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Xenonauts

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App ID 223830
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Goldhawk Interactive
Franchise Goldhawk Interactive
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies PlayFirstPlayground Engine
Last Changenumber 28970368
Last Record Update 13 May 2025 – 23:57:39 UTC ()
Release Date 16 June 2014 – 20:12:00 UTC ()
😎 84.22%
4k reviews
40
In-Game
🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🏠 Base Building 🛡️ Grand Strategy

Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.

Additional Information

Developer Goldhawk Interactive
gamedir ValveTestApp223830
metacritic_name Xenonauts
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metacritic_score 77
NoServers No
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Publisher Goldhawk Interactive
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Store Release Date 16 June 2014 – 20:21:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 16 June 2014 – 20:12:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 14 June 2019 – 10:15:50 UTC () (1560507350)
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Detected Technologies (?) PlayFirstPlayground Engine, Lua SDK, SDL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 4 November 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1007626
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 4 May 2013 – 21:12:21 UTC (), in changelist #185065
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🏠 Base Building 🛡️ Grand Strategy 💼 Management 👤 Singleplayer 💡 Strategy 🤔 Tactical 👽 Aliens 🚀 Sci-fi 🌱 Indie 🌆 Isometric 🖥️ Simulation 🎲 Turn-Based 💰 Kickstarter ☢️ Cold War 🏽 2D 🔄 Remake 🌫 Atmospheric

Categories

Single-player Steam Trading Cards Family Sharing

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Bundles

ID Name Set % Price Created
15181 The Cold War Bundle No -15% $61.15 11 June 2020 – 20:02:06 UTC

Store Packages

SubID Name Price Last Update
28223 Xenonauts (Store) $24.99 6 October 2025 – 17:36:47 UTC

Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
17622 Xenonauts CD Key 4 November 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC

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