X-COM: Interceptor
Skip · Strategy · 2008
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 4, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 13.1h 20.2h to 100%
- Value
- $0.38/hr
- Reviews
- 55% of 229 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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How to read this
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About the game
They're back...only this time the heinous aliens are out to destroy Earth and rule the new frontier. As X-COM commander, it's your sole duty to protect humanity and the prized mining operations in outer space.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 61 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
69 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. On the same math Between the Stars ($9.89, scores 35) and The Fermi Paradox ($18.99, scores 36) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
What players say
The most underrated of the X-COM games and the best of them as well. I bought a copy in 1998, literally got emotional when I flew my first dogfight ... here was the first really top notch hybrid game, with an X-Wing style flight sim married to a Civilization-style strategy game. I played it right up until last year. You may want to open the gamesettings.ini file and tinker around with weapon/shield/hull settings ...
1 more review
X-COM: Interceptor, developed by MicroProse and published by 2K, is an unconventional installment in the X-COM franchise that merges space combat with strategic management. Released in 1998, the game shifts the series from its traditional turn-based ground combat to an interstellar setting, tasking players with defending humanity's space mining operations from hostile alien forces. This change of scope introduces a...
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Cite this score
X-COM: Interceptor scores 4/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/7730/x-com-interceptorReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.