Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 904 critic lists from 141 publications.
Updated: February 3, 2026
Most Acclaimed Turn-Based Tactics Games of All Time
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#1 X-COM: UFO Defense / UFO: Enemy Unknown (1994) (#122)
Mythos Games | DOS, AMI, PS | Strategy / Turn-Based Tactics | ~38h | 34 lists
#2 XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) (#133)
Firaxis Games | 3, X360, PS3, iOS, AND | Turn-Based Tactics | ~27h | 47 lists
#3 XCOM 2 (2016) (#483)
Firaxis Games | 3, XB1, PS4 | Turn-Based Tactics | ~33h | 17 lists
#4 Lost Odyssey (2007) (#525)
Feelplus, Mistwalker | X360 | Role-Playing / Turn-Based Tactics | ~50h | 8 lists
#5 Jagged Alliance 2 (1999) (#527)
Sir-Tech Canada | WIN | Tactical RPG / Turn-Based Tactics | ~10h | 6 lists
#6 Live A Live (1994) (#820)
Historia Inc, Square Enix Creative Business Unit II | WIN, SNES, SW, PS4, PS5 | Role-Playing / Turn-Based Tactics | ~19h | 7 lists
#7 Invisible, Inc. (2015) (#874)
Klei Entertainment | 3 | Turn-Based Tactics / Stealth | ~7h | 8 lists
#8 X-COM: Terror from the Deep (1995) (#939)
MicroProse Software, Inc. | DOS, WIN, PS | Real-Time Strategy / Turn-Based Tactics | ~34h | 4 lists
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#122
#2
#133
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
2012
#3
#483
XCOM 2
2016
#4
#525
Lost Odyssey
2007
#5
#527
Jagged Alliance 2
1999
#6
#820
Live A Live
1994
#7
#874
Invisible, Inc.
2015
#8
#939
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