It's not often that we can say with certainty that a deal represents the best money you'll spend all week. But, if you're a PC gamer, the deals don't get any better than this.
On PC gaming platform Steam, you can currently buy XCOM 2, arguably the best strategy game of the last 10 years, for just €3.60 / €2.10 – 94% off its usual retail price. That's less money than you'd pay for a Happy Meal cheeseburger, and XCOM 2 is much more satisfying.
A turn-based title that rewards planning and tactical gameplay, you will take control of an elite squad of resistance fighters seeking to free humanity from the tyrannical clutches of alien colonizers. Playing on randomly generated battlefields, you'll nurture and train your team, grieve in the real world as your favorites are lost in the heat of battle, and develop an underground base as you seek to reclaim the planet.
XCOM 2 first released in 2016 and has been hard to beat in the strategy department ever since. Our friends at PC Gamer gave the title an impressive score of 94%, praising its "exceptionally challenging and rewarding strategy" and calling it "a masterful take on the XCOM formula" that you'll be playing "forever." Interestingly, it's 94% off right now, so don't miss out because you only have until February 24 to take advantage of the deal.
great value packages
If you have a bit more cash to spend, it's also worth buying the XCOM 2 Collection bundle, which has seen its price drop in the same way and may offer better value for money. For just €6.99 / €5.59 you get the base game, Resistance Warrior Pack, Reinforcement Pack, plus the excellent War of the Chosen expansion (tough as nails) and its own Tactical Legacy add-on.
If you want even more action against the aliens, the XCOM Ultimate Collection pack is the complete choice, adding everything above, plus XCOM's previous game Enemy Unknown, its Enemy Within expansion, and the Slingshot pack, Anarchy's Children, Alien Hunters, and Shen's Last. Bonus add-ons for XCOM 2 as well as the standalone game XCOM: Chimera Squad. That's literally hundreds of hours of some of the best strategy games on PC for just €19.34 / €14.77.
Likewise, these offers also end on February 24.
While the XCOM franchise seems to be taking a step back for developer Firaxis at the moment, there's more strategic fun coming from the studio in the form of Marvel's Midnight Suns, which looks to translate the tactical joy of XCOM with a story-heavy adventure. through a little-known area of the Marvel Universe, with a card battle twist thrown in for good measure.