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X-COM: Interceptor cover art

X-COM: Interceptor

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

SteamGOG

Strategy

Franchise: X-COM · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

They're back...only this time the heinous aliens are out to destroy Earth and rule the new frontier. As X-COM commander, it's your sole duty to protect humanity and the prized mining operations in outer space.

X-COM: Interceptor is a 2008 Strategy game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (55% of 226 reviews).

1
playing now
55%
positive of 229 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

X-COM: Interceptor is the fourth main game in the X-COM series, developed by MicroProse's Chapel Hill development studio and released in 1998. The game is a combination of many genres, including space flight simulation, business simulation game and strategy game elements. More specifically, the player's role includes managing a number of X-COM space stations, piloting starfighters during hostile encounters whilst co-ordinating wingmen, and managing resources and research. X-COM Interceptor, although released as the fourth game, is actually set before X-COM: Apocalypse, thus making it the third game in the chronological order. The game was re-released in 2008 for Steam and GamersGate, and again in 2016 on GOG.com.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 14,092 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.2k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 229 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 51 of 93 observed days · $0.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420142026Week of 2014-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30Jul 2012Jul 2022Jul 2012 — avg 2 · peak 5Oct 2012 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2013 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2013 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2013 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2014 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 14Oct 2014 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jul 2022

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.242015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.502016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $4.992017-04-01 — best price $3.992017-11-28 — best price $4.992018-03-08 — best price $1.242018-09-13 — best price $4.692019-02-04 — best price $1.242019-05-30 — best price $1.492019-09-28 — best price $3.672020-01-14 — best price $3.892020-02-16 — best price $4.112020-05-11 — best price $4.992020-09-28 — best price $1.492021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-06-09 — best price $1.492021-10-28 — best price $1.242022-01-27 — best price $1.242022-03-25 — best price $5.262022-08-22 — best price $1.242022-12-22 — best price $1.242023-03-02 — best price $4.992023-09-22 — best price $1.242024-01-16 — best price $4.992024-04-07 — best price $4.812024-07-29 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $1.242025-03-13 — best price $1.242025-06-27 — best price $1.242025-10-07 — best price $1.242026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-27 — best price $1.292026-06-25 — best price $1.242026-08-29 — best price $4.272026-09-10 — best price $4.992026-09-22 — best price $4.992026-10-04 — best price $1.252026-10-14 — best price $1.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

56112026-06-01 — 26 pageviews2026-06-05 — 28 pageviews2026-06-09 — 23 pageviews2026-06-13 — 23 pageviews2026-06-17 — 11 pageviews2026-06-21 — 31 pageviews2026-06-25 — 24 pageviews2026-06-29 — 39 pageviews2026-07-03 — 19 pageviews2026-07-07 — 18 pageviews2026-07-11 — 22 pageviews2026-07-15 — 24 pageviews2026-07-19 — 19 pageviews2026-07-23 — 21 pageviews2026-07-27 — 35 pageviews2026-07-31 — 20 pageviews2026-08-04 — 30 pageviews2026-08-08 — 26 pageviews2026-08-12 — 34 pageviews2026-08-16 — 27 pageviews2026-08-20 — 20 pageviews2026-08-24 — 35 pageviews2026-08-28 — 51 pageviews2026-09-01 — 56 pageviews2026-09-05 — 37 pageviews2026-09-09 — 36 pageviews2026-09-13 — 27 pageviews2026-09-17 — 13 pageviews2026-09-21 — 28 pageviews2026-09-25 — 35 pageviews2026-09-29 — 22 pageviews2026-10-03 — 21 pageviews2026-10-07 — 27 pageviews2026-10-11 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

SpaceAliensFlightSci-fiClassicStrategySpace SimSimulationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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