Hello all,

I have been a fan of the X-Com series since the original in the 90s. I think I actually got Terror from the Deep first, but either way I've loved the series for a long time. Enemy Unknown has absolutely blown me away. It's actually the only reason I made a Steam account and I wish GoG could get it on here.

Having it on PC and my android devices, I'm just concerned I'm going to burn myself out from it. I just love everything about it, but the battle system on missions is absolutely amazing. I never liked turn-based combat, but for some reason I just can't get enough of it from Enemy Unknown and Within.

I was hoping some of you could make recommendations of other games with the same, or very similar combat system. I see Shadowrun Returns has essentially the same combat system, so any suggestions like either of these would be greatly appreciated!

I'm not sure what the chances of GoG ever getting any of the new entries in the X-Com series, but those are Stellaris would be an instant purchase for me. I am continually impressed what kind of games they do get on here, so you never know I guess.

Thanks for any input!

Hard West seems to have a similar turn based combat system.

In case you haven't checked it out yet, OpenXCom is a brilliant clone of the original which breathes new life into both it and Terror from the Deep. Apart from quality-of-life improvements like higher resolutions, mousewheel support and the remembering of equipment loadoats, it also has tons of optional features that integrate well into the gameplay eg. strafing, explosives damaging multiple z-levels and grenades that detonate immediately upon impact. Then there are interesting mods available that add stuff that were originally meant to be in the game, like Men in Black, and tons of other equipment like shotguns, sniper rifles and brass knuckles.
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JA2 is also worth checking out for any turn based tactics fan. The vanilla game is great by itself, but the notorious 1.13 mod turns it into a masterpiece imo. Perhaps the best part about it is the personality of the massive roster of mercenaries. Each one is brilliantly voice acted with many love/hate relationships between them

Massive Chalice is pretty much Fantasy X-Com. A very fun game, though it could use more variety.

Wasteland 2 also has somewhat similiar combat, but it's a full on RPG with lots of stuff outside of combat to do, so I'm not sure if it's up your alley.

The most obvious answer are "Jagged Alliance 2" and "Hard West". Both should be played before even asking the question.

And then, we can start to talk about "Steamworld Heist". Hah.

(Oh, also, there is "Xenonauts", of course, if you're looking for more X-Com [edit: ah, also already mrentionned]. But that's maybe too straightforward, too directly x-com. Also, I enjoyed the "Omerta" fights. I may be in the minority there, but most grudges against Omerta were about its lack of strategic planning management stuff: it's basically just turn-based tactics in a light wrapping while people expected a whole mafia economy game. If you're looking for the fights themselves, it may be worth a look.)

For a different take on TBT, have a look at Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord

https://www.gog.com/game/combat_mission_beyond_overlord

Jagged Alliance 1+2, Shadow Watch and to a lesser degree Fallout 1+2+Tactics.

I second Jagged Alliance 2 & Xenonauts and i'm adding Silent Storm to the list; all these games are excellent.

Nobody mentioned the Warhammer games, especially Sanctus Reach

I'd kill to see these DRM-free, or better yet, on gog. Given how long 1 has been out, though, I don't have much hope. I hadn't heard that 3-5 were coming to PC as well, but I don't hear much of anything any more.

The Battle of Westnoth, and it is free (thought it is more Turn Base Strategy)

May also look into

Frozen Synapse
Invisible Inc.
Laser Squad (originals)
Chaos Reborn
Fire Emblem
The Dark Eye: Blackguards
Advanced wars
Battle Isle

Edit - and for something completely different, one of the greatest games of all time: Hired Guns. Turned based tactical squad in first person - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKqfb8QgY-4

edit II - ohh... ohhh... and Space Hulk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwOBxoaiJfU

UnderRail is a bit more RPG than the newer XCOMs but if you played and enjoyed the old Fallouts then you'll probably like it, unless you refused to play Fallout on anything but pacifist runs (you can avoid some combat in UnderRail, but not even so much as half).

Regalia: of Men and Monarchs is squad-based, turn-based tactics much like the newer XCOMs. Might be worth a look if you dig fantasy settings.

Torment: Tides of Numenera has a slightly more old-school feel to the combat mechanics but is generally pretty much like the XCOMs and SRRs that you've mentioned.

But, yeah. Jagged Alliance 2 and the original X-Com are still pretty close to the perfect squad-based, turn-based tactical combat RPGs.

ShadowRun is more RPG, but the combat mechanics are similar.