Players can basically play EXCLCOM – the Excel version of XCOM – much in the same way that the other traditional titles are played in the combat phase. There are attack options, explosives ...

As interest in the Fallout franchise grows, one creator built a Fallout-inspired game within Microsoft Excel. The game includes quests, battling, and levelling up.

Redditor crruzi, however, managed to build a fully-functioning XCOM game that plays inside of Excel. We're not talking about something basic and barely functional.

An 'XCOM' game in Excel beats playing with spreadsheets Fight aliens in the same app you use to make company charts.

Of all the software you could use to make a game, the last on your list will be spreadsheet creator Microsoft Excel. But that's exactly the 'engine' behind this XCOM fan remake.

A Canadian accountant has managed to create a video game using only Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.