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X2: The Threat cover art

X2: The Threat

Egosoft · 2006-07-21

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
83%
positive of 529 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 42% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 529 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$0.60-88%
GOG$0.99-80%
Humble Store$0.99-80%
GOG$0.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 66 of 103 observed days · $0.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

2112026-08-06 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.01$0.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $0.602026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

53112026-05-31 — 27 pageviews2026-06-03 — 28 pageviews2026-06-06 — 13 pageviews2026-06-09 — 18 pageviews2026-06-12 — 26 pageviews2026-06-15 — 41 pageviews2026-06-18 — 24 pageviews2026-06-21 — 19 pageviews2026-06-24 — 29 pageviews2026-06-27 — 23 pageviews2026-06-30 — 31 pageviews2026-07-03 — 38 pageviews2026-07-06 — 32 pageviews2026-07-09 — 29 pageviews2026-07-12 — 20 pageviews2026-07-15 — 18 pageviews2026-07-18 — 20 pageviews2026-07-21 — 23 pageviews2026-07-24 — 25 pageviews2026-07-27 — 20 pageviews2026-07-30 — 30 pageviews2026-08-02 — 22 pageviews2026-08-05 — 21 pageviews2026-08-08 — 29 pageviews2026-08-11 — 13 pageviews2026-08-14 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 24 pageviews2026-08-20 — 25 pageviews2026-08-23 — 28 pageviews2026-08-26 — 21 pageviews2026-08-28 — 15 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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