Phoenix Point: Year One Edition

About

Phoenix Point: Year One Edition is a strategy RPG where you lead Earth’s last defense against alien invaders. Battles unfold on procedurally generated maps with a free-aim shooting system that blends tactical positioning and real-time decisions. You command a team of customizable soldiers while managing a global base network, research priorities, and supply chains. Alien threats evolve to counter your playstyle, forcing constant adaptation. Political choices matter, cooperate with rival factions or eliminate them to secure resources and control the war’s direction. The game’s depth comes from its layered strategy systems and branching consequences. Player actions shape alliances and outcomes, with over 40 hours of content reported for completionists. Community reviews highlight the satisfying balance between combat and base management, though the learning curve tests newcomers. With all post-launch content bundled, it serves as the complete package for a genre revivalist title. Metacritic scores sit around 82, reflecting praise for its ambitious scope and replayability.

Storyline

Phoenix Point: Year One Edition is the definitive version of the acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM, collecting all previous DLC, updates, and additional content. The Earth has been overrun. A mutating, alien menace threatens the last remnants of mankind. Only the Phoenix Project, a secret organization of the best minds and bravest soldiers left on earth, can repel the aliens and reverse the inevitable. It's up to you to lead the Phoenix Project: research and develop new technologies and techniques, explore a ravaged globe, build your bases, manage resources, and fight hard battles. But you won't be alone. Factions, including the corporatist New Jericho, the indecisive Synedrion, and the fanatical Disciples of Anu, as well as offshoot subfactions, have their own values and view of the Pandorans. You can choose to work with factions via Phoenix Point's diplomacy system, or you can simply crush all around you with military might. No matter what you choose, it won't be an easy victory.