XCOM: Enemy Unknown

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown

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Developer
Feral Interactive (Linux), Firaxis Games
Publisher
2K, Feral Interactive (Linux)
Release
Mon, Oct 08, 2012
Price
$14.99
$5.99
60%
Reviews
40,437
Positive
93%
Followers
52,935
Owners (estimated)
2M – 5M
Concurrent players
590
Genres
Strategy
Features
Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Remote Play on TV
Tags
Turn-Based Strategy Tactical Strategy Sci-fi Turn-Based Aliens Singleplayer Base-Building Turn-Based Tactics Unforgiving Replay Value Addictive Character Customization Perma Death Multiplayer Difficult RPG Action Atmospheric Futuristic
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$27msomewhere between $27m and $43.7m · roughly 2M–3.2M copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $13.50, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $14.99 launch price. That is 10% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

73 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$26.9m → ~$27m
Reviews 40,196 → 40,437
Followers 52,696 → 52,935
Concurrent players 590 → 590
Price $14.99 → $5.99
Positive reviews 93.1% → 93.1%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 386 further data points reach back to Oct 1, 2012 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

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How full the niche around XCOM: Enemy Unknown is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

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