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StrategyTurn-Based CombatTacticalCharacter CustomizationRPGSingleplayer

XCOM® 2

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

Developer: Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Publisher: 2K, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Franchise: —
Release date: Feb 4, 2016
Store page updated: Mar 6, 2026
Price: $19.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

77.8/ 100

Based on 416 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😄 Very Positive 86% of 483

All time 😄 Very Positive 85% of 109,591

“judges all other turn based tactical games against it”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+1.24

Strategy +3.11 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices

“deliberate tactical philosophy with meaningful decision-making in EU” (74)

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Story & World

+2.97

World +3.38 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

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Content Volume

+3.25

Replayability +3.99 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+

“mods make every playthrough feel different and unique” (26)

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Visuals & Sound

+3.11

Visuals +3.08 · Graphics, art style, and animation

“production quality is great and feels invested” (12)

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Multiplayer

+3.75

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

Community +3.56 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

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Pricing & Fairness

-2.66

Balance -3.29 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched

“random chance overrides tactical planning and skill” (44)

Симулятор промахов и фэйлов. Строишь тактический план, расставляешь бойцов по позициям, все в укрытии, снайпера на крыше. Врагов обходишь с фланга. И понеслась... снайпер с 80+% мажет, в скрытом наблюдении твои попадают через раз и то не в того. Ответ с обратной стороны. Плевать что ты в полном укрытии и враг стоит за пол карты крит 100% обеспечен. Твоя команда начинает паниковать как, только кого нить ранят и вся твоя засада летит к чертям. Игра считается тактической, но это только на словах, в итоге мы имеем какой-то хеартстоун, где балом правит один рандом. Как бы ты хорошо не играл, все за

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Tech & Support

-1.69

Stability -3.23 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs

“glitches with interrupts and corpse behavior, occasional progress loss” (19)

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time

since launch, by month · major update

Feb 2016Sep 2026

Reviews

per day · 478 reviews, peak 27/day

Aug 21Sep 18

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