Best Xbox Series X|S & One Games — Page 13
Expert-reviewed Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One games, scored out of 10.
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- 602
Top rated on Xbox
- 01Persona 5 RoyalPersona 5 Royal refines an already exceptional JRPG to an unassailable standard, blending deep social simulation with s…9.7Outstanding
- 02Ori and the Will of the WispsMoon Studios' Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a profound evolution of the Metroidvania genre, delivering an emotionall…9.7Outstanding
- 03UndertaleUndertale is a foundational critique of the RPG genre itself, one that weaponizes player choice to deliver an unforgett…9.7Outstanding
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Action gameA clever adaptation of the co-op franchise that brings tactical, fully destructible terrain and tense crowd-control dynamics to the auto-shooter genre...Good7.5Laika: Aged Through Blood
Action gameLaika: Aged Through Blood is a striking, punishingly difficult "Motorvania" that fuses motorcycle physics with one-hit-death combat — a bold, distinct...Good7.5Prison Architect
Simulation gameA chillingly precise simulation that turns the grim logistics of mass incarceration into a compulsively playable, systems-driven strategy game — clear...Great8.6Hunt: Showdown
Action gameHunt: Showdown 1896 remains one of the most atmospheric extraction shooters around, with sound design and tension that few competitors match. But a re...Good7.3Little Kitty, Big City
Adventure gameA charming, tightly scoped cat simulator that swaps combat for the simple, kinetic joy of knocking flowerpots off ledges. Solid and likeable, but brie...Good7.6Exo One
Adventure gameExo One is a hypnotic, gravity-defying journey that strips away the bloat of modern gaming to focus on the pure, visceral joy of movement. It is a bri...Great8.2Ynglet
Action gameNifflas strips away the floor and the frustration, leaving a frictionless, generative kinetic playground that plays less like a game and more like an ...Great8.3The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
RPG gameCD Projekt Red didn't just build an open world; they built a standard for narrative gravity that most modern RPGs still struggle to reach. It's messy,...Outstanding9.6
Signs of the Sojourner
Adventure gameSigns of the Sojourner uses the rigid logic of deck-building to expose the messy, fragile nature of human connection. It is less a game about winning ...Good7.5Okami HD
Adventure gameOkami HD is a vital, aesthetically peerless masterpiece that stands among the very best of its genre, proving great art and innovative mechanics are i...Outstanding9.3Deathloop
Action gameArkane's most ambitious experiment is a cleverly engineered clockwork of social deduction and supernatural violence, and it comes recommended — with r...Great8.4Tinykin
Action gameTinykin strips away the friction of the creature-collection genre to deliver a kinetic, stress-free joyride through 90s nostalgia. It's a rare instanc...Great8.7Somerville
Adventure gameSomerville is a visually striking but mechanically uneven sci-fi debut whose imprecise controls and physics troubles undercut its atmosphere. Hard to ...Mixed6.1Streets of Rage 4
Action gameStreets of Rage 4 is a superb genre revival, blending hand-drawn artistry with mechanical depth that puts it among the strongest modern brawlers — rec...Great8.2Unicorn Overlord
Vanillaware Ltd.Vanillaware's tactical RPG trades direct battlefield control for a brilliant, programmable squad-building system that puts strategic thinking above me...Great8.5Hauntii
Action gameHauntii is a gorgeous, melancholic adventure that turns environmental possession into a playground of quiet curiosity, though its twin-stick combat ...Good7.1Wytchwood
Adventure gameWytchwood wraps a dark, Grimm-inspired fairy tale inside a gorgeous paper-cutout aesthetic. Its hypnotic crafting loop is satisfying in short bursts, ...Good7.0Raging Loop
Adventure gameRaging Loop is a sharply written psychological thriller that weaponizes the death-loop trope to build a social deduction puzzle as cerebral as it is b...Great8.8Silent Hill 2 (2024)
Action gameBloober Team has defied the odds, delivering a remake that respects the source material's haunting ambiguity while modernizing its mechanics with surg...Outstanding9.3Frostpunk 2
Simulation gameFrostpunk 2 trades the desperate, intimate survival of the original for a macro-level political thriller, arguing that the cold is far easier to conqu...Great8.0Ion Fury
Action gameIon Fury is a superb example of "boomer shooter" design that proves the 90s aesthetic was a philosophy of interactivity and momentum that modern shoot...Great8.4AI: The Somnium Files
Adventure gameA sharply constructed narrative adventure that weaponizes surrealism to tell a deeply human detective story, despite some friction in its dream-logic ...Great8.5Coffee Talk
Adventure gameA meditative, character-driven experience that proves sometimes the most quietly radical act in a fantasy world isn't slaying a dragon, but serving a ...Great8.2Mundaun
Action gameMundaun trades cheap jump scares for a creeping, suffocating dread, rendered entirely in graphite pencil strokes. Its atmosphere is remarkable even ...Good7.6
