Steady crowd

X-COM: UFO Defense

Released Mar 1994 · Steam app 7760

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 21:05 UTC

Playing now

at 21:05 UTC

24-hour peak

All-time peak

641

in Oct 2012 · SteamCharts

24h change

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needs 48 h of data

Twitch viewers

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none tracked

Best price

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Players over time

Log scale

What stands out

+139%Players since 06:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.

All-time peak

641

Highest monthly peak on record, in Oct 2012, from SteamCharts. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 27, 2026 is 67.

Month by month

Average and peak players per month · SteamCharts (used with permission) for complete months, our own Steam counts after that

Month	Avg. players	Gain	% Gain	Peak players
October 2026 (from Oct 27, 2026) · our count	51	13	+34%	67
September 2026	38	-1	-2.6%	86
August 2026	39	-1	-2.5%	80
July 2026	40	-3	-7%	80
June 2026	43	-6	-12%	91
May 2026	49	-4	-7.6%	102
April 2026	53	11	+26%	114
March 2026	42	-1	-2.3%	99
February 2026	43	1	+2.4%	87
January 2026	42	4	+11%	89
December 2025	38	-3	-7.3%	80
November 2025	41	0	0%	83

Show all 172 months

Month	Avg. players	Gain	% Gain	Peak players
October 2025	41	0	0%	82
September 2025	41	-1	-2.4%	80
August 2025	42	1	+2.4%	80
July 2025	41	4	+11%	82
June 2025	37	-4	-9.8%	78
May 2025	41	3	+7.9%	81
April 2025	38	-5	-12%	82
March 2025	43	-1	-2.3%	91
February 2025	44	4	+10%	92
January 2025	40	-2	-4.8%	82
December 2024	42	5	+14%	89
November 2024	37	-1	-2.6%	72
October 2024	38	-3	-7.3%	78
September 2024	41	1	+2.5%	79
August 2024	40	4	+11%	80
July 2024	36	2	+5.9%	78
June 2024	34	-4	-11%	79
May 2024	38	-3	-7.3%	79
April 2024	41	-6	-13%	87
March 2024	47	8	+21%	100
February 2024	39	-1	-2.5%	105
January 2024	40	0	0%	81
December 2023	40	1	+2.6%	82
November 2023	39	2	+5.4%	73
October 2023	37	3	+8.8%	74
September 2023	34	-6	-15%	65
August 2023	40	-2	-4.8%	86
July 2023	42	10	+31%	83
June 2023	32	-2	-5.9%	73
May 2023	34	-6	-15%	71
April 2023	40	-3	-7%	88
March 2023	43	-5	-10%	101
February 2023	48	3	+6.7%	125
January 2023	45	0	0%	91
December 2022	45	3	+7.1%	88
November 2022	42	-2	-4.6%	86
October 2022	44	5	+13%	96
September 2022	39	2	+5.4%	89
August 2022	37	-1	-2.6%	81
July 2022	38	2	+5.6%	76
June 2022	36	1	+2.9%	72
May 2022	35	-2	-5.4%	65
April 2022	37	-1	-2.6%	76
March 2022	38	-5	-12%	73
February 2022	43	4	+10%	93
January 2022	39	0	0%	86
December 2021	39	2	+5.4%	75
November 2021	37	-3	-7.5%	79
October 2021	40	-1	-2.4%	80
September 2021	41	-1	-2.4%	78
August 2021	42	5	+14%	90
July 2021	37	3	+8.8%	73
June 2021	34	-2	-5.6%	70
May 2021	36	-5	-12%	76
April 2021	41	-4	-8.9%	84
March 2021	45	-6	-12%	92
February 2021	51	5	+11%	116
January 2021	46	1	+2.2%	94
December 2020	45	2	+4.7%	99
November 2020	43	3	+7.5%	87
October 2020	40	-2	-4.8%	81
September 2020	42	2	+5%	80
August 2020	40	-3	-7%	78
July 2020	43	-1	-2.3%	78
June 2020	44	-16	-27%	92
May 2020	60	-3	-4.8%	129
April 2020	63	14	+29%	140
March 2020	49	12	+32%	110
February 2020	37	-6	-14%	75
January 2020	43	0	0%	92
December 2019	43	9	+26%	98
November 2019	34	2	+6.3%	75
October 2019	32	-4	-11%	73
September 2019	36	-2	-5.3%	71
August 2019	38	2	+5.6%	69
July 2019	36	4	+13%	79
June 2019	32	-3	-8.6%	63
May 2019	35	2	+6.1%	73
April 2019	33	-2	-5.7%	72
March 2019	35	-6	-15%	76
February 2019	41	3	+7.9%	90
January 2019	38	-2	-5%	82
December 2018	40	3	+8.1%	83
November 2018	37	3	+8.8%	98
October 2018	34	-1	-2.9%	74
September 2018	35	-3	-7.9%	84
August 2018	38	0	0%	75
July 2018	38	3	+8.6%	73
June 2018	35	-1	-2.8%	80
May 2018	36	-5	-12%	78
April 2018	41	-1	-2.4%	83
March 2018	42	-1	-2.3%	89
February 2018	43	2	+4.9%	94
January 2018	41	-2	-4.7%	88
December 2017	43	6	+16%	92
November 2017	37	-2	-5.1%	106
October 2017	39	-10	-20%	82
September 2017	49	10	+26%	115
August 2017	39	0	0%	88
July 2017	39	-1	-2.5%	75
June 2017	40	2	+5.3%	83
May 2017	38	-4	-9.5%	72
April 2017	42	-8	-16%	83
March 2017	50	-48	-49%	107
February 2017	98	40	+69%	336
January 2017	58	15	+35%	389
December 2016	43	4	+10%	91
November 2016	39	7	+22%	103
October 2016	32	-1	-3%	66
September 2016	33	-1	-2.9%	79
August 2016	34	-4	-11%	71
July 2016	38	5	+15%	103
June 2016	33	0	0%	77
May 2016	33	-4	-11%	72
April 2016	37	-14	-27%	82
March 2016	51	-27	-35%	95
February 2016	78	21	+37%	178
January 2016	57	12	+27%	125
December 2015	45	9	+25%	123
November 2015	36	-1	-2.7%	79
October 2015	37	-4	-9.8%	83
September 2015	41	4	+11%	88
August 2015	37	-4	-9.8%	77
July 2015	41	-12	-23%	85
June 2015	53	20	+61%	126
May 2015	33	0	0%	67
April 2015	33	-2	-5.7%	73
March 2015	35	-2	-5.4%	88
February 2015	37	-7	-16%	89
January 2015	44	0	0%	101
December 2014	44	8	+22%	101
November 2014	36	1	+2.9%	80
October 2014	35	-1	-2.8%	76
September 2014	36	-9	-20%	82
August 2014	45	-9	-17%	101
July 2014	54	14	+35%	136
June 2014	40	7	+21%	96
May 2014	33	3	+10%	74
April 2014	30	-3	-9.1%	70
March 2014	33	-8	-20%	76
February 2014	41	-4	-8.9%	99
January 2014	45	-1	-2.2%	101
December 2013	46	4	+9.5%	99
November 2013	42	-15	-26%	91
October 2013	57	9	+19%	171
September 2013	48	-9	-16%	115
August 2013	57	17	+43%	141
July 2013	40	4	+11%	86
June 2013	36	-3	-7.7%	79
May 2013	39	-2	-4.9%	81
April 2013	41	0	0%	98
March 2013	41	-13	-24%	93
February 2013	54	-16	-23%	119
January 2013	70	-8	-10%	166
December 2012	78	-32	-29%	166
November 2012	110	-122	-53%	249
October 2012	232	-8	-3.3%	641
September 2012	240	114	+90%	575
August 2012	126	-10	-7.4%	265
July 2012	136	—	—	249

Long-term history

Month by month from before we started counting: players from SteamCharts, plus Steam reviews and Wikipedia views, which follow interest rather than player numbers.

Busiest monthSep 2012240

Highest monthly peakOct 2012641

Last 12 months vs the 12 before+5%

average players
peak players

Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month from SteamCharts, used with permission. The month in progress is left out.

#108 most played on Steam in September 2012

Prices

No prices tracked for this game yet.

On Twitch

Not among the streams we track on Twitch right now.

Videos

From YouTube

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About the game

Release date: Mar 1994
Date precision: month only
All-time peak reached: Oct 2012 · 641
Tracked by PixelKrypt since: Oct 27, 2026
Steam app id: 7760

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