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FranchiseX-COMSeriesXCOM

XCOM 2

Critic score29 critics
First release
Feb 04, 2016
Developer
Firaxis Games

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

Also known as 엑스컴 2

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Storyline
Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces and XCOM, the planet's last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. Now the aliens rule Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for humanity on the surface, while concealing a sinister agenda below 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, the remnant XCOM forces must find a way to rise from the ashes, expose the insidious truth behind the occupation, and eliminate the alien threat once and for all.Read more

Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces and XCOM, the planet's last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. Now the aliens rule Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for humanity on the surface, while concealing a sinister agenda below 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, the remnant XCOM forces must find a way to rise from the ashes, expose the insidious truth behind the occupation, and eliminate the alien threat once and for all.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Feb 04, 2016
Mac
Feb 04, 2016
Linux
Feb 04, 2016
All 10 release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Feb 05, 2016
Linux
Feb 05, 2016
Mac
Apr 07, 2016
PlayStation 4
Sep 27, 2016
Xbox One
Sep 27, 2016
PlayStation 4
Sep 30, 2016
Nintendo Switch
May 29, 2020
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
24h
Main + Extras
45h
Completionist
68h
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
aliens, soccer, football, bloody, shark
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At a Glance

Critic Score
85
Main Story (IGDB)
24h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
45h
Completionist (IGDB)
68h

Overview

Steam review summary

Steam users rate this Very Positive, 80,292 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 27 Oct

Feature data: IGDB

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