Best Xbox Series X|S & One Games — Page 13
Expert-reviewed Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 387
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
My Friend Pedro
Action gameMy Friend Pedro turns every gunfight into a small, slow-motion routine you plan as you go, and the shooting at the center of it is strong enough to ca...Good7.2Core Keeper
Action gamePugstorm's Core Keeper delivers a compelling, almost hypnotic loop of underground exploration and creation, blending familiar sandbox mechanics into...Great8.2Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Simulation gamePotion Craft: Alchemist Simulator nails the feel of brewing — its tactile alchemy and manuscript art are genuinely charming — but a repetitive loop ...Mixed6.7My Time at Sandrock
Adventure gameMy Time at Sandrock is a rich, ambitious simulation RPG that meaningfully builds on My Time at Portia, though its scope comes with real compromise...Good7.7We Were Here Together
Action gameWe Were Here Together builds genuinely clever cooperative puzzle design around precise communication and shared problem-solving, though its ambition...Good7.4Q.U.B.E. 2
Action gameToxic Games' Q.U.B.E. 2 is a confident, well-crafted first-person puzzle game that trades combat for methodical spatial reasoning in a starkly beaut...Great8.2Path of Exile
Action gameGrinding Gear Games' Path of Exile is a deep, unforgiving ARPG that trades accessibility for extraordinary player agency, and it earns a clear rec...Great8.6Pathologic 2
Adventure gamePathologic 2 is an audacious, uncompromising narrative-driven survival thriller that demands patient engagement and offers rare thematic depth, chal...Great8.3
A Space for the Unbound
Adventure game"A Space for the Unbound" pairs charming pixel art with a poignant exploration of youth, loss, and mental anguish, making it a narrative adventure wel...Great8.8Trepang2
Action gameTrepang2 distills the genre's most satisfying shooter elements into a lean, brutal package, but its short campaign, thin story, and rough edges make i...Mixed6.5Nine Sols
Action gameRed Candle Games delivers a visually striking, mechanically demanding 2D action-platformer with a distinct "Taopunk" identity, but its ambitions are t...Good7.2Another Crab's Treasure
Action gameAggro Crab's Another Crab's Treasure navigates the treacherous waters of the soulslike genre with real skill, offering a legitimately challenging ex...Great8.7Slime Rancher
Action gameMonomi Park's Slime Rancher offers a compelling, almost meditative loop of exploration and resource management, proving that engaging gameplay doesn...Great8.6Terratech
Action gameFew vehicle-building sandboxes make construction this approachable. TerraTech's salvage-driven economy gives every bolted-on part a job, and that desi...Good7.4Jusant
Action gameDON'T NOD's Jusant turns climbing into a meditative, mechanically precise journey that rewards patience and pays homage to a lost world. It's a quie...Great8.6Starbound
Action gameStarbound's procedurally generated galaxy is vast and charming, but repetitive combat, thin survival mechanics, and a main quest that fights the sandb...Mixed6.7Stray
Adventure gameStray is a strong piece of atmospheric storytelling that uses an unusual perspective to deliver something poignant and engaging, despite minor navigat...Great8.8Palworld
Action gamePalworld grafts creature collection onto a robust survival-crafting framework, and the result is solid but unremarkable in execution — derivative, rou...Good7.7Space Engineers
Action gameKeen Software House's Space Engineers carves out a niche as a formidable, if at times unwieldy, engineering sandbox, offering deep creative freedo...Great8.1Cuphead
Action gameCuphead is a monumental achievement, a game that defies modern conventions with its relentless difficulty and its 1930s animation aesthetic. It's a br...Outstanding9.2Besiege
Simulation gameBesiege offers a rich sandbox for destructive engineering, a physics-driven playground that frustrates and rewards in equal measure with its creativ...Great8.6Cult of The Lamb
Action gameMassive Monster's "Cult of the Lamb" offers a wickedly compelling fusion of roguelike dungeon-crawling and cult-management simulation — a distinctive,...Great8.4Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
Card gameAstrea: Six-Sided Oracles rethinks the roguelike deck-builder by swapping cards for a volatile, deeply strategic dice-based combat system. It's a ge...Great8.5Crypt of the NecroDancer
Action gameCrypt of the NecroDancer fuses the roguelike and the rhythm game into a brilliantly punishing whole that is as demanding as it is rewarding. It stands...Outstanding9.2
