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USC: Counterforce

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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

274 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 8, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works

Audience score

59
Mixed

91 positive · 63 negative
95% range 51–67%

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Steam's own rating
Mixed
162 of 242 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

What people are saying

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  • The Athletic @theathletic.comBluesky · Dec 4, 2024

    JuJu 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.

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  • BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2025

    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

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  • Jemele Hill @jemelehill.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 2, 2025

    At the USC-UCLA game and this atmosphere is absolutely incredible

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  • The Athletic @theathletic.comBluesky · Jan 26, 2025

    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...

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  • Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 7, 2024

    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.

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  • Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.comBluesky · Mar 30, 2025

    Without JuJu, USC wins its Sweet 16 game and sets up a rematch with UConn.

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  • one dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 18, 2026

    “Colombia vs Uzbekistan at 10 pm Eastern” is the spiritual successor of a USC - Oregon State PAC-12 game from like 2013

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  • Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.comBluesky · Sep 8, 2025

    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.

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  • Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2025

    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

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  • Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.comBluesky · Sep 6, 2026

    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!

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  • Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtfBluesky · Feb 8, 2026

    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.

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  • Matt Miller @nfldraftscout.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 8, 2024

    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.

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  • Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.comBluesky · Feb 14, 2025

    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.

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  • The Athletic @theathletic.comBluesky · Mar 25, 2025

    JuJu Watkins was carried off the court during the USC vs. Mississippi State game after suffering an apparent knee injury.

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  • Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.orgBluesky · Dec 10, 2024

    Still cracks me up. Hope it never gets old. Also, it reminds me that Maryland came back to beat USC in that game too.

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  • Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.comBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    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.

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  • Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyzBluesky · Jan 26, 2026

    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.

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  • Michael Ray Surber of Killer Antz with a zed + Church Rat @surber.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    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.

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  • Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 2, 2025

    This USC-UCLA basketball game is … wow! JuJu Watkins is the real deal y’all.

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  • Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2025

    USC/Michigan is such a great RED TEAM BLUE TEAM game, I think it's the shared gold accents

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  • Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.comBluesky · Nov 2, 2025

    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

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  • The Athletic @theathletic.comBluesky · Feb 13, 2025

    Big game tonight in women’s college basketball 👀 Who you got? No. 1 UCLA 🐻 or No. 6 USC ✌️

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  • Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.comBluesky · Oct 19, 2025

    Please don't let this be the last Notre Dame-USC game, you dummies.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9101Steam reviews · Jul 25, 2023 · 4 h played

    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.

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  • Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.comBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    NEWS: USC has suspended Desman Stephens for one game. He will not play vs. Washington.

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  • Jessica Smetana @jessicasmetana.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    How every USC game goes

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  • Steam user Steam user …6493Steam reviews · Dec 28, 2024 · 27 h played

    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,…

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  • Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.comBluesky · Dec 22, 2025

    Losing the annual Notre Dame-USC rivalry game sucks. No other way to say it.

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  • Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2025

    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.

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  • Claire Watkins @scoutripley.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 1, 2025

    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

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  • Mookie Alexander @mookiealexander.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    The USC dude who knocked Dante Moore out ought to get a multi-game suspension. That was gross.

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  • Bailey Rayne @baileyrayne.bskyverified.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    Congrats on the win today USC!! Had a blast at my first game 🗡️🏈🎉

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  • Bruce Feldman @brucefeldmancfb.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    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.

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  • Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.orgBluesky · Nov 2, 2025

    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?

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  • Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2025

    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.

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  • Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.comBluesky · Sep 27, 2025

    ILLINOIS knocks off USC on a walk-off field goal. What a crazy game

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  • Along Came Poly-4-The-W @alongcamepoly4thew.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2024

    👑JUJU WATKINS👑TONIGHT 40 pts 9 3PM (🆕️ USC single-game record) 6 reb 3 blk #wbb #ncaawbb #ncaaw #usc #uscwbb

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  • Steam user Steam user …6716Steam reviews · Dec 30, 2024 · 66 h played

    (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…

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  • BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2023

    No for real let’s find the most bootleg way of watching this USC game tonight

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  • Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.comBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Penn State-USC in a Whiteout game will be an incredible Anxiety Bowl

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  • NWSL @nwslsoccer.comBluesky · Aug 24, 2026

    USC point guard JuJu Watkins’ idea of a Sunday Funday includes taking in an NWSL game 👋

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  • Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2025

    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...

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  • Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2024

    Is it good that they're showing Brian Kelly's angry press conference post USC loss in the middle of the A&M game

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  • Ari Cohn @aricohn.comBluesky · Sep 21, 2024

    USC/Michigan being a conference game is weird and I don't like it. That should be a Rose Bowl matchup.

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  • Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 7, 2026

    That 2004 Auburn team would've been 20-point underdogs to USC and would've lost an actual game to them by 35

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  • RedditCFB @redditcfb.comBluesky · Oct 12, 2025

    USC bounces back with a 31-13 win over #15 Michigan to go to 5-1 ahead of their rivalry game at Notre Dame!

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  • Steam user Steam user …2448Steam reviews · Jul 28, 2023 · 25 h played

    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…

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  • Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2025

    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

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  • Purdue Men’s Basketball @boilerball.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 7, 2025

    Game day. 🆚: USC ⏰: 7 p.m. ET 📍: Mackey Arena 📺: FS1 📻: Purdue Global Radio Network 🍬: National Bubble Gum Day

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  • Steam user Steam user …8923Steam reviews · Jan 5, 2026 · 43 h played

    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…

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  • Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.comBluesky · Oct 19, 2025

    This Notre Dame-USC game has gotten very ugly in a very funny way.

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  • Nick Baumgardner @nickbaumgardner.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2025

    Michigan has been one of the most overrated teams in America imo and USC one of the most underrated This game illustrated that.

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  • Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.comBluesky · Sep 14, 2025

    One week from right now, Michigan State and USC will be at halftime of a conference game.

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  • Tyler DeLuca @tylerdeluca.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2024

    This graphic in the USC game 😭

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  • Aaron Meyers @aaronmeyers.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    I wish USC nothing but the worst. Targeting our QB and celebrating giving him a seizure. I hope you lose every game this season. Ducks played great. Decisive win.

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  • Space Coyote @spacecoyote.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2025

    This was a match up problem game for Michigan on film. USC loves gap and Michigan struggles vs quick game, which USC can do. So unless the O could churn in run game, I didn’t expect it to be great. But the tape is just so much worse than it should be

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  • Steam user Steam user …3570Steam reviews · May 18, 2024 · 1 h played

    I've played less than two hours and decided to ask for refund. I love general idea of the game. I thought that I will love the game, but I just couldnt. - Game eats lot of RAM and work really terrible, while I dont see any reason for that, most probably it is really poor optimisation - Game crashes - In gaming aspect I didnt like some elements of the mechanic: for example our soldiers during own turn can shoot only in diagonal and straight lines (but this also depends on the type of weapon),…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0522Steam reviews · May 21, 2024 · 4 h played

    Plays like a cross between the original UFO: Enemy Unknown's tactical combat and Space Hulk (they've even borrowed the first person view thing from the old Space Hulk conversion that was discontinued a while back). The game currently has one big problem: it's not at all obvious where the sample/premade squad is hiding so that new players don't have to spend an hour or two poring over the tooltips trying to guess what skills and weapons they're gonna need for their first game. This is a…

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  • Reign of Troy Radio @reignoftroy.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    USC GOT A DEFENSIVE STOP TO WIN A FOOTBALL GAME.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2722Steam reviews · Jul 21, 2024 · 4 h played

    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 battle against 50 aliens swarming towards your 6 men squad. In basically open…

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