Games like UFO: Afterlight
Games like UFO: Afterlight include XCOM: Enemy Unknown, XCOM®: Chimera Squad, FTL: Faster Than Light, XCOM 2, and STAR WARS Zero Company™. We matched them by the tags players give UFO: Afterlight on Steam (Strategy, Tactical, Sci-fi, Real-Time with Pause, and Indie): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Shared: Tactical · Strategy · Sci-fi

XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Tactical

FTL: Faster Than Light
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Indie

XCOM 2
Shared: Strategy · Tactical · Sci-fi

STAR WARS Zero Company™
Shared: Sci-fi · Strategy · Tactical

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Tactical

Shadowrun Returns
Shared: Sci-fi · Strategy · Indie

BattleTech
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Tactical

Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Turn-Based

ENDLESS Legend™
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based · Sci-fi

Into the Breach
Shared: Strategy · Indie · Sci-fi

The Last Spell
Shared: Strategy · Tactical · Singleplayer

Gears Tactics
Shared: Strategy · Tactical · Turn-Based

Aliens: Dark Descent
Shared: Strategy · Tactical · Sci-fi

Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Shared: Strategy · Singleplayer · Turn-Based

X-COM: Apocalypse
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Tactical

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Shared: Strategy · Tactical · Turn-Based

MENACE
Shared: Strategy · Tactical · RPG

X-COM: UFO Defense
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Tactical

Quasimorph
Shared: Strategy · Singleplayer · RPG

Blackguards
Shared: Strategy · Tactical · Turn-Based

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Turn-Based

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
Shared: Strategy · Tactical · Turn-Based

Space Hulk (Classic)
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Tactical