Full list of all 85 XCOM: Enemy Unknown achievements. It takes around 200 hours to unlock all of the achievements in the base game on Windows.
The base game contains 50 achievements, and there are 2 DLC packs containing 35 achievements.
Win the game from each of the 5 starting locations.
Complete a Very Hard abduction mission in five turns or less on Classic or Impossible difficulty.
Clear a UFO crash site with one soldier on Classic or Impossible difficulty.
Beat the game on Impossible difficulty.
Beat the game in Ironman mode on Classic or Impossible Difficulty.
Beat the game on Classic difficulty.
Win a mission with an all-female squad. Single player only.
Have a soldier survive every mission in a full game.
In a single game, shoot down one of each alien craft.
In a single game, complete every Foundry project.
In a single game, complete every Research Project.
Mind Control an Ethereal. Single player only.
Staff the Engineering Department with 80 engineers.
Staff the Research Labs with 80 scientists.
Shoot down 40 UFOs.
Kill 50 aliens with explosive weapons.
Kill 500 aliens.
Build a Workshop.
Win a multiplayer match.
Play a multiplayer match against someone with this achievement.
Beat the game on any difficulty.
Make contact with the Ethereal hive mind.
Build the Gollop Chamber.
Gain access to the lowest level in your base.
In a single game, complete every Autopsy.
Successfully assault an Overseer UFO.
Kill an alien while flying. Single player only.
Build the Hyperwave Relay.
Acquire 1000 credits in one month.
Build a suit of powered armor.
Build a Firestorm.
Find a soldier with the Gift.
Kill 150 aliens.
Build a S.H.I.V.
Get satellite coverage over every country on one continent.
Advance one of your soldiers to Colonel rank.
Recover the Hyperwave Beacon.
Uncover the alien base's location.
Stun an Outsider.
Capture a live alien.
Fulfill a Council request.
Earn the "Excellent" rating in every performance category on a terror mission.
Launch a Satellite.
Build a Laboratory.
Shoot down a UFO.
Build a base facility.
Complete a Research Project.
Build an item.
Complete a mission without losing a soldier.
Complete the tutorial mission.
Complete Confounding Light with more than 3 turns left on the timer.
Take your new ally into the final challenge.
Complete Gangplank.
Complete Confounding Light.
Complete Friends in Low Places.
Field a squad with 4 augmented soldiers, each with a different base ability and win the mission
Beat the game without buying a Squad Size upgrade (Classic+ difficulty)
Field a squad consisting entirely of augmented soldiers and SHIVs (min. 4) and win the mission
Designate a highly decorated soldier as the Volunteer
Kill an unseen enemy detected by a specially modified soldier in single player
Field a squad where all members have at least two modifications (min. 4) and win the mission
Complete Furies
Complete Deluge
Kill an enemy as it is psionically attacking you in single player
Get a Soldier to have 5 modifications in single player
Eliminate all alien waves
Get at least 4 kills with XCOM Base Security personnel
Deal with the newest global threat
Make certain of the new threat's location
Field a fully enhanced squad and win the mission
Deploy three tactical subsystems on a single soldier in single player
Proc Combat Rush on the entire squad (min. 4)
Modify a soldier in single player
Jump two stories in one move in single player
Cause an enemy to suicide
Kill an elite enemy Medic with explosive damage in single player
Kill an elite enemy Sniper with one of your own snipers in single player
Kill a Muton Berserker in melee combat in single player
Eliminate an enemy's shield and kill it on the same turn in single player
Have your special-duty soldier kill three enemies in the same mission
Beat a new special mission without losing any assets
Eradicate the infestation
Use Collateral Damage to blow up a car in single player
Stop a squad member from suffocating in single player
Augment a soldier in single player