
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.
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The United States storefront in every case, so this compares stores and not countries.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.29/day in the week to Sep 11 → 0.29/day in the week after.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Jul 21 → 0/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Sums Steam only; GOG publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $4.99 | 444reviews | 84% | — | $61.4K |
| $0.99−80% | 125ratings | 86% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 51 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
O Universo X com vários jogos de estrategia espacial são Fantástico.
This would be a mixed review (had to refund). Relic from the before times when Egosoft could fit all factions and music in a game without DLC... One of my favourites in the franchise as had a lot of character to each faction. Played hundreds of hours in my childhood. It is probably the most accessible introduction to the X series, later games are even more of a UI hellscape than this. Unfortunately couldn't get this to run without constant crashing. Multiple issues with audio and the in-game video / cutscene playback. Couldn't even make it through the intro & tutorial.
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Languages: English*, French, German*, Italian, Spanish - Spain*, Czech, Polish, Russian**languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 51 reviews with recorded playtime.
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mir macht es Spaß ,auf jeden Fall
Ist zwar schon alt, macht aber immer noch riesigen Spaß. Habe sogar noch meine alten Spielstände von 2007 reaktivieren können.
不错的喜加一游戏,貌似挺杀时间的
Dnes hra už graficky neobstojí a nemôžem si pomôcť ale dá sa na to pozerať len s prižmúrenými očami. Zrejme som prepásol dobu zahrať si túto hru bez toho aby úroveň grafiky bola prekážkou v dohraní. Zatiaľ som skúšal len simulácie a nedokážem ani prvú úroveň bojovej simulácie prežiť viac ako pár minút (dám dole max tak 1-2 nepriateľské lode), hrám to s klávesnica+myš tak neviem či to je tým alebo môj AIM je už úplne mimo a mal by som hrať radšej niečo menej náročne :) Každopádne i samotné ovládanie je príliš komplikované a neprehľadne. A nie len samotné ovládanie lodí ale aj menu staníc a menu celkovo. Idem ešte vyskúšať samotnú hru ale obávam sa keď mi už len samotný simulátor ide takto zle tak to bude asi varovanie. A ak budem v príbehu/hre zakaždým skapínať tak tomu nedávam veľa času a zabalím to. A kto to prosím vás hráva na X-Trem obtiažnosti ???
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Ich habe das Spiel im Original als 1.4 Version und habe es mit dieser Version vergichen und Fehler gefunden. Die Steam Version hat Scriptfehler..... Desweiteren sollte man die Steam Version überarbeiten mit Full HD Patch. Diesen Patch bekommt man bei Egosoft direkt auf der Seite... Bei Der CD Version kann ich wechseln zwischen Intel und Geforce Grafikkarte und bei der Steam Version wird nur die Intel Grafikkarte angezeigt. Es gibt Laptops mit Intel Grafikkarte für Büro AQnwendung und integrierte Dezidierte Gamer Grafikkarte NVIDIA Geforce im Laptop... Das Wechseln zwischen Intel und Geforce funktioniert bei der Steam Version nicht. Dort Zeigt er nur Intel an und macht das Spiel arsch Langsam bis unspielbar mit der Büro Grafikkarte obwohl eine Gamer Grafikkarte zusätzlich im Gerät ist. Was noch schön wäre alle Scripte, alle Mods, alle Weltraumkarten, alle Stations und Raumschiffaufzeichnungen zu haben im SPiel oder als Datenbank dabei... Was auch schön wäre das FullHD Texturen dabei sind oder wären was auf der EGosoft Seite gibt im Forum...... Und was auch schön wäre von jeden Egosoft Spiel auch eine Collectors Edition und DIgital Deluxe Edition mit Zusatzmaterial.... Was geil wäre zu jeden Egosoft SPiel die Weltraumkarte komplett zu haben sowie alle Raumschiff und Stationsarten zu haben und welche Station mit welcher zusammenarbeitet...
El juego funciona, pero me basto con estar cerca de 50 minutos intentando entender los controles, memorizándolos y muriendo por cualquier cosa para entender que esto es demasiado de otra época para estos días, el tipico que tiene teclas por todos lados, el tutorial tampoco ayuda en nada y te deja perdido en mitad del espacio con demasiada facilidad, ni si quiera nombra la mitad del tiempo cuales son las teclas que debes pulsar, si no lo que te da la acción a realizar(es decir, te dice "Pulsa la tecla eyectar" en vez de algo tipo "pulsa la tecla 'Nombre Tecla' para hacer X cosa), un fallo muy típico en juegos antiguos. Tiene problemas además con los FPS, si los tienes muy altos el ratón hace cosas raras como quedarse pillado. Las voces es español no las vi por ninguna parte, igual es en el modo historia, pero no están dobladas ni la intro ni el tutorial...
Spiele das Spiel auf einem Linux System. Umfangreiche Recherche hat allerdings ergeben, dass Windows User auf aktuellen Maschinen die gleichen Probleme haben und hatten. Ich habe also die alten Sound-Dateien umcodiert und .waf daraus gemacht um Sprachausgabe zu bekommen. Story-Videos, die nicht wieder gegeben werden können und crashen, ausgetrickst. Jetzt, nach 35 Stunden und Mission 13 ? finde ich keine funktionierenden Tricks mehr um den Absturz zu verhindern. Frustrierter Spielabbruch und Warnung an alle, die es nochmal spielen wollen.
This, for me, is the X universe at its best. It's a space trading game with depth and it's relaxing. Later games are great, though I find the controlls on X4 a nightmare, but the later games become more and more a bussiness empire simulation and less and less a space trading game. I loved Elite on the Apple 2e and Wingcommander Privateer on PC, which is probably why I keep coming back to this game. This still works on win 11 without any problems, the good people over at Egosoft patched it so it still fun to play.
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