XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Last updated: 2025-12-21
  • High replayability and long-lasting gameplay
  • Turn-based combat praised for excellence
  • Mods and DLC significantly enhance experience
  • Game launch failures after recent updates
  • Frustrating RNG mechanics in combat
  • Frequent crashes causing progress loss
XCOM: Enemy Unknown header

Emotions

Frustration30%Satisfaction11%Nostalgia7%Excitement6%Disappointment6%

Timed cohorts

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Refund churn

Risk snapshot

Fast read on churn risk and the loudest complaints.

83.2% PrecisionDec 24, 2024 Dec 7, 2025
Total revenue at risk
$108,894

~$9,394 per month

Modeled from refund-intent reviews

Most dangerous issue
Game Fails To Launch

Technical · 13 mentions · 41.8% of risk

Churn driver breakdown

Weighted by churn risk

$108,894
Technical
Business
Design
78.6%$85,546
14.1%$15,310
7.4%$8,038
Issue map

Complaint treemap

Normalized churn drivers sized by volume; click to inspect a cluster.

Issue treemap
Technical · 73.5% share
Business · 14.7% share
Design · 11.8% share
Issue · Technical
Game Fails To Launch

Voice signal (verbatim trimmed)

It starts but does not run... It is BS that Steam will even sell this game when it won'r work on a computer from this decade.
Share of issues
38.2%
13 users in this cohort
Primary region
USA/UK
Detected from language cues
Anger level
Furious
Average sentiment intensity
Verbatim heatmap

Most dangerous reviews

Highest-upvoted negative posts threatening churn.

1 found helpful
Nov 21, 2025

worst thing i have downloaded of all time. such a disrgrace that it uses the the amazing origianal XCOM ufo defence to sell itself. this game has none of the sandbox gameplay and freedom to it, just a boring waste of time with no redemable features