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XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Firaxis Games · 2K · 2012-10-08

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Strategy

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

Releases: Oct 09, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Apr 25, 2013 (Mac), Jun 19, 2014 (Linux), Oct 09, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 20, 2013 (iOS), Oct 12, 2012 (Xbox 360)

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a 2012 Strategy game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (93% of 58706 reviews) sentiment.

475
playing now
93%
positive of 59k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4
twitch viewers (latest)
4.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
89/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (560 ratings)
475
Nexus mods (4.2M downloads)
31h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 54h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

475 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a 2012 turn-based tactics video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K. It is a "reimagining" of the 1994 strategy game UFO: Enemy Unknown. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is set during an alien invasion of Earth in an alternative version of 2015; the player controls an elite, multinational, paramilitary organization called XCOM and commands troops in a series of turn-based tactical missions. Between missions, the player directs the research and development of technologies from recovered alien technology and captured prisoners, expands XCOM's base of operations, manages finances, and monitors and responds to alien activity.

Trailer

XCOM: Enemy Unknown trailer thumbnail

XCOM: Enemy Unknown "Last Stand" E3 2012 Trailer

≈757,089 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 475 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 936 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~117/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 14,201 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 2.4M–4.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58,802 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$5.24-65%
Gamesplanet$5.77-62%
GameBillet$6.00-80%
GamersGate$6.00-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2023-07-10) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 96 of 109 observed days · $3.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
51551520182026Week of 2018-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 25 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9463232026-09-15 11:00 — 508 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 828 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 461 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 629 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 946 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 495 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 434 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 695 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 518 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 507 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 655 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 488 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 343 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 578 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 795 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 406 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 503 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 625 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 410 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 593 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 886 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 461 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 390 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 475 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20k449Oct 2012Aug 2026Oct 2012 — avg 20,353 · peak 70,560Mar 2013 — avg 3,027 · peak 9,228Aug 2013 — avg 3,481 · peak 6,330Jan 2014 — avg 6,557 · peak 17,258Jun 2014 — avg 5,331 · peak 15,733Nov 2014 — avg 3,904 · peak 8,937Apr 2015 — avg 3,064 · peak 5,977Sep 2015 — avg 5,975 · peak 19,807Feb 2016 — avg 9,548 · peak 22,358Jul 2016 — avg 1,928 · peak 3,864Dec 2016 — avg 1,719 · peak 3,342May 2017 — avg 1,131 · peak 2,039Oct 2017 — avg 1,299 · peak 2,625Mar 2018 — avg 1,349 · peak 3,034Aug 2018 — avg 1,007 · peak 1,775Jan 2019 — avg 1,025 · peak 1,930Jun 2019 — avg 884 · peak 1,477Nov 2019 — avg 943 · peak 1,663Apr 2020 — avg 1,445 · peak 3,533Sep 2020 — avg 795 · peak 1,383Feb 2021 — avg 1,024 · peak 1,973Jul 2021 — avg 704 · peak 1,163Dec 2021 — avg 838 · peak 1,360May 2022 — avg 802 · peak 1,439Oct 2022 — avg 774 · peak 1,463Mar 2023 — avg 733 · peak 1,317Aug 2023 — avg 611 · peak 1,030Jan 2024 — avg 783 · peak 1,412Jun 2024 — avg 669 · peak 1,240Nov 2024 — avg 626 · peak 1,022Apr 2025 — avg 642 · peak 1,115Sep 2025 — avg 566 · peak 975Feb 2026 — avg 702 · peak 1,352Jul 2026 — avg 557 · peak 938Aug 2026 — avg 628 · peak 1,228
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
882026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 3 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 7 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 6 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 8 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$30.95$1.492015-01-012026-10-122015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-04-30 — best price $22.202015-07-10 — best price $29.992015-12-22 — best price $7.492016-02-12 — best price $28.492016-05-27 — best price $7.492016-09-22 — best price $7.492017-02-22 — best price $7.492017-05-26 — best price $5.992017-10-05 — best price $29.992018-02-16 — best price $29.992018-08-30 — best price $7.492018-12-20 — best price $7.492019-04-26 — best price $29.992019-09-27 — best price $4.492020-02-06 — best price $19.742020-05-30 — best price $26.282020-08-25 — best price $29.992020-11-03 — best price $29.992021-03-05 — best price $7.492021-08-05 — best price $7.492022-02-10 — best price $7.492022-06-25 — best price $29.992022-12-26 — best price $29.992023-06-27 — best price $26.282024-01-08 — best price $26.992024-04-28 — best price $6.992024-08-19 — best price $28.902025-01-07 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-11-20 — best price $5.992026-04-24 — best price $5.402026-08-08 — best price $5.282026-10-12 — best price $5.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6811682026-05-29 — 168 pageviews2026-06-02 — 199 pageviews2026-06-06 — 367 pageviews2026-06-10 — 244 pageviews2026-06-14 — 241 pageviews2026-06-18 — 222 pageviews2026-06-22 — 199 pageviews2026-06-26 — 229 pageviews2026-06-30 — 186 pageviews2026-07-04 — 217 pageviews2026-07-08 — 173 pageviews2026-07-12 — 221 pageviews2026-07-16 — 199 pageviews2026-07-20 — 186 pageviews2026-07-24 — 198 pageviews2026-07-28 — 230 pageviews2026-08-01 — 225 pageviews2026-08-05 — 214 pageviews2026-08-09 — 216 pageviews2026-08-13 — 350 pageviews2026-08-17 — 341 pageviews2026-08-21 — 290 pageviews2026-08-25 — 365 pageviews2026-08-29 — 620 pageviews2026-09-02 — 434 pageviews2026-09-06 — 388 pageviews2026-09-10 — 324 pageviews2026-09-14 — 334 pageviews2026-09-18 — 293 pageviews2026-09-22 — 224 pageviews2026-09-26 — 262 pageviews2026-09-30 — 197 pageviews2026-10-04 — 318 pageviews2026-10-07 — 248 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.2k02026-10-01 07:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 118 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 270 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 135 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 215 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 297 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 262 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 174 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 169 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 715 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 285 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 122 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 1,241 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 4 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
87%
earned "We Happy Few "
37.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Polish

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2012-10-23, latest 2013-11-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)95,8411%85
PS3 (PlayStation)39,2852%56
Xbox 360 (Xbox)30,9531%55

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

AliensSci-fiStrategyTacticalAddictiveTurn-BasedMultiplayerPerma DeathUnforgivingReplay Value

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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