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X2: The Threat cover art

X2: The Threat

Egosoft · 2006-07-21

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: May 30, 2006 (Linux), Jul 21, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 07, 2003 (Mac)

X²: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.

X2: The Threat is a 2006 Strategy game priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 533 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

6
playing now
83%
positive of 533 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

X2: The Threat is a space simulation video game developed by Egosoft for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It is part of the X series. It was released in 2003 and is a sequel to X: Beyond the Frontier. Freeverse Software ported the game to Mac OS X in 2004/2005, while Linux Game Publishing produced their Linux port in 2005/2006. An expansion pack, X2: The Return, was cancelled.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 533 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$0.68-86%
GOG$0.99-80%
Humble Store$0.99-80%
GOG$0.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.40 at GreenManGaming (2021-03-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 101 of 137 observed days · $0.59 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 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: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1802026-09-14 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
396Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 26 · peak 70Dec 2012 — avg 11 · peak 37May 2013 — avg 12 · peak 30Oct 2013 — avg 24 · peak 56Mar 2014 — avg 9 · peak 21Aug 2014 — avg 11 · peak 27Jan 2015 — avg 19 · peak 42Jun 2015 — avg 11 · peak 29Nov 2015 — avg 11 · peak 25Apr 2016 — avg 10 · peak 33Sep 2016 — avg 8 · peak 22Feb 2017 — avg 10 · peak 24Jul 2017 — avg 11 · peak 27Dec 2017 — avg 17 · peak 62May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 24Oct 2018 — avg 10 · peak 27Mar 2019 — avg 10 · peak 28Aug 2019 — avg 10 · peak 23Jan 2020 — avg 13 · peak 31Jun 2020 — avg 12 · peak 27Nov 2020 — avg 12 · peak 26Apr 2021 — avg 12 · peak 35Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 18Feb 2022 — avg 12 · peak 29Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 24Dec 2022 — avg 11 · peak 26May 2023 — avg 11 · peak 35Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 26Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Jan 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.01$0.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-11-24 — best price $4.952017-09-21 — best price $4.992018-03-19 — best price $2.482018-08-30 — best price $2.492019-02-11 — best price $2.482019-08-23 — best price $4.952020-01-15 — best price $5.002020-03-25 — best price $3.922020-06-19 — best price $4.392020-08-03 — best price $4.492020-09-11 — best price $4.992020-10-19 — best price $4.392020-11-25 — best price $1.992021-01-12 — best price $4.992021-02-18 — best price $4.142021-04-06 — best price $4.992021-05-21 — best price $4.992021-08-05 — best price $2.502021-10-29 — best price $3.662022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-06-24 — best price $0.992022-10-08 — best price $4.992023-02-13 — best price $1.492023-06-11 — best price $1.992023-12-06 — best price $4.992024-04-04 — best price $4.992024-08-19 — best price $0.802024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-04-16 — best price $4.992025-08-12 — best price $0.742025-11-20 — best price $0.992026-03-16 — best price $4.992026-06-16 — best price $4.992026-08-22 — best price $0.602026-09-16 — best price $0.992026-10-11 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

46122026-05-31 — 27 pageviews2026-06-04 — 21 pageviews2026-06-08 — 24 pageviews2026-06-12 — 26 pageviews2026-06-16 — 32 pageviews2026-06-20 — 22 pageviews2026-06-24 — 29 pageviews2026-06-28 — 36 pageviews2026-07-02 — 29 pageviews2026-07-06 — 32 pageviews2026-07-10 — 22 pageviews2026-07-14 — 22 pageviews2026-07-18 — 20 pageviews2026-07-22 — 34 pageviews2026-07-26 — 20 pageviews2026-07-30 — 30 pageviews2026-08-03 — 19 pageviews2026-08-07 — 19 pageviews2026-08-11 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 24 pageviews2026-08-19 — 19 pageviews2026-08-23 — 28 pageviews2026-08-27 — 25 pageviews2026-08-31 — 15 pageviews2026-09-04 — 27 pageviews2026-09-08 — 19 pageviews2026-09-12 — 21 pageviews2026-09-16 — 21 pageviews2026-09-20 — 19 pageviews2026-09-24 — 22 pageviews2026-09-28 — 13 pageviews2026-10-02 — 23 pageviews2026-10-06 — 30 pageviews2026-10-09 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

SpaceActionFlightSci-fiEconomySandboxTradingStrategySpace SimOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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