Xenonauts 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-27
- Strong XCOM spiritual successor
- Major improvement over predecessor
- Highly enjoyable and fun
- Varied and engaging mission types
- Sequel feels like remaster
- Soldiers weak and die easily
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 8-11GB VRAMnegativeWindows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 5,849
- Positive
- 4,76181.4%
- Negative
- 1,08818.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 429,373
- Estimated revenue
- $17,170,626
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 622.24%
- Estimated copies lost
- 4,551
- Estimated revenue lost
- $181,994
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 632.3% Avg playtime 0.8h | 271% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 44916.2% Avg playtime 44.1h | 2,22980.5% Avg playtime 76.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 50.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,166 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,768 total
Organic purchasers2,27282.1%
Voted up: 81%
Key activations49617.9%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,768 total
First impression0-2h1254.52%
Voted up: 44%
Mid game2-10h43515.7%
Voted up: 73%
Late game10-20h43415.7%
Voted up: 75%
Endgame20h+1,77464.1%
Voted up: 88%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
95.2%
Global baseline 81.5%
21 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 5,849 total.