XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Buy93%

Very Positive · 59k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • Linux

Firaxis Games · Turn-Based Strategy · Oct 9, 2012

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
85
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio7 of 10
Subtitles10 of 10

Should I buy XCOM: Enemy Unknown?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 85 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 46 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 59k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise33% are divided25% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
85 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Replayability: med-high—I’m contemplating buying the DLCs before eventually moving on to Xcom 2, which I hardly ever do
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The premise is all thats really needed for player motivation and the permadeath and elements of chance within missions creates stories far more compelling than heaps of dialogue and cutscenes ever could.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
One of the best aspects of this game, which it takes directly from the 1994 original, is that even when you haven’t yet found your adversaries, you will hear them stomping around, smashing through windows, and firing weapons, the camera wildly panning to the still-shrouded corner of the map that seems to be the rough source of the sound.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art style is clean and readable, which works well for a strategy game.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Pretty fun and neat designs of aliens. no crashes or fps drops. but i lose some progress due to corrupted saves.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay85 reviews
Story45 reviews
Combat34 reviews
Graphics24 reviews
Performance5 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
100% still recommend
Audio
100% still recommend
Interface
75% still recommend
Steam Deck
100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
78% still recommend
Crashes
55% still recommend
Bugs
22% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
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The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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