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XCOM® 2 cover art

XCOM® 2

Firaxis Games · 2K · 2016-02-04

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Strategy

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

Releases: Sep 27, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Feb 05, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 05, 2016 (Linux), Apr 07, 2016 (Mac), May 29, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 27, 2016 (Xbox One)

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

XCOM® 2 is a Strategy title released in 2016, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (85% of 109480 reviews) sentiment.

2,389
playing now
85%
positive of 110k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
109
twitch viewers (latest)
12.1
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (29 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (419 ratings)
699
Nexus mods (6.4M downloads)
4.16★
PlayStation Store rating (28,638 ratings)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 88% recommend · from 126 critics
45h
to beat · rushed 24h · completionist 68h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

2,389 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

XCOM 2 is a 2016 turn-based tactics video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K. It is the sequel to 2012's reboot of the series, XCOM: Enemy Unknown; it takes place 20 years after the events of Enemy Unknown. XCOM, a military organization trying to fight off an alien invasion, has lost the war and is now a resistance force against the occupation of Earth and the established totalitarian regime and military dictatorship. Gameplay is split between turn-based combat in which players command a squad of soldiers to fight enemies, and strategy elements in which players manage and control the operations of the Avenger, an alien ship that is used as a mobile base for XCOM.

Trailer

XCOM® 2 trailer thumbnail

Official XCOM 2 Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,389 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,224 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~403/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 2.7M–6.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 109,930 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-85%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.98 at GameBillet (2023-04-08) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 152 of 175 observed days · $1.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,056 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 919 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,057 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,914 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,657 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,262 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,090 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,260 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,440 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,751 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 804 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 699 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,675 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 384 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 594 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 576 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 859 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 663 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,081 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 351 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 809 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 305 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 643 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 476 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.0k2.2k2026-09-15 11:00 — 3,299 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 4,187 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,911 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 3,752 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 5,049 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,049 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2,560 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 3,771 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 2,895 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 3,263 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 3,611 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2,776 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 2,200 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 3,382 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 3,900 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 2,451 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 3,219 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 3,364 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,440 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 3,511 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 4,265 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,568 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,389 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
42k2.7kFeb 2016Aug 2026Feb 2016 — avg 42,239 · peak 132,677Jun 2016 — avg 4,450 · peak 9,866Oct 2016 — avg 3,606 · peak 8,006Feb 2017 — avg 7,562 · peak 16,872Jun 2017 — avg 5,377 · peak 11,806Oct 2017 — avg 6,148 · peak 14,500Feb 2018 — avg 5,097 · peak 10,323Jun 2018 — avg 4,126 · peak 7,745Oct 2018 — avg 6,637 · peak 16,077Feb 2019 — avg 5,090 · peak 9,841Jun 2019 — avg 3,859 · peak 7,181Oct 2019 — avg 3,305 · peak 5,911Feb 2020 — avg 4,394 · peak 7,790Jun 2020 — avg 3,881 · peak 6,603Oct 2020 — avg 3,171 · peak 5,841Feb 2021 — avg 7,247 · peak 13,491Jun 2021 — avg 3,651 · peak 6,153Oct 2021 — avg 3,794 · peak 6,212Feb 2022 — avg 6,641 · peak 12,635Jun 2022 — avg 3,606 · peak 5,503Oct 2022 — avg 3,730 · peak 6,367Feb 2023 — avg 3,899 · peak 6,720Jun 2023 — avg 3,392 · peak 5,800Oct 2023 — avg 2,695 · peak 4,199Feb 2024 — avg 3,820 · peak 6,610Jun 2024 — avg 3,347 · peak 5,344Oct 2024 — avg 3,868 · peak 6,620Feb 2025 — avg 3,709 · peak 5,836Jun 2025 — avg 3,240 · peak 5,138Oct 2025 — avg 3,070 · peak 4,877Feb 2026 — avg 4,006 · peak 6,688Jun 2026 — avg 3,085 · peak 4,760Aug 2026 — avg 3,659 · peak 6,084
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
22222026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 15 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 9 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 6 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 7 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 7 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-29: 13 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 11 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 22 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 16 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 12 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 21 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 19 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 16 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new negative2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 11 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 12 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$2.292015-09-102026-10-142015-09-10 — best price $44.842016-06-09 — best price $40.192016-09-24 — best price $59.992017-02-01 — best price $35.212017-06-16 — best price $23.992017-11-11 — best price $36.792018-03-01 — best price $59.992018-05-28 — best price $19.792018-09-01 — best price $44.992018-11-22 — best price $9.312019-02-21 — best price $12.302019-05-04 — best price $12.802019-08-05 — best price $10.592019-11-29 — best price $11.192020-02-17 — best price $11.412020-05-27 — best price $14.992020-09-03 — best price $11.202020-11-21 — best price $53.542021-03-05 — best price $8.992021-06-18 — best price $14.992021-10-04 — best price $59.992022-01-04 — best price $59.992022-04-22 — best price $59.992022-08-22 — best price $4.092022-11-22 — best price $2.692023-02-20 — best price $53.992023-06-01 — best price $59.992023-09-19 — best price $2.992024-01-10 — best price $59.992024-04-15 — best price $2.392024-07-21 — best price $53.992024-11-20 — best price $59.992025-02-20 — best price $52.992025-06-05 — best price $59.992025-09-15 — best price $59.992026-01-07 — best price $59.992026-05-14 — best price $2.992026-09-05 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8511512026-05-29 — 178 pageviews2026-06-02 — 225 pageviews2026-06-06 — 438 pageviews2026-06-10 — 249 pageviews2026-06-14 — 194 pageviews2026-06-18 — 225 pageviews2026-06-22 — 191 pageviews2026-06-26 — 247 pageviews2026-06-30 — 236 pageviews2026-07-04 — 217 pageviews2026-07-08 — 209 pageviews2026-07-12 — 222 pageviews2026-07-16 — 213 pageviews2026-07-20 — 190 pageviews2026-07-24 — 176 pageviews2026-07-28 — 242 pageviews2026-08-01 — 196 pageviews2026-08-05 — 173 pageviews2026-08-09 — 237 pageviews2026-08-13 — 310 pageviews2026-08-17 — 345 pageviews2026-08-21 — 299 pageviews2026-08-25 — 391 pageviews2026-08-29 — 733 pageviews2026-09-02 — 508 pageviews2026-09-06 — 492 pageviews2026-09-10 — 333 pageviews2026-09-14 — 380 pageviews2026-09-18 — 315 pageviews2026-09-22 — 259 pageviews2026-09-26 — 247 pageviews2026-09-30 — 190 pageviews2026-10-04 — 282 pageviews2026-10-07 — 250 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

39062026-09-30 22:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 140 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 109 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 283 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 135 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 390 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 219 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 166 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 266 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 199 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 289 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 109 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 319 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 345 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 167 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 256 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 189 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 354 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 109 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
80.2%
earned "First Blood"
31.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing6 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2016-03-17, latest 2018-12-03 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvERPGWarLogicSci-fiMilitaryTop-DownIsometricTurn-BasedPost-apocalyptic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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