Xenonauts
Sign in to saveXenonauts is a turn-based science fiction video game developed and published as the maiden title of London-based independent game studio Goldhawk Interactive. Inspired by the 1994 game UFO: Enemy Unknown, gameplay involves the player taking the role of the commander of a clandestine organization known as the Xenonauts, and attempting to defeat an alien invasion of Earth in the alternative history year 1979. The game was released on June 17, 2014 for Microsoft Windows. Ports to Mac OS X and Linux were initially based on the Wine compatibility layer, until native ports became available in Septem
Game data
Metacritic 77- Released
- 2014-06-15
- User rating
- 3.16 / 5
- Genres
- Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- Platforms
- PC, macOS, Linux
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Game details · IGDB
Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat. A detailed strategic layer allows you to co-ordinate the defence of the planet, using your interceptors to shoot down UFOs and researching captured artefacts to learn about your foes and unlock new combat equipment to use on your missions.
- Released
- 2014
- Genres
- Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Indie
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- Playground SDK
- Developer
- Goldhawk Interactive
- Publisher
- Goldhawk Interactive
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Xenonauts
- Video game.image
- Xenonauts logo.jpg
- Video game.caption
- Storefront logo of Xenonauts
- Video game.developer
- Goldhawk Interactive
- Video game.publisher
- Goldhawk Interactive
- Video game.released
- Microsoft WindowsOS X, Linux
- Video game.genre
- Strategy, turn-based tactics
- Video game.modes
- Single-player
- Video game.designer
- Chris England
- Video game.programmer
- Sergey Kovrov, Gijs-Jan Roelofs, Laszlo Perneky, Giovanni Frigo
- Video game.composer
- Aleksi Aubry-Carlson
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- Community Edition
- Sequel
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Xenonauts is a turn-based science fiction video game developed and published as the maiden title of London-based independent game studio Goldhawk Interactive. Inspired by the 1994 game UFO: Enemy Unknown, gameplay involves the player taking the role of the commander of a clandestine organization known as the Xenonauts, and attempting to defeat an alien invasion of Earth in the alternative history year 1979. The game was released on June 17, 2014 for Microsoft Windows. Ports to Mac OS X and Linux were initially based on the Wine compatibility layer, until native ports became available in September 2015. A sequel, Xenonauts 2, was released through early access in 2023.
==Gameplay== thumb|A screenshot of tactical gameplay (alpha version), showing a Unidentified flying object|UFO crashed in a farm
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