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Xenonauts

2014 75 / 100 Indie Simulator Strategy
Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat. A detailed strategic layer allows you to co-ordinate the defence of the planet, using your interceptors to shoot down UFOs and researching captu Show full summary

Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat. A detailed strategic layer allows you to co-ordinate the defence of the planet, using your interceptors to shoot down UFOs and researching captured artefacts to learn about your foes and unlock new combat equipment to use on your missions.

World design Nicht eindeutig Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused

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Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat. A detailed strategic layer allows you to co-ordinate the defence of the planet, using your interceptors to shoot down UFOs and researching captured artefacts to learn about your foes and unlock new combat equipment to use on your missions.

Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused GenreIndie GenreSimulator GenreStrategy ThemeScience fiction
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Developer
Goldhawk Interactive
Publisher
Goldhawk Interactive
Franchise
Standalone
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Modi
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Science fiction
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Platform releases

  • Mac Jul 17, 2014
  • Linux Jul 17, 2014
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Jul 17, 2014

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