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$4.99X-COM: Terror From the Deep
2K · 2007
A punishing single-player turn-based tactical strategy game set during an underwater alien invasion, with base management, permanent soldier death, and lovecraftian atmosphere.
ActionWarfareX-COM: Terror From the Deep
2K · 2007-05-04
A punishing single-player turn-based tactical strategy game set during an underwater alien invasion, with base management, permanent soldier death, and lovecraftian atmosphere.
$4.99
- Action
- Warfare
- Science fiction
$4.99X-COM: Apocalypse
2K · 2008
A grim tactical strategy game in a dystopian mega-city, combining real-time and turn-based combat with base management and destructible environments, offering a long campaign.
ActionWarfareX-COM: Apocalypse
2K · 2008-09-04
A grim tactical strategy game in a dystopian mega-city, combining real-time and turn-based combat with base management and destructible environments, offering a long campaign.
$4.99
- Action
- Warfare
- Science fiction
$13.99Shardpunk
Retrovibe · 2023
A compact turn-based tactical survival game about scavenging and managing supplies while fighting hordes through a ruined city, with a short campaign and XCOM-like combat.
Science fictionStrategyShardpunk
Retrovibe · 2023-04-13
A compact turn-based tactical survival game about scavenging and managing supplies while fighting hordes through a ruined city, with a short campaign and XCOM-like combat.
$13.99
- Science fiction
- Strategy
- Tactical
$12.49Xenopurge
Firesquid · 2025
A tactical auto-battler about commanding an alien purge from a remote control room, balancing time-pressured indirect orders and escalating waves in a short but repetitive campaign.
StrategySimulatorXenopurge
Firesquid · 2025-11-20
A tactical auto-battler about commanding an alien purge from a remote control room, balancing time-pressured indirect orders and escalating waves in a short but repetitive campaign.
$12.49
- Strategy
- Simulator
$39.99Xenonauts 2
Hooded Horse · 2026
A tense single-player strategy game of leading an alien resistance through tactical battles, covert bases, and interceptor combat, with a median reviewer playtime of around 33 hours.
Science fictionStrategyXenonauts 2
Hooded Horse · 2026-04-02
A tense single-player strategy game of leading an alien resistance through tactical battles, covert bases, and interceptor combat, with a median reviewer playtime of around 33 hours.
$39.99
- Science fiction
- Strategy
- Bird view / Isometric
$5.99Mainframe Defenders
Synthetic Domain · 2020
A single-player turn-based tactics game focused on gear customization and loot builds, with fair roguelike difficulty and a ~40-hour reviewer playtime.
ActionSurvivalMainframe Defenders
Synthetic Domain · 2020-02-25
A single-player turn-based tactics game focused on gear customization and loot builds, with fair roguelike difficulty and a ~40-hour reviewer playtime.
$5.99
- Action
- Survival
- Strategy
$24.99Phoenix Point
Snapshot Games Inc. · 2020
A demanding turn-based tactics game with adaptive alien enemies, global strategy management, and a steep learning curve, offering very long playtimes.
ActionScience fictionPhoenix Point
Snapshot Games Inc. · 2020-12-03
A demanding turn-based tactics game with adaptive alien enemies, global strategy management, and a steep learning curve, offering very long playtimes.
$24.99
- Action
- Science fiction
- Horror
$14.99XCOM: Enemy Unknown
2K · 2012
A lengthy, punishing turn-based tactical strategy game set during an alien invasion, blending squad-level firefights with permadeath and base management.
ActionWarfareXCOM: Enemy Unknown
2K · 2012-10-08
A lengthy, punishing turn-based tactical strategy game set during an alien invasion, blending squad-level firefights with permadeath and base management.
$14.99
- Action
- Warfare
- Science fiction
$24.99Xenonauts
Goldhawk Interactive · 2014
A punishing turn-based alien-defense strategy game set in the Cold War era, with squad-level tactical combat, base building, and a geoscape campaign that can run 15 hours or more.
Science fictionStrategyXenonauts
Goldhawk Interactive · 2014-06-16
A punishing turn-based alien-defense strategy game set in the Cold War era, with squad-level tactical combat, base building, and a geoscape campaign that can run 15 hours or more.
$24.99
- Science fiction
- Strategy
- Bird view / Isometric
$14.99Into the Breach
Subset Games · 2018
A punishing turn-based mech strategy roguelike with randomly generated battles and deep replay value, typically played for dozens of hours.
Science fictionPuzzleInto the Breach
Subset Games · 2018-02-27
A punishing turn-based mech strategy roguelike with randomly generated battles and deep replay value, typically played for dozens of hours.
$14.99
- Science fiction
- Puzzle
- Strategy