Games like UFO: Aftershock
Games like UFO: Aftershock include FTL: Faster Than Light, Stellaris, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Aliens: Dark Descent, and Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™. We matched them by the tags players give UFO: Aftershock on Steam (Strategy, Sci-fi, Aliens, Tactical, and Space): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

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

Stellaris
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Space

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

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

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

STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Space

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

XCOM 2
Shared: Strategy · Tactical · Sci-fi

Sins of a Solar Empire II
Shared: Strategy · Space · Sci-fi

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic)
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Space

Starship Troopers: Terran Command
Shared: Strategy · Tactical · Sci-fi

Homeworld 3
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Space

BattleTech
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Tactical

Crying Suns
Shared: Strategy · Space · Sci-fi

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2
Shared: Strategy · Space · Sci-fi

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Shared: Sci-fi · Tactical · Strategy

ENDLESS Space™ 2
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Space

Homeworld Remastered Collection
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Space

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
Shared: Sci-fi · Strategy · Space

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

UFO: Aftermath
Shared: Strategy · Tactical · Aliens

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

Sid Meier's Starships
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Space

The Red Solstice
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Tactical