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
Characters100% still recommend
Audio100% still recommend
Interface75% still recommend
Steam Deck100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty78% still recommend
Crashes55% still recommend
Bugs22% 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
$14.99
The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.
10 points recordedtoday · $14.99
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