Posted on: June 12, 2025
vegangames95
Verified ownerGames: 247 Reviews: 4
Underated 3rd Person Shooter
Great if you want a casual tps with squad controls.
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The Bureau: XCOM® Declassified™
Description
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism. As agent Carter, call the shots, pull the trigger and lead your squad in a gripping third-person tactical shooter set within a covert war to protect humanity from an otherworldly enemy.
Light Plasma Pistol
Early Bureau research into outsider weapons technology has yielded promising results in the form of a prototype light plasma pistol. Not as bulky as its Outsider predecessor, this compact weapon fires condensed bolts of plasma and boasts a vastly improved rate-of-fire, giving players an early edge in the secret war for humanity’s survival.
CodeBreakers
A top secret government communications facility responsible for intercepting and decoding the enemy’s transmissions has gone radio-silent. In a desperate attempt to turn the tides of the secret war, Special Agent Carter and his squad must investigate the incident, eliminate any threats, and make contact with personnel in order to bring the facility back online and make sense of the mysterious code.
Hangar 6 R&D
In the days leading up to the events of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, Agent Nico DaSilva volunteers for a series of dangerous secret experiments to identify and treat a terrifying new pathogen. Maximize your combat skills and push your team to its limits to protect a friend from his own hallucinated terrors.
Light Plasma Pistol
Early Bureau research into outsider weapons technology has yielded promising results in the form of a prototype light plasma pistol. Not as bulky as its Outsider predecessor, this compact weapon fires condensed bolts of plasma and boasts a vastly improved rate-of-fire, giving players an early edge in the secret war for humanity’s survival.
CodeBreakers
A top secret government communications facility responsible for intercepting and decoding the enemy’s transmissions has gone radio-silent. In a desperate attempt to turn the tides of the secret war, Special Agent Carter and his squad must investigate the incident, eliminate any threats, and make contact with personnel in order to bring the facility back online and make sense of the mysterious code.
Hangar 6 R&D
In the days leading up to the events of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, Agent Nico DaSilva volunteers for a series of dangerous secret experiments to identify and treat a terrifying new pathogen. Maximize your combat skills and push your team to its limits to protect a friend from his own hallucinated terrors.
© 2008-2013 Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Developed by 2K Marin. XCOM, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, 2K Marin, 2K Games, Take-Two Interactive Software and their respective logos are all trademarks of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Popular achievements
Dead Head
Get 20 Headshot kills with any gun within a single campaign
common
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57.17%
The Last Suit You'll Ever Wear
Customize an agent
common
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38.9%
Away Team
Complete your first Minor Operation
common
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34.81%
Goodies
manual
System requirements
Time to beat
10.5 hMain
14 h Main + Sides
17.5 h Completionist
13 h All Styles
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User reviews
Posted on: July 28, 2025
Strix-CZ
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 53
Pretty good XCOM spin-off!
I love the original UFO: Enemy Unknown and have finished it multiple times. I've also really enjoyed the 2012 Firaxis reboot (it's actually one of my favourite strategy games ever). The Bureau is quite different from the two because it's not a turn-based strategy and it tells a bit different story. Does it mean it's a bad game though? Hell no! If you don't judge it by your expectations of "what an XCOM game should be", you get a really well made tactical shooter put in a semi-canon XCOM universe. PROS - pretty good combat system (once you get used to it if you've never played a game with similar mechanics) - challenging, well designed enemies - surprisingly immersive story with interesting characters and environments CONS - the checkpoint save system is seriously annoying - some of the fights can be pretty chaotic, leading to "unfair" deaths - using grenades and some combat abilities is quite clunky - occasional bugs (sometimes the subtitles don't match the audio or you can't use a certain object - nothing game-breaking and only happened few times during my playthrough but it is a minor flaw) - there's no way to display weapon stats so understanding which ones are the strongest is a bit of a guessing game I've finished the main game (on Veteran) in about 18 hours (completionst style) and I really enjoyed most of that time :)
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Posted on: August 15, 2025
RivetKang
Verified ownerGames: 25 Reviews: 8
Good game!
It's a third person squad shooter with abilities. The combat kinda plays like Mass Effect. The story and acting is decent. My biggest complaint is the horrible AI of my squad.
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Posted on: October 19, 2021
bladerunner01
Verified ownerGames: 741 Reviews: 108
a nice wee shooter
a great story and a nice wee shooter
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Posted on: August 23, 2018
Crayons1920
Verified ownerGames: 1300 Reviews: 27
Gears of War and Mass Effect
The game feels like Gears of War and Mass Effect. Story is well put together in the 50's when in that time everyone is a paranoid of aliens.
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