Genre StrategyReleased Oct 8, 2012

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Estimated lifetime revenue
$4.38M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$3.07M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
559.5K
≈ 10 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 58,811 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
58,811
Very Positive93% positive
Playing now
390
9-day peak 565 · low 390
New reviews, last 9 days
+35
≈ 4 a day since Oct 7

History

Oct 7 – Oct 16

58.8K58.8K58.8K58.8K
Oct 7Oct 11Oct 16

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Strategy →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Strategy games on Steam

Outearns 28% of them — below the group's median.

Median
$15.59M
114,721 reviews
Top 10% start at
$67.69M
This game
$4.38M
18th pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!

Developer
Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Linux)
Publisher
2K, Feral Interactive (Linux)
Genre
Strategy
Released
Oct 8, 2012
Steam app ID
200510
Data updated
Oct 16, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.