Strategy · February 4, 2016
XCOM® 2 (2016)
Position in Strategy
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 101.7k Steam reviews | Top 6% in Strategy |
| Positive rating | 85% positive | Genre average: 84% — this title sits in top 61% |
| Metacritic | 88/100 | Genre average 79 — top 10% of Strategy titles |
| Concurrent peak | 3.1k players | Top 6% in Strategy by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 64 h average | Top 11% for session depth among Strategy |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Isometric · 2.1k
- Turn-Based Combat · 2.1k
- Post-apocalyptic · 2.1k
- Turn-Based Tactics · 2.1k
- Military · 2.1k
- PvE · 2.1k
- Top-Down · 2.0k
- Turn-Based · 2.0k
- Sci-fi · 2.0k
- Character Customization · 2.0k
- Logic · 2.0k
- War · 2.0k
- Turn-Based Strategy · 2.0k
- RPG · 2.0k
- Grid-Based Movement · 2.0k
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (11)
- English volume_up
- French volume_up
- Italian volume_up
- German volume_up
- Spanish - Spain volume_up
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese volume_up
Full audio (6)
- English
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Traditional Chinese
Reception Metrics
Steam community
86.4k positive · 15.3k negative
Metacritic
Metacritic user score
7.3/10
Curator recommendations
76.8k
Peak concurrent players
3.1k
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Press Quotes
“Exceptionally tough, rewarding strategy and a masterful reworking of the XCOM formula. We’ll play this forever.” 94% – PC Gamer “One of the deepest and most rewarding strategy games on the market” 9.5 – Game Informer “XCOM 2 is an amazing game” 9.3 – IGN
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
64h
substantial (40–100 hours)
Median
21h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
14h
Current engagement
Achievements
88
Steam unlocks available
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play on Tablet
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Release & Availability
| Release date | Feb 4, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) |
| Publisher | 2K, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) |
| Base price | $5.99 -90% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 7 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 10M–100M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support |
Editions & Packages
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