UFO: Afterlight

Wait66%

Mixed · 537 player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

Altar Games · Strategy · Jan 6, 2014

Player review score
66%
Mixed
Price
$6.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio1 of 9
Subtitles9 of 9

Should I buy UFO: Afterlight?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 537 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 261 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise11% are divided44% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
37 of 261 sampled reviews raised it
This is a shame because weapons are varied and nicely designed, and have a great impact on combats, but the tactical game is almost ruined by a poorly concieved interface and some problems in game bablance (ie: some weapons or tactics are overpowered, while some other are useless).
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
33 of 261 sampled reviews raised it
the graphics are nice and enjoyable, with funny characters as well as a rarther challenging combat/management system if you increase it so.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
30 of 261 sampled reviews raised it
This game is bigger than I anticipated when I first bought it and am still exploring what it has to offer.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
23 of 261 sampled reviews raised it
A tactical RPG in some sense with a great story that even uses the mid to end of the second UFO game as referance for this third installment of the series.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat37 reviews
Graphics33 reviews
Gameplay30 reviews
Story23 reviews
Divided opinion
Bugs
50% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
31% still recommend
Interface
53% still recommend
Difficulty
80% still recommend
Audio
80% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$6.99

The lowest we've tracked is $1.39.

8 points recordedtoday · $6.99