UFO: Aftershock
Skip · Strategy · 2014
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 41, under the fair line, at $3.99.
- Length
- 43h 103.7h to 100%
- Value
- $0.09/hr
- Reviews
- 75% of 263 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
UFO: Aftershock is a combination of tactical squad combat and global strategy that enhances and expands upon its prequel, UFO: Aftermath.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, nVidia GeForceTM 5700 or ATI Radeon 9500. Windows only.
The value story
71 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 28 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 72 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Age of Wonders: Planetfall ($7.49, scores 52) beats it on value, while it beats Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ ($39.99, scores 9).
More about UFO: Aftershock
43 hours to finish it, 104 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.4 times the campaign.
What players say
UFO: Aftershock (Aftershock) is the second game in a "UFO Trilogy" by Alter Interactive. Aftershock continues one of the story paths available to the player from the first game, Aftermath. First and foremost, Aftershock is a budget game from the early 2000s and it definitely shows today. I played this game way too much as a kid with Aftermath one of my favourite childhood games so when Aftershock came along I was...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
2025-01-12 Game purchased during the Steam Winter Sale 2024 Although an old game I find it quite fun to play. If you're a fan of the X-Com series of games you might want to give this one a try. Out of all of the UFO: AfterXXXX series I consider this one to be the most enjoyable. Like X-Com, UFO: Aftershock has a strategic layer (composed of a map of earth), and a tactical layer where combat takes place. Combat is in...
after playing 32 hrs with saving all the way. Encountered a bug that ruined all saves and progress this game is really old so its not like the bugs are being checked regularly..
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Cite this score
UFO: Aftershock scores 41/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/289500/ufo-aftershockReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.