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Games like UFO: Aftershock

Closest overall match: UFO: Aftermath (★ 3.6). Highest rated: Heroes of Might and Magic V at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: UFO: Aftermath at about 1 hours.

We compared UFO: Aftershock against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 11 came closest. What ties them together most: Singleplayer, Tactical and Steam Cloud.

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  1. UFO: Aftermath

    1. UFO: Aftermath

    Shares Aliens, Tactical, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2003
    Rating
    ★ 3.6
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    57%
    Shared genres
    10

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  2. Heroes of Might and Magic V

    2. Heroes of Might and Magic V

    Shares Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 higher; released within 1 year.

    Year
    2006
    Rating
    ★ 4.2
    Metacritic
    77
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    66%
    Shared genres
    10

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  3. Star Wolves 3: Civil War

    3. Star Wolves 3: Civil War

    Shares Tactical, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower.

    Year
    2009
    Rating
    ★ 3.1
    Playtime
    3h
    Shared genres
    10

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  4. Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood

    4. Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood

    Shares Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher.

    Year
    2002
    Rating
    ★ 4.1
    Metacritic
    80
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    77%
    Shared genres
    10

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  5. Fantasy Wars

    5. Fantasy Wars

    Shares Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2007
    Rating
    ★ 3.4
    Metacritic
    67
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    50%
    Shared genres
    10

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  6. X-COM: Apocalypse

    6. X-COM: Apocalypse

    Shares Aliens, Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower.

    Year
    1997
    Rating
    ★ 2.9
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    44%
    Shared genres
    10

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  7. Perimeter

    7. Perimeter

    Shares Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.

    Year
    2004
    Rating
    ★ 3.7
    Metacritic
    77
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    45%
    Shared genres
    10

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  8. Sid Meier's Civilization IV

    8. Sid Meier's Civilization IV

    Shares Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; same release year.

    Year
    2005
    Rating
    ★ 4.1
    Metacritic
    94
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    65%
    Shared genres
    10

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  9. Men of War: Vietnam

    9. Men of War: Vietnam

    Shares Tactical, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower.

    Year
    2011
    Rating
    ★ 3.0
    Metacritic
    68
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    45%
    Shared genres
    10

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  10. Etherlords

    10. Etherlords

    Shares Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher.

    Year
    2001
    Rating
    ★ 3.8
    Metacritic
    77
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    57%
    Shared genres
    10

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  11. Men of War: Red Tide

    11. Men of War: Red Tide

    Shares Steam Cloud and Singleplayer.

    Year
    2009
    Rating
    ★ 3.5
    Metacritic
    77
    Playtime
    1h
    Finish rate
    59%
    Shared genres
    10

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What is the best game like UFO: Aftershock?

On our similarity model, UFO: Aftermath is the closest match to UFO: Aftershock — shares Aliens, Tactical, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.

Which game like UFO: Aftershock is rated highest?

Heroes of Might and Magic V holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 430 players.

How this list is built

Every game in our catalog is scored against UFO: Aftershock on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.

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