XCOM 2

XCOM 2 follows XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 strategy game of the year, and opens twenty years after humanity's leaders surrendered to alien forces. The invaders now rule openly, raising gleaming cities that promise a bright future while concealing a darker agenda and silencing anyone who resists. XCOM survives only as a scattered remnant on the fringes of that new order.

You take command of the Avenger, a captured alien supply craft converted into a mobile headquarters, and decide where to send your strike teams, how to build popular support, and when to disrupt the enemy's counter-operations. The campaign reverses the usual XCOM stance, casting you as the underdog insurgency rather than the defending army.

Tactical combat leans into guerrilla tactics. Five soldier classes, each with its own skill tree, let you shape specialists around your plan, and concealment lets squads ambush enemy patrols before a shot is fired. You loot fallen enemies for gear and artifacts, carry wounded comrades to extraction, and research, build and upgrade aboard the Avenger to keep pace with a roster of new alien species and the ADVENT enforcers. Procedurally combined maps, missions and objectives mean campaigns rarely repeat themselves.