That unofficial spiritual successor now has an actual successor withXenonauts 2, which is out in early access now.
Despite decades separating Xenonauts and its sequels 2009 setting, the world has sort of remained in limbo.
Youll be doing so via old-school turn-based battles while also managing fighter bases to take care of enemy UFOs.

Theres still plenty thats new with more maps and a bigger tech tree, though.
For now, the teamsKickstartermentions that around 60-70% of the full campaign is available in early access.
Xenonauts 2s demo was one of thebest from this years Steam Next Fest, despite the tough-as-nails battles.

But one brave soldier from the RPS Treehouse will have more thoughts soon.
Xenonauts 2s early access version will usually cost 35/$40.
Although theres currently a 25% discount onSteam,GOG, andThe Epic Games Store.