xcom and other turn based games

Go find some way to play Fire Emblem now. Excellence in turn based strategy.

Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

Battle Worlds: Kronos looks interesting.

I've honestly never played it myself, but as I understand Frozen Synapse is a TBS with a bit of a difference. Give the demo a shot?

Xenonauts

Frozen Synapse ftw!

Silent Storm (please vote) is one of the most amazing games in the genre.

Jagged Alliance 2 -- I love this game, but it's from 1999, so... yeah.

ADVANCE WARS!!!!!

Frozen Synapse (A TBS Real Time game, where you and your opponent give commands to your squads but the action unfolds in real time)

Dungeons of Dredmor (turn based Rogue Like, really really nice)

Endless Space (4X space game, great soundtrack, Combats a little week but i enjoyed it)

Fallen Enchantress (it's like Civs with RPG elements)

On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness Eps 1-3 (An RPG with some cringe worthy humor)

I own all those i mentioned except the 3 Ep for Rain slick and i can honestly say i enjoyed them

UFO: Afterlight and UFO: Extraterrestrials

King's Bounty titles, maybe?

The Banner Saga:Factions

Frozen Synapse, Endless Space, Advance Wars series, Disgaea series, Fire Emblem series.

The total war series the best round based strategy games sereies in my opinion

A game that is very good and just like Xcom only it doesn't have aliens in it: Hammer and Sickle and before it was Silent Storm (it has an expasion), great games. Old, but even better then simplified Xcom on some levels.

Final Fantasy Tactics on PS, GBA and DS

Puzzle Quest! :D

My three favorites in the past have been Heroes of Might & Magic 3, Alpha Centauri, and Fallout 2. I could never get enough of those. I think Xcom is going to make that list. Oh, and the Microprose Magic The Gathering games.

Omerta and Jagged Alliance and dlc. All great imo :)

Valkyria Chronicles! It's one of my favorite games. It's for the PS3 though.

Blood Bowl can be a lot of fun once you get the hang of it, although it's admittedly not the most noob-friendly game.

Star Wars: Empire at War's a fun strategy game, but it rarely recieves any giveaways due to it being 20 bucks.