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XCOM 2

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App ID 268500
App Type Game
Store Name XCOM® 2
Developer , ,
Publisher 2K, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Franchise XCOM
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 30704793
Last Record Update 21 August 2025 – 04:09:07 UTC ()
Release Date 5 February 2016 – 05:00:00 UTC ()
😎 83.15%
103k reviews
2,467
In-Game
🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🌆 Isometric 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics ☢️ Post-apocalyptic 🪖 Military

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

Additional Information

Developer Firaxis Games
metacritic_name XCOM 2
metacritic_score 88
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GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/268500/
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
OnQuitDemoMsg https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/message/8453215700643947850/
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher 2K
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Store Release Date 5 February 2016 – 05:00:00 UTC ()
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Social Media https://www.facebook.com/XCOM/
https://x.com/XCOM
https://www.youtube.com/xcom/
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 5 February 2016 – 05:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 22 April 2020 – 19:29:57 UTC () (1587583797)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, Bink_Video SDK, CEF SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_CUDA SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NVIDIA_Texture_Tools SDK, Ogg SDK, OpenSSL SDK, Qt SDK, SteamworksNET SDK, Vorbis SDK, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game requires manually enabling controller support using in-game settings
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • Note: This game requires manually enabling controller support using in-game settings
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 3 May 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8270065
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First seen on SteamDB 6 December 2013 – 00:17:33 UTC (), in changelist #348170

Supported Languages

11 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🌆 Isometric 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics ☢️ Post-apocalyptic 🪖 Military 🌲 PvE 🎲 Turn-Based 🗺️ Top-Down 🦹 Character Customization 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🚀 Sci-fi 🧩 Logic ⚔️ War 🎲 RPG ♟️ Grid-Based Movement 🤔 Tactical 🕰️ Alternate History ☠️ Perma Death 👤 Singleplayer 💥 Action

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Remote Play on Tablet Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Native Steam Controller

Assets

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timestamp1 March 2022 – 17:56:14 UTC
Trailers
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Steam charts

  • 2,467 players right now
  • 3,745 24-hour peak
  • 133,022 all-time peak 7 February 2016
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  • 201 viewers right now
  • 3,301 24-hour peak
  • 76,838 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 83.15% SteamDB Rating
  • 87,329 84.2% positive reviews
  • 16,372 15.8% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
5 February 2016 Steam Release -
6 January 2017 ⇄ Humble Bundle: February 2017 Humble Monthly #16 -
24 August 2017 Free Weekend -
3 May 2018 Free Weekend -
9 October 2018 Free Weekend -
21 March 2019 Free Weekend -
23 April 2020 Free Week -
1 May 2020 ⇄ Humble Bundle: May 2020 Humble Choice (#6) -
11 August 2021 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Big Brain Bundle -
9 December 2021 Free Weekend -
10 February 2022 Free Weekend -
24 May 2022 ⇄ Fanatical: XCOM: Ultimate Collection -
7 September 2022 ⇄ Humble Bundle: 2K Megahits Bundle -
12 December 2022 ⇄ Humble Bundle: 2K Megahits - Holiday Encore -
1 March 2023 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Türkiye-Syria Earthquake Relief Bundle -
29 April 2025 ⇄ Humble Bundle: XCOM Complete -

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How many players are playing XCOM 2 right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 2467 players live playing XCOM 2 on Steam.

XCOM 2 had an all-time peak of 133022 concurrent players on 7 February 2016.

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