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X-COM: Terror From the Deep

The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension. Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth…

1 January 1995

X-COM: Terror From the Deep is a strategy developed by MicroProse Software, Inc., released 1 January 1995 on PlayStation, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What X-COM: Terror From the Deep is

X-COM: Terror From the Deep is a strategy game developed by MicroProse Software, Inc. and released in 1995. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on PlayStation, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension. Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth, X-COM's deep space foes unexpectedly change strategy and launch a powerful second front against planet Earth. In the dark depths of vast oceans, long sleeping forces are awakened by reanimation signals sent out across the galactic silence by their interstellar brothers and sisters. Slowly but surely, an army of hibernating alien sea creatures awakens. Your combat now extends to the strange new worlds of the deep where superior alien technologies threaten the very survival of your planet…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, horror, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the X-COM series

X-COM: Terror From the Deep is the second of 27 entries we hold in the X-COM series. It arrived 10 months after X-COM: UFO Defense. The next entry was X-COM: Apocalypse in 1997.

See all 27 X-COM games in release order →

What it launched against

X-COM: Terror From the Deep launched on 1 January 1995, within three weeks of Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw and Mario Andretti Racing.

Released around the same time: Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw, Mario Andretti Racing.

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X-COM: Terror From the Deep was released on 1 January 1995 for PlayStation, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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