9 Games with a sci-fi setting like X-COM: UFO Defense that you should try

Shelved next to X-COM: UFO Defense for good reason: dark, oppressive atmosphere, tactical combat and a sci-fi setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is game mode and tone: competitive edge and post-apocalyptic world.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Same family as X-COM: UFO Defense: a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. The distance is in game mode and setting — its own ground is offline play.