Xenowar is a turned based strategy game. Xenowar is influenced by X-COM, the iPhone and Android development, and casual games. The game is played in turns. The turns are: Terran Soldier, Civilian, Alien. When it is your turn, you can move each unit. Each unit has a certain number of Time Units (TU). Each time unit allows the unit to move one square of distance. Shooting also consumes TU. TUs are replenished at the beginning of each turn. Inventory management and rotation consume no TU.