aliens
soccer
football
bloody
shark
guitar playing
soldier
robots
procedural generation
ufo
steam
bird
portals
hacking
base management
snow
easter egg
teleportation
sequel
silent protagonist
explosion
digital distribution
platform exclusive
playing cards
customizable characters
steam workshop
voice acting
bink video
mind control
xbox one x enhanced
polygonal 3d
upgradeable weapons
pop culture reference
motion blur
white noise
color separation
humble bundle
fake in-game advertising
corpse
faceless protagonist
character creation
resistance
melee
auto-saving
grapple
stat tracking
friendly fire
shielded enemies
difficulty level
fake glitch
self-referential humor
quicksaving
quickloading
liberation
tooltips
vending machine interaction
arcade cabinet
cover system
destructible environment
terrorists
scientist
british accent
jellyfish
disorientation
chessboard
mod support
one-handed gameplay
regenerating health
splash damage
in-engine cinematic
flashback
poisoning
scripted events
propaganda
infinite spawn
status effects
invented language
foreshadowing
point of no return
alien languages
breaking through windows
the game awards - nominee
the game awards 2016
xcom
the game awards - best strategy game - nominee