Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like XCOM: Chimera Squad (2026)
Every game below overlaps with XCOM: Chimera Squad on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: XCOM: Enemy Unknown, which made by the same studio, Firaxis Games.
- XCOM: Chimera Squad is tagged Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Singleplayer, Aliens, Sci-fi, Futuristic by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 3 are from the same studio: XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth, Marvel's Midnight Suns.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Firaxis Games; both science fiction and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Turn-Based Strategy, Tactical and Strategy.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
XCOM: Enemy Unknown at a glance Released 2012 Studio Firaxis Games Player sentiment 93% positive of 58,594 Price $14.99 Turn-Based StrategyTacticalStrategySci-fiTurn-BasedAliensTurn-Based TacticsCharacter Customization
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Wasteland 3
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Character Customization, Sexual Content and RPG; released around the same time (2020).
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
Wasteland 3 at a glance Released 2020 Studio inXile Entertainment Player sentiment 85% positive of 22,363 Price $39.99 Character CustomizationSexual ContentRPGTactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based Combat
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Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics and Tactical; released around the same time (2022).
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 of Daemonhunters.
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters at a glance Released 2022 Studio Complex Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 14,719 Price $44.99 Turn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTacticalStrategyCharacter CustomizationTurn-Based CombatSci-fiRPG
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Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Firaxis Games; both science fiction and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and Sci-fi.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth at a glance Released 2014 Studio Firaxis Games Player sentiment 61% positive of 23,140 Price $39.99 StrategyTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-BasedFuturisticAliensTacticalModdable
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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics and Turn-Based Combat; released around the same time (2018).
MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus at a glance Released 2018 Studio Bulwark Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 14,603 Price $29.99 StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatSci-fiTurn-BasedTacticalTurn-Based StrategyRPG
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BATTLETECH
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2018).
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
BATTLETECH at a glance Released 2018 Studio Harebrained Schemes Player sentiment 84% positive of 33,142 Price $39.99 StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedSci-fiTurn-Based StrategyTacticalCharacter CustomizationRPG
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Battle Brothers
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 10 player tags including Strategy, RPG and Turn-Based Tactics; released around the same time (2017).
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Battle Brothers at a glance Released 2017 Studio Overhype Studios Player sentiment 88% positive of 28,671 Price $8.99 StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyCharacter CustomizationTacticalTactical RPGTurn-Based Combat
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Marvel's Midnight Suns
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Firaxis Games; both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy and Tactical RPG; released around the same time (2022).
FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.
Marvel's Midnight Suns at a glance Released 2022 Studio Firaxis Games Player sentiment 82% positive of 24,314 Price $59.99 Turn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGTurn-Based CombatCharacter CustomizationTacticalRPGStrategy
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Into the Breach
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and Turn-Based Tactics; released around the same time (2018).
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Into the Breach at a glance Released 2018 Studio Subset Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 22,246 Price $14.99 StrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedSci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalRPG
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Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Character Customization, Turn-Based Strategy and Turn-Based Tactics; released around the same time (2023).
Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader at a glance Released 2023 Studio Owlcat Games Player sentiment 88% positive of 47,744 Price $49.99 Character CustomizationTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsStrategyRPGTurn-BasedFuturisticTurn-Based Combat
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SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Tactical RPG, Turn-Based Tactics and RPG; released around the same time (2019).
Beyond creation, four eras come together as one! Discover the latest entry in this iconic Tactical RPG series. Form your own team of SD Gundams and deploy for battle -- with units from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, SEED, 00, and Iron-Blooded Orphans!
SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS at a glance Released 2019 Studio TOM CREATE Player sentiment 82% positive of 8,175 Price $19.99 Tactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsRPGCharacter CustomizationTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategySci-fiStrategy
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Expeditions: Rome
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Turn-Based Strategy; released around the same time (2022).
Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?
Expeditions: Rome at a glance Released 2022 Studio Logic Artists Player sentiment 87% positive of 6,755 Price $44.99 RPGStrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTactical RPGTacticalTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based
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X-COM: UFO Defense
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and Sci-fi; published by the same company.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
X-COM: UFO Defense at a glance Released 2008 Studio MicroProse Software, Inc Player sentiment 95% positive of 3,992 Price $4.99 StrategyTurn-Based StrategySci-fiAliensTurn-BasedTacticalTurn-Based Tactics
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Invisible, Inc.
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Turn-Based Tactics, Strategy and Tactical RPG.
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.
Invisible, Inc. at a glance Released 2015 Studio Klei Entertainment Player sentiment 91% positive of 5,778 Price $19.99 Turn-Based TacticsStrategyTactical RPGSci-fiTacticalTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Combat
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Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy.
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut at a glance Released 2014 Studio Harebrained Schemes Player sentiment 89% positive of 6,570 Price $14.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategySci-fiTacticalTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyModdable
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Xenonauts
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics and Turn-Based Combat.
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 technology in turn-based ground combat.
Xenonauts at a glance Released 2014 Studio Goldhawk Interactive Player sentiment 87% positive of 5,069 Price $24.99 Turn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatStrategyTacticalAliensSci-fiTurn-Based
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Atlas Reactor
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2016).
SEASON 6 NOW LIVE! The battle for Atlas continues as a hot (some might even say fiery) new freelancer enters the scene.
Atlas Reactor at a glance Released 2016 Studio Trion Worlds Player sentiment 84% positive of 5,291 Price Not listed StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedTacticalTurn-Based CombatSci-fiTurn-Based Strategy
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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2018).
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War at a glance Released 2018 Studio Proxy Studios Player sentiment 82% positive of 18,647 Price $39.99 StrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedSci-fiTurn-Based TacticsTacticalTurn-Based Combat
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Blackguards
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy.
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
Blackguards at a glance Released 2014 Studio Daedalic Entertainment Player sentiment 62% positive of 3,917 Price $0.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyTacticalTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGCharacter CustomizationTurn-Based Tactics
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Wildermyth
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Character Customization, Turn-Based Tactics and Tactical RPG; released around the same time (2021).
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Wildermyth at a glance Released 2021 Studio Worldwalker Games LLC Player sentiment 95% positive of 18,232 Price $24.99 Character CustomizationTurn-Based TacticsTactical RPGTurn-Based StrategyRPGTurn-BasedModdableStrategy
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The Last Spell
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and RPG; released around the same time (2023).
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
The Last Spell at a glance Released 2023 Studio Ishtar Games Player sentiment 91% positive of 13,649 Price $6.24 StrategyTurn-Based StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTacticalTurn-Based CombatTurn-BasedTactical RPG
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The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based Tactics and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2020).
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos at a glance Released 2020 Studio Artefacts Studio Player sentiment 87% positive of 8,064 Price $5.24 RPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based StrategyCharacter CustomizationTacticalSexual Content
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Gloomhaven
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Turn-Based Combat, Turn-Based Strategy and Tactical RPG; released around the same time (2021).
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
Gloomhaven at a glance Released 2021 Studio Flaming Fowl Studios Player sentiment 82% positive of 16,097 Price $34.99 Turn-Based CombatTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGStrategyRPGTacticalTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based
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Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition at a glance Released 2015 Studio Harebrained Schemes Player sentiment 87% positive of 4,839 Price $19.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatSci-fiTactical
Common questions
What game is most like XCOM: Chimera Squad?
XCOM: Enemy Unknown, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Firaxis Games. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to XCOM: Chimera Squad" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with XCOM: Chimera Squad. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of XCOM: Chimera Squad do?
XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth, Marvel's Midnight Suns are also from Firaxis Games, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.