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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

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.

11
playing now
91%
positive of 941 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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

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  • · Top 33% of 5,933 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–75k copies

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

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.07 at Fanatical (2026-08-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 52 of 64 observed days · $0.42 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

2962026-08-06 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 18 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 22 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.48$1.092015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $1.102026-08-30 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

172372026-06-01 — 58 pageviews2026-06-04 — 70 pageviews2026-06-07 — 75 pageviews2026-06-10 — 65 pageviews2026-06-13 — 46 pageviews2026-06-16 — 48 pageviews2026-06-19 — 44 pageviews2026-06-22 — 54 pageviews2026-06-25 — 63 pageviews2026-06-28 — 59 pageviews2026-07-01 — 55 pageviews2026-07-04 — 68 pageviews2026-07-07 — 63 pageviews2026-07-10 — 59 pageviews2026-07-13 — 61 pageviews2026-07-16 — 50 pageviews2026-07-19 — 55 pageviews2026-07-22 — 49 pageviews2026-07-25 — 55 pageviews2026-07-28 — 74 pageviews2026-07-31 — 50 pageviews2026-08-03 — 59 pageviews2026-08-06 — 61 pageviews2026-08-09 — 46 pageviews2026-08-12 — 77 pageviews2026-08-15 — 68 pageviews2026-08-18 — 70 pageviews2026-08-21 — 82 pageviews2026-08-24 — 90 pageviews2026-08-27 — 158 pageviews2026-08-29 — 172 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.

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