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XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Steam App 200510

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

A 2012 Steam game in Strategy.

GamersPilot average

91/100

Release

Oct 8, 2012

Genres

Strategy

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$5.99

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Score sources

Critic and player scores

Metacritic

Professional critic aggregate

89

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Steam users

41,488 player reviews

92

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PC Benchmark & Hardware

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Minimum Requirements

Processor
2 GHz Dual Core
Memory
2 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT or greater

Recommended Requirements

Processor
2 GHz Dual Core (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz)
Memory
4 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 9000 series / ATI Radeon HD 3000 series or greater

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How hard is XCOM: Enemy Unknown to 100%?

The average achievement in XCOM: Enemy Unknown is earned by 31.1% of players across its 85 achievements — harder to complete than 24% of the 2,024 Steam games in our achievement dataset. Its rarest achievement is held by 1% of players.

Achievements
85
Average unlock rate
31.1%
Rarest achievement
1%
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