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Xenonauts 2 cover art

Xenonauts 2

Goldhawk Interactive · Hooded Horse · 2026-04-02

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

RPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 18, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.

Xenonauts 2 is a 2026 RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $39.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Very Positive (81% of 5690 reviews).

258
playing now
81%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

258 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Xenonauts 2 is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Goldhawk Interactive and published by Hooded Horse. A sequel to Xenonauts (2014), the game was released on July 18, 2023, through early access, and fully on April 2, 2026.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 258 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,948 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~244/week).
  • · Review velocity up 321% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 6,192 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 114k–256k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,690 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$19.99-50%
GOG$19.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at AllYouPlay (2023-11-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 98 of 162 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
87187120232026Week of 2023-07-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 871 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3671102026-08-11 17:00 — 293 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 134 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 151 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 258 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 150 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 161 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 312 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 212 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 200 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 227 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 139 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 185 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 216 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 110 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 197 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 192 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 146 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 266 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 336 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 154 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 325 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 266 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 157 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 325 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 289 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 155 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 367 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 356 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 258 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$14.992023-07-122026-08-302023-07-12 — best price $39.992023-09-04 — best price $39.992023-10-10 — best price $29.992023-11-06 — best price $29.992023-11-29 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $29.992024-01-25 — best price $29.992024-02-26 — best price $39.992024-03-20 — best price $27.992024-04-19 — best price $24.492024-05-15 — best price $39.992024-06-19 — best price $27.992024-07-25 — best price $39.992024-08-24 — best price $27.992024-09-23 — best price $39.992024-11-01 — best price $39.992024-11-26 — best price $25.992024-12-20 — best price $39.992025-01-15 — best price $25.992025-02-26 — best price $39.992025-03-31 — best price $39.992025-04-24 — best price $39.992025-05-24 — best price $25.702025-06-26 — best price $25.992025-07-23 — best price $39.992025-08-23 — best price $25.992025-09-19 — best price $39.992025-10-21 — best price $25.992025-11-15 — best price $39.992025-12-12 — best price $25.992026-01-19 — best price $25.992026-02-12 — best price $39.992026-03-09 — best price $25.992026-04-03 — best price $35.992026-04-23 — best price $25.992026-05-14 — best price $25.992026-06-06 — best price $39.992026-07-15 — best price $39.992026-08-11 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

66232026-05-13 — 66 pageviews2026-05-16 — 50 pageviews2026-05-19 — 65 pageviews2026-05-22 — 50 pageviews2026-05-25 — 54 pageviews2026-05-28 — 45 pageviews2026-05-31 — 65 pageviews2026-06-03 — 53 pageviews2026-06-06 — 48 pageviews2026-06-09 — 43 pageviews2026-06-12 — 38 pageviews2026-06-15 — 45 pageviews2026-06-18 — 48 pageviews2026-06-21 — 46 pageviews2026-06-24 — 39 pageviews2026-06-27 — 50 pageviews2026-06-30 — 40 pageviews2026-07-03 — 45 pageviews2026-07-06 — 40 pageviews2026-07-09 — 40 pageviews2026-07-12 — 44 pageviews2026-07-15 — 47 pageviews2026-07-18 — 53 pageviews2026-07-21 — 43 pageviews2026-07-24 — 36 pageviews2026-07-27 — 53 pageviews2026-07-30 — 32 pageviews2026-08-02 — 55 pageviews2026-08-05 — 28 pageviews2026-08-08 — 28 pageviews2026-08-11 — 45 pageviews2026-08-14 — 41 pageviews2026-08-17 — 34 pageviews2026-08-20 — 44 pageviews2026-08-23 — 58 pageviews2026-08-24 — 64 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2502026-08-26 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
89.2%
earned "First Contact"
35.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera Comfort#category_contrast_controlsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,9511%20

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

4XWarSci-fiSandboxWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalManagementSimulation

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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