Phoenix Point- Year One Edition V1.14.3 -gog- Apr 2026

Unlike the more binary "alien invasion" of X-COM , Phoenix Point presents a trinity of human factions: the techno-fetishist Synedrion, the militaristic New Jericho, and the cult-like Disciples of Anu. Your choices in diplomacy, raiding, and helping these factions directly affect your tech tree and the game's ending. This is a dying world of grey morality, not heroic last stands. The headline feature—and the one that will ruin you for other tactical games—is manual aiming .

Now, several years, numerous overhauls, and a "Year One Edition" later, we are looking at the definitive GOG release: . If you have been waiting for a stable, DRM-free, and fully-featured version of this complex alien-blast simulator, this is it. Phoenix Point- Year One Edition v1.14.3 -GOG-

Julian Gollop has not lost his touch. He’s just gotten meaner. Buy it, commander. The Phoenix Project needs you. And bring a medkit. You’ll need it. Unlike the more binary "alien invasion" of X-COM

In X-COM , you click "shoot" and pray to the RNG gods. In Phoenix Point , you enter a bullet-time overlay, zoom in, and place a targeting reticule directly over an enemy’s weak point. Want to shoot a grenade off a Crabman’s belt? Do it. Want to cripple a specific leg to slow a beast down? Go ahead. Want to shoot the weapon out of a human enemy’s hand? Absolutely. The headline feature—and the one that will ruin

But is it merely a X-COM clone, or does this mutated offspring stand on its own two (sometimes tentacled) feet? The premise is classic Gollop. A melting permafrost releases a mutating pathogen. It doesn't just kill humanity; it changes it. The result is the Pandoravirus, creating grotesque, evolving creatures (the Crabmen, Arthrons, and terrifying Scyllas) that adapt to your tactics.

In the pantheon of turn-based tactical games, few shadows loom as large as X-COM . When Julian Gollop, the creator of the original X-COM: UFO Defense , launched a crowdfunding campaign for a spiritual successor, the world took notice. That game is Phoenix Point .