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2016PCPlayStationNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified70 % positive14.99 €

Tharsis is a punishing space survival strategy game about the first manned mission to Mars. You assign dice to crew tasks as disasters, starvation and creeping madness close in, making every turn a tense gamble between luck and planning.

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  • Deep systems to master
  • Turn-based combat
  • Choices with consequences
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The closest matches for Tharsis are X-COM: Terror From the Deep, X-COM: UFO Defense and Gods Will Be Watching. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Tharsis special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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X-COM: Terror From the Deep

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1995PCPlayStation91 % positive4.99 €

  • Deep systems to master
  • Turn-based combat
  • Economy and management

The notoriously punishing sequel to UFO Defense moves the alien war to the ocean depths, combining base building and research with turn-based squad missions against Lovecraftian sea horrors. Its creepy atmosphere and brutal difficulty made it a cult classic.

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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.

Gods Will Be Watching

Choices with consequences

A minimalist pixel-art thriller where you guide Sergeant Burden and his crew through harsh moral dilemmas. Each chapter is a punishing resource-management puzzle where sacrifice and tough choices truly hurt.

Lobotomy Corporation

Dread and tension

You run a secret company that studies dangerous anomalies, balancing employees, energy and containment. Every mistake triggers a chain of disasters, while a deep and unsettling story unfolds behind the grim corporate routine.

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.

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.

Shardpunk

A party of several characters

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.

Xenonauts 2

Deep systems to master

A turn-based tactics and strategy game in the spirit of classic X-COM: you lead a global resistance against a technologically superior alien invasion, managing bases, directing fighter interceptors and fighting demanding ground 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

Sci-fi setting

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.

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