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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

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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805
playing now
93%
positive of 59k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9
twitch viewers (latest)
89/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (560 ratings)
31h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 54h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

805 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 805 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 926 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~116/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 2.3M–4.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58,574 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$5.73-81%
Gamesplanet$5.77-62%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-60%
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 88 of 107 observed days · $4.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
51551520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 negativeWeek 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: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.0k3382026-08-06 21:00 — 642 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 375 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 499 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 658 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 424 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 602 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 737 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 454 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 658 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 792 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 380 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 509 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 663 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 344 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 488 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 657 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 392 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 678 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,047 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 538 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 572 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 875 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 612 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 698 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 890 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 616 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 491 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 860 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 805 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$30.95$1.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-04-23 — best price $22.522015-06-12 — best price $30.952015-10-28 — best price $7.492016-01-15 — best price $28.492016-02-22 — best price $5.322016-05-27 — best price $7.492016-09-02 — best price $29.992016-12-26 — best price $6.002017-03-27 — best price $4.512017-07-12 — best price $29.992017-10-26 — best price $7.492018-02-16 — best price $29.992018-07-06 — best price $29.992018-11-26 — best price $7.492019-02-12 — best price $29.992019-05-27 — best price $29.992019-10-15 — best price $29.992020-02-06 — best price $19.742020-05-11 — best price $29.992020-08-07 — best price $29.992020-10-09 — best price $29.992020-11-25 — best price $7.492021-03-29 — best price $29.992021-08-05 — best price $7.492022-01-05 — best price $29.992022-05-15 — best price $29.992022-10-19 — best price $26.762023-03-01 — best price $7.492023-07-16 — best price $29.992024-01-08 — best price $26.992024-04-15 — best price $26.282024-07-14 — best price $29.992024-11-08 — best price $26.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-07-17 — best price $5.992025-11-20 — best price $5.992026-04-14 — best price $13.142026-06-25 — best price $5.772026-08-30 — best price $5.73
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5421652026-05-29 — 168 pageviews2026-06-01 — 165 pageviews2026-06-04 — 212 pageviews2026-06-07 — 302 pageviews2026-06-10 — 244 pageviews2026-06-13 — 198 pageviews2026-06-16 — 172 pageviews2026-06-19 — 215 pageviews2026-06-22 — 199 pageviews2026-06-25 — 199 pageviews2026-06-28 — 270 pageviews2026-07-01 — 195 pageviews2026-07-04 — 217 pageviews2026-07-07 — 198 pageviews2026-07-10 — 179 pageviews2026-07-13 — 228 pageviews2026-07-16 — 199 pageviews2026-07-19 — 212 pageviews2026-07-22 — 209 pageviews2026-07-25 — 190 pageviews2026-07-28 — 230 pageviews2026-07-31 — 187 pageviews2026-08-03 — 265 pageviews2026-08-06 — 195 pageviews2026-08-09 — 216 pageviews2026-08-12 — 340 pageviews2026-08-15 — 284 pageviews2026-08-18 — 306 pageviews2026-08-21 — 290 pageviews2026-08-24 — 315 pageviews2026-08-26 — 542 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5102026-08-27 09:33 — 25 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 9 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

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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