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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 29740181
Last Record Update 25 June 2025 – 11:07:40 UTC ()
Release Date 5 February 2016 – 05:00:00 UTC ()
😎 83.16%
102k reviews
2,201
In-Game

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
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/xcom-2?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
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
eulas
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nameXCOM 2 EULA
urlhttps://store.steampowered.com//eula/268500_eula_0
Store Release Date 5 February 2016 – 05:00:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
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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review_score 8
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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
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-experimental
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
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

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

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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Launch Options

4. 2K Marketing
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -noRedScreens -review
Launch Type Unspecified
Description 2K Marketing
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch 2k_marketing
5. Unnamed launch option
Executable XCOM2.sh
Launch Type Unspecified
Operating System   linux
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
6. Unnamed launch option
Executable XCOM 2.app
Launch Type Unspecified
Operating System   macos
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
8. Lazarus Debug
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -allowconsole -noRedScreens -review -CrashDumpWatcher
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Lazarus Debug
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Beta Branch 2kqa_a
9. Unnamed launch option
Executable binaries\Win64\XCom2.exe
Arguments -allowconsole -noRedScreens -review
Launch Type Unspecified
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Beta Branch age_ratings_asia
12. Oz Debug
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -log -allowconsole -CrashDumpWatcher -noRedScreens
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Oz Debug
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch Firaxis_QA
13. Oz Debug
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -log -allowconsole -CrashDumpWatcher -noRedScreens
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Oz Debug
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch 2kqa_a
14. Oz Debug
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -log -allowconsole -CrashDumpWatcher -noRedScreens
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Oz Debug
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch 2kqa_b
16. Debug
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -log -allowconsole -CrashDumpWatcher -noRedScreens
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Debug
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Beta Branch firaxis_QA_02
17. Oz Review
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -CrashDumpWatcher -noRedScreens -review
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Oz Review
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch 2kqa_a
18. Oz Review
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -CrashDumpWatcher -noRedScreens -review
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Oz Review
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch 2kqa_b
19. Oz Review
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -CrashDumpWatcher -noRedScreens -review
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Oz Review
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch firaxis_qa
20. Oz Review
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -CrashDumpWatcher -noRedScreens -review
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Oz Review
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch milestone
21. Oz Debug
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -log -allowconsole -CrashDumpWatcher -noRedScreens
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Oz Debug
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch milestone
22. Oz Debug
Executable Ozzy\Binaries\Win64\Launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -log -allowconsole -CrashDumpWatcher
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Oz Debug
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch 2k_marketing
23. Oz Review
Executable Ozzy\Binaries\Win64\Launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -allowconsole -CrashDumpWatcher -noRedScreens
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Oz Review
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch 2k_marketing
24. Oz Compat
Executable Ozzy\Binaries\Win64\Launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -noRedScreens -review -crashdumpwatcher
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Oz Compat
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch 2kqa_compat
25. Oz Compat
Executable Ozzy\Binaries\Win64\Launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -noRedScreens -review -crashdumpwatcher
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Oz Compat
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch 2kqa_compat2
30. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
Executable XCOM2WotC/XCOM2WotC.sh
Launch Type Unspecified
Description XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
Operating System   linux
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
31. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
Executable XCOM 2 WotC.app
Launch Type Unspecified
Description XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
Operating System   macos
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
32. Unnamed launch option
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -noRedScreens -review -crashdumpwatcher
Launch Type Unspecified
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Owns DLC Squad (393380)
Beta Branch review_build
33. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
Executable XCOM 2 WotC.app
Launch Type Unspecified
Description XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
Operating System   macos
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch domesticated_submission_loc_fix
34. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
Executable XCOM2WotC/XCOM2WotC.sh
Launch Type Unspecified
Description XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
Operating System   linux
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
Beta Branch domesticated_submission_loc_fix
35. XCOM 2 - 2K Launcher
Executable 2KLauncher\LauncherPatcher.exe
Arguments -steam_auto_login -game-61483=-review -game-61483=-noRedscreens
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Description XCOM 2 - 2K Launcher
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Beta Branch newtest
42. XCOM 2 Base Game
Executable binaries\Win64\XCom2.exe
Arguments -steam_auto_login -game-61483=-review -game-61483=-noRedscreens
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Description XCOM 2 Base Game
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
43. War of the Chosen
Executable \XCom2-WarOfTheChosen\Binaries\Win64\XCom2.exe
Arguments -steam_auto_login -game-61483=-review -game-61483=-noRedscreens
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option3)
Description War of the Chosen
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)
44. Open New Mod Launcher
Executable launcher\launcher.exe
Arguments -steam_auto_login -game-61483=-review -game-61483=-noRedscreens
Working Directory launcher
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Open New Mod Launcher
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
45. Open Original Mod Launcher
Executable binaries\Win64\launcher\ModLauncherWPF.exe
Arguments -steam_auto_login -game-61483=-review -game-61483=-noRedscreens
Launch Type Unspecified
Description Open Original Mod Launcher
Operating System   windows
CPU Architecture 64-bit only
Owns DLC XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (593380)

Configuration

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