Best Xbox Series X|S & One Games — Page 23
Expert-reviewed Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 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
Manifold Garden
Adventure gameManifold Garden is a striking architectural puzzler that rewires your understanding of space. It's a rare fusion of art and logic, even if its core lo...Great8.7Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Board gameAn ingenious, high-tension party game that forgoes graphical horsepower to create one of the purest, most chaotic, and hilarious tests of communicatio...Great8.5The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Adventure gameThe Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is a surgically precise and hilariously subversive critique of video games themselves. It's the definitive version o...Outstanding9.5Viewfinder
Adventure gameViewfinder is a puzzle game built on a genuinely audacious idea, executed with impressive polish. Its thin narrative and brief runtime are real reserv...Great8.2Sea of Stars
Adventure gameSea of Stars is a carefully built RPG that polishes the 16-bit formula to a fine shine. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but its execution is strong eno...Great8.2Hi-Fi RUSH
Action gameA jolt of pure, unadulterated joy, built on kinetic combat and an infectious, high-energy soundtrack. Few games in the rhythm-action space land their ...Outstanding9.5Dredge
Adventure gameDredge combines the tranquil repetition of a fishing simulator with a creeping, Lovecraftian horror that proves deeply unsettling and compelling. It's...Great8.8COCOON
Adventure gameCOCOON is a cerebral, elegantly designed puzzle adventure that folds reality in on itself. It's short, and that restraint is part of what makes it so ...Great8.7
Pentiment
Adventure gameObsidian Entertainment's Pentiment is a superb piece of narrative design, a slow-burn historical thriller that trades the sword for the pen and demons...Great8.8Kerbal 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, ...Outstanding9.0Frostpunk
Simulation gameFrostpunk is a masterwork of tension—less a city-builder than a brutal, soul-crushing leadership simulator where every choice is a compromise and ever...Great8.3Spelunky 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...Outstanding9.3Superliminal
Action gameSuperliminal is a clever, if brief, exploration of perception-as-gameplay and one of the more inventive puzzlers since Portal. It's a short journey ...Good7.7Chants 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...Outstanding9.0Baldur's Gate 3
Adventure gameBaldur's Gate 3 is a great game whose reactive world and systemic depth set a new standard for digital role-playing. It's a messy, ambitious, and utte...Outstanding9.6Hypnospace Outlaw
Simulation gameHypnospace Outlaw is a brilliantly executed time capsule, a work of interactive archaeology that captures the chaotic, creative, and cringeworthy spir...Great8.8The 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 ...Outstanding9.2It Takes Two
Action gameHazelight Studios delivers a brilliant, wildly inventive, and mechanically diverse cooperative adventure that stands among the very best of its genre,...Outstanding9.2
