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X-COM: Apocalypse cover art

X-COM: Apocalypse

MicroProse Software, Inc · 2K · 2008-09-04

SteamGOG

Strategy

Franchise: X-COM · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 05, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 30, 1997 (DOS)

There's something evil in the city tonight... Earth has been ravaged by human excess, petty conflict and alien invasion. The world's population has been herded into huge cities, the first of which was Mega Primus. 2084: A Utopia shattered, social collapse and civil unrest reigns in Mega Primus. Fiendish aliens terrorize the city.

X-COM: Apocalypse is a Strategy game released in 2008, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 960 reviews).

11
playing now
89%
positive of 960 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

X-COM: Apocalypse is a 1997 science fiction tactical strategy video game developed by Mythos Games and published by MicroProse for DOS. It is the third installment in the X-COM series, following Terror from the Deep. Set 50 years after the second campaign, the game takes place primarily within the futuristic megalopolis of Mega-Primus.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 14,119 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 38k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 960 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.25-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.05 at AllYouPlay (2026-09-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 57 of 102 observed days · $0.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2422026-09-15 14:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 24 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
439Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 27 · peak 60Dec 2012 — avg 19 · peak 44May 2013 — avg 12 · peak 27Oct 2013 — avg 23 · peak 66Mar 2014 — avg 12 · peak 28Aug 2014 — avg 15 · peak 39Jan 2015 — avg 14 · peak 34Jun 2015 — avg 18 · peak 46Nov 2015 — avg 9 · peak 25Apr 2016 — avg 11 · peak 27Sep 2016 — avg 11 · peak 31Feb 2017 — avg 14 · peak 36Jul 2017 — avg 12 · peak 32Dec 2017 — avg 13 · peak 30May 2018 — avg 12 · peak 30Oct 2018 — avg 10 · peak 26Mar 2019 — avg 13 · peak 31Aug 2019 — avg 12 · peak 34Jan 2020 — avg 14 · peak 31Jun 2020 — avg 13 · peak 33Nov 2020 — avg 15 · peak 32Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 25Sep 2021 — avg 13 · peak 27Feb 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 29Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 27Oct 2023 — avg 11 · peak 23Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 32Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 31Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 31Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 26Nov 2025 — avg 13 · peak 29Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.092015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.502016-06-08 — best price $2.392017-03-06 — best price $1.492017-08-07 — best price $3.992017-09-13 — best price $3.992017-10-18 — best price $4.992017-11-29 — best price $5.992018-01-20 — best price $4.992018-02-20 — best price $3.992018-06-19 — best price $5.992018-08-02 — best price $4.992018-10-17 — best price $3.992018-12-20 — best price $1.242019-06-28 — best price $1.492019-12-13 — best price $4.012020-03-02 — best price $5.992020-07-06 — best price $5.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-08-18 — best price $4.052022-01-27 — best price $1.242022-06-23 — best price $1.242022-12-12 — best price $1.242023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-12-13 — best price $1.242024-04-08 — best price $4.812024-08-26 — best price $4.992025-03-19 — best price $1.242025-09-08 — best price $4.992026-01-08 — best price $1.242026-04-22 — best price $2.992026-07-15 — best price $1.252026-09-08 — best price $1.252026-09-26 — best price $1.252026-10-14 — best price $1.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

105272026-06-01 — 52 pageviews2026-06-05 — 51 pageviews2026-06-09 — 37 pageviews2026-06-13 — 41 pageviews2026-06-17 — 27 pageviews2026-06-21 — 57 pageviews2026-06-25 — 38 pageviews2026-06-29 — 45 pageviews2026-07-03 — 38 pageviews2026-07-07 — 53 pageviews2026-07-11 — 55 pageviews2026-07-15 — 43 pageviews2026-07-19 — 40 pageviews2026-07-23 — 44 pageviews2026-07-27 — 73 pageviews2026-07-31 — 33 pageviews2026-08-04 — 52 pageviews2026-08-08 — 54 pageviews2026-08-12 — 67 pageviews2026-08-16 — 37 pageviews2026-08-20 — 51 pageviews2026-08-24 — 62 pageviews2026-08-28 — 105 pageviews2026-09-01 — 100 pageviews2026-09-05 — 78 pageviews2026-09-09 — 56 pageviews2026-09-13 — 53 pageviews2026-09-17 — 37 pageviews2026-09-21 — 61 pageviews2026-09-25 — 53 pageviews2026-09-29 — 68 pageviews2026-10-03 — 42 pageviews2026-10-07 — 43 pageviews2026-10-11 — 38 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RetroAliensSci-fiClassicStrategyTacticalCyberpunkIsometricTurn-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

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