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XCOM 2 on Twitch — competition and audience

Firaxis Games· 2K Games· 2016· PS4 · Linux · PC · Mac · XONE
RPGSimulatorStrategyTBSTacticalScience fiction

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

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What is XCOM 2 about?

Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces and XCOM, the planet's last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. Now the aliens rule Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for humanity on the surface, while concealing a sinister agenda below and eliminating all who dissent from their new order.Only those who live at the edges of the world have a margin of freedom. Here, a force gathers once again to stand up for humanity. Always on the run, the remnant XCOM forces must find a way to rise from the ashes, expose the insidious truth behind the occupation, and eliminate the alien threat once and for all.

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11Room for youClosed off
11Live streamers6 in English
116People watching
#5Your spot at 10 viewersof 12

Should I stream XCOM 2 on Twitch?

11/100 · Closed off· 11 viewers per streamer on paper

Not really. Almost all of the 50 people watching XCOM 2 in English are already committed to the streams they are on, leaving about 9 across 4 other English streams. You would start around #5 of 12.

About 9 of the 50 English viewers here are not watching the two biggest English streams — roughly 2 each if you split it with the 4 other English streams below them. With ten viewers you would sit at #5.

Only 50 of the 116 viewers here (43%) are watching in English. 6 of the 11 live streams are in English.

Almost nobody here is available to you — either a couple of streams hold the room, or nobody is watching in English, or the category is empty, or you would be buried.

This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the English-speaking audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.

Where to buy

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How many people stream XCOM 2?

Right now

11 right now, to 116 viewers between them. 6 of them are streaming in English. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is XCOM 2 too saturated on Twitch?

No. 11 people are streaming XCOM 2 to 116 viewers, 6 of them in English to 50 — about 8 each — and you would open at about #5 of 12.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 11 live right now

Is XCOM 2 any good?

Players score it 84 out of 100 from 452 ratings, and critics 85 out of 100.

85Critics29 outlets
84Players452 ratings

Streamer reviews

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Details

Released
Feb 4, 2016 · 11 years ago
Time to finish
No ending — ongoing game
Playing on Steam
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Price
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Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Rated
ESRB T
Biggest stream
32 (28% of the category)
Typical stream
8 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Oct 19, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC