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Original X-COM and its Firaxis successor are part of the Megahits 2026 Bundle

Original X-COM and its Firaxis successor are part of the Megahits 2026 Humble Bundle

Marcello TBL

A few days ago, I published an article covering some of the latest XCOM-like strategy RPGs. Today, I’m returning to ...

The Best XCOM-Like Strategy Games

30 Years of Alien Invasion Strategy Games: From X-COM to Xenonauts 2

Brad Deep

Turn-based alien invasion strategy games have been messing with our nerves for three decades, and this is their crooked family ...

8 franchises that deserve XCOM treatment

8 franchises that deserve XCOM treatment

loothunter

Since the time of the Star Wars Zero Company announcement, I’ve been thinking — what other franchises could benefit from ...

XCOM Humble Complete

XCOM Complete: The Ridiculously Incredible Bundle That Delivers the Entire Franchise for Just a Few Bucks

Marcello TBL

It honestly makes me laugh just thinking about how ridiculously incredible the latest Humble Bundle is—it features the Alpha and ...

Games to Play while waiting for XCOM 3

9 + 1 Strategy Games to Fill the Void While XCOM 3 Keeps Us Guessing

Marcello TBL

Perhaps we should make peace with the idea, or maybe keep hoping for a sudden announcement of a new chapter ...

XCOM Chimera Squad

Existential Tactics: Dissecting the XCOM-like

Boris Bezdar

It’s been a tough battle, but it seems you’ll manage alright. Probably the last baddie remains—you just have to find ...

Top 20 Switch Games to play

Top 20 Switch Turn-Based Tactical RPG you should play in 2022

Marcello TBL

With a vast library of games available and more to come in the next months, let's take a look at some of the best Tactics Turn-Based RPGs you should play in 2022 on Nintendo Switch.

Wartales

15 Open World Tactical RPGs you must play in 2022

Marcello TBL

An open world, it's what I'm always looking for inside the games I play. A Sandbox experience or the possibility of going around taking on quests without a pre-set order - it's vital for me and makes the whole difference. More and more games are taking this approach and below I've listed some of the best you can actually play that also offer another aspect I love; tactical battles.

Civilization

Top 10 Turn-Based Strategy Games of all time according to Ranker

Marcello TBL

Ciao a tutti, I decided to take a look at the major Videogames Ranker websites by activating the "turn-based games" filter. I'm curious to see where each site agrees and where they don't. I'm going to start with Ranker, a website that specializes in top 10 lists about everything on Earth. They made a list of the best turn-based strategy games, so we decided to take a look. We removed the Fallout games from the list as those are more RPGs than strategy games, and the result was this top 10 list.

Age of Wonders

Top 10 Turn-Based Strategy Games

VeryLowKi

Turn-based strategy games have been around for a very long time, at least as long as the computer itself with ...

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