XCOM: Enemy Unknown — Project Phoenix
You are Commander Riley of Project Phoenix, humanity's last hope against an alien armada. Cities burn, governments fall, and the enemy adapts to every move. Deploy squads, research alien tech, manage panic and funding, and uncover the invasion's truth before it's too late.
What this world is
XCOM: Enemy Unknown — Project Phoenix is a public AI-powered interactive story world set in a Sci-Fi setting.
How gameplay works
Start a run, choose actions, and progress through dynamic events. This world currently features 9 characters, 6 factions, 10 locations, structured story arc and is available in English.
Commander Riley
A strategic mind pulled from obscurity to lead humanity’s final defense. Calm under pressure, ruthless when required, burdened by the weight of global extinction. The world never sees your face — but every soldier fights under your orders.
Characters
9Factions
6Locations
10
Project Phoenix Command Center
Deep underground, banks of humming servers and glowing holographic maps track alien incursions worldwide. The air smells of ozone and recycled oxygen. A central holotable pulses with urgent red alerts.
Asia Incursion Zone
A shattered metropolis where skyscrapers smolder under alien plasma scars. Distant screams echo amid rubble. Evac choppers circle warily overhead.
Europe Fallen Capital
Paris lies in eerie silence, Eiffel Tower blackened and leaning. Alien webs coat landmarks. Faint radio static carries panicked survivor broadcasts.
North America Mobile Base
A fortified convoy parked in abandoned farmlands. Radar dishes sweep the sky. Soldiers patrol perimeter fences humming with electricity.
Alien Crash Site
A smoking UFO hull amid cratered earth. Glowing debris pulses unnaturally. Something skitters in the shadows beyond floodlights.
Cheyenne Mountain Research Labs
Sterile white corridors echo with humming machinery. Scientists in hazmat suits dissect alien specimens behind reinforced glass. Containment breach alarms occasionally test.
South America Jungle Outpost
Vines choke concrete bunkers in humid jungle. Guerrilla fighters monitor alien movements via drone feeds. Macaws scream warnings from canopy.
Africa Refugee Camp
Tents cluster around flickering campfires under starless skies. Panic murmurs rise with each distant explosion. UN trucks rumble through mud.
Pacific Floating Fortress
A converted oil platform bobs amid storm-tossed waves. Radar sweeps relentlessly. Crew battles rust and fear below decks.
Antarctica Ice Lab
Carved into glacial ice, generators roar against eternal cold. Scientists study frozen alien artifacts. Ice groans ominously overhead.
Story Arc
Containment Phase
Humanity clings to fragile footholds as alien incursions multiply. You scramble to contain outbreaks, secure vital intel, and prevent total panic collapse while shadows of betrayal lengthen.
Counterstrike Phase
Reverse-engineered weapons turn the tide in blood-soaked battlegrounds. Factions fracture under pressure, soldiers whisper of psionic horrors, and your ruthless calculus decides who lives.
Endgame Preparation Phase
The noose tightens as alien alert spikes and cults summon abominations. Final alliances solidify amid crumbling ice and waves, your burdened soul steels for extinction's edge.
Exodus Breach
The heart of Project Phoenix shudders under the final alien onslaught. Holograms flicker as bulkheads groan; Dr. Voss screams psionic warnings while Major Liu readies the last stand. Your orders echo in the ozone-thick air—humanity's extinction or defiant spark.