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Xeno Crisis cover art

Xeno Crisis

Bitmap Bureau · 2019-10-28

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 2021 (Neo Geo CD), Oct 2021 (Neo Geo MVS), Oct 28, 2019 (Linux), Oct 28, 2019 (Mac), Oct 28, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 28, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which up to two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries, searching for survivors, and ultimately facing the origin of the outpost's demise.

1
playing now
86%
positive of 217 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Xeno Crisis is a 2019 multidirectional shooter homebrew video game developed and published by Bitmap Bureau for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It was later ported to Dreamcast, PlayStation Vita, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Nintendo 64, GameCube, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Evercade and Game Boy Advance. The premise takes place in Outpost 88, a scientific research facility overrun by aliens. The facility sent a distress signal, leading Commander Darius dispatching space marines John Marsh and Sarah Ridley to confront the aliens. Gameplay revolves around players defeating enemies, rescuing survivors, collecting in-game currency for upgrades, and facing against bosses.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 58% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.4k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 217 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at GOG (2023-10-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992019-10-282026-08-302019-10-28 — best price $19.992020-08-10 — best price $19.992021-01-29 — best price $14.992021-04-12 — best price $19.992021-09-13 — best price $13.992021-12-23 — best price $9.992022-02-28 — best price $19.992022-05-11 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $9.992022-10-27 — best price $9.992022-12-01 — best price $19.992023-02-02 — best price $9.992023-03-14 — best price $19.992023-05-24 — best price $19.992023-07-31 — best price $9.992023-10-26 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-01-25 — best price $4.992024-03-02 — best price $19.992024-04-10 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-08-26 — best price $7.992024-10-16 — best price $7.992024-11-26 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-10 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-04-14 — best price $19.992025-07-23 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-04-03 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

135362026-06-01 — 131 pageviews2026-06-04 — 76 pageviews2026-06-07 — 60 pageviews2026-06-10 — 52 pageviews2026-06-13 — 52 pageviews2026-06-16 — 48 pageviews2026-06-19 — 67 pageviews2026-06-22 — 64 pageviews2026-06-25 — 56 pageviews2026-06-28 — 84 pageviews2026-07-01 — 60 pageviews2026-07-04 — 56 pageviews2026-07-07 — 64 pageviews2026-07-10 — 48 pageviews2026-07-13 — 55 pageviews2026-07-16 — 67 pageviews2026-07-19 — 48 pageviews2026-07-22 — 50 pageviews2026-07-25 — 44 pageviews2026-07-28 — 121 pageviews2026-07-31 — 103 pageviews2026-08-03 — 87 pageviews2026-08-06 — 135 pageviews2026-08-09 — 99 pageviews2026-08-12 — 92 pageviews2026-08-15 — 65 pageviews2026-08-18 — 90 pageviews2026-08-21 — 67 pageviews2026-08-24 — 88 pageviews2026-08-27 — 63 pageviews2026-08-29 — 64 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStats

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieRetroActionAliensSci-fiShooterTop-DownLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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