Fit check
Is UFO: Aftermath worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want both planetary management and squad combat
- RPG fans who enjoy developing individual soldiers through attributes and experience
- Players seeking science-fiction tactics with pause-based planning and randomized missions
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly scripted campaign may find the randomly generated mission structure repetitive
- Players who prefer either fully turn-based or uninterrupted real-time combat may not enjoy the hybrid pacing
- Players looking for a narrowly focused tactical game may find the base, territory, interception, and research management too broad
- Players wanting modern military or historical warfare rather than alien-invasion science fiction
Our take on UFO: Aftermath
The listing foregrounds the hybrid combat system and broad feature count, but the core structure also requires managing territories, bases, interceptions, squads, and research. That strategic layer is a substantial part of play, not just a backdrop for the ground missions.
What is UFO: Aftermath?
UFO: Aftermath combines global strategy, squad-based ground missions, and RPG progression in a 3D isometric setting.
Players manage bases, interceptions, squads, territory, and research while fighting aliens and mutants. Captured regions can receive Research, Military, Manufacture, or Biomass Repulsion bases. Soldiers gain experience and develop through Strength, Agility, Dexterity, Willpower, Intelligence, and Perception attributes. Combat blends real-time action with turn-based planning: orders can be issued while paused, revised during play, and automatically interrupted when important events occur. Tactical missions are randomly generated, with over 100 mission objectives and more than 70 weapons.
How UFO: Aftermath plays
- 01Pause-driven combat
- Orders can be issued or changed during pauses, with automatic interruptions for important events.
- 02Global territory management
- Control of territory affects interceptor coverage, while bases can focus on research, military operations, manufacturing, or biomass repulsion.
- 03Soldier progression
- Experience and six attributes shape each soldier’s skills over the course of the game.
- 04Randomized missions
- Tactical battlefields are generated for each mission, with over 100 objectives available.
- 05Large weapon selection
- The game includes more than 70 distinct weapons for ground combat.
UFO: Aftermath compared to similar games
Xenonauts also centers on defending Earth from an alien invasion with small squads, but its listed combat is explicitly turn-based and includes recovering extraterrestrial technology. UFO: Aftermath instead combines pause-controlled real-time action with global territory, base, interception, and research management. Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on large-scale World War II battles and direct unit control, rather than UFO: Aftermath’s alien setting, soldier attributes, and randomly generated objectives.
UFO: Aftermath: platforms & release
Is UFO: Aftermath worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want both planetary management and squad combat. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly scripted campaign may find the randomly generated mission structure repetitive.
Where can I download UFO: Aftermath?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens UFO: Aftermath's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is UFO: Aftermath on?
Windows only.
