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science fiction video game
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
By MicroProse, released 1 Jan 1995
- Microsoft Windows
- DOS
- 3DO
- strategy video game
What it is
X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a science-fiction strategy game from MicroProse and a sequel to X-COM: UFO Defense. The story sends X-COM into a second conflict as alien forces awaken beneath the oceans and threaten Earth. Combat extends to undersea locations, with tactical maps that cover both underwater areas and buildings. The game includes an undersea geoscape mapping system with topographic detail, undersea military technology, and graphics featuring water coloration and wrecks. An alien encyclopedia covers mutations and aquatic creatures. Steam lists single-player and Family Sharing. The platform list includes Windows, DOS and 3DO, while the Steam platform listing specifies Windows. Its original year is 1995, and the Steam release date is May 4, 2007. Players looking for a strategy game with a maritime setting can follow the campaign from Earth’s surface into its undersea battlefields.
What players like, and what they don't
- Undersea geoscape mapping includes topographic detail.
- Tactical maps include underwater areas and buildings.
- The alien encyclopedia covers mutations and aquatic creatures.
- Steam lists single-player and Family Sharing.
- Steam lists Windows only.
- The original game dates to 1995.
Who it suits
It suits players interested in single-player strategy and an alien-conflict story set partly beneath the oceans. Steam lists Windows, while the broader platform listing also names DOS and 3DO.
Terror from the Deep shifts X-COM’s alien conflict to undersea battlefields, with mapping, technology and tactical locations built around that setting. Steam lists single-player for Windows.
