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X-COM: Terror From the Deep

MicroProse Software, Inc · 2K · 2007-05-04

SteamGOG

Strategy

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

Releases: 1995 (DOS), 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 1996 (PlayStation)

The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension.Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth, X-COM's deep space foes unexpectedly change strategy and launch a powerful second front against planet Earth.

X-COM: Terror From the Deep is a Strategy game released in 2007, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 941 reviews).

17
playing now
91%
positive of 941 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a strategy video game developed and published by MicroProse for the PC in 1995 and for the PlayStation in 1996. It is a sequel to UFO: Enemy Unknown and the second game of the X-COM series, this time taking the war against a renewed alien invasion into the Earth's oceans.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 38k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 941 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 73 of 102 observed days · $0.44 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2742026-09-15 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 27 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 17 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4711Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 32 · peak 67Dec 2012 — avg 22 · peak 56May 2013 — avg 11 · peak 29Oct 2013 — avg 21 · peak 57Mar 2014 — avg 13 · peak 31Aug 2014 — avg 17 · peak 37Jan 2015 — avg 15 · peak 42Jun 2015 — avg 18 · peak 40Nov 2015 — avg 13 · peak 36Apr 2016 — avg 14 · peak 34Sep 2016 — avg 13 · peak 29Feb 2017 — avg 17 · peak 39Jul 2017 — avg 12 · peak 34Dec 2017 — avg 16 · peak 38May 2018 — avg 15 · peak 36Oct 2018 — avg 12 · peak 26Mar 2019 — avg 12 · peak 29Aug 2019 — avg 16 · peak 35Jan 2020 — avg 17 · peak 41Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 34Nov 2020 — avg 16 · peak 39Apr 2021 — avg 17 · peak 37Sep 2021 — avg 16 · peak 38Feb 2022 — avg 17 · peak 41Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 31Dec 2022 — avg 16 · peak 35May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 30Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 32Mar 2024 — avg 15 · peak 46Aug 2024 — avg 16 · peak 34Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 37Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 29Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 44Apr 2026 — avg 18 · peak 43Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 33
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.48$1.092015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.502016-01-24 — best price $4.992016-09-26 — best price $4.292017-03-06 — best price $1.492017-10-09 — best price $1.492018-02-14 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $1.642018-11-03 — best price $1.292019-03-29 — best price $5.992019-07-09 — best price $1.492019-11-28 — best price $1.492020-01-31 — best price $5.992020-03-24 — best price $4.592020-08-25 — best price $1.492020-12-16 — best price $1.492021-05-02 — best price $4.252021-10-11 — best price $1.492021-12-22 — best price $1.242022-03-12 — best price $3.902022-06-28 — best price $5.992022-11-25 — best price $4.992023-01-31 — best price $5.992023-04-11 — best price $5.992023-11-29 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $1.242024-05-08 — best price $5.992024-08-18 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-04-10 — best price $1.492025-07-24 — best price $4.992025-10-28 — best price $1.492026-02-04 — best price $5.992026-04-01 — best price $4.992026-06-04 — best price $1.132026-08-07 — best price $1.102026-09-05 — best price $1.492026-09-17 — best price $5.992026-09-29 — best price $1.492026-10-11 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

163372026-06-01 — 58 pageviews2026-06-05 — 72 pageviews2026-06-09 — 58 pageviews2026-06-13 — 46 pageviews2026-06-17 — 45 pageviews2026-06-21 — 62 pageviews2026-06-25 — 63 pageviews2026-06-29 — 52 pageviews2026-07-03 — 42 pageviews2026-07-07 — 63 pageviews2026-07-11 — 60 pageviews2026-07-15 — 57 pageviews2026-07-19 — 55 pageviews2026-07-23 — 86 pageviews2026-07-27 — 84 pageviews2026-07-31 — 50 pageviews2026-08-04 — 70 pageviews2026-08-08 — 68 pageviews2026-08-12 — 77 pageviews2026-08-16 — 56 pageviews2026-08-20 — 85 pageviews2026-08-24 — 90 pageviews2026-08-28 — 150 pageviews2026-09-01 — 163 pageviews2026-09-05 — 106 pageviews2026-09-09 — 78 pageviews2026-09-13 — 69 pageviews2026-09-17 — 74 pageviews2026-09-21 — 67 pageviews2026-09-25 — 72 pageviews2026-09-29 — 78 pageviews2026-10-03 — 60 pageviews2026-10-07 — 68 pageviews2026-10-11 — 44 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

AliensHorrorSci-fiClassicStrategyTacticalDifficultIsometricOld SchoolTurn-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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