Acclaimed Video Games

The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.

Updated: October 26, 2025

Most Acclaimed XCOM 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 X-COM: Terror from the Deep (1995) (#902)

MicroProse Software, Inc. | DOS, WIN, PS | Real-Time Strategy / Turn-Based Tactics | ~34h | 4 lists

#118

Mythos Games

AMI, DOS, PS

Strategy / Turn-Based Tactics

~38h

33 lists

X-COM: UFO Defense / UFO: Enemy Unknown 1994

#127

Firaxis Games

AND, MAC, iOS, LIN, PS3, WIN, X360

Turn-Based Tactics

~27h

46 lists

XCOM: Enemy Unknown 2012

#432

Firaxis Games

MAC, LIN, PS4, WIN, XB1

Turn-Based Tactics

~33h

17 lists

XCOM 2 2016

#902

MicroProse Software, Inc.

DOS, PS, WIN

Real-Time Strategy / Turn-Based Tactics

~34h

4 lists

X-COM: Terror from the Deep 1995

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