You've got 24 hours to pick up XCOM 2 for less than $5 on Steam

February 17, 2021 This sale will end at 6PM GMT on Thursday, February 18

XCOM 2 is one of the finest tactical turn-based strategy games out there. Sure, it may not have had quite the same impact as its predecessor XCOM: Enemy Unknown, but after plenty of TLC, plenty more DLC, and some mighty fine mods you've got yourself one hell of a strategy game.

It's entirely possible though that you've, still, never actually played XCOM 2. Or maybe you're like our guides editor Gina who only had it on console for some reason. Either way, I imagine you're just waiting for the right opportunity to pick it up and take it for a spin. How does a sale price of $4.80 / £2.80 sound?

That's right: until February 18 there is a 2K 'publisher sale' running on Steam, and XCOM 2 is reduced by 92%. The base game had a bit of a mixed reception on launch, but is generally a more solid experience now. It's still lacking in a few areas but it's nothing that some XCOM 2 mods won't be able to fix. The Long War 2 mod - sequel to the highly popular Long War mod from XCOM 1 - is only available for the vanilla version of XCOM 2 and is definitely worth checking out because of what it brings to the table.

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