Games like X-COM: Terror From the Deep
Closest overall match: X-COM: UFO Defense (★ 3.7). Highest rated: Age of Empires II: Age of Kings at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: X-COM: UFO Defense at about 1 hours.
These 11 games score highest on our similarity model for X-COM: Terror From the Deep — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Turn-Based Strategy, Singleplayer and Turn-Based Tactics. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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81%
1. 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.
- Year
- 1993
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 10
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70%
2. X-COM: Apocalypse
Shares Aliens, Turn-Based Strategy, Isometric, Turn-Based and Tactical and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1997
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 10
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60%
3. Etherlords
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 10
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57%
4. Fantasy General
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 10
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56%
5. War Wind
Shares Base Building, Isometric, Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 1.2 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 2.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 10
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56%
6. 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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55%
7. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Aliens, Base Building, Turn-Based Strategy and Isometric and 3 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; about 12h longer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 10
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54%
8. Worms Armageddon
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 higher.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 10
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54%
9. Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
Rated 0.9 higher.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 10
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54%
10. Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
Shares Isometric, 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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54%
11. Heroes of Might and Magic V
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 higher.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 10
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like X-COM: Terror From the Deep?
On our similarity model, X-COM: UFO Defense is the closest match to 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.
Which game like X-COM: Terror From the Deep is rated highest?
Age of Empires II: Age of Kings holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 453 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against X-COM: Terror From the Deep 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.
Base game data via RAWG.