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The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension.Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth, X-COM's deep space foes unexpectedly change strategy and launch a powerful second front against planet Earth.

Release DateMay 4, 2007
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.3% (very positive) Top 20% / 91.1%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)86.3% Top 10% / 85.5%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)639  Top 20% / 782  Top 15%
Curators62 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time19.6 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar3.9 hours  Top 3%
Followers3.1K  Top 20%
Owners± 693.2K  Top 4%
Copies Sold± 38.3K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 89.6K  Top 25%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of X-COM: Terror From the Deep steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows X-COM: Terror From the Deep's Steam rating and reviews between November 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 90.4% (May 2016) and 98.8% (July 2013).

The 782 reviews Top 15% suggest that X-COM: Terror From the Deep might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. There is a peak in November 2016 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for X-COM: Terror From the Deep and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows X-COM: Terror From the Deep's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (67%), followed by Russian (8%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 22 different languages represented. The game is available in 4 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying X-COM: Terror From the Deep percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in X-COM: Terror From the Deep depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is great, reaching 80 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 4.4 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some X-COM: Terror From the Deep players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 51 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Brutal difficulty
  • Strategy/Tactical gameplay
  • Polished and immersive environment
  • Intuitive gameplay
  • Atmospheric music
  • Price
  • Underwater themed gameplay
  • Variety of mission types
  • Better enemy types
  • Immersion into deep sea vibe
  • Last alien hiding is tedious
  • Ear-piercing sound effects
  • Weapons pack less punch
  • Models look worse
  • Bases felt not as thought-out
  • Research tree that makes little sense
  • Colour pallet doesn't fit well
  • Game play is worse
  • Lesser outcome of everything
  • Feeling of game play being worse than original Xcom

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's score of 92.3%  Top 20% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of X-COM: Terror From the Deep's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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