Top 15 X-COM (series) Alternative and Similar Games | Dec 2024

XCOM is a series of sci-fi video games surrounding an Extraterrestrial Combat Unit setup by the nations of Earth to combat an alien invasion.

The series includes:

X-COM: UFO Defense (1994), X-COM: Terror from the Deep (1995), X-COM: Apocalypse (1997), X-COM: Interceptor (1998), X-COM: First Alien Invasion (1999), X-COM: Enforcer (2001), X-COM: Genesis (cancelled), X-COM: Alliance (cancelled), XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012), The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (2013), XCOM: Enemy Within (expansion of XCOM: Enemy Unknown - 2013), X-COM 2 (2016).

1. Star Ruler

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2. Alien: Isolation

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3. Free MARS

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4. Unvanquished

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5. Space Marshals

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6. Space Empires IV Deluxe

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7. Alien Swarm

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8. Spectral Souls

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9. Stellar Forces

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10. Landrule Strategy of War

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11. Zetawar

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12. Half-Life (Series)

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13. European War 3

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14. Strike Wing: Raptor Rising

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15. Age of Civilizations

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