XCOM 2

XCOM 2 is a single-player and multiplayer turn-based tactical strategy game. The story takes place twenty years after the failed defense of Earth in XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The alien invaders now rule through a puppet regime called ADVENT, presenting themselves as benevolent while concealing sinister experiments. Humanity’s defenders have been scattered, and the XCOM project has become a resistance movement operating in secret. The player takes command of the Avenger, a captured alien supply craft converted into a mobile headquarters, tasked with uniting resistance cells, disrupting alien operations, and ultimately dismantling their control of the planet.

Gameplay alternates between a strategic layer and tactical combat. On the Avenger’s world map, the player directs research, engineering projects, and squad management, while moving the ship across regions to contact new resistance outposts, intercept supply drops, or counter alien operations. The strategy layer includes a ticking “Avatar Project” that measures alien progress toward a hidden goal, creating pressure to prioritize missions and sabotage facilities before time runs out.