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Games like UFO: Aftershock

2005PC77 % positive3.99 €

A squad-based tactical strategy RPG in the X-COM tradition: lead your team through an alien-ravaged Earth using real-time-with-pause combat, while researching technology and expanding your base.

Post-apocalyptic setting
A party of several characters
Economy and management
Deep systems to master

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The closest matches for UFO: Aftershock are X-COM: Apocalypse, They Are Billions and Phoenix Point. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes UFO: Aftershock special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like UFO: Aftershock

Best alternative overall: X-COM: Apocalypse 93% match – Deep systems to master
Without combat: Anoxia Station 86% match – calmer, no fighting
Newest alternative: Aliens: Dark Descent 86% match – released 2023

Best match

X-COM: Apocalypse

93 %Match

1997PC89 % positive4.99 €

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.

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They Are Billions

Economy and management

A punishing steampunk real-time strategy game where you build colonies and fortify them with walls, towers and troops against massive zombie hordes. One breach can doom everything, so careful planning matters above all.

Phoenix Point

Post-apocalyptic setting

A turn-based tactics game in the XCOM tradition where you lead a resistance organization against mutating alien horrors. It stands out for its free-aim shooting with targetable body parts, faction diplomacy on the world map, and enemies that evolve in response to your tactics.

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

Post-apocalyptic setting

A real-time strategy and action hybrid where you build and recycle units from the carrier Antaeus, taking direct control of individual vehicles in post-war missions. Its unusual mix of unit crafting, hands-on control and mission planning sets it apart.

Syndicate Wars

Sci-fi setting

An isometric real-time tactics game where you lead a squad of cybernetic agents through a dystopian corporate world. Destructible cities, mind-control Persuadertrons and research upgrades drive chaotic, brutal missions.

State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition

Economy and management

An open-world zombie survival game where you lead a community of survivors, scavenge supplies and build up your base. When a character dies they are gone for good, and you carry on with the next one.

Aliens: Dark Descent

Sci-fi setting

A tactical real-time-with-pause squad game in the Alien universe: you lead a team of marines through a xenomorph outbreak, managing resources, stress and permanent losses in a tense, bleak atmosphere.

Anoxia Station

Economy and management

After a supervolcano wipes out the surface, you run an underground mining station, extract resources and make grim life-or-death calls about your crew. A bleak survival strategy game with a horror edge.

X-COM: Terror From the Deep

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.

State of Decay

Tactical depth

A zombie survival game in an open world where you build up a home base, scavenge supplies and manage a roster of survivors with their own skills. Death is permanent for fallen characters, which gives every decision weight.