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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
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The closest matches for Star Tactics are XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Xenonauts and XCOM 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Star Tactics special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like Star Tactics

Best alternative overall: XCOM: Enemy Unknown 93% match – Turn-based combat
With more action: XCOM 2 92% match – with combat
Newest alternative: Menace 91% match – released 2026

Best match

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

93 %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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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.

XCOM 2

Sci-fi setting

Turn-based tactics against an alien occupation, with permanent death for your soldiers.

BattleTech

A party of several characters

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.

Menace

Sci-fi setting

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.

Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon

Sci-fi setting

A hex-based, turn-based strategy game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, where you command the Steel Legion and Space Marines through 30+ scenarios against the Ork invasion of Armageddon. Classic wargame tactics with army management between missions.

X-COM: UFO Defense

Deep systems to master

The legendary tactics classic pairs tense turn-based squad missions against aliens with global base building, research and tight budget management. Soldiers die permanently, and every strategic decision can save or doom humanity.

Mainframe Defenders

A party of several characters

A turn-based tactics game set in a retrofuturistic AI research complex, where you lead a squad of four prototype units against a computer virus. Limited items and drawbacks demand careful planning across missions like defending, downloading data and destroying fabricators.

Galaxy Squad

Sci-fi setting

A turn-based sci-fi tactics game inspired by FTL and XCOM. You lead a small squad through tough fights where careful planning of resources and positioning is key.