

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

Turn-based combat

Turn-based tactics in the Warhammer 40,000 universe: as a Magos you lead Adeptus Mechanicus tech-priests across a Necron tomb world. A dark, atmospheric game with resource management, squad upgrades and tight, punchy battles.

Shardpunk

Turn-based combat

A turn-based tactics game set in a grim steampunk world overrun by rats, blending XCOM-style squad combat with Darkest Dungeon-like stress and resource pressure. You lead a small squad through dangerous missions where every decision counts.

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.

Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children

Turn-based combat

A turn-based tactical RPG where you play a young troubleshooter building a team and tackling demanding battles in a world shaped by crime and conflict.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters

Turn-based combat

A turn-based tactics game in the Warhammer 40,000 universe where you command Grey Knights against Nurgle's plague, managing your ship and growing your warriors through classes and gear. Battles are brutal and destructible, and your squad is always at risk.