XCOM® 2
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.
- Price (US)
- $19.99
- Developers
- Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
- Publishers
- 2K, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
- Released
- Feb 4, 2016
- Genre
- Strategy
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Metacritic
- 88 ↗
- Website
- xcom.com ↗
How many people are playing XCOM® 2?
XCOM® 2 had 3,565 concurrent players on Steam at the latest hourly reading, Nov 7, 2026, 20:00 UTC, up 15% from 3,109 a day earlier. As of Nov 7, 2026, 20:00 UTC, it ranks #288 of the 505 games tracked here, up 2 places from #290 a day earlier.
The highest count recorded here since tracking began on Sep 23, 2026 is 4,708, on Oct 4, 2026; the latest reading is 76% of that.
Over the last four weeks, XCOM® 2 has been busiest during the evening in Europe and East Asia, with the busiest hour around 19:00 UTC. That's when its players play, not necessarily where they live.
Insights
What the hourly counts say about when it's played and how updates land.
Recent XCOM® 2 updates
The change in average players in the week after each update, compared with the week before.
- Mar 16, 2022 Major update 2K Launcher v1.5.0 Release Notes ↗ Not tracked the week before
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