These Cheat Codes are taken from the official "Keys.doc"-document, that was shipped together with the DEBUG and BETA versions of the game.

These cheats no longer work on the final release, however they can be re-enabled through a Hex-Editor.

Disclaimer

These are for testing purposes only and are not to be published externally, this section of the document should be considered “confidential”, and for the eyes of Mythos and MPS only.

NOTE: If any “cheats” are found that are not documented here then they should be considered “bugs”.

Source: "Keys.doc"-document

Activating cheat mode for X-COM Apocalypse Cityscape

Hold down ALT and type “UFO CHEAT” from the main interface, if you mistype it or it doesn’t work, hold down ALT and press any key other than “U”, then try again. You will get visual confirmation that the cheat mode has been activated on the message bar.

Cheat codes for X-COM Apocalypse Cityscape

Key Combination	Effect
ALT + ESCAPE	Cancel cheat mode
ALT + NUMPAD PLUS	Get one more of all equipment
ALT + 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7	Flip dimension¹
ALT + A	Auto-save on / off
ALT + B	Force Base mission
ALT + C	Force UFOs to crash
ALT + D	Dimension map cheat on / off
ALT + F	Build base facilities cheat on / off
ALT + G	Test alien dimension
ALT + M	Get $100000
ALT + N	Show no. of aliens in buildings²
ALT + P	Finish project instantly on / off
ALT + Q	Allow all manufacture on / off
ALT + R	Allow all research on / off
ALT + S	Force Overspawn³
ALT + T	Force apocalypse (terror) mission
ALT + V	View all ufopaedia on /off
ALT + X	Get one of each vehicle⁴
ALT + Z	Show all people tube connections²

¹ In the later Beta versions, where the alternative Dimensions got scrapped, only Alt+0 (Mega-Primus) and Alt+1 (Alien Dimension) will work.

² These are shown on the citymap overview.

³ The Overspawn will always spawn at the top left corner of the map.

⁴ This includes all craft available for purchase, all X-COM researchable craft, all civilian and police craft as well as one of each UFO and an Overspawn.

Cheat codes only available in the “DEBUG” version (Cityscape)

Key Combination	Effect
ALT + E	Cause Fatal Error
ALT + SPACE	Do “TEST” routine

Activating cheat mode for X-COM Apocalypse Tactical

Hold down ALT and type “TAC CHEAT” if you mistype it or it doesn’t work, hold down ALT and press any key other than “T”, then try again. You will get visual confirmation that the cheat mode has been activated on the message bar.

Cheat codes for X-COM Apocalypse Tactical

Key Combination	Effect
ALT + ESCAPE	Cancel cheat mode
ALT + T	Training mode on / off¹
ALT + H	Hidden terrain on / off²
ALT + V	Hidden units on / off³
ALT + K	Kill all hostile units
ALT + I	Invincibility on / off
ALT + W	Weightlessness on / off³
ALT + F	Increase musical intensity
ALT + G	Decrease musical intensity
ALT + U	Animation viewer⁵

¹ This makes it so the AI takes over and controls your agents. It will cause the AI to be completely unlocked and use all available tactics. This mode was also used to train the decision matrix of the game over a test of roughly 8000 games.

² Removes the fog of war.

³ Makes all hostile and neutral units visible, regardless of line of sight.

⁴ Disables the draining of Stamina as well as the slowdown of being overburdened.

⁵ Official tooltip: "you must have unit selected + on screen, ESCAPE exits, other keys given on screen"