Games like X-COM: UFO Defense
Closest overall match: X-COM: Terror From the Deep (★ 3.5). Highest rated: Worms Armageddon at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: X-COM: Terror From the Deep at about 1 hours.
We compared X-COM: UFO Defense against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. What ties them together most: Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based and Singleplayer. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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81%
1. X-COM: Terror From the Deep
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Aliens, Base Building, Turn-Based Strategy and Isometric and 3 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1995
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 10
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68%
2. X-COM: Apocalypse
Shares Aliens, Turn-Based Strategy, Isometric, Turn-Based and Tactical and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 0.8 lower.
- Year
- 1997
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 10
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61%
3. Worms Armageddon
Shares 1990's, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 10
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57%
4. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Aliens, Base Building, Turn-Based Strategy and Isometric and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; about 12h longer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 10
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56%
5. XCOM: Chimera Squad
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Aliens, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 10
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56%
6. War Wind
Shares 1990's, Base Building, Isometric, Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 1.5 lower.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 2.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 10
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53%
7. Heroes of Might and Magic V
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
53%
8. Jagged Alliance 1: Gold Edition
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 1.2 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1994
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 10
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51%
9. Civilization IV: Warlords
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 10
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50%
10. Gorky 17
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Isometric, Turn-Based, Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 10
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49%
11. Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 10
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49%
12. Napoleon: Total War
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 10
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like X-COM: UFO Defense?
On our similarity model, X-COM: Terror From the Deep is the closest match to X-COM: UFO Defense — shares Turn-Based Tactics, Aliens, Base Building, Turn-Based Strategy and Isometric and 3 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
Which game like X-COM: UFO Defense is rated highest?
Worms Armageddon holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 568 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against X-COM: UFO Defense 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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