XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Skip · Strategy · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 32, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.47/hr
- Reviews▼
- 71% of 23,518
- Genre rank
- Top 43% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 21.3h
- To 100%
- 64.5h 3.0x the story
- Achievements
- 40
Price and sales
- Sales
- 62 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $2.99 June 2023
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 78 now
- Cheaper than
- 29% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 38% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
90% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 62 discounts in the 7 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.
Its score sits in the top 43 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 63 percent. Among the games that feel like it, XCOM: Enemy Unknown ($14.99, scores 86) beats it on value, while it beats Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ ($9.99, scores 9).
More about XCOM®: Chimera Squad
5 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2024 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 36 percent of the 2,082 reviews written there were positive, against 71 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 21.3 hours. Doing everything runs 65, 3.0 times as long.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 5 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
I don't get it why people bash this game so hard. Main plot is quite basic and nothing special, but having predefined soldiers with character and dialogs is way better than some faceless randos. Dialogs between soldiers are cute as hell. I like new approach to battles whit alternating turns, and fighting with entire map from start. Luring single groups and nuking them in single turn was very lame in previous xcoms...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Chimera Squad is like its namesake, a mix of several creatures. You have XCom 2, which provides the base, a slice of Fire Emblem, and a little bit of something new. XCom 2 is one of the best PC games of the 2010s, so of course it's a solid base. However, if you've played that game basically every enemy type, weapon, and asset will be familiar. There are even some janky corners where they've shoehorned in a bit of...
honestly, this game sucks. the interface isn't well thought out, gameplay is just a joke. overall it's not worth half a star.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 1GB AMD Radeon HD 7770, NVIDIA GeForce 650 or better, 18 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
XCOM®: Chimera Squad scores 32/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/882100/xcom-chimera-squadReviews 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 Nov 7, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.