X2: The Threat
Egosoft · July 21, 2006 · Space, Strategy, Simulation, Sci-fi, Singleplayer
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X2: The Threat price by region
X2: The Threat costs $0.99 in the United States, €0.99 in Europe (EUR), £0.99 in the United Kingdom, $0.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$1.09 in Canada, NZ$1.47 in New Zealand, A$1.49 in Australia, R$1.69 in Brazil and zł3.59 in Poland right now.
| Region | Best price | Official store | Key shop | Stores |
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 United Statesyour region | $0.99 −80% | $0.99 | $1.29 | 13 |
 Europe (EUR) | €0.99 −80% | €0.99 | €1.19 | 13 |
 United Kingdom | £0.99 −80% | £0.99 | £1.31 | 11 |
 Georgia (USD) | $0.99 −80% | $0.99 | — | 8 |
 Canada | CA$1.09 −80% | CA$1.09 | — | 8 |
 New Zealand | NZ$1.47 −80% | NZ$1.47 | — | 8 |
 Australia | A$1.49 −80% | A$1.49 | — | 8 |
 Brazil | R$1.69 −80% | R$1.69 | — | 7 |
 Poland | zł3.59 −80% | zł3.59 | zł6.82 | 10 |
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About X2: The Threat
Pilot customizable ships across 130 procedurally complex sectors, commanding fleets and building factories to expand your space empire while defending humanity from alien threats. This ambitious sandbox space sim lets you explore, trade, fight, and create your own story in a living universe filled with dynamic missions and economic opportunities.
- Explore: You can explore over 130 beautifully designed sectors occupied by nebulas that affect your ships and stations, asteroids you can mine for materials you can later sell on for profit.
- New Ships: Explore in over 60 ships of varying sizes from scout class ships to the much larger carrier class battleships.
- New Upgrades: Upgrade your ships systems with many more upgrades, and download new upgrades that make use of the new scripting engine designed specially for X².
- New Weapons: Add new weapons to your ship including the Ion Disruptor and Mass Driver, but also build factories that will develop these weapons and sell them to make a profit, expanding your own empire among the universe.
- New Missions: Take part in missions offered to you on each stations bulletin board, make money by defending convoys and destroy incoming Xenon fleets intent on destroying everything in their path.
But above all else, help to defend the universe from the Khaak, before they kill everyone and everything they come across.
X2: The Threat — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Player modes
- Single-player
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
X2: The Threat successfully blends a story-driven campaign with open-ended sandbox gameplay and empire-building mechanics that encourage exploration between missions, all wrapped in surprisingly solid visuals for its age despite some janky animations and dated voice acting. Players consistently praise the game as a classic space sim with memorable gameplay and atmosphere, though some note it can be quite challenging and frustrating at times. Most reviewers consider it a worthwhile experience for fans of space games and recommend playing it.
Recommended for anyone who wants a great blend of story, sandbox, and classic X-Universe empire building. I am playing through all the X-Universe games and finished my playthrough of X2: The Threat. It's a large leap forward from X-Tension. The graphics and overall style feel like a big jump in quality, and the presentation holds up surprisingly well for its age. It also combines a proper storyline with the open-ended sandbox in a way that works naturally. The story itself is decent, and the cutscenes are neat even if the animations are a bit janky and the dialogue/voice acting leans into early-2000s cringe. What I appreciated most is the pacing. Characters actually tell you to go build up your money and factories between certain missions, so the game encourages you to explore the sandbox instead of rushing the plot. This is also the first entry with the Artificial Life system and scripting engine, which makes the universe feel more alive and opens the door for modding. Combined with the expanded economy and deeper mechanics, it’s a big step up from the earlier games. Combat is much improved, especially capital ship battles. Seeing massive turret volleys filling space while fig…2 found this helpful
I remember the game being too hard for me back in the day of youth. It's still hard for me now, and there are many frustrating parts, but I simply enjoyed the story and gameplay. X2 is basically T-tension, but with better graphics and the addition of a story. And I simply can't describe it in detail, but the X games are etched in my memory and I consider them one of the best space games. Even though they still don't have everything I would like my ideal space simulation to contain, as they say, "they have that something".
top 10 game of all time
Great classic game!
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