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About XCOM®: Chimera Squad
About this game
Experience the latest installment in the XCOM universe with an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience with your XCOM: Chimera Squad Steam PC key.
After years of alien rule, humanity won the war for Earth. But when the Overlords fled the planet, they left their former soldiers behind. Now, five years after the events of XCOM 2, humans and aliens are working together to forge a civilization of co-operation and coexistence.
Welcome to City 31, a model of peace in a post-invasion world. However, not all of Earth's inhabitants support interspecies alliance. Chimera Squad, an elite force of human and alien agents, must work together to destroy the underground threats driving the city toward chaos.
The future of City 31 depends on you.
UNIQUE HUMAN & ALIEN AGENTS
Each of the 11 agents have their own distinct personality and tactical abilities, including species-specific attacks like the Viper’s tongue pull.
Each of them is equipped with special tactical abilities and driven by a different motivation for joining Chimera Squad. Deploy targeted team members to investigate and combat the dangers that pervade the districts of City 31.
Lead Chimera Squad through a new experience that innovates on XCOM's turn-based legacy, utilizing strategy, teamwork, and new breach-and-clear gameplay to complete your mission objectives. Execute devastating combos by teaming the right agents and utilizing cooperative actions. The difference between mission success and failure can depend wholly on team composition.
RE-ENVISIONED TACTICAL COMBAT
Missions are structured as a series of discrete, explosive encounters, keeping the action intense and unpredictable. Shape the battlefield to your advantage with a new combat phase called 'Breach' that injects your squad right into action.
Strategically assign your agents to different entry points and coordinate their assault with a range of Breach-specific skills.
INTERLEAVED TURNS
An automatic initiative system slots individual agents and enemies into an alternating turn order, creating new strategic possibilities based on what unit is queued to act next—and what unit is at the greatest risk when they do.
SUSPENSEFUL STRATEGY
Outside of combat, manage the operations of a high-tech HQ, where you must prioritize competing tasks, investigations, and agent assignments in the face of a ticking clock: the constantly rising unrest in the city’s various districts, driving City 31 closer and closer to total anarchy.
YOUR OFFICIAL XCOM: CHIMERA SQUAD STEAM PC KEY GIVES YOU:
- Latest installment in the popular turn-based strategy XCOM universe.
- Alien and Human agents with unique personality and tactical abilities.
- Interleaved turns and suspenseful strategy for both inside and outside of the battlefield.
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7, 64-bit
- Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB AMD Radeon HD 7770, NVIDIA GeForce 650 or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 18 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
- Additional Notes: Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 and 2015 Runtime Libraries, and Microsoft DirectX.
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 64bit / Windows 8.1 64bit / Windows 10 64bit
- Processor: 3GHz Quad Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2GB AMD Radeon HD R9 290, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 18 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Critic Reviews
Based on 74 Critics
GamesRadar+
80 / 100"Firaxis lets its hair down for a fun but flawed twist on XCOM's proven recipe of tactics and tension. "
Game Informer
80 / 100"The XCOM series is well-known for its intricate turn-based action. Chimera Squad augments those systems with a few clever ideas, but some of the new systems don't play well...
Player 2
100 / 100"Xcom: Chimera Squad is proof positive that Firaxis are masters of the genre. The perfect starting point for newcomers, yet featuring enough depth for franchise vets, there is...
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8.33% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
8.33% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
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Relax & enjoy! 65.96% of players consider this game to be Just Right
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XCOM®: Chimera Squad User Reviews
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Not for XCOM fans
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This is more of a relaxed game and not for XCOM fans. Maybe if you want your yonger teenager to like turn based, buy it for them or for an adult looking for a more casual turn based strategy.
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Director
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Not your father's XCOM, Chimera Squad is set following XCOM's victory in XCOM2: War of the Chosen. The armies of psionically controlled aliens have been freed from the control of the Elders and now live with humans, in the new cities rebuilt by the alien forces after the successful invasion in XCOM: Enemy Unknown. It seems a bit of a stretch, but Chimera Squad are a SWAT style team sent to police one such city - City 31. Three rogue factions are violating the peace of the city, the regular police are outgunned, only XCOM's new Chimera Squad agents can save the city!
Actual gameplay is a very cut-down version of XCOM 2, with set characters that join your squad - you cannot rename them, or choose their classes, but you do get to pick from a few options after the first 4, who are always the same. Each agent has abilities unique to them, and each is much tougher than agents in previous games. The tech tree is also very limited, there is only a basic armour type that can be upgraded to be a bit better, and no basic weapons beyond the starting class weapons, shotgun, pistol, assault rifle and SMG. Each type of weapon can be upgraded to do more damage, and there are "Epic" weapons that can be found in the game that give the wielder an extra ability. Features more story than previous XCOM games, and a new initiative system that takes some getting used to. I recommend this title as a AA game that doesn't cost very much. It certainly isn't a full-fledged game, like XCOM: Enemy Unknown or XCOM 2. Additionally I did experience some bugs, including one that I had to resolve using the console.
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sulfurmouse
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Core gameplay is similar to that of XCOM2, which is excellent. More of a narrative/character focus in this game, and the writing is unfortunately hard to stomach.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Somewhere in the middle. 15% of GameFAQs users said XCOM®: Chimera Squad is Simple or Easy. 66% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 19% of GameFAQs users said XCOM®: Chimera Squad is Tough or Unforgiving.
According to PEGI, XCOM®: Chimera Squad is suitable for players aged 16 and above.
Yes, XCOM®: Chimera Squad is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that XCOM\u00ae: Chimera Squad is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
- All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
- This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
- This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
- Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7, 64-bit
- Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB AMD Radeon HD 7770, NVIDIA GeForce 650 or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 18 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
- Additional Notes: Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 and 2015 Runtime Libraries, and Microsoft DirectX.
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 64bit / Windows 8.1 64bit / Windows 10 64bit
- Processor: 3GHz Quad Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2GB AMD Radeon HD R9 290, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 18 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 29 hours. 92% of users played XCOM®: Chimera Squad for over 12 hours.
76% of critics on Metacritic recommend XCOM®: Chimera Squad. The Metascore is 77 out of 100.
74% of Fanatical users recommend XCOM®: Chimera Squad. The average review score is 4.2/5
XCOM®: Chimera Squad was released on April 24, 2020
XCOM®: Chimera Squad is published by 2K Games
XCOM®: Chimera Squad was developed by Firaxis Games
Fanatical users tagged XCOM®: Chimera Squad as Strategy, Tactical RPG, and Turn-Based Strategy
Fanatical users tagged XCOM®: Chimera Squad as Tactical, Aliens, Sci-fi, and Futuristic
Yes. Fanatical users tagged XCOM®: Chimera Squad as having Singleplayer
Yes. Fanatical users tagged XCOM®: Chimera Squad as having Character Customization
Yes, Fanatical users tagged XCOM®: Chimera Squad as Strategy
Yes, Fanatical users tagged XCOM®: Chimera Squad as Tactical RPG
Yes, Fanatical users tagged XCOM®: Chimera Squad as Turn-Based Strategy