Phoenix Point
Phoenix Point is the new strategy game from the creator of the original X-COM series. It features turn based tactics and world based strategy in a fight against a terrifying, alien menace.
Phoenix Point is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Snapshot Games, released 3 December 2019 on Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 60 hrs to finish.
What Phoenix Point is
Phoenix Point is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Snapshot Games and released in 2019. It is available on Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An unusual virus discovered in melting permafrost excites the scientific community. It has a massive genome, and only 1% of its genes match anything in existing databases. “What the hell is going on with the other genes?” asks researcher Jean-Michel Moreau. “This opens a Pandora’s box. What kinds of discoveries are going to come from studying the contents?” The seas transform in something totally alien. Then the mutagens began to invade the land via an airborne microbial mist. The human population has been decimated. Survivors gather in isolated havens spread throughout the world. A few factions control most of the havens and resources, but they have radically contrasting ideologies and…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 47 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Phoenix Point holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 60 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 80 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 / AMD Phenom II X4, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 / AMD Radeon R9 270x. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Phoenix Point launched on 3 December 2019, within three weeks of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Pokémon Sword, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Pokémon Sword, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Phoenix Point yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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