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Xenonauts 2

Goldhawk Interactive · Hooded Horse · 2026-04-02

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RPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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).

198
playing now
81%
positive of 5.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
30
Nexus mods (8.5k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

198 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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.

Trailer

Xenonauts 2 trailer thumbnail

Xenonauts 2 - Official Launch Trailer

≈60,711 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 198 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 6% of 13,917 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 118k–265k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,886 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99-50%
GOG$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 124 of 190 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

31502026-09-14 23:00 — 160 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 113 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 188 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 170 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 140 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 174 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 192 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 79 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 151 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 260 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 122 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 99 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 195 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 106 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 165 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 315 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 123 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 134 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 224 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 180 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 179 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 250 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 196 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 198 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k99Jul 2023Aug 2026Jul 2023 — avg 1,520 · peak 3,464Aug 2023 — avg 301 · peak 974Sep 2023 — avg 156 · peak 436Oct 2023 — avg 123 · peak 310Nov 2023 — avg 101 · peak 340Dec 2023 — avg 189 · peak 494Jan 2024 — avg 127 · peak 327Feb 2024 — avg 195 · peak 644Mar 2024 — avg 197 · peak 499Apr 2024 — avg 146 · peak 327May 2024 — avg 99 · peak 213Jun 2024 — avg 165 · peak 456Jul 2024 — avg 218 · peak 418Aug 2024 — avg 153 · peak 296Sep 2024 — avg 137 · peak 473Oct 2024 — avg 171 · peak 447Nov 2024 — avg 149 · peak 322Dec 2024 — avg 175 · peak 376Jan 2025 — avg 170 · peak 379Feb 2025 — avg 139 · peak 320Mar 2025 — avg 124 · peak 265Apr 2025 — avg 315 · peak 679May 2025 — avg 189 · peak 388Jun 2025 — avg 191 · peak 410Jul 2025 — avg 148 · peak 308Aug 2025 — avg 126 · peak 266Sep 2025 — avg 128 · peak 292Oct 2025 — avg 150 · peak 296Nov 2025 — avg 171 · peak 435Dec 2025 — avg 194 · peak 365Jan 2026 — avg 214 · peak 444Feb 2026 — avg 157 · peak 334Mar 2026 — avg 176 · peak 437Apr 2026 — avg 1,557 · peak 4,314May 2026 — avg 506 · peak 1,231Jun 2026 — avg 331 · peak 700Jul 2026 — avg 361 · peak 752Aug 2026 — avg 232 · peak 501
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$14.992023-07-122026-10-142023-07-12 — best price $39.992023-09-17 — best price $39.992023-10-24 — best price $39.992023-11-25 — best price $39.992023-12-21 — best price $29.992024-02-07 — best price $29.992024-03-11 — best price $24.492024-04-15 — best price $39.992024-05-15 — best price $39.992024-06-27 — best price $27.992024-08-12 — best price $34.992024-09-14 — best price $39.992024-11-01 — best price $39.992024-12-02 — best price $39.992025-01-04 — best price $39.992025-02-15 — best price $25.992025-03-31 — best price $39.992025-04-30 — best price $25.992025-06-05 — best price $25.992025-07-15 — best price $25.992025-08-23 — best price $25.992025-09-29 — best price $25.932025-11-03 — best price $25.992025-12-06 — best price $39.992026-01-19 — best price $25.992026-02-18 — best price $25.992026-03-23 — best price $22.742026-04-16 — best price $24.432026-05-14 — best price $25.992026-06-11 — best price $25.992026-07-30 — best price $39.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-09-13 — best price $39.992026-09-28 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

76192026-05-13 — 66 pageviews2026-05-17 — 55 pageviews2026-05-21 — 46 pageviews2026-05-25 — 54 pageviews2026-05-29 — 56 pageviews2026-06-02 — 45 pageviews2026-06-06 — 48 pageviews2026-06-10 — 47 pageviews2026-06-14 — 41 pageviews2026-06-18 — 48 pageviews2026-06-22 — 43 pageviews2026-06-26 — 48 pageviews2026-06-30 — 40 pageviews2026-07-04 — 45 pageviews2026-07-08 — 50 pageviews2026-07-12 — 44 pageviews2026-07-16 — 56 pageviews2026-07-20 — 44 pageviews2026-07-24 — 36 pageviews2026-07-28 — 42 pageviews2026-08-01 — 32 pageviews2026-08-05 — 28 pageviews2026-08-09 — 40 pageviews2026-08-13 — 37 pageviews2026-08-17 — 34 pageviews2026-08-21 — 43 pageviews2026-08-25 — 38 pageviews2026-08-29 — 67 pageviews2026-09-02 — 40 pageviews2026-09-06 — 36 pageviews2026-09-10 — 28 pageviews2026-09-14 — 36 pageviews2026-09-18 — 35 pageviews2026-09-22 — 25 pageviews2026-09-26 — 23 pageviews2026-09-30 — 28 pageviews2026-10-04 — 32 pageviews2026-10-08 — 24 pageviews2026-10-12 — 31 pageviews2026-10-13 — 34 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

102026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 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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