Best Xbox Series X|S & One Games — Page 15
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
Hotline Miami
Action gameHotline Miami is a high-octane assault on the senses that demands surgical precision and rewards obsessive repetition — one of the very best in its ge...Outstanding9.5Finding Paradise
Adventure gameFinding Paradise is a surgical examination of a life half-lived, trading traditional RPG mechanics for an emotional resonance that most big-budget tit...Great8.8The Finals
Action gameThe Finals is a physics-driven spectacle that weaponizes its environment, offering tactical depth that makes most modern shooters feel static and date...Good7.5MOUSE: P.I. For Hire
Action gameMOUSE: P.I. For Hire is a stylish, confident shooter whose deep commitment to 1930s rubber-hose aesthetics sets it apart in the "boomer shooter" genre...Great8.4Tetris Effect: Connected
Casual gameTetris Effect: Connected is a rare, transcendent evolution of a 40-year-old formula that weaponizes nostalgia into a modern multi-sensory masterpiece....Outstanding9.5Nuclear Throne
Action gameVlambeer's magnum opus is a brutal, unapologetic lesson in game feel that turns every death into a desperate craving for just one more run. It deliver...Outstanding9.2Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
Action gameA visceral, visually opulent genre-blender that proves the tower defense formula isn't dead—it just needed a sword and a soul. It's clearly recommende...Great8.3Death's Door
Action gameAcid Nerve's isometric action-adventure is a sharp, soulful take on the Zelda formula, proving the afterlife is best viewed through the eyes of a sw...Great8.5
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Adventure gameA brutal, uncompromising examination of social determinism that proves the most terrifying weapon in an RPG isn't a sword, but a ledger of your own fa...Great8.8To the Moon
Adventure gameTo the Moon strips away almost every convention of modern gaming to prove that a profound narrative doesn't require a high-polygon count—it just needs...Great8.7Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Action gameWarhorse Studios' Kingdom Come: Deliverance trades the escapism of power fantasies for the grueling, often rewarding reality of 15th-century survival....Good7.7The Legend of Tianding
Action gameA sharp, culturally confident 2D brawler that proves specificity is the secret sauce for action-platformers. It's fast, visceral, and visually strikin...Great8.0Unsighted
Action gameUnsighted is a sharp, confident action-RPG that blends parry-heavy combat with a relentless time-management system forcing players to weigh the value ...Great8.3I Am Your Beast
Action gameI Am Your Beast is a hyper-caffeinated, "all-killer, no-filler" revenge thriller that turns the FPS genre into a frantic puzzle of improvisational vio...Great8.7Severed Steel
Action gameSevered Steel is a blistering, neon-soaked fever dream that strips the first-person shooter to its core kinetic essentials and leaves the reload butto...Great8.2Wanderstop
Adventure gameWanderstop is an uncomfortable, sharp subversion of the management genre that swaps easy "zen" for a pointed character study on trauma and forced peac...Great8.7Amnesia: The Bunker
Action gameA bold experiment in emergent horror that trades scripted jumpscares for a suffocating, player-driven descent into dread. Frictional Games has built a...Great8.7Still Wakes the Deep
Action gameA strong exercise in environmental storytelling and blue-collar dread that proves psychological vulnerability can be more terrifying than any shotgun ...Good7.1Ghostrunner
Action gameGhostrunner is a brutal, laser-focused exercise in kinetic mastery that strips the cyberpunk genre down to its razor-sharp bones and demands near-perf...Great8.2The Invincible
Action gameA hauntingly beautiful adaptation of Stanisław Lem's hard sci-fi that prioritizes atmosphere and existential dread over mechanical complexity. Solid b...Good7.2Peglin
RPG gamePeglin is a smartly executed genre-mashup that pairs physics-based chaos with roguelike strategy to genuinely good effect. It's addictive, punishing, ...Great8.1Halls of Torment
Action gameHalls of Torment is a brutal, well-crafted survivor-like that marries the addictive loop of Vampire Survivors with the dark, crunchy aesthetic of 90...Great8.7Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
Action gameBy stripping away the most fundamental mechanic in gaming—the ability to walk—Dandara forces a total cognitive rewire, and the result is one of the mo...Great8.2Abzû
Adventure gameAbzû is a quietly confident piece of atmospheric storytelling that prioritizes emotional resonance over mechanical complexity. It isn't a game you pla...Good7.6
