X2: The Threat overview

Overview

X2: The Threat comes from Egosoft and is published by Egosoft. It arrived on Steam on Jul 21, 2006, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Captions available, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

X2: The Threat's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 4 players at 5 October 2026 - 08:57:54 UTC, with a tracked peak near 19. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 83% positive across 522 reviews.

Language and system requirements

X2: The Threat is available in 8 languages including:

5 regional rating boards including esrb, dejus, usk, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

X2: The Threat has sold up to 27,405 units and has 444 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $89,705. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

X2: The Threat overview details

X2: The Threat combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

X²: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe. 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.

SteamPulse editorial summary

X2: The Threat is listed as a game with $4.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Captions available, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 4 players at 5 October 2026 - 08:57:54 UTC, a tracked peak of 19, and 83% positive reviews.

Overview tags

SpaceStrategySimulationSci-fiSingleplayerOpen WorldEconomySpace SimSandboxTradingActionFlightExploration

Support and legal notes

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