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There's something evil in the city tonight... Earth has been ravaged by human excess, petty conflict and alien invasion. The world's population has been herded into huge cities, the first of which was Mega Primus. 2084: A Utopia shattered, social collapse and civil unrest reigns in Mega Primus. Fiendish aliens terrorize the city.

X-COM: Apocalypse is a strategy, turn-based and tactical game developed by MicroProse Software and Inc and published by 2K.
Released on September 04th 2008 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 888 reviews of which 783 were positive and 105 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 1.24€ on Steam with a 75% discount.


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Windows
  • Supported OS: Microsoft® 2000/XP/Vista®
  • Processor: Pentium 90MHz or better
  • Memory: 16Mb RAM
  • Graphics: Supported 32Mb Graphics Card
  • Sound Cards Supported: Sound Blaster and 100% compatibles, Microsoft Sound System, ESS Audio Drive, ProAudio Spectrum, Ensoniq Soundscape and Gravis UltraSound
  • Hard Drive: 60 MB Hard Disk Space

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Feb. 2025
This game has major flaws but I still I think it was one of the best games I have ever played. Considering the age and limitations that entails I was extremely impressed. Overall I was left feeling sad that since this game came out in all these years someone hasn't came along, taken the concepts from this game, upgraded it and released a new game. I am seriously dumbfounded that a team can make such awesome mechanics for a game with such limitations and have no one improve upon it in so many years. I think back on what makes this game great and come to the conclusion, at least for me, that the combat encounters are kinda bad. The game is entirely carried by everything outside of this. Again why hasn't such cool management systems been used more commonly? Biggest flaws are: Boring, grindly late game. Unfinished systems like factions. Poor balance for turn based gameplay. My favorite parts: The OST fits the really well. The management/city view side of things. Having to consider things like collateral damage in aerial encounters. If a new game came out with similar mechanics to this game I would be all over it. Audio issues from dosbox are infuriating but can be greatly reduced by changing the default settings, it will help a lot. After I played the game and tried playing it on a higher difficulty I found its flaws were becoming more pronounced and figured I had my fill. Thus in my opinion it is a play once or twice through type of game.
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Feb. 2025
3rd installment from the original Xcom Series ( Julian Gollop ). loved the fact real time combat was implemented, that youre only looking after a mega city, that you can raid organisations that hate you or side with the alien menace ( economic warefare :) ) and that base defenses are aided by way of security towers. plus amazing ship combat and not too taxing tactical combat.
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Dec. 2024
After all these years, still my favorite game. Though never truly finished, the concepts behind interactive organizations, relations, backlash, influences within a city like structure and managing that with an organization trying to save the city takeover by aliens with people you can personalize and develope is just alot of intrigue in an imaginative mind of an artist and ISFP such as myself. Its too bad it was never completely finished, but still far enough along to enjoy. To bad no one has made an X-COM Apocalypse 2. The rank structure of the agents are more real as they are not determined by just experience, but quantity. you wont have a game full of colonels as they did in later XCOM games
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July 2024
This is a gem of a game different from all the other x-com, the real-time battle is my favorite gameplay and is similar to UFO series Faction dynamics, raid cult of syirus for cash is a needed step on higher difficulty The weekly progression of aliens as you struggle with base-building research, equipping agents, and replacing agents. Body armour available at the start is good to keep a soldier alive thru one hit need step for a future that already repelled an alien invasion once.
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June 2024
This game is great considering its age, i go back to play this because nobody has made a new version like enemy unknown which i feel is a real missed opportunity as this game combines looking after everything i want in an xcom game
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X-COM: Apocalypse
8.3
783
105
Online players
18
Developer
MicroProse Software, Inc
Publisher
2K
Release 04 Sep 2008
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