XCOM® 2 overview

Overview

XCOM® 2 comes from Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) and is published by 2K, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux). It arrived on Steam on Feb 4, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

XCOM® 2's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 3,058 players at 21 September 2026 - 23:57:11 UTC, with a tracked peak near 132,677. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 85% positive across 108,717 reviews.

Language and system requirements

XCOM® 2 is available in 11 languages including:

9 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, usk, kgrb, and dejus

Sales, recommendations, and streams

XCOM® 2 has sold up to 4,000,000 units and has 80,045 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $145,800,000. On Twitch, 13 streamers are live with around 533 total watchers.

XCOM® 2 overview details

XCOM® 2 combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown , the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed. Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces. XCOM , the planet’s last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. Now, in XCOM 2 , the aliens rule Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for humanity on the surface, while concealing a sinister agenda and eliminating all who dissent from their new order. Only those who live at the edges of the world have a margin of freedom. Here, a force gathers once again to stand up for humanity. Always on the run, and facing impossible odds, the remnant XCOM forces must find a way to ignite a global resistance, and eliminate the alien threat once and for all. XCOM ON THE RUN: Take command of the Avenger, an alien supply craft converted to XCOM’s mobile headquarters. New open-ended gameplay lets you decide where to guide your strike team, how to grow popular support, and when to combat enemy counter-operations. RECRUIT RESISTANCE FIGHTERS: Five soldier classes, each with its own skill tree, let you create specific soldiers for your tactical plan. TACTICAL GUERRILLA COMBAT: New gameplay systems offer more tactical flexibility in combat. Use concealment to ambush enemy patrols. Loot enemies for precious gear and artifacts. Rescue VIPs and save fallen comrades by carrying them to the extraction point. A NEW BREED OF ENEMY: A diverse cast of enemies from powerful new alien species to the ADVENT, enforcers of the alien regime, offer a distinct t…

SteamPulse editorial summary

XCOM® 2 is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 3,058 players at 21 September 2026 - 23:57:11 UTC, a tracked peak of 132,677, and 85% positive reviews.

Overview tags

IsometricTurn-Based CombatPost-apocalypticTurn-Based TacticsMilitaryPvETop-DownTurn-BasedSci-fiCharacter CustomizationLogicWarTurn-Based StrategyRPGGrid-Based Movement

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