Games like Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
If you like Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector (turn-based tactics, warhammer 40,000 and sci-fi), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
XCOM 2
- In common: thinking and long sessions
When you feel like thinking and have an hour or two: each mission is a small tactical drama.
Into the Breach
- In common: thinking
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you want to think seriously but in little time: a mission lasts minutes and you can stop on any turn.
X-COM: UFO Defense
- In common: thinking and long sessions
- Difference: more building
When you feel like weighing every move: in combat, each soldier spends time units to move, shoot or kneel.
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
- In common: thinking and long sessions
- Difference: more building
When you already know UFO Defense and want another campaign: same engine, set under the sea and reputedly harder.
X-COM: Apocalypse
- In common: thinking and long sessions
- Difference: more management
When you already know the first two X-COM games and want the most different one: real-time combat and politics in one city.
The Last Spell
- In common: thinking and long sessions
- Difference: more building
When you have a free afternoon: a single night can run past 40 minutes and each map takes around ten hours.
SteamWorld Heist
- In common: thinking and progression
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you fancy turn-based tactics without endless battles: each mission usually takes 10 to 20 minutes.
Aliens: Dark Descent
- In common: thinking and long sessions
- Difference: less multiplayer
When you have a free afternoon: some missions run past two hours, though you can evacuate the squad midway and return.
Shogun Showdown
- In common: thinking
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you have a free hour and want a complete tactical run, with very brisk fights for a turn-based game.
Mewgenics
- In common: thinking and long sessions
- Difference: less multiplayer
When you want a long game: Steam promises a 200+ hour campaign, and each expedition can take an hour or more.
How we pick them
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About Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
Turn-based grid tactics from Warhammer 40,000: with the Blood Angels you purge the Tyranids from the moon Baal Secundus over 20 missions. Before each one you build your army within a points limit and, between them, upgrade heroes.
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