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Phoenix Point

Snapshot Games Inc. · 2020-12-03

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RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 03, 2020 (Xbox One), Dec 03, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Dec 03, 2020 (Mac), Dec 03, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods!

193
playing now
73%
positive of 7.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

193 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Phoenix Point is a strategy video game featuring a turn-based tactics system that is developed by Bulgaria-based independent developer Snapshot Games. It was released on December 3, 2019, for macOS and Microsoft Windows, for Stadia on January 26, 2021, and Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on October 1, 2021. Phoenix Point is intended to be a spiritual successor to the X-COM series that had been originally created by Snapshot Games head Julian Gollop during the 1990s.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 193 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 440 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~55/week).
  • · Review velocity up 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 143k–322k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,165 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.74 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 8 of 14 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
76476420202026Week of 2020-12-01: 764 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 307 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

317942026-08-07 00:00 — 154 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 115 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 249 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 152 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 179 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 273 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 187 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 213 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 317 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 178 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 136 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 251 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 171 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 132 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 251 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 122 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 143 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 280 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 224 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 123 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 186 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 225 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 179 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 304 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 256 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 117 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 167 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 278 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 193 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$0.002019-04-262026-08-272019-04-26 — best price $39.992020-01-26 — best price $39.992020-04-20 — best price $39.992020-09-24 — best price $39.992021-01-07 — best price $59.992021-03-25 — best price $35.992021-06-17 — best price $49.992021-08-05 — best price $39.992021-10-08 — best price $29.992021-11-01 — best price $29.992021-12-01 — best price $29.992022-01-06 — best price $29.992022-03-24 — best price $14.992022-05-19 — best price $14.992022-07-21 — best price $24.992022-11-22 — best price $18.742022-12-13 — best price $24.992023-02-02 — best price $22.492023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-06-15 — best price $29.992023-09-04 — best price $24.992023-12-13 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $12.492024-04-29 — best price $24.992024-10-07 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-04-16 — best price $24.992026-08-27 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

216402026-05-29 — 54 pageviews2026-06-01 — 57 pageviews2026-06-04 — 51 pageviews2026-06-07 — 65 pageviews2026-06-10 — 53 pageviews2026-06-13 — 47 pageviews2026-06-16 — 52 pageviews2026-06-19 — 50 pageviews2026-06-22 — 44 pageviews2026-06-25 — 190 pageviews2026-06-28 — 64 pageviews2026-07-01 — 63 pageviews2026-07-04 — 57 pageviews2026-07-07 — 55 pageviews2026-07-10 — 42 pageviews2026-07-13 — 49 pageviews2026-07-16 — 62 pageviews2026-07-19 — 40 pageviews2026-07-22 — 49 pageviews2026-07-25 — 56 pageviews2026-07-28 — 67 pageviews2026-07-31 — 54 pageviews2026-08-03 — 55 pageviews2026-08-06 — 52 pageviews2026-08-09 — 60 pageviews2026-08-12 — 73 pageviews2026-08-15 — 75 pageviews2026-08-18 — 67 pageviews2026-08-21 — 76 pageviews2026-08-24 — 51 pageviews2026-08-26 — 100 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
75.1%
earned "Novice Manufacturer"
17.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing7 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,8951%47
Windows (Xbox)3,4661%47
PS5 (PlayStation)5943%48
PS4 (PlayStation)4353%48

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

PvERPGAliensHorrorStrategyTacticalIsometricPerma DeathThird PersonGrand Strategy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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