XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Not good not good. So this updated terms of service is a no go. Which...is unfortunate because I LOVE the xcom franchise. I have spent loads of time into xcom more than it shows on steam because I played console when it first came out. Huge fan and although Xcom 2 brings more variety...I still come back to the original. HOWEVER, Whats this about mods being against TOS??? When the pretty much definitive edition of xcom is longwar? Even the creators said that unmodded is just the tutorial for longwar. So...You will ban me for modding a game that is old, that I dont play with others, Simply because I am tired of vanilla? Fuck off. Also, You dont need that many permissions for a game to see into my life, I guess the people who make these terms and agreements wouldnt like someone showing up to their house and walking in...just taking a look, maybe read a bank statement or two, flip through a wallet and write down some credit card numbers. Just normal terms and agreements you know of buying that Vacuum cleaner.

Woooo boy, this game has NOT aged well. I recently came back to it after a nearly 10 year hiatus because I've been achievement hunting through my old games, and saw that I was missing the 'No Looking Back Achievement' - i.e. the achievement for beating the game on Ironman Classic+. I figured, hey, I beat the game on Impossible before, so Classic Ironman should be easy right? Ahahaha. No. The RNG bullshit I can handle. Losing a squad because they missed five consecutive 80%+ flanking shots in a row? Hey, shit happens. The game would be too easy if every mission was a success. - Nope, the reason why I never got the achievement despite having 90% achievement completion on this game for the better part of a decade, is because I KEEP LOSING MY ONE Ironman savefile to crashes, data corruption, and sometimes having the file just straight up vanish into thin air. After my third scuffed run in a 24-hour period, I just threw my hands up and decided to leave a negative review. If you do want to play this game, I recommend disabling the Autosave option and doing manual saves only, which is how I used to play the game all those years ago. If the game still wigs out on you, then it probably has to do with the recent 2K update or issues with modern hardware compatibility like all the other negative reviewers have been saing. EDIT: Ok, after reading through forum posts from way back in 2013, I discovered that this game does NOT in fact have safeguards against the player creating manual backups of Ironman saves, and that it's something that people did regularly, because yeah, losing Ironman saves to crashes and bugs was a fairly common occurrence even back then. Personally I have mixed feelings about this. On the plus side, it means getting that achievement is actually possible. On the down side, it pretty much defeats the point of Ironman if the player has to outright RELY on manual backups just to finish the game. I'm still gonna leave this as a negative review for several reasons: 1. yeah, the game is unstable as fuck. 2. I know RNG hell definitely isn't for everyone. 3. Repeatedly playing through the game on Ironman has made me REALLY appreciate all the little QOL improvements they made to XCOM 2 and Chimera Squad, like being able to move after reloading your weapon or interact with objects even after using both of your action points on movement. Timed missions like Bomb Defusal missions in this game are nigh unplayable without prior knowledge of where the hidden objective is and being able to plan your movements in advance (which you CAN'T DO on Ironman). 4. The AI fights DIRTY. Like I had a mission where a pod of three floaters, upon seeing my squad, ran off to the corner of the map and just OVERWATCH CAMPED for the entire rest of the mission! I spent a good 20 turns sitting in one place waiting for them to come to me, and they never budged. Then of course, when I finally manage to creep up on them, it takes me forever to actually kill them because my soldiers keep missing - logically if your soldiers have a 60% chance to hit, 6 out of 10 shots should land a hit. I shit you not, the last floater managed to dodge NINE consecutive shots in a row! The only reason my squad didn't wipe to that one floater is because, guess what - the floater kept spamming Overwatch instead of actually shooting back at my soldiers T_T.

Until the Spyware is removed, this is a DO NOT RECOMMEND for me. Play Xenonauts or Phoenix Point instead.

Giving a thumb down and not playing as long as the monstrous policy and spying continues.

This is a great game, but Take-Two and 2K are very bad publishers. Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

I love buying a game and it turning into spyware with Forced arbitration that's real nice

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

with the Long War Rebalanced (LWR) mod, this is one of the best games of all time. without it, it's still very good. play once or twice without the mod, then it's go time. mod fixes some design issues, particularly with overwatch creep being dominant, and introduces lots more.

This is not a game about creative strategy, it's about spreadsheets and number-crunching to find the optimal approach. There is a Correct approach to base-building; your research, air defense, and squad upgrades can only progress at a fixed rate. Deviate and you will still progress, it will just be way more tedious and frustrating. Flipping my review from negative after finishing the last mission out. It did deliver a satisfying conclusion, and the complexity of the systems is impressive. There aren't many games like this.

If you don't want all your data to leak online, don't download this game. Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality. (please note this is copy pasted, please do the same to prevent anyone from paying for these games, vote with your wallet)

A well-designed game with lots of fun. I did not struggle with over-zealous AI competition and/or poor play balancing. The designers, developers, and production staff produced a great game -- one that holds my attention and interest in 2025. Thank you.

This game has it's ups and downs... however the ups are not that high, and the downs are as low as it gets in gaming. I have enjoyed the game when it works... but now, more than 3 days into an Ironman run(Only allowed one save file) trying to get the last couple achievements... The game crashes, no biggy, it happens. However now apparently my Ironman run is fooked. No issues loading previous non-Ironman runs, but the run I have spent over three days working on can no longer loaded. Literally 1 mission away from completion, gollop chamber just finished, I was all but done. Now instead of being done with the run, I am just done with the game. Hell, a quick google search shows me this isn't even a rare thing... I'm out.

Although this game is enjoyable, the publishers actions lead to me to not recommend this game. The publisher, 2K Games, has added sweeping data-mining and privacy-infringment to their license agreement for all their games. You might be interested to know that this includes USERNAMES and PASSWORDS, as well as FULL CREDIT CARD DETAILS. This is addition to the Root-level access to your machine that they require for their anti-cheat. I don't know if anyone will see this review out of the 123,000 or so current ones, but if you do, I would ask you ask to consider supporting another publisher/development team that doesn't despise or carry malicious intent against its own customers.

not reccomended because of new EULA. read the reviews...dont be a f00l gamer by letting the companies f00l u

One of my favorite games ever. Only thing I wish was improved was the "air combat" if you can even call it that. 9/10

Very fun gameplay loop. High recommend! XCOM 2 even more so, but that game is quite a bit more complicated. If you have never played a game like this, I think that jumping into XCOM2 is too steep of a learning curve, and playing through the first one is a good way to get yourself up to speed.

Predatory EULA changes to gather all sorts of information and store, sell and do whatever they want with them. No choice but to accept or lose the game that you bought.

2k EULA update directly downloads rootkit tier spyware into your computer. DO NOT PLAY. Official copies of the game are dangerous. Sailing the high seas is much safer.

Sadly I will not be playing this game anymore. The license agreement is no longer acceptable. First they take my money, then they change the agreement. And do you think they will give me a refund? If this ain't a bait and switch scam, I don't know what is!

Very good tactical RPG with unique mechanics and sidequests that help keep the player actively engaged. I really like how the concept is executed

This game is a ton of fun and i decided to pick it up again to actually do a full play through and beat it for once since I never got a chance too. This was played on the steam deck and it ran really well. I did have a few crashes here and there but wasn't game breaking. Highly recommend especially when its on sale!

i love the game so far but untill steam stops trying to install software that my pc does not need or will allow to be installed proventing the game from starting without having to force close steam client services to bypass the download im not going to give this game a positive review. idc if it hurts the game or dev team but this issue should not have been a thing for so long without fix when its a simple issue

One of the few games where the opposing force gets stronger on its own and doesn't wait around for the player.

.... i know this game, a [i]=-must-have-=[/i] for turn-based tactical fans. 13/10

XCOM is one of my favorite franchises. I'm not really into the military action, but how the theme is incorporated with the game strategy and compeling characters, it's a trully fun time.

Love this game, tactics are top of the line ...Though it does suck to get your favorite guy killed by some fluke headshot but such is the way of war, I guess.

listen i have 230 hours in this game, just play it. its amazing, if your coming from XCOM2 then some missing QOL factor will hurt, but the slightly less balanced game and completly op characters at higher levles is just so satisfing, at some point you just have 2 flying sniper with double tap, and just one shot everything in the map, using you support as scouts, and maby a mech for a bit of artiliery

I love the XCOM games and they are one of the few games that I will come back and play over and over, even years later. There's just something cathartic about blasting aliens that is timeless and the XCOM fills that need in me.

Very accessible turn-based tactics game. It's mechanics are fairly simple, mostly hiding behind cover and moving together as a unit. Flanking is common and sniping from a distance is important. The game design is such that most of the decisions are kept inside the game world, with less time spent in menu systems or debating over stats. The user-interface components are kept to a minimum. Soldiers are normally either rifleman, assault-shotgun class, heavy weapons, or sniper. Terrain height plays a major factor in defense. There is also a light strategy layer where the player needs to manage the XCOM base and encompass earth with satellite coverage. It gives a nice change of pace from the high intensity of tactics combat. Research projects need to be assigned, equipment needs to be engineered, and air ships need to be distributed across continents. It is more logistical management focused with less risk or chance for mistakes. In general, this is an engaging tactical and strategy game that does not overload the player. It never feels like working an excel spreadsheet, but is grounded in a physical virtual world. This is a high-point for the genre.

My gosh this is a fantastic game. Things to keep in mind: Not for little kids (The aliens would have freaked little me our, and it is a violent game) Not a fast game (This game requires a LOT of waiting thinking rethinking and restarting) Oldish (If this bothers you there is something wrong with you the slight retro vibe is great in this game)

great game play, great story and great replayability. Five stars, all aces, PLAY IT NOW!

Base game good, fast and cinematic experience. The long war mod makes this the UFO strategies of a generation

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Just a good classic game, and playing both versions is great!

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As a huge fan of the original X-Com from the 1990's, this game has been a major revelation at every step of the way. It retains all the best parts of the original game, whilst improving on it in so many fantastic ways. Highly recommend.

Better version than the original in nearly all ways. Faithfully recreates the experience except for the music which lacks the atmosphere of the original.

I've played XCOM for a cumulative of over 100 hours and have yet to beat it. I love a game that can test my skills to the max

Fun, cool fluid mechanic, not bloated but still features a lot of gameplays

I love this game and its a great stress release fighting aliens ha.

TLDR Rating: 98/100 XCOM Enemy Within Expansion with LongWar modded remains one of the best games I played in 40 years of my existence. I was asked one time: "If you were able to play only 1 game for the rest of your life, what would be it?". This is the game I have chosen. The game is a classic alien invasion defense. It is outpaced nowadays (2025) by modern graphics, high mod-ability and tons of QOL from other games. But the feel, the grind, the base mechanics, the pure gaming experience remains true with this one. For anyone wondering whether this is worth to buy and try given its age, I would just say: "If you are into turn-based games, this is your gem".

Game no longer launches on Windows 11. There's a lot of discussion online about this issue, and no general fix has been found, nor has a patch been released. Don't spend your money on a game you can't play.

This game is just ridiculous it doesn't allow the player play the game, it just railroads you into one difficulty after another and you don't have a choice without being penalized. I've played RNG games before But this one is absolutely brutal. the build time on anything takes forever along with research and by the time you get a satellite uplink built the countries have already revolted, why doesn't the game let the player choose where to go? Unless you like total frustration I cannot recommend this game.

I played after installation with no problems. Tried again today, and the game will not run. Furthermore, it crashes my PC. I've been trying for hours to solve the issue, to no avail. Shame on you Steam for selling, even if it's in a sale, a game with a lot, and I mean A LOT, of issues. I'll be demanding a full refund.

I freaking love the XCOM series but 2k just decided to continue their run of being f*cking ruining-game assholes. Don't buy it

Very much a decent update of the original for tactics. I do miss some of the base management from the original, but overall a good pick

Unplayable in 21:9. Mouse does not match up to where the cursor displays causing you to have to shuffle around to actually click on anything, making it incredibly frustrating to do even basic stuff like click on tiles for movement or navigate menus. Potential work around is playing in windowed at a lower resolution but then text is cut off on screen at times.

don't buy this, 2k and take-two has change all their games to spyware, recent update to EULA makes it can collect all the data on computer