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XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012)

0.1800Canon Score · ranked #138 all time

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About the game

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a 2012 turn-based tactics video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K. It is a "reimagining" of the 1994 strategy game UFO: Enemy Unknown (also known as X-COM: UFO Defense). XCOM: Enemy Unknown is set during an alien invasion of Earth in an alternative version of 2015; the player controls an elite, multinational, paramilitary organization called XCOM and commands troops in a serie

Why it ranks #138

Every list on which XCOM: Enemy Unknown appears, with its position as published.

ListAuthorityPosition
EDGE 100 Greatest (2017)Critics' canon#58 / 100
Game Informer Top 300 (2018)Critics' canon#70 / 300
gamesTM 200 Greatest (2018)Editorial list#95 / 200
Polygon 500 Best (2017)Critics' canon#196 / 500