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1998USK 12PC55 % positive4.99 €

A space spin-off of the X-COM series: you outfit your interceptor craft, manage bases and research, and fight fast 3D space dogfights against aliens to protect mining colonies.

  • Driving or flying
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Tactical depth

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In short: Games like X-COM: Interceptor

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes X-COM: Interceptor special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Battlezone 98 Redux

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2016PC, Steam Deck playable91 % positive19.99 €

Fits your focus: Systems like X-COM: Interceptor.

A hybrid of first-person vehicle shooter and real-time strategy, where you pilot a unit from the cockpit while commanding your base and forces in an alternate 1960s space race. The Redux edition adds refreshed visuals, online multiplayer and Steam Workshop mods.

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Star Wars: Empire at War

  • Systems like X-COM: Interceptor

A real-time strategy game set in the Star Wars universe where you lead the Rebellion or the Empire across a galaxy map, fighting space and ground battles, even wielding the Death Star. It skips resource gathering to focus on fleet management and battles.

Iron Sky: Invasion

  • Systems like X-COM: Interceptor

You fly space dogfights against Moon Nazis and assault giant zeppelin warships, with light resource management and upgrades. The pulpy setting is based on the Iron Sky film.

Battlezone

  • Systems like X-COM: Interceptor

You pilot anti-gravity war machines in first person while commanding your forces from the same battlefield in a Cold War race for alien technology. The appeal lies in switching between fast tank combat and strategic control of the front.

Forbidden planet

  • Systems like X-COM: Interceptor

You pilot a small spaceship, gather resources in space, colonize planets and defend your home world from incoming asteroids. It blends space strategy, tower defense and shooter action.

X-Morph: Defense

  • Systems like X-COM: Interceptor

X-Morph: Defense blends a top-down shooter with tower defense: you play the alien invader, placing towers while also fighting directly with your own ship against Earth's defenders.

Syndicate

  • Systems like X-COM: Interceptor

You run a corporate syndicate in a bleak future, sending small squads of agents on real-time covert missions before expanding across a territorial world map. The tension between squeezing taxes and provoking rebellions gives the conquest layer its bite.

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