Best Xbox Series X|S & One Games — Page 2
Expert-reviewed Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 113
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
SnowRunner
Adventure gameSnowRunner turns getting stuck in the mud into one of gaming's most absorbing loops — a physics showcase with genuine patience-testing depth. We recom...Good7.7Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Action gameAsteroid Base built a co-op machine that turns communication breakdown into comedy and teamwork into genuine delight. A decade on, it remains a stando...Good7.4APICO
Simulation gameAPICO takes the Forestry-mod DNA of genetics-driven bee breeding, strips out the punishment, and wraps it in a pixel-art conservation story that respe...Good7.2Absolute Drift
Action gameAbsolute Drift is a study in focused design — one mechanic, sharpened hard, wrapped in stark white minimalism and drum & bass. Its punishing onboardin...Good7.8Airborne Kingdom
Adventure gameAirborne Kingdom builds one of the freshest hooks the city-builder genre has produced in a decade — a metropolis that must physically stay aloft — the...Mixed6.1CloverPit
Action gameA grimy, debt-driven slot-machine roguelike that borrows Balatro's engine-building and wraps it in real dread. It's a smart $4.99 pick for players who...Good7.6SUMMERHOUSE
Simulation gameSUMMERHOUSE is a small, lovely building toy that asks nothing of you and gives back a fair amount for five dollars. It runs out of pieces before it ru...Good7.3Star Trucker
Simulation gameStar Trucker takes one of the most unglamorous jobs on Earth, straps it to a warp drive, and turns hauling freight through the void into a low-key roa...Good7.0
Squirrel with a Gun
Action gameA physics-comedy sandbox built on one absurd joke — a pistol-packing squirrel — that doesn't quite have the polish to match the premise. The recoil mo...Mixed6.4Forza Horizon 5
Action gameYears after launch, Forza Horizon 5 remains a gorgeous, generous open-world racer that's easy to recommend — with real reservations. Its reward loop i...Great8.3Slime Rancher 2
Action gameMonomi Park doubled down on the wobbly, dopamine-drip charm that made the original a cult hit, and Rainbow Island is the studio's most gorgeous playgr...Mixed6.5Two Point Museum
Simulation gameTwo Point Studios' most layered management sim turns curation into a genuine creative act. It borrows heavily from its own back catalog, but the exped...Good7.9Coral Island
Adventure gameCoral Island takes the Stardew Valley blueprint, drenches it in tropical sunlight, and adds a genuinely fresh underwater layer—but technical rough edg...Good7.3Weird West
Action gameWolfEye's occult western is one of the more reactive RPG sandboxes in recent memory, built by people who understand that consequence is a mechanic, no...Good7.1Tin Can
Simulation gameA merciless, tactile survival sim that turns spaceship maintenance into white-knuckle drama — as long as there's patience to survive its brutal first ...Good7.3IXION
Simulation gameIXION is an atmospheric survival-builder with real ambition, wrapped around a punishing systems knot that will break most players before the second ch...Mixed6.6Wylde Flowers
Adventure gameWylde Flowers is a cozy sim that treats its story as the main crop, not the fertilizer. The farming is thinner than genre royalty, but a fully voice-a...Good7.4Autonauts
Simulation gameAutonauts turns complex systems engineering into a charming, stress-free sandbox built around visual programming. It's a solid, clever design, though ...Good7.3Buddy Simulator 1984
Adventure gameBuddy Simulator 1984 is a clever, manipulative psychological horror experience that weaponizes retro nostalgia and a simulated operating system to bui...Good7.6FAR: Lone Sails
Action gameFAR: Lone Sails is a beautifully paced, atmospheric journey that turns the potentially tedious chore of vehicle maintenance into something intimate an...Good7.6Prison Architect
Simulation gameA chillingly precise simulation that turns the grim logistics of mass incarceration into a compulsively playable, systems-driven strategy game — clear...Great8.6Little 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...Great8.2Frostpunk 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...Great8.0
