XCOM®: Chimera Squad on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.

XCOM®: Chimera Squad is a strategy, turn-based tactics and turn-based strategy game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K.
Released on April 23rd 2020 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 22,589 reviews of which 16,232 were positive and 6,357 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam with a 85% discount.

The Steam community has classified XCOM®: Chimera Squad into these genres:

Strategy Turn-Based Tactics Turn-Based Strategy Turn-Based Singleplayer Aliens Sci-fi Futuristic Tactical Turn-Based Combat RPG Character Customization Tactical RPG Action Moddable

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7, 64-bit
Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1GB AMD Radeon HD 7770, NVIDIA GeForce 650 or better
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 18 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Additional Notes: Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 and 2015 Runtime Libraries, and Microsoft DirectX.

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Jan. 2025

Decent game if you actually know what to expect. Most of the bad reviews compare it to the larger XCOM games which isn't quite fair. The devs wanted to try something new and came up with a smaller, more linear story-based XCOM game that they could build without an AAA budget. I doesn't try to be XCOM 3, so you shouldn't compare it to that. It's basically a more compressed, streamlined version of the regular XCOM games, with simplified management mechanics and a more puzzle-like approach to combat. The integration of alien races into the roster is a fun concept, actually. It kind of reminds me a bit of hero-based games like Overwatch. The story is actually pretty nice, as long as you don't expect an epic and grimdark battle against cosmic forces, like in the other games, but it does extend the larger XCOM canon in a way that makes perfect sense, considering the outcome of XCOM 2. It's a smaller, more light-hearted story, with smaller stakes and lots of banter between archetypal characters. Not all of the dialogue is well written, but the parts that are can be quite funny. Firaxis tried something new and they moved the XCOM story forward in the process. I can appreciate that.

Nov. 2024

It certainly doesn't have the strategic depth, customization and choices of xcom/xcom2, but the tactical battle is pretty good. I really enjoyed it, 165 hours in 3 full runs, I think it's an honest offer even in full price, if you find it in sale a must have.

Oct. 2024

6/10 - enough to cross into positive, but not enough to be a great game I'm a xcom 2 veteran, having slightly less than 300h into it. I love the game, and beaten ironman commander difficulty with WoTC. So you can say I know how to play. Chimera squad uses same engine from xcom 2, same AI, and same skills, so transitioning was very easy. I played my first game on "expert" and know which abilities to get and how to use them. Needless to say, I understand this is a prototype game. It was devs experimenting on turn order type game, and game where agents are premade and can't be killed. This naturally allows much more tailoring into those agents for custom VA's, lore, and distinct abilities. However, its also a drawback, because it means, well, THOSE AGENTS CAN'T BE KILLED. If they die, you fail the mission and need to restart. To top it off, agents have very powerful abilities (think bladestorm on templar or infinite heals on medic) very early, making them very powerful. For me, this makes the game very "risk free" or casual, since you can't really fail. In xcom 2 you had to be very careful because every mistake could be your last. Losing a high tier soldier hurt, so failing a mission but preserving the rest of the squad was a dilemma. In chimera squad you can make a bunch of errors and still be okay due to having lots of blocks, heals, stabilizes or abilities, and if somehow you still lose an agent, your penalty is to restart the level. The breach mechanic is fine, its a new take on overwatch and experimentation is always welcome. But it confuses me how do we breach through the interior front door of a building and enemies are surprised? Did they not hear the immense gunfight and explosions in the room next to it? I'm baffled by that. On a more positive note, I love having aliens on my team. This is definitely something I wanna see more in xcom 3 if it ever comes.

Oct. 2024

This game is much shorter, easier and on a smaller scale both in combat and narrative than either XCOM: Enemy Unknown or XCOM 2. Kinda feels like XCOM 2 lite. I can understand the many people who didn't like that, but they seemingly act like this game deleted all the enjoyment from all the other games in the series. If you wanna get a feel for how the other two games play to see if you like it, I personally think this game delivers on that well enough. Considering the price point you can probably get this game on a sale if you wanna get into the feel of the tactical combat if you're a first timer to the series.

Oct. 2024

A cheap and cheerful version of XCOM. Everthing is smaller and simpler. Fights are per-room, rather than on a large map. Chimera Squad is not as good as the earlier games, but it is still enjoyable and worth playing.

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-85% 19.99€ 2.99€

7.1

16,232

6,357

Online players

173

Developer

Firaxis Games

Publisher

Release 23 Apr 2020

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