XCOM: Chimera Squad
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
XCOM: Chimera Squad is a strategy developed by Firaxis Games, released 24 April 2020 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $2.59 at Fanatical. The main story takes about 32 hrs to finish.
What XCOM: Chimera Squad is
XCOM: Chimera Squad is a strategy game developed by Firaxis Games and released in 2020. It was published by 2K. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After years of alien rule, humanity won the war for Earth. But when the Overlords fled the planet, they left their former soldiers behind. Now, five years after the events of XCOM 2, humans and aliens are working together to forge a civilization of cooperation and coexistence. Welcome to City 31, a model of peace in a post-invasion world. However, not all of Earth's inhabitants support interspecies alliance. Chimera Squad, an elite force of human and alien agents, must work together to destroy the underground threats driving the city toward chaos. Your agents are unique: each of them equipped with special tactical abilities and driven by a different motivation for joining Chimera Squad…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 40 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the X-COM series
XCOM: Chimera Squad is the 27th of 27 entries we hold in the X-COM series. It arrived 2 years after XCOM 2: War of the Chosen - Tactical Legacy Pack. It is the most recent released entry in the series. Its critic score of 78 is 3 points below the series average of 81. The highest-rated entry is XCOM: Enemy Unknown at 89.
How it was received
XCOM: Chimera Squad holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 3,249 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 55 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 32 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $2.59, that works out to about $0.08 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.4 GHz Quad Core, 4 GB RAM and 1GB AMD Radeon HD 7770, NVIDIA GeForce 650 or better. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 18GB. 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 costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.59 at Fanatical, 74% below its usual price.
What it launched against
XCOM: Chimera Squad launched on 24 April 2020, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Resident Evil 3, Deep Rock Galactic and Streets of Rage 4. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Resident Evil 3, Deep Rock Galactic, Streets of Rage 4.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for XCOM: Chimera Squad yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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