space opera video game
X2: The Threat
By Egosoft, released 1 Jan 2003
- Microsoft Windows
- Linux
- Mac operating system
- macOS
- space simulator
- space trading and combat game
What it is
X2: The Threat is a space simulator from Egosoft, released in 2003. It follows Julian Gardna in a story continuing from X: Beyond The Frontier. Players can explore more than 130 sectors, where nebulas affect ships and stations and asteroids can be mined for materials to sell. The game offers over 60 ships, ranging from scouts to carriers, and ship systems can be expanded with upgrades. New weapons include the Ion Disruptor and Mass Driver; players can also build factories to produce and sell weapons. Missions posted on station bulletin boards include defending convoys and fighting Xenon fleets. The wider conflict involves protecting the universe from the Khaak. Steam lists single-player, captions, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing. The wider platform list names Windows, Linux and Mac systems, while the Steam listing specifies Windows. Egosoft is both developer and publisher.
What players like, and what they don't
- Explore more than 130 sectors
- Over 60 ships to fly
- Mine asteroids and sell materials
- Build factories for weapons
- Steam Cloud and captions available
- Steam listing specifies Windows
- Single-player only on Steam
Who it suits
It suits players drawn to space exploration, ship upgrades, mining and trading, with missions and combat alongside empire-building. The Steam listing is for single-player play.
X2: The Threat combines sector exploration and missions with mining, ship upgrades and weapon production. Its Steam listing centers on solo play, while its broader platform list includes Linux and Mac systems.
