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X-COM: UFO Defense

UFO: Enemy Unknown, also known as X-COM: UFO Defense in North America, is a 1994 science fiction strategy video game developed by Mythos Games and MicroProse. It was published by MicroProse for DOS and Amiga computers, the Amiga CD32 console, and the PlayStation. Originally planned by Julian Gollop as a sequel to Mythos Games' 1988 Laser Squad, the game mixes real-time management simulation with turn-based tactics. The player takes the role of commander of X-COM – an international paramilitary and scientific organisation secretly defending Earth from an alien invasion. Through the game, the player is tasked with issuing orders to individual X-COM troops in a series of turn-based tactical missions. At strategic scale, the player directs the research and development of new technologies, builds and expands X-COM's bases, manages the organisation's finances and personnel, and monitors and responds to UFO activity.

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Sporadic
OpenXcom screenshot
A playable open-source clone of UFO: Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep with extensive mod support.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars2,215
Updated5 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2011
Active
Original game (original game, not this project)Original game image
A static recompiler that rebuilds classic DOS/Windows games like X-COM and Warcraft: Orcs & Humans as native modern builds.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars416
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2016
Active
Original game (original game, not this project)Original game image
A native port of OpenXcom Extended 8.6.1 to the New Nintendo 3DS, supporting UFO Defense and Terror From the Deep.
Stars7
Updated2 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Halted
EXLCOM screenshot
Platforms:Excel
Stars6
Updated3 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2023
Halted
Xenowar screenshot
A turn-based strategy game for Win32 and Android inspired by the classic X-COM series.
Platforms:OSXAndroidiOS
Stars4
Updated4 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2022
Active
Original game (original game, not this project)Original game image
An open-source MonoGame remake of X-COM: UFO Defense (UFO: Enemy Unknown), originally built in XNA around 2007.
Platforms:Windows
Stars2
Updated3 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2016
UFO2000 screenshot
Platforms:WindowsLinux
LicenseGPL2*
UFO: Alien Invasion screenshot
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
LicenseGPL2*
X-Force: Fight For Destiny screenshot
Platforms:Windows
LicenseGPL2*