Xenonauts 2

Item: Xenonauts 2
Rating: 68
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-23

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Summary

Highly polished and enjoyable X-COM successor
Engaging tactical combat with robust base management
Unfinished and unpolished game experience
Lack of innovation compared to XCOM
Unfair difficulty and repetitive missions
Significant performance and stability issues

Emotions

Satisfaction32%Frustration17%Disappointment16%Excitement7%Enjoyment3%

Reviews (sample size): 953
Helpful reviews: 79%
Unhelpful reviews: 21%
Protest reviews: 1%

68%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
32%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1932
Negative points: 2027
Gameplay points: 814
Perf. points: 57
Rec. points: 450
Misc points: 228

Point	Description	Importance
Highly Polished & Enjoyable Description Players overwhelmingly praise the game's overall quality, polish, and enjoyable gameplay experience. Many highlight its significant improvements over its predecessor and its strong potential even in Early Access. Importance 96%	Players overwhelmingly praise the game's overall quality, polish, and enjoyable gameplay experience. Many highlight its significant improvements over its predecessor and its strong potential even in Early Access.	96%
True X-COM Successor Description The game is consistently lauded as a faithful and superior spiritual successor to the classic X-COM/UFO Defense series from the 90s. Reviewers appreciate its modernized take on the beloved formula, often stating it surpasses both the original and newer XCOM titles. Importance 88%	The game is consistently lauded as a faithful and superior spiritual successor to the classic X-COM/UFO Defense series from the 90s. Reviewers appreciate its modernized take on the beloved formula, often stating it surpasses both the original and newer XCOM titles.	88%
Engaging Tactical Combat Description The tactical combat is a major highlight, described as tense, challenging, and deeply engaging. Players enjoy the strategic depth, varied approaches, and the rewarding feeling of overcoming difficult encounters. Importance 27%	The tactical combat is a major highlight, described as tense, challenging, and deeply engaging. Players enjoy the strategic depth, varied approaches, and the rewarding feeling of overcoming difficult encounters.	27%
Dedicated & Responsive Developers Description The development team receives high praise for their consistent updates, active community engagement, and responsiveness to player feedback. This dedication instills confidence in the game's future and ongoing improvements. Importance 14%	The development team receives high praise for their consistent updates, active community engagement, and responsiveness to player feedback. This dedication instills confidence in the game's future and ongoing improvements.	14%
Improved UI & Camera Description Significant quality-of-life improvements, particularly in the user interface and camera controls, are frequently praised. The UI is noted for being intuitive and clean, while the rotatable camera greatly enhances battlefield awareness. Importance 14%	Significant quality-of-life improvements, particularly in the user interface and camera controls, are frequently praised. The UI is noted for being intuitive and clean, while the rotatable camera greatly enhances battlefield awareness.	14%
Varied & Destructible Environments Description The game's environments and art style are well-received, offering visual variety and contributing to the atmosphere. Destructible environments and diverse enemy types add depth and replayability to missions. Importance 9%	The game's environments and art style are well-received, offering visual variety and contributing to the atmosphere. Destructible environments and diverse enemy types add depth and replayability to missions.	9%
Robust Base Management Description Base management and building systems are highlighted as enjoyable and strategically deep. Players appreciate the expanded options, intuitive design, and the ability to manage multiple bases and resources effectively. Importance 8%	Base management and building systems are highlighted as enjoyable and strategically deep. Players appreciate the expanded options, intuitive design, and the ability to manage multiple bases and resources effectively.	8%
Engaging Story & Lore Description The game's story and lore are found to be interesting, engaging, and well-integrated into the gameplay. Reviewers appreciate the narrative twists and the overall background provided. Importance 8%	The game's story and lore are found to be interesting, engaging, and well-integrated into the gameplay. Reviewers appreciate the narrative twists and the overall background provided.	8%
Enhanced UFO Interception Description Specific improvements to UFO interception mechanics and alien behavior are noted. These changes enhance the strategic layer and make encounters more dynamic and balanced compared to previous iterations. Importance 6%	Specific improvements to UFO interception mechanics and alien behavior are noted. These changes enhance the strategic layer and make encounters more dynamic and balanced compared to previous iterations.	6%
Flexible Customization & QoL Description Players appreciate the flexibility offered in game settings, loadout customization, and soldier management. Quality-of-life features like autosave and helpful tutorials also contribute to a positive experience. Importance 5%	Players appreciate the flexibility offered in game settings, loadout customization, and soldier management. Quality-of-life features like autosave and helpful tutorials also contribute to a positive experience.	5%