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303 games like XCOM 2 · 1992 – 2022

  • Why 84Form.29World.54Curated.73Lists1.00Simulation · Strategy · Often paired · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Goldhawk Interactive · Linux, Windows, macOS

    SimulationStrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tactics

    Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their tech

    75 rating3 lists33 h main storyOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 83Form.20World.65Curated.79Lists1.00Strategy · Tactical · Often paired · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    MicroProse · 3DO, MS-DOS, PlayStation +1

    StrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tacticsAliens

    The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension. Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth, X-COM's deep space foes unexpect

    78 rating3 lists34 h main storyOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 73Form.24World.56Curated.66Lists1.00Strategy · Tactical · Often paired · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Mythos Games · Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS +2

    StrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tacticsAliens

    X-COM: UFO Defense is a strategy game that combines tactical combat with base management and global defense. Players lead an international organization tasked with defending Earth from an alien invasion. The game unfolds on two levels: a gl

    85 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • Why 72Form.21World.25Curated.74Lists.00Aliens · Teleportation · Often paired

    Doom

    2016

    id Software · PS3, PS4, Windows +1

    AliensTeleportationSilent protagonistUpgradeable weaponsColor separation

    Developed by id software, the studio that pioneered the first-person shooter genre and created multiplayer Deathmatch, Doom returns as a brutally fun and challenging modern-day shooter experience. Relentless demons, impossibly destructive g

    86 rating1 list8 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 72Form.24World.25Curated.70Lists.00Role-playing · Aliens · Often paired

    Prey

    2017

    Arkane Studios · PS4, Windows, Xbox One

    Role-playingAliensGuitar playingHackingPlaying cards

    In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by ho

    78 rating6 lists16 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 70Form.24World.35Curated.61Lists.00Role-playing · Soccer · Often paired

    Eidos Montreal · Linux, PS4, Windows +2

    Role-playingSoccerFootballGuitar playingBird

    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided directly follows the aftermath of the Aug Incident, a day when mechanically augmented citizens all over the world were stripped of control over their minds and bodies, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocent

    80 rating7 lists17 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 70Form.23World.38Curated.66Lists.00Role-playing · Robots · Often paired

    Flying Wild Hog · Linux, PS4, Windows +2

    Role-playingRobotsProcedural generationPortalsSnow

    "Shadow Warrior 2 is the stunning evolution of Flying Wild Hog’s offbeat first-person shooter following the further misadventures of former corporate shogun Lo Wang. Now surviving as a reclusive mercenary on the edge of a corrupted world, t

    76 rating5 lists7.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 66Form.15World.08Curated.57Lists.00Role-playing · Simulation · Often paired

    Stoic · Android, Switch, PS4 +4

    Role-playingSimulationStrategyTacticalBird

    The award winning and BAFTA nominated saga continues in The Banner Saga 2. Continue your journey soon after the climactic events of The Banner Saga. The choices you made in the first game will affect who is alive and who is dead in this exc

    86 rating5 lists11 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 63Form.15World.00Curated.57Lists.00Shark · Bird · Often paired

    Darkside Game Studios · Linux, PS3, Windows +2

    SharkBirdWhite noiseFake in-game advertisingCorpse

    A third-person shooter in which three American soldiers led by Capt. Walker are sent to Dubai in order to recover whoever remains of an infantry unit, the 33rd Battalion, until they decide to take action against the militants situated in th

    79 rating10 lists6.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 62Form.18World.25Curated.54Lists.00Role-playing · Aliens · Often paired

    Bioware · Android, Switch, Windows +3

    Role-playingAliensSharkRobotsHacking

    Choose Your Path! Set 4,000 years before the Galactic Empire, you are the last hope for the Jedi Order and the Republic - can you master the ways of the Force to become their savior? Or will you fall to the dark side and achieve ultimate po

    92 rating13 lists20 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 62Form.16World.25Curated.59Lists.00Robots · Hacking · Often paired

    Telltale Games · Android, Switch, PS3 +7

    RobotsHackingSnowTeleportationPlaying cards

    Tales from the Borderlands is a five part episodic game series. Set on the unforgiving world of Pandora after the events seen in Borderlands 2, this is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest f

    86 rating10 lists11 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 46Form.16World.27Curated.20Lists1.00Role-playing · Strategy · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Robotality · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Role-playingStrategyTurn-based strategyTurn-based tacticsColor separation

    Halfway is a turn-based strategy RPG taking place a few hundred years into the future. Humanity has started colonising new worlds. Until now, they were alone ...

    60 rating1 list18 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Why 41Form.24World.00Curated.24Lists.00Bird · Portals

    Ninja Theory · PS3, Windows, Xbox 360

    BirdPortalsUpgradeable weaponsWhite noiseColor separation

    DmC: Devil May Cry is the fifth game in the hack-and-slash third-person action series and the first not largely developed by Capcom. This title is a reimagining of the series, with the same protagonist Dante, but set in an alternate univers

    79 rating6 lists

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 41Form.15World.32Curated.12Lists.68Strategy · Tactical · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Klei Entertainment · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3

    StrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tacticsProcedural generation

    "Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life."

    81 rating6 lists7 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Why 41Form.22World.25Curated.24Lists.00Robots · Portals

    Flying Wild Hog · Linux, PS4, Windows +2

    RobotsPortalsSnowTeleportationUpgradeable weapons

    Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the 3D Realms' cult classic shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang. Combine the brute force of overwhelming firepower w

    73 rating6 lists12 h main story

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  • Why 41Form.11World.25Curated.30Lists.00Aliens · Robots

    Wrack

    2014

    Windows

    AliensRobotsFake in-game advertisingCorpseMelee

    "Wrack is an arcade-style FPS that draws inspiration from classic games across multiple genres -- Doom, Contra, Mega Man, etc. -- that puts its own unique spin on things! Between its fun and unique gameplay, its vibrant cel-shading, and its

    70 rating2 lists3.5 h main story

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  • Why 40Form.21World.25Curated.24Lists.00Aliens · Teleportation

    Doom

    2016

    id Software · 3DO, Apple IIGS, Atari Jaguar +9

    AliensTeleportationSilent protagonistUpgradeable weaponsColor separation

    Developed by id software, the studio that pioneered the first-person shooter genre and created multiplayer Deathmatch, Doom returns as a brutally fun and challenging modern-day shooter experience. Relentless demons, impossibly destructive g

    86 rating26 lists

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  • Why 40Form.17World.25Curated.07Lists.73Role-playing · Strategy · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Micro Forté · Windows, macOS

    Role-playingStrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tactics

    This is a Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout Universe. You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend; if not you, will you break. In these dark times, the Brot

    70 rating2 lists26 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Why 39Form.08World.41Curated.13Lists.00Strategy · Tactical

    Altar Games · Windows

    StrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyAliensUfo

    UFO: Aftermath is the first in a three-game squad-based tactical strategy-RPG series clearly inspired by the original X-COM games, with similar themes and gameplay, but with its own post-apocalyptic horror spin on the concept. The game is r

    76 rating2 lists23 h main story

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  • Why 39Form.17World.25Curated.00Lists1.00Role-playing · Strategy · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Linux, Switch, PS4 +4

    Role-playingStrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tactics

    Take control of one of the most technologically advanced armies in the Imperium - The Adeptus Mechanicus. As Magos Dominus Faustinius, you'll lead the expedition on the newly rediscovered planet of Silva Tenebris. Manage resources, discover

    78 rating8 lists19 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Why 38Form.17World.27Curated.00Lists1.00Strategy · Tactical · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Black Lab Games · PS4, Windows, Xbox One +1

    StrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tacticsScience fiction

    In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. Experience every bone-rattling explosion and soul-crushing charge in Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector, the definitve battle-scale game of turn-based strategy and fast-paced combat tha

    80 rating4 lists24 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Why 37Form.15World.25Curated.19Lists.00Role-playing · Robots

    Eidos Montreal · PS3, Wii U, Windows +2

    Role-playingRobotsHackingUpgradeable weaponsColor separation

    In Deus Ex: Human Revolution you play Adam Jensen, a security specialist, handpicked to oversee the defense of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. But when a black ops team breaks in and kills the scientists you were hir

    88 rating4 lists16 h main story

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  • Why 37Form.23World.00Curated.17Lists.00Bird · Portals

    Ninja Theory · PS3, PS4, Windows +2

    BirdPortalsUpgradeable weaponsWhite noiseColor separation

    DmC: Devil May Cry is the fifth game in the hack-and-slash third-person action series and the first not largely developed by Capcom. This title is a reimagining of the series, with the same protagonist Dante, but set in an alternate univers

    79 rating2 lists9 h main story

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  • Why 36Form.10World.35Curated.15Lists.00Strategy · Turn-based strategy

    Windows, macOS

    StrategyTurn-based strategyAliensProcedural generationTooltips

    This galaxy is ancient, and its first intelligent life was the civilization we call the Endless. Long before our eyes gazed upon the stars they flew between them, though all that remains of this people is what we call Dust. A substance foun

    74 rating2 lists15 h main story

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  • Why 36Form.15World.25Curated.07Lists.00Role-playing · Aliens

    Black Isle Studios · Windows, macOS

    Role-playingAliensRobotsHackingCustomizable characters

    A turn-based tactical Western RPG in which the Chosen One is tasked with exploring post-nuclear California to locate and retrieve the fabled Garden of Eden Creation Kit for their famine-stricken tribe, while coming into contact through bran

    89 rating4 lists2 h main story

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  • Why 36Form.10World.26Curated.00Lists.76Role-playing · Strategy · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Sir-Tech · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Role-playingStrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tactics

    Jagged Alliance 2 is a perfect blend of strategy, roleplaying and tactical combat. With dozen of new weapons, 150+ individual in-game characters, realistic combat physics and more than 10,000 lines of digitalized speech. Welcome to the kill

    86 rating4 lists10 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 36Form.15World.42Curated.07Lists.00Role-playing · Aliens

    Bioware · PS3, Windows, Xbox 360

    Role-playingAliensSoldierRobotsHacking

    Are you prepared to lose everything to save the galaxy? You'll need to be, Commander Shephard. It's time to bring together your greatest allies and recruit the galaxy's fighting elite to continue the resistance against the invading Reapers.

    93 rating9 lists24 h main story

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  • Why 36Form.08World.32Curated.00Lists1.00Role-playing · Strategy · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Switch, PS4, Windows +1

    Role-playingStrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tactics

    From a team including former designers of HITMAN and PAYDAY comes Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, a tactical adventure game that combines the turn-based combat of XCOM with a real-time stealth and exploration of a post-human world reclaimed

    81 rating6 lists13 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Why 36Form.17World.00Curated.00Lists1.00Role-playing · Strategy · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Krisalis Software · Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST +2

    Role-playingStrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tactics

    A Sabre Team is a squad of four elite soldiers charged with some of the toughest hostage-rescue, building-storming and the like that Western forces have ever attempted. In this turn-based strategic simulation you must choose a team of four

    2 listsAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Why 36Form.09World.39Curated.05Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    inXile entertainment · Linux, PS4, Windows +2

    Role-playingStrategyTurn-based strategyHackingCustomizable characters

    Wasteland 2 is a post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Deep Silver. It is the sequel to 1988's Wasteland, and was successfully crowdfunded through Kickstarter.

    76 rating6 lists41 h main story

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  • Why 35Form.15World.25Curated.16Lists.00Role-playing · Robots

    Eidos Montréal · PS3, Wii U, Windows +2

    Role-playingRobotsHackingUpgradeable weaponsColor separation

    In Deus Ex: Human Revolution you play Adam Jensen, a security specialist, handpicked to oversee the defense of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. But when a black ops team breaks in and kills the scientists you were hir

    88 rating10 lists

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 35Form.17World.00Curated.00Lists1.00Strategy · Tactical · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    The Coalition · Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series

    StrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tacticsBird view / Isometric

    Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes m

    79 rating6 lists26 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 35Form.12World.00Curated.14Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Sega Wow · PS3, PS4, Windows

    Role-playingStrategyTacticalTurn-based strategySoldier

    Set in a fictitious continent reminiscent of the 1930s, Valkyria Chronicles depicts Europe divided in two and ruled by two super powers: the Empire and the Federation. The Empire has set its sights on invading a small neutral country called

    88 rating2 lists30 h main story

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  • Why 34Form.13World.17Curated.21Lists.00Role-playing · Robots

    Arkane Studios · PS4, Windows, Xbox One

    Role-playingRobotsBirdTeleportationUpgradeable weapons

    Dishonored 2 is a first-person action video game and the sequel to Dishonored. It borrows many of the gameplay elements from the first opus: players define their own play style by blending action, assassination, stealth, mobility and combat

    85 rating8 lists12 h main story

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  • Why 34Form.14World.40Curated.00Lists1.00Strategy · Tactical · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Mode 7 · Linux, Windows, macOS

    StrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tacticsProcedural generation

    Frozen Synapse 2 is the sequel to the award-winning turn-based tactical game. Command your squads in a vast procedurally generated city: enter any building, perform any mission, execute any strategy.

    72 rating2 lists37 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Why 34Form.15World.00Curated.23Lists.00Shark · Robots

    Linux, Windows, macOS

    SharkRobotsBirdPlaying cardsWhite noise

    Jazzpunk is a single-player, first-person adventure game, focusing on exploration and comedy over puzzle-solving. Each mission has one central objective, but the player is free to explore the game world at their own pace, which is populated

    78 rating2 lists2 h main story

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  • Why 34Form.15World.25Curated.00Lists.64Role-playing · Strategy · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Nival · Windows

    Role-playingStrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tactics

    1943: The world seems to face its destruction in all parts; war is raging like never before. You are the commander of a squad, leading the soldiers you’ve selected into special and top secret operations to change the tide of war in your fav

    80 rating3 lists41 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Why 34Form.13World.25Curated.14Lists.00Robots · Procedural generation

    Terrible Posture Games · Linux, PS3, PS4 +3

    RobotsProcedural generationTeleportationUpgradeable weaponsShielded enemies

    Tower of Guns is a fast-paced, bullet-hell, first person shooter with randomized levels and enemies, power ups, epic bosses and tons of unlockable items and weapons. You never know what to expect next! It is a pure FPS experience for playe

    64 rating6 lists3 h main story

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 34Form.07World.25Curated.15Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Supergiant Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3

    Role-playingStrategyTurn-based strategyInvented languageScience fiction

    Transistor is an action role-playing game presented from an isometric perspective. Players control Red, a singer in the city of Cloudbank, as she wields a greatsword-like weapon called the Transistor against robotic enemies known as the Pro

    84 rating5 lists6 h main story

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  • Why 34Form.09World.25Curated.00Lists1.00Role-playing · Strategy · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Role-playingStrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyTurn-based tactics

    Lead humanity's greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad o

    79 rating3 lists28 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Why 33Form.12World.25Curated.14Lists.00Role-playing · Aliens

    Ion Storm · Linux, PS3, PS5 +3

    Role-playingAliensRobotsHackingUpgradeable weapons

    A philosophical first-person WRPG set in a dystopian 2052 in which JC Denton, a nano-augmented agent for the anti-terrorist organization UNATCO, is tasked with stopping the invasion of Liberty Island by the terrorist group NSF. As events un

    88 rating8 lists23 h main story

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 33Form.07World.44Curated.15Lists.00Role-playing · Aliens

    Ion Storm · Windows, Xbox

    Role-playingAliensRobotsHackingUpgradeable weapons

    Several religious and political factions see an opportunity to re-shape a worldwide government to their agendas. In this techno-nightmare, take part in the dark struggle to raise the world from its own ashes. This dynamic and innovative 1s

    71 rating4 lists9 h main story

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  • Why 33Form.11World.39Curated.00Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Spiderweb Software · Windows, macOS

    Role-playingStrategyAliensCustomizable charactersQuicksaving

    Geneforge 2 is a fantasy role-playing epic with a science fiction twist. In Geneforge 2, you explore a huge world, choose which side you will fight for, and make your own horde of completely obedient mutant monsters.

    82 rating1 list28 h main story

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  • Why 33Form.18World.38Curated.09Lists.00Aliens · Robots

    Amiga, Linux, Nintendo 64 +5

    AliensRobotsTeleportationSilent protagonistCorpse

    Quake II is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by Activision. It is not a direct sequel to Quake, id decided to revert to an existing trademark when they were unable to agree on a new name that did not

    83 rating1 list7 h main story

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  • Why 33Form.06World.16Curated.09Lists.00Simulation · Strategy

    Creative Assembly · Android, Linux, Windows +2

    SimulationStrategyTacticalTurn-based strategyMelee

    Take command of your armies and expand your reign. Conquer, destroy, rebuild and improve the cities of the greatest medieval nations of the Western and Middle Eastern world. Employ diplomacy to manipulate your allies and enemies and direct

    88 rating6 lists31 h main story

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  • Why 33Form.13World.25Curated.00Lists1.00Role-playing · Simulation · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    CreativeForge Games · Switch, PS4, Windows +1

    Role-playingSimulationStrategyTacticalTurn-based strategy

    Set in 1983 during the Cold War, Phantom Doctrine is an alternate history thriller in which players lead The Cabal, a secret organization dedicated to fighting a global conspiracy committed to controlling the world by pitting world leaders

    68 rating3 lists35 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Why 33Form.09World.35Curated.00Lists1.00Role-playing · Simulation · Also in Turn-based tactics games

    Snapshot Games · PS4, Stadia, Windows +2

    Role-playingSimulationStrategyTacticalTurn-based tactics

    Phoenix Point is the new strategy game from the creator of the original X-COM series. It features turn based tactics and world based strategy in a fight against a terrifying, alien menace.

    72 rating5 lists35 h main storyAlso in Turn-based tactics games

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 33Form.22World.25Curated.11Lists.00Aliens · Robots

    Prey

    2006

    Human Head Studios · Legacy Mobile Device, Linux, Windows +2

    AliensRobotsBirdPortalsTeleportation

    Prey tells the story of Tommy, a Cherokee garage mechanic stuck on a reservation going nowhere. Abducted along with his people to a menacing mothership orbiting Earth, he sets out to save himself and his girlfriend and eventually his planet

    76 rating6 lists9 h main story

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