Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
Most Acclaimed Turn-Based Tactics Games of All Time
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#1 X-COM: UFO Defense / UFO: Enemy Unknown (1994) (#118)
Mythos Games | DOS, AMI, PS | Strategy / Turn-Based Tactics | ~38h | 33 lists
#2 XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) (#127)
Firaxis Games | 3, X360, PS3, iOS, AND | Turn-Based Tactics | ~27h | 46 lists
#3 XCOM 2 (2016) (#432)
Firaxis Games | 3, XB1, PS4 | Turn-Based Tactics | ~33h | 17 lists
#4 Jagged Alliance 2 (1999) (#510)
Sir-Tech Canada | WIN | Tactical RPG / Turn-Based Tactics | ~10h | 6 lists
#5 Lost Odyssey (2007) (#579)
Feelplus, Mistwalker | X360 | Role-Playing / Turn-Based Tactics | ~50h | 6 lists
#6 X-COM: Terror from the Deep (1995) (#902)
MicroProse Software, Inc. | DOS, WIN, PS | Real-Time Strategy / Turn-Based Tactics | ~34h | 4 lists
#7 Invisible, Inc. (2015) (#984)
Klei Entertainment | 3 | Turn-Based Tactics / Stealth | ~7h | 7 lists
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#118
#2
#127
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
2012
#3
#432
XCOM 2
2016
#4
#510
Jagged Alliance 2
1999
#5
#579
Lost Odyssey
2007
#6
#902
#7
#984
Invisible, Inc.
2015
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