Strategy · April 23, 2020

XCOM®: Chimera Squad (2020)

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XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe. After years of alien rule, humanity won the war for Earth. But when the Overlords fled the planet, they left their former soldiers behind. Now, five years after the events of XCOM 2, humans and aliens are working together to forge a civilization of cooperation and coexistence. Welcome to City 31, a model of peace in a post-invasion world. However, not all of Earth's inhabitants support interspecies alliance. Chimera Squad, an elite force of human and alien agents, must work together to destroy the underground threats driving the city toward chaos. Your agents are unique: each of them equipped with special tactical abilities and driven by a different motivation for joining Chimera Squad. Deploy targeted team members to investigate and combat the dangers that pervade the districts of City 31. Lead Chimera Squad through a new experience that innovates on XCOM's turn-based legacy, utilizing strategy, teamwork, and new breach-and-clear gameplay to complete your mission objectives. The future of City 31 depends on you. Unique Alien and Human Agents Each of the 11 agents have their own distinct personality and tactical abilities, including species-specific attacks like the Viper’s tongue pull. Specialized and Complementary Classes Execute devastating combos by teaming the right agents and utilizing cooperative actions. The difference between mission success and failure can depend wholly on team composition. Re-Envisioned Tactical Combat Missions are structured as a series of discrete, explosive encounters, keeping the action intense and unpredictable. Breach Mode Shape the battlefield to your advantage with a new combat phase that injects your squad right into action. Strategically assign your agents to different entry points and coordinate their assault with a range of Breach-specific skills. Interleaved Turns An automatic initiative system slots individual agents and enemies into an alternating turn order, creating new strategic possibilities based on what unit is queued to act next—and what unit is at the greatest risk when they do. Suspenseful Strategy Layer Outside of combat, manage the operations of a high-tech HQ, where you must prioritize competing tasks, investigations, and agent assignments in the face of a ticking clock: the constantly rising unrest in the city’s various districts, driving City 31 closer and closer to total anarchy.

Position in Strategy

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume22.7k Steam reviewsTop 20% in Strategy
Positive rating72% positiveGenre average: 84% — this title sits in top 89%
Metacritic77/100Genre average 79 — top 68% of Strategy titles
Engagement hours18 h averageTop 47% for session depth among Strategy

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

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  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
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Full audio (6)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Traditional Chinese

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Strategy · 197
  • Turn-Based Tactics · 189
  • Turn-Based Strategy · 98
  • Turn-Based · 95
  • Singleplayer · 86
  • Aliens · 85
  • Sci-fi · 70
  • Futuristic · 53
  • Tactical · 36
  • Turn-Based Combat · 26
  • RPG · 17
  • Character Customization · 17
  • Tactical RPG · 13
  • Action · 6
  • Sexual Content · 6

Peer Strategy titles

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Reception Metrics

Steam community

72%Mostly Positive · 22.7k reviews

16.4k positive · 6.4k negative

Metacritic

77/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

4.7/10

Curator recommendations

20.3k

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Press Quotes

“A neat standalone project” 8/10 – Game Informer “A worthy addition for any turn-based strategy fan’s collection.” 4.5/5 – Screen Rant “A whole new dimension of strategy” 8.5/10 – CGM

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 23, 2020
DeveloperFiraxis Games
Publisher2K
Base price$2.99 -85%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Support

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

18h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

10h

Typical completion time

Achievements

40

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Workshop
  • Remote Play on Tablet

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Content Notes

This game may contain content not appropriate for all ages. Attacks can involve characters getting shot or wounded/killed by explosions. Splashes and pools of yellow and red blood sometimes appear when characters are injured or killed.

Editions & Packages

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