12 Games with a sci-fi setting like BattleTech that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 43 games similar to BattleTech down to the 12 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. XCOM® 2, Wasteland 3 and RimWorld top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to BattleTech.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like BattleTech

12 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to BattleTech. Each one has been evaluated across 16 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1XCOM® 2Closest overall match

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalSci-FiPost-ApocalypticSkill TreeIsometric

Steam👍 85%· 108KRAWG👍 83%· 1.3KMC88IGDB85· 29OC87· 126

Year 2016Dev Feral Interactive · 2K GamesPlaytime ~15hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and deep simulation

≠ Stands apart with roguelike runs, procedural generation and historical setting, while skipping adventure storytelling

The game continues the previous game line: XCOM Enemy Unknown. In XCOM 2 we see the Earth under the rule of aliens. The order established by them is based on total control but is proclaimed as the realm of prosperity and security. However, on the periphery of large cities, there are those who consider it a dictatorship and are struggling to restore independence to people.

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#2Wasteland 3Closest on visuals

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloMultiplayerTacticalNarrativePost-ApocalypticSci-FiSkill TreeIsometric

Steam👍 85%· 22KIGDB87· 9OC86· 114

Year 2020Dev inXile EntertainmentOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration, while skipping deep simulation

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalSci-FiSpaceManagementIsometric

Steam👍 98%· 239KRAWG👍 87%· 620MC87IGDB75· 2OC86· 11

Year 2016Dev Ludeon StudiosPlaytime ~19hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, deep simulation and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, real-time strategy and sandbox freedom, while skipping adventure storytelling

RimWorld is a sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Inspired by Dwarf Fortress, Firefly, and Dune. You begin with three survivors of a shipwreck on a distant world. Manage colonists' moods, needs, wounds, and illnesses.

Where it drifts furthest from BattleTech: progression and game mode.

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Steam GOG

#4Wasteland 2Closest on tone

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativePost-ApocalypticSci-FiIsometric

Steam👍 83%· 8.1KIGDB78· 10OC81· 42

Year 2014Dev inXile Entertainment · Deep SilverOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, open world exploration and stealth mechanics, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from BattleTech: progression and game mode.

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeSci-FiSpace

Steam👍 74%· 2.9KRAWG👍 44%· 62

Year 2018Dev Snowhound Games · 1C CompanyPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings card game strategy, roguelike runs and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

In a grim dystopian future, where mankind has scattered across the galaxy and the human society has split into two distinct classes, you are a poor stateless outcast forced to live off scraps from derelict alien stations and ships in the outer space, yet you dream of becoming a privileged citizen…

Where it drifts furthest from BattleTech: progression and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for BattleTech.

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SoloTacticalNarrativeSci-FiPost-ApocalypticIsometric

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Year 1998Dev Square Product Development Division 3 · Square Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3

✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world and visual third person, while skipping adventure storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from BattleTech: game mode.

It predates BattleTech by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7XCOM: Enemy Unknown

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloMultiplayerTacticalSci-FiSkill TreeIsometric

Steam👍 93%· 58KIGDB89· 12

Year 2012Dev Firaxis Games · 2K GamesOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · Android

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and deep simulation

≠ Stands apart with roguelike runs, punishing difficulty and procedural generation, while skipping adventure storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from BattleTech: tone and progression.

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#8Spice&Wolf VR2Closest on game mode

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloPvPMultiplayerTacticalNarrativeSci-Fi

Steam👍 65%· 1.4KRAWG👍 26%· 28MC59

Year 2014Dev HeroCraftPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with card game strategy, roguelike runs and punishing difficulty, while skipping adventure storytelling

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Where it drifts furthest from BattleTech: visuals and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for BattleTech.

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#9Tactical Breach Wizards

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeSci-FiIsometric

Steam👍 98%· 12KIGDB84· 3OC87· 21

Dev Suspicious DevelopmentsPlaytime ~6hOn PC

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping deep simulation

Tactical Breach Wizards is a small-scale, turn-based tactics game where you play a team of wizards in modern-day tactical gear, breaching and clearing rooms full of terrorists, drug dealers, corrupt cops, and worse. It's still in early development, so everything about it might change!

Where it drifts furthest from BattleTech: setting and game mode.

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Steam

#10Torment: Tides of Numenera

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