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USC: Counterforce
Developer Angry Cat Studios, Creatio 49
Lead your Space Commandos in a revival of turn-based squad tactics inspired by UFO/XCOM and Aliens. Utilize in-depth skill & combat systems in multiple game modes, including a full campaign. Discover the truth behind the demise of colony MC83-A and join the USC in defending humanity! From the Steam store page
595 reactions from 2 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
59
Mixed
91 positive · 62 negative
95% range 52–67%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 18 | 31 | 393 |
| Steam reviews | 91 | 62 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
95 of 159 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
59% recommend · 91 yes, 64 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 155 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (162 of 244 positive).
Some reviewers criticize the arbitrary weapon aiming restrictions and poor UI, calling them frustrating. [1][2][3]
Liked
Representative posts
- [12]
(Note: I only bought this for and play the campaign) This is probably the sort of game I most agonize over reviewing. The quality of life in this game is absolutely atrocious. It takes like 5 minutes at the end of a mission just to shuffle 18 people into the evac zone. No timer, no enemies left, no threat. Just the amount of clicking and waiting it takes to do something with no challenge involved. (And yes, that's …
- [2]
This is pretty bad. Weapons have arbitrary restrictions for what directions they can shoot (like the moves of chessfigures). Everything in this game is a bullet sponge. It's never made clear how to get most of the resources beyond buying them or converting them from one to the other. There is no "easing" into the game, if the first mission in the campaign you pick is one of the easier ones, you will be pitched into …
- [7]
This is Xcom on steroids. Massive hordes of aliens come at you and you have to prepare for the worst. I like the heavy use of overwatch, it is definitely used. The only thing I wish it had is a grand campaign. It has smaller operations right now. So I cannot wait for the main campaign to come out. Definitely will be watching this and playing.
- [4]
Some of the best Action Point based tactical combat around. It's a cross between Space Hulk + the original 1993 XCOM, with all the granularity that entails. Battlefields are highly interactive, with destructible terrain, explosive/flaming chain reactions, and movable objects which can act as cover. Lots of squad/gear customisation. Tons of loot, with better rewards for completing missions more efficiently or …
- [5]
Great X-com-like game! However there is a steep learning curve so fair warning. Pros: -Awesome in-depth tactics gameplay (highly customizable squads/loadouts). -Meta-like (roguelite) progression in the single missions/operations mode and I would highly recommend that people start with those before tackling the main campaign. -Lots of replayability with many different game modes (progression outside of the campaign …
Summarised from 34 of the 366 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
59% of the 155 Steam reviewers we collected recommend USC: Counterforce. The complaint that keeps coming up: arbitrary weapon aiming restrictions are frustrating. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 595 · most liked firstJuJu Watkins made a school-record nine three-pointers and scored 40 points as No. 6 USC routed California Baptist last night. It was Watkins' 16th game in her NCAA career with 30+ points. The only person with more 30-point games through their sophomore season? Caitlin Clark.
neutral · AI labelView post →This USC Illinois game feels very much like Bret Bielema painting a tunnel entrance on a brick wall and Lincoln Riley driving headlong into it
neutral · AI labelView post →At the USC-UCLA game and this atmosphere is absolutely incredible
neutral · AI labelView post →Kobe Bryant cared about women's basketball before it was cool, USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb says. And his work growing the women's game is one of his enduring impacts, another layer in a complicated legacy. ✍️ @thompsonscribe.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/608...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching this amazing title game between USC & Iowa, and just remembered that trans-panic “Lady Ballers” movie the Daily Wire crapped out. The guys in that film would have pissed themselves after 30 seconds on a court with either of these teams.
neutral · AI labelView post →Without JuJu, USC wins its Sweet 16 game and sets up a rematch with UConn.
neutral · AI labelView post →“Colombia vs Uzbekistan at 10 pm Eastern” is the spiritual successor of a USC - Oregon State PAC-12 game from like 2013
neutral · AI labelView post →On Sept. 20, Utah will play at home at 10 am local time, and Michigan State will play a conference game at USC at 11 pm ET, both on FOX. This stuff ain't good for fans, man.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some things stay in your mind long after bowl season ends and “USC losing the game on a 3rd-and-20 checkdown because they couldn’t tackle” is one of those things
neutral · AI labelView post →The bad news: We are about to spend the next week arguing about the phantom second in the Michigan game. The good news: We don’t have to talk about USC attendance anymore!
neutral · AI labelView post →Sam Darnold is the first USC quarterback to start a Super Bowl. If, after the game, he attacks a truck driver and gets stabbed, he will be the second USC quarterback to do that.
neutral · AI labelView post →Women's NCAA note: Can we keep the focus where it belongs? That would mean focusing on Dawn Staley and her team's stunning victory last night, and the big USC v UCLA game ahead. (And not on the bad behavior of a dude.)
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't understand the "they didn't play anyone" arguments. Schedules are often made years in advance. Three years ago, scheduling USC would look like a major game. One year ago, scheduling Michigan looked like a major game. I'm open to having someone explain this to me.
neutral · AI labelView post →JuJu Watkins has 38 points, 11 rebounds, eight blocks and five assists. And USC is going to hand No. 1 UCLA its first loss of the season. What a game. What an unbelievable effort by JuJu.
neutral · AI labelView post →JuJu Watkins was carried off the court during the USC vs. Mississippi State game after suffering an apparent knee injury.
neutral · AI labelView post →Still cracks me up. Hope it never gets old. Also, it reminds me that Maryland came back to beat USC in that game too.
neutral · AI labelView post →Same old story for USC. The Trojans are not going to convince anyone that they are different until they actually win a game like this.
neutral · AI labelView post →USC quarterbacks have started a championship game four times; one of them played in a championship game twice. Darnold is the first to win it. USC quarterbacks are 13-21 in the playoffs. AND YET Sam Darnold now has only half as many playoff wins as the USC leader, Mark Sanchez.
neutral · AI labelView post →I still can’t believe what I saw in the USC-Oregon game. Was 8 concussed after that hit too? I just can’t imagine someone in their right mind celebrating that shit.
neutral · AI labelView post →This USC-UCLA basketball game is … wow! JuJu Watkins is the real deal y’all.
neutral · AI labelView post →LA Sparks’ Cameron Brink was seen visiting top WNBA draft prospect Olivia Miles at tonight’s USC vs Notre Dame game. The LA Sparks have the second pick in the 2025 WNBA draft. 👀
neutral · AI labelView post →You could give me ten lives and I’d pull off the interception I just saw in the USC/Ohio State game zero times
neutral · AI labelView post →USC/Michigan is such a great RED TEAM BLUE TEAM game, I think it's the shared gold accents
neutral · AI labelView post →Lincoln Riley has actually gone out and won a huge game on the road. Huge for him, huge for USC. I bet this will be a big story in LA tomorrow too
neutral · AI labelView post →this is the highlight of maryland football from 2024-2026 (it's still so funny that USC lost this game) www.youtube.com/shorts/kQgI1...
neutral · AI labelView post →Big game tonight in women’s college basketball 👀 Who you got? No. 1 UCLA 🐻 or No. 6 USC ✌️
neutral · AI labelView post →final 30 seconds of Clemson-USC have had 3 jump balls, a waved-off game-winner, and now a review to see whether there was a foul called before the clock hit 0.0. just an incredible amount of Referee Choices
neutral · AI labelView post →Please don't let this be the last Notre Dame-USC game, you dummies.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is Xcom on steroids. Massive hordes of aliens come at you and you have to prepare for the worst. I like the heavy use of overwatch, it is definitely used. The only thing I wish it had is a grand campaign. It has smaller operations right now. So I cannot wait for the main campaign to come out. Definitely will be watching this and playing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NEWS: USC has suspended Desman Stephens for one game. He will not play vs. Washington.
neutral · AI labelView post →How every USC game goes
neutral · AI labelView post →Important Note: I went into this looking for a game play experience something akin to XCOM or Xenonauts (a long form game type with long term squad, resource, and base management) and so my twenty six hours were spent exclusively on the campaign mode (and to be clear, that was about twenty-odd sub-missions total on the medium difficulty). There is a raft of individual missions with set objectives that rate player performance as an alternative way to play, and a somewhat more focused,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Losing the annual Notre Dame-USC rivalry game sucks. No other way to say it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you know Maryland won the OH NO DISASTER WHAT A BAD IDEA GAME despite creating the disaster with their bad idea? It's true, they did, and USC lost.
neutral · AI labelView post →Me getting ready for USC v UConn: JuJu is just one player it’s a team game let’s enjoy Me watching USC v UConn: haha this sucks man
neutral · AI labelView post →The USC dude who knocked Dante Moore out ought to get a multi-game suspension. That was gross.
neutral · AI labelView post →Congrats on the win today USC!! Had a blast at my first game 🗡️🏈🎉
neutral · AI labelView post →Behind Dylan Raiola, Oregon puts up 41 points and 504 yards. That was more yards than USC gave up in any game last season. Ducks O-line also stepped up. After giving up 4 sacks to OkState, they allowed USC no sacks.
neutral · AI labelView post →When Lincoln Riley took the USC job, do you think he anticipated a Friday night conference game getting blamed for extra innings in the deciding game of the world series?
neutral · AI labelView post →The USC-UCLA women's basketball game Sunday averaged 1.44 million viewers on CBS. Peaked with 2.1 million viewers. That's the most-watched women’s basketball conference championship game on any network this season. Most-watched regular season WBB game this year? USC-UConn drew 2.2M on FOX.
neutral · AI labelView post →UCLA is undefeated no more. USC has knocked off the AP No. 1 team for the first time since the 1983 national championship game, when it beat Louisiana Tech Hell of a game at Galen tonight Regular season rematch set for March 1
neutral · AI labelView post →ILLINOIS knocks off USC on a walk-off field goal. What a crazy game
neutral · AI labelView post →👑JUJU WATKINS👑TONIGHT 40 pts 9 3PM (🆕️ USC single-game record) 6 reb 3 blk #wbb #ncaawbb #ncaaw #usc #uscwbb
neutral · AI labelView post →(Note: I only bought this for and play the campaign) This is probably the sort of game I most agonize over reviewing. The quality of life in this game is absolutely atrocious. It takes like 5 minutes at the end of a mission just to shuffle 18 people into the evac zone. No timer, no enemies left, no threat. Just the amount of clicking and waiting it takes to do something with no challenge involved. (And yes, that's with turning animation speed up, which you might wanna then turn back down in the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No for real let’s find the most bootleg way of watching this USC game tonight
neutral · AI labelView post →Penn State-USC in a Whiteout game will be an incredible Anxiety Bowl
neutral · AI labelView post →USC point guard JuJu Watkins’ idea of a Sunday Funday includes taking in an NWSL game 👋
neutral · AI labelView post →following up here: UCLA played 10 games in March/April. 5 of those 10 opponents had their lowest-scoring game of the year USC (50 points), last regular season game Iowa (45), B1G title game Cal Baptist (43), NCAA Round of 64 Texas (44), Final Four South Carolina (51), natty
neutral · AI labelView post →Hlas column: Either the Iowa-USC game officials simply missed calls or made incorrect rulings, or an enormous crime was crafted and executed in plain sight of the world. Your choice is revealing. www.thegazette.com/sports/big-t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Is it good that they're showing Brian Kelly's angry press conference post USC loss in the middle of the A&M game
neutral · AI labelView post →USC/Michigan being a conference game is weird and I don't like it. That should be a Rose Bowl matchup.
neutral · AI labelView post →That 2004 Auburn team would've been 20-point underdogs to USC and would've lost an actual game to them by 35
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night UAB became the third FBS team to ever win an overtime game by multiple touchdowns, 30-17 over ECU 1996 Arizona State 48, USC 35 1998 CMU 36, EMU 23 And that's after trailing 14-0. Imagine having a two-TD lead and then losing by that many in OT
neutral · AI labelView post →USC bounces back with a 31-13 win over #15 Michigan to go to 5-1 ahead of their rivalry game at Notre Dame!
neutral · AI labelView post →Some of the best Action Point based tactical combat around. It's a cross between Space Hulk + the original 1993 XCOM, with all the granularity that entails. Battlefields are highly interactive, with destructible terrain, explosive/flaming chain reactions, and movable objects which can act as cover. Lots of squad/gear customisation. Tons of loot, with better rewards for completing missions more efficiently or tackling higher difficulties. The game's core remains the same, but presentation…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I went to USC and was at every football game so I, therefore, won the Heisman.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m aware this is a general thing but seriously if you are at the Coliseum for this USC game you are enduring the angriest sun imaginable
neutral · AI labelView post →Game day. 🆚: USC ⏰: 7 p.m. ET 📍: Mackey Arena 📺: FS1 📻: Purdue Global Radio Network 🍬: National Bubble Gum Day
neutral · AI labelView post →Quality of the 2005 USC-Notre Dame game copy in the Pac-12 archives vs quality of the actual broadcast
neutral · AI labelView post →I was initially put off by all the negative reviews and had to buy this on Christmas sale for 2$, just to try this out. What I got was a decent game, with many dynamics from XCom and Phoenix point merged together. What this game is - an insanely detailed micro management heavy alien slaughter. You wont be fighting XCom pods of 3-4 aliens at a time, but a whole map worth of 50-100 aliens that will be converging on you. To counter that, you would typically be fielding 12+ marines. This means A…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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