XCOM®: Chimera Squad similar games & best alternatives

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XCOM®: Chimera Squad

2020

Should you play it?

XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.

What works

  • Engaging tactical combat with new mechanics
  • Unique fixed characters with personalities
  • Streamlined shorter missions for quick play
  • Affordable price point
  • Lighthearted sci-fi setting with comic style

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited character customization
  • Repetitive mission structure and maps
  • Lack of permadeath reduces tension
  • Some technical bugs and ui issues
  • Story and writing can be shallow or cringey

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius

  • STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

  • Broken Lines

  • Demonschool

  • Binary Domain

  • Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics

More creative

Games that feels like XCOM®: Chimera Squad but with more room to create and customize

  • Silent Storm Gold Edition

  • The Wonderful 101: Remastered

  • FRONT MISSION 3: Remake

  • Tactical Breach Wizards

  • Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

  • Half-Life: Opposing Force

More expressive

Games that feels like XCOM®: Chimera Squad but with more self-expression and customization

  • Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich

  • XCOM® 2

  • No Plan B

  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown

  • Gears Tactics

  • Mass Effect 2 (2010) Edition

More exploratory

Games that feels like XCOM®: Chimera Squad but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Galaxy Squad

  • Showgunners

  • Every Day We Fight

  • Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

  • Outcast Tales: The First Journey

  • Sunday Gold

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like XCOM®: Chimera Squad but with less of a community feel

  • Attack of the Earthlings

  • Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

  • Vigilantes

  • Starship Troopers: Terran Command

  • There Came an Echo

  • Project: Snowblind

More social

Games that feels like XCOM®: Chimera Squad but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Freedom Fighters

  • Banzai Escape 2: Subterranean

  • Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012)

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

  • SWAT Commander

  • Gorky 17

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XCOM®: Chimera Squad: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Fellowship, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026