Fit check
Is UFO: Aftershock worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want both campaign-level management and squad combat
- Players who enjoy developing tactical teams through training and RPG progression
- Science-fiction fans seeking a campaign about humanity reclaiming an uninhabitable Earth
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a focused combat game without resource, base, research, or diplomacy management
- Players who prefer short, self-contained encounters over a layered campaign with squad progression
- Players looking for a purely historical military setting rather than science-fiction conflict
Our take on UFO: Aftershock
Combining global management with tactical missions adds strategic breadth, but it also requires attention across two connected scales. Players focused only on squad encounters may find the resource, base, research, and diplomacy layers a substantial trade-off.
What is UFO: Aftershock?
UFO: Aftershock combines small-scale tactical squad missions with global strategy set in 2054, after Earth becomes uninhabitable and humanity's flying refuge is destroyed.
The strategic layer includes resource and base management, diplomacy, and research into items and technologies. Tactical play uses an enhanced Simultaneous Action System and RPG mechanics, with training and experience systems for squad development. Missions cover multi-level buildings and areas inside and outside them, with destructible environments affecting combat. The campaign includes new enemies and allies alongside a storyline about survivors attempting to reclaim Earth from the forces that drove them away.
How UFO: Aftershock plays
- 01Global Strategy Layer
- Manage resources and bases while navigating diplomacy across the wider campaign.
- 02Squad RPG Mechanics
- Tactical missions use simultaneous actions, character development, training, and experience progression.
- 03Research System
- Investigate and develop new equipment and technologies during the campaign.
- 04Destructible Environments
- Combat takes place across indoor and outdoor areas with environments that can be damaged.
- 05Multi-Level Missions
- Tactical operations extend through buildings with multiple levels.
UFO: Aftershock compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on World War II battles with direct control of units, while UFO: Aftershock adds global resource, base, research, diplomacy, and RPG progression around its tactical missions. Xenonauts also combines alien-defense strategy with small persistent squads and turn-based combat, whereas UFO: Aftershock uses an Enhanced Simultaneous Action System and includes multi-level destructible environments.
UFO: Aftershock: platforms & release
Is UFO: Aftershock worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want both campaign-level management and squad combat. Skip it if: players seeking a focused combat game without resource, base, research, or diplomacy management.
Where can I download UFO: Aftershock?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens UFO: Aftershock's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is UFO: Aftershock on?
Windows only.
