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Games similar to XCOM: Enemy Unknown

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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
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    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
    Nintendo Switch 2
    Outmaneuver enemy ships in this lane-based deckbuilder tactics game.
  • Demonschool
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Battle demons with a gang of misfit students in this narrative tactical RPG.
  • Wyrmspace Tactics
    Windows
    Carry out heists aboard spaceships using a combination of tile tactics and card play.
  • Enyo
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Shove and drag deadly creatures into the hazards of the labyrinth.
  • Frosthaven
    Windows
    Defend a settlement through tactical battles in this digital adaptation of the dark fantasy boardgame.
  • 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.
  • Hoplite
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Stab and lunge your way through the perilous floors of the underworld.
  • Into the Breach
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    Pilot your mech squad through puzzly tactical encounters.
  • Below the Crown
    Windows
    Crawl the depths of a dungeon using enhanced chess abilities.
  • StarVaders
    Windows
    MacOS
    Defend the Earth with powerful mechs in a seamless mix of roguelike deckbuilding and grid-based tactics.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Trooops!
    Windows
    MacOS
    Swap and combine bizarre creatures on a ship sailing through dangerous archipelagos.
  • Songs of Conquest
    Windows
    MacOS
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Revisit classic turn-based tactics as you fight through dark fantasy campaigns.
  • NullPtr
    Windows
    Linux
    Plan server heists and avoid getting caught by megacorp sentinels.
  • Meteorfall: Krumit's Tale
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Make the best of each draw as your equipment gets mixed with off-the-wall enemies on a 3x3 grid.
  • Alchemist's Alcove
    Windows
    MacOS
    Craft spells from enemy remains and discover arcane powers.
  • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    Defend the Mushroom Kingdom against the chaotic Rabbids in playful tactical battles.
  • Atrio: The Dark Wild
    Windows
    Automate farming, foraging and crafting to keep your android-body alive.
  • Minos
    Windows
    Design deadly labyrinths against bloodthirsty adventurers.
  • Kramora's Shadow
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Android
    Web
    Survive turn-based fights in ancient realms.
  • Sunken Stones
    Windows
    Pick a pirate captain and lead your crew through tactical encounters on small grids.
  • Zaga-33
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Fight off cavern monsters using alien devices with randomized effects.
  • CiniCross
    Windows
    Linux
    Descend into a nonogram dungeon where strategic risk-taking can outbalance exact logic.
  • Cinco Paus
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Cast esoteric spells from five wands to survive encounters in confined rooms.

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