Games like XCOM 2
Closest overall match: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (★ 4.2). Highest rated: Divinity: Original Sin 2 at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Pox Nora at about 1 hours.
These 25 games score highest on our similarity model for XCOM 2 — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Turn-Based, Turn-Based Strategy and Tactical. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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68%
1. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Perma Death, Aliens, Futuristic and Turn-Based Strategy and 9 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 10
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65%
2. Total War: WARHAMMER
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Steam Workshop, Turn-Based, Tactical and cooperative and 3 more tags; same developer; about 6h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
62%
3. Divinity: Original Sin 2
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Character Customization, Turn-Based, cooperative and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; about 7h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 95
- Playtime
- 22h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
60%
4. Age of Wonders III
Shares Moddable, Turn-Based Strategy, Steam Workshop, Turn-Based and Tactical and 7 more tags; rated 1.2 lower; about 11h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
60%
5. Battle Brothers
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Perma Death, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based and Tactical and 5 more tags; about 8h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
60%
6. Endless Legend
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Steam Workshop, Turn-Based, Tactical and Cross-Platform Multiplayer and 5 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 9h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
60%
7. XCOM: Chimera Squad
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Aliens, Futuristic, Turn-Based Strategy and Steam Workshop and 3 more tags; same developer; rated 0.6 lower; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
59%
8. Mordheim: City of the Damned
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Perma Death, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based and Tactical and 4 more tags; rated 1.1 lower; about 10h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 24%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
59%
9. Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Shares Aliens, Futuristic, Moddable, Turn-Based Strategy and Steam Workshop and 6 more tags; same developer; rated 0.6 lower; about 5h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
59%
10. Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
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58%
11. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re ; Birth1
Shares Turn-Based, Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; about 10h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
58%
12. Pox Nora
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags; rated 1.9 lower; about 14h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
57%
13. Marvel's Midnight Suns
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; about 7h shorter.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
57%
14. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Shares Futuristic, Tactical, cooperative, Great Soundtrack and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; same developer; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
56%
15. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
Shares Moddable, Turn-Based Strategy, Steam Workshop, Turn-Based and Tactical and 4 more tags; same developer; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
56%
16. The Banner Saga 3
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; about 8h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
55%
17. The Banner Saga 2
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical, Great Soundtrack and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; about 9h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
55%
18. Card Hunter
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical, Cross-Platform Multiplayer and cooperative and 3 more tags; rated 0.9 lower; about 14h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
55%
19. Rebel Cops
Shares Great Soundtrack, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 10h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
55%
20. Darkest Dungeon
Shares Perma Death, Turn-Based, Horror, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; about 7h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
54%
21. Might & Magic: Heroes VI
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
54%
22. I’m not a Monster
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Aliens, Tactical and Steam Achievements; rated 1.5 lower; about 14h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 17%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
54%
23. Empire of Sin
Shares Turn-Based, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.3 lower; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 56
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 24%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
53%
24. Expeditions: Viking
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Character Customization, Turn-Based, Tactical and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 10h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
-
53%
25. Divinity: Original Sin
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Steam Workshop, Turn-Based, Cross-Platform Multiplayer and cooperative and 4 more tags; about 9h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
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What is the best game like XCOM 2?
On our similarity model, XCOM: Enemy Unknown is the closest match to XCOM 2 — shares Turn-Based Tactics, Perma Death, Aliens, Futuristic and Turn-Based Strategy and 9 more tags; same developer.
Which game like XCOM 2 is rated highest?
Divinity: Original Sin 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 1,692 players.
Are there games like XCOM 2 on Nintendo Switch?
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How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against XCOM 2 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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