Best Xbox Series X|S & One Games — Page 15
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
Kerbal Space Program
Simulation gameKerbal Space Program is less a game and more a brilliant, unforgiving, and deeply rewarding physics simulation that accidentally teaches you rocket sc...Outstanding9.2Threes!
Card gameThrees! is a beautifully crafted, endlessly challenging puzzle box that respects players' intelligence and punishes every mistake with a devastating, ...Outstanding9.0Spelunky 2
Action gameSpelunky 2 doesn't just expand on its legendary predecessor; it deepens the abyss, weighing risk against reward through procedurally generated punishm...Outstanding9.7CrossCode
Action gameCrossCode's design is sharp and deliberate, wrapping a poignant narrative inside a fictional MMO that sports some of the most satisfying combat and pu...Outstanding9.3Chants of Sennaar
Adventure gameChants of Sennaar builds its puzzles around deduction rather than trial and error, a game that trusts the player's intelligence completely. It turns t...Outstanding9.2Immortality
Adventure gameImmortality is a haunting, labyrinthine piece of interactive cinema that uses its mechanics to ask profound questions about art, observation, and the ...Outstanding9.6art of rally
Action gameA strikingly stylized racer that balances accessible controls with a deep, rewarding driving model. It's an atmospheric celebration of rally's golden ...Great8.2SIGNALIS
Action gameSIGNALIS is a brutalist triumph, a survival horror masterwork that weaponizes nostalgia to deliver a chilling, sorrowful meditation on memory and iden...Outstanding9.0
The Case of the Golden Idol
Adventure gameThe Case of the Golden Idol is a brilliant and brutal detective game that respects its audience's intelligence. It forces you to think, not just click...Outstanding9.0Wildermyth
RPG gameWildermyth is a triumph of procedural generation, weaving tactical RPG mechanics into a storytelling engine so potent it creates legitimate emotional ...Outstanding9.2Citizen Sleeper
Adventure gameCitizen Sleeper's narrative design works because it uses the elegant pressure of a tabletop RPG to tell a powerful, deeply human story about survival ...Outstanding9.1The Forgotten City
Adventure gameThe Forgotten City has grown well beyond its origins as a mod, with a script and moral dilemmas so sharp that talking your way through the city proves...Outstanding9.2Thumper
Action gameThumper is a grueling, hypnotic, and masterfully executed descent into aural and visual chaos — one of the very best games in its category. It's an es...Outstanding9.5Firewatch
Adventure gameFirewatch is a well-crafted narrative game built on sharp writing and a genuinely resonant central relationship. Its painterly world and strong voice ...Good7.6Unpacking
Simulation gameUnpacking is a quietly brilliant piece of design, using the mundane act of organizing a home to tell a deeply human story of growth, change, and the t...Great8.7PowerWash Simulator
Simulation gamePowerWash Simulator turns mundane labor into a digital meditation, and its core loop is genuinely satisfying — but the repetition wears thin, the Swit...Mixed6.7Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Adventure gameChicory: A Colorful Tale masterfully uses a simple coloring-book mechanic to tell one of the most resonant stories about creativity and mental health ...Outstanding9.2Sable
Adventure gameSable trades combat and conflict for a meditative, visually striking pilgrimage that stands apart from the open-world crowd, even if its technical per...Great8.1Loop Hero
RPG gameLoop Hero is a cleverly subversive RPG that finds real strength in restraint, turning the genre on its head by making you the architect of the hero's ...Great8.4Inscryption
Adventure gameInscryption fuses psychological horror with genre-bending design, a game that plays its players with the same ruthless ingenuity they use to play its ...Outstanding9.5A Short Hike
Adventure game"A Short Hike" proves how much minimalist game design can accomplish, showing that a compelling experience doesn't require high stakes, sprawling maps...Outstanding9.5Stumble Guys
Action gameA free, cross-platform party royale built on a borrowed formula, Stumble Guys gets the basics right but leans on luck and pushy monetization; it is ha...Mixed6.5Celeste
Action gameCeleste weaves a profoundly human story about mental health into a pixel-perfect, brutally challenging platformer, and its fusion of the two is what m...Outstanding9.7Subnautica
Adventure gameSubnautica builds its atmospheric design and narrative progression around psychological tension rather than difficulty, creating one of the most engro...Outstanding9.2
