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XCOM: Enemy Unknown

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Unknown cover
Developers
Firaxis Games
Publishers
2K Games
OS X, Linux Feral Interactive
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows October 9, 2012
macOS (OS X) April 25, 2013
Linux June 19, 2014
XCOM: Enemy Unknown on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
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Key points

The game suffers from an abundance of bugs in its current state. Some bugs are game-breaking.[1]

General information

PC Report - XCOM: Enemy Unknown on Linux
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums
Steam Users' Forums for game series
Official Forum - not PC-specific.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Amazon.com
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Complete Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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Elite Edition
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Elite Soldier Pack Part of Complete Pack. Pre-order bonus.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Slingshot Pack Part of Complete Pack.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
XCOM: Enemy Within Part of Complete Pack.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Instructions

Turn off multiplayer chat

Instructions

Enable armor tint options

Instructions

Game data

Configuration files location

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

Having too many savegames can cause slowdowns, which can be fixed by regularly purging savegames.
Savegames will start appearing in the wrong order once there are more than or around 100 savegames.
If savegames are not showing when starting the game in Linux after playing it in Windows, go to the savegames location in Linux and change the name of the folder SaveData to savedata.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Display settings.
Display settings.
Video settings.
Video settings.

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Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State GG3D Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use Helix Mod to improve 3D support.
TriDef 3D

Issues fixed

Save game slowdowns

Having a lot of savegames might cause the game to momentarily freeze while loading the "Save Game" screen.
Instructions

Windows

Game appears to run in slow motion

Using Gigabyte's OC Guru overclocking tool can cause the game to appear to run in slow motion, then jump forward in time every few seconds.
Instructions

Game will not open on Windows 10

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Interface Scaleform
Cutscenes Bink
Multiplayer Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT
Windows XP is not supported, but the game can be made to run on it using this guide.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.8.5
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series
Nvidia GeForce 9000 Series
256 MB of VRAM
The OS X version is not supported on these graphics cards: ATI X1xxx series, ATI HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series, NVIDIA 7xxx series, NVIDIA 8xxx series. The following cards require you to have 8 GB of system RAM: NVIDIA 320M, NVIDIA 9400 and Intel HD3000.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 16 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 600 Series
AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Intel Iris Pro
512 MB of VRAM
Only available in 64-bit.

References