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Games similar to XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Enjoyed XCOM: Enemy Unknown and looking for something fun to play next?

Our thinky games database has lots of hand-curated, detailed information about every game, so we're able to make great recommendations for other games you might enjoy. This includes other strategy and tactics games, more titles from Feral Interactive, and other grid-based games.

Take a look at some of the most similar games below.

  • XCOM 2
    Windows
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    Nintendo Switch
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    Command soldiers in tactical guerrilla combat against the alien forces.
  • Tactical Breach Wizards
    Windows
    Lead your wizarding crew through puzzly tactical challenges, rewinding at will.
  • Cobalt Core
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Outmaneuver enemy ships in this lane-based deckbuilder tactics game.
  • StarVaders
    Windows
    MacOS
    Defend the Earth with powerful mechs in a seamless mix of roguelike deckbuilding and grid-based tactics.
  • Sol Cesto
    Windows
    Assess and tweak the risks of each dungeon room to put luck on your side.
  • Death Howl
    Windows
    Face restless spirits in cards-powered grid-based battles to explore a dark folkloric realm.
  • Frosthaven
    Windows
    Defend a settlement through tactical battles in this digital adaptation of the dark fantasy boardgame.
  • Below the Crown
    Windows
    Crawl the depths of a dungeon using enhanced chess abilities.
  • Into the Breach
    Windows
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    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Pilot your mech squad through puzzly tactical encounters.
  • Desktop Dungeons
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Balance out fixed-value fights with health-restoring exploration to overcome knotty dungeons.
  • Mewgenics
    Windows
    A cat-breeding roguelike with madcap tactics battles and unapolegetically crude humor.
  • Inkshade
    Windows
    Acquire and lead units in a wooden board game against a shadowy game master.
  • Deepmess
    Windows
    Strategize hammer-throwing fights through the layers of god's brain.
  • NullPtr
    Windows
    Linux
    Plan server heists and avoid getting caught by megacorp sentinels.
  • Atrio: The Dark Wild
    Windows
    Automate farming, foraging and crafting to keep your android-body alive.
  • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
    Nintendo Switch
    Defend the Mushroom Kingdom against the chaotic Rabbids in playful tactical battles.
  • Meteorfall: Krumit's Tale
    Windows
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    Nintendo Switch
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    Make the best of each draw as your equipment gets mixed with off-the-wall enemies on a 3x3 grid.
  • Zaga-33
    Windows
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    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Fight off cavern monsters using alien devices with randomized effects.
  • Sunken Stones
    Windows
    Pick a pirate captain and lead your crew through tactical encounters on small grids.
  • SteamWorld Heist II
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Position your steampunk crew and orchestrate ricochet action in turn-based battles.
  • Puzzle Depot
    Windows
    Journey through a post-apocalyptic land filled with hazardous puzzles.
  • Rat King
    Web
    Search for treasures in pocket-sized rooms as two entangled rats.
  • Songs of Conquest
    Windows
    MacOS
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Revisit classic turn-based tactics as you fight through dark fantasy campaigns.
  • Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
    Windows
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Plan a route through bite-sized dungeons and survive tactical combat encounters.
  • Drop Duchy
    Windows
    Build and defend your medieval realm on a Tetris board.
  • Cinco Paus
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Cast esoteric spells from five wands to survive encounters in confined rooms.
  • Morphblade
    Windows
    Transform yourself into different weapons based on the last hex you moved to.
  • The Waking Knot
    Windows
    Learn to strategise through chaos in a strange and surreal world of bubbles and bombs.
  • Imbroglio
    iPad
    iPhone
    Collect treasure inside bizarre, ever-shifting miniature labyrinths.
  • Helltaker
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Meet sharply dressed demons as you venture down to a block-pushing hell.

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