47 Games like X-COM: UFO Defense that you should try

The thread back to X-COM: UFO Defense runs through punishing difficulty, procedural generation and single-player focus. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is tone: a casual, approachable feel.

The genre is the same as X-COM: UFO Defense’s, and with it tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on game mode and setting: this one brings multiplayer gameplay.

Same family as X-COM: UFO Defense: tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings a third-person camera.

Held in common with X-COM: UFO Defense: tactical combat, single-player focus and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is game mode: multiplayer gameplay.

Shelved next to X-COM: UFO Defense for good reason: a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is progression and setting: a space setting and multiplayer gameplay.

Shelved next to X-COM: UFO Defense for good reason: horror setting, single-player focus and an isometric view. The distance is in tone and setting — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel and an anime aesthetic.

Same family as X-COM: UFO Defense: tactical combat, single-player focus and pixel art. The distance is in visuals and game mode — its own ground is multiplayer gameplay and 2D presentation.

On paper it is what X-COM: UFO Defense is — a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and an isometric view — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Where the two diverge is setting and game mode: a space setting and multiplayer gameplay.

On paper it is what X-COM: UFO Defense is — tactical combat and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on tone and visuals: this one brings a casual, approachable feel and a first-person view.

On paper it is what X-COM: UFO Defense is — tactical combat and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Where the two diverge is visuals and game mode: multiplayer gameplay and 2D presentation.

It comes from the same genre as X-COM: UFO Defense and shares a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is game mode and setting: multiplayer gameplay.

Genre puts it alongside X-COM: UFO Defense, and so does procedural generation, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. The distance is in progression and game mode — its own ground is a space setting and multiplayer gameplay.

The genre is the same as X-COM: UFO Defense’s, and with it dark, oppressive atmosphere, tactical combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on an isometric view. The distance is in setting and tone — its own ground is fantasy world.

Shelved next to X-COM: UFO Defense for good reason: tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel and fantasy world.

On paper it is what X-COM: UFO Defense is — single-player focus and an isometric view — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on setting and game mode: this one brings fantasy world and multiplayer gameplay.