Faithful to classic X-COM
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“A love letter to the fans of the original Microprose XCOM: UFO Defense.”
Steam review · 21.8 h played ↗
Xenonauts
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Goldhawk Interactive2014Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Combat
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 4 h ago
The verdict
A faithful, punishing Cold War take on classic X-COM with great air combat and mod support. Skip it if you dislike unfair-feeling AI, repetitive UFO assaults, or bugs.
Great for
Veterans of original X-COM who want a hard, deep, moddable tactics and base-management game
Main risk
Unfair-feeling combat (misses, cheating AI, line of sight), repetition and bugs can make it frustrating
What players love
Challenging, rewarding tactical combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Combat is simple to understand, but difficult to master, and very rewarding for it.”
Steam review · 6.7 h played ↗
Great mod support and Community Edition
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“BEFORE YOU PLAY: Right click game in library, Properties, Betas, community - Xenonauts: Community Edition branch”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗
Fun air combat and base management
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“air combat is really fun and challanging.”
Steam review · 73 h played ↗
Cold War atmosphere and art
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“I love the art style, the writing, and surprisingly, the plot.”
Steam review · 69.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unfair-feeling combat and cheating AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Computer´s soldiers in this game have better aiming than yours”
Steam review · 204.6 h played ↗
Bugs and line-of-sight problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The game has glaring bugs that can and will get your soldiers killed for no good reason.”
Steam review · 106.3 h played ↗
Crashes and technical problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“it would be a good game, if it would stop constantly and continuously crashing for no reason.”
Steam review · 19.3 h played ↗
Repetitive ground missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“having to do it EVERY SINGLE MISSION, is just too boring and frustrating.”
Steam review · 23 h played ↗
Soldiers hit allies and drop grenades
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Trained soldiers who drop grenades at their own feet”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Tiny UI with no 4K scaling
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“Got a literal headache trying to play this game because the UI is so tiny.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 8 / 7 SP1 / Vista SP2
ProcessorIntel 2 GHz
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsIntegrated Graphics
Storage3 GB HD space
Recommended
Memory2 GB RAM
Graphics512 MB DirectX 9.0c Compliant Video Card
StorageSolid State Hard Drive
OSWindows 8 / 7 SP1 / Vista SP2
ProcessorIntel 2 GHz
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsIntegrated Graphics
Storage3 GB HD space
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