Games Like XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2026)

Shared: Base Building, Resource Management

A base-building survival game where you play a mech-suit scientist stranded on an alien planet, balancing resource chains against relentless creature swarms.

Shared: Turn-Based Tactics, Ironman Mode

Lose a Colonel to a 95% miss on turn one and you will understand exactly what XCOM 2 is selling, and why 85% of 107,000 Steam reviewers keep coming back for more punishment.

Shared: Turn-Based Tactics, Moddable

Giant mechs, brutal turn-based tactics, and a surprisingly rich mercenary campaign set in the classic BattleTech universe. Think XCOM but heavier, slower, and more punishing.

Shared: Base Building, Resource Management

A space sandbox where you mine asteroids, build capital ships, and carve out bases on alien worlds, sprawling, rough-edged, and surprisingly deep.

Shared: Moddable

Hundreds of hours in and I still haven't seen everything RimWorld can throw at a colony, that alone tells you whether this one deserves a slot on your drive.