Xenonauts

Xenonauts

by Goldhawk Interactive

Steam Β· Very Positive

Steam Facts

Data current as of Apr 25, 2026. We re-crawl reviews and metadata every 14 days.
Steam Sentiment86

Very Positive

This puts the game in the top 30% of all reviewed games on Steam.

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Quick Stats

Reviews

3,640en

5,024 total (all languages)

Current as of Apr 25, 2026

Released

Jun 16, 2014

Price

$24.99

Velocity

0.8/day

Slowing

Metadata current as of May 2, 2026 Β· Source: Steam

Market Reach

Estimated ownersΒ±60%

β‰ˆ170K

Estimated gross revenueΒ±60%

β‰ˆ$3.8M

Based on 5,024 reviews (all languages)

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Based on review count Γ— genre/age/price-adjusted Boxleiter ratio. Gross revenue before Steam’s 30% cut, refunds, and regional pricing.

About

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.

Sentiment History

Sentiment over time

Playtime Sentiment

Sentiment by time invested

Β· 3,421 post-launch reviews
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0h
41%103 rev
<2h
47%57 rev
2-10h
71%522 rev
10-50h
88%1,401 rev
50-200h
94%1,104 rev
200h+
97%234 rev

Players who invest more time rate this game significantly higher (+47pts) β€” a strong signal of a slow-burn experience that rewards patience.

Competitive Benchmark

Compared to 77 similar games in the Strategy genre released in 2014.

Sentiment vs. similar gamesTop 26%
Popularity vs. similar gamesTop 21%

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