Best Xbox Series X|S & One Games — Page 2
Expert-reviewed Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One games, scored out of 10.
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- 103
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
Persona 3 Reload
Adventure gameAtlus has rebuilt its most melancholy, most thematically daring RPG with the production values it always deserved — and only a repetitive back half of...Great8.4Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
RPG gameMutant Year Zero fuses real-time stealth with turn-based tactics in a way no other game quite manages — but a short campaign, a thin endgame, and rigi...Mixed6.6Othercide
Strategy gameOthercide fuses a genuinely inventive initiative system with monochrome art direction so confident it borders on arrogant — then buries both under a r...Good7.1Alina of the Arena
Strategy gameBy dragging Slay the Spire's card math onto a hex grid, PINIX built a deckbuilder where standing in the wrong tile kills you faster than a bad draw ...Good7.8Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Simulation gameFiraxis built the boldest structural rethink in the series' 35-year history, then shipped it wrapped in an interface that actively fights you and an e...Mixed6.0Yes, Your Grace
Adventure gameA brutally honest little kingdom sim that understands something most strategy games refuse to admit — governing is mostly deciding which of your peopl...Good7.8Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Action gameOwlcat's Rogue Trader is an ambitious licensed CRPG — a long interrogation of the Imperium's rot that respects your intelligence and punishes your pat...Good7.8Desperados III
Strategy gameDesperados III is real-time tactics at its sharpest in years — a ruthless, endlessly re-solvable puzzle box wearing spurs. Anyone with an appetite for...Great8.8
PlateUp!
Action gamePlateUp! takes the Overcooked formula, bolts on a roguelite spine and a genuinely deep automation sandbox, and ends up as one of the smartest co-op co...Great8.3CloverPit
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...Good7.3Marvel's Midnight Suns
RPG gameFiraxis built a tactical combat system sharp enough to stand with the best in the genre — then wrapped it in a friendship-simulator that alternately d...Good7.4Two 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...Good7.3Iris and the Giant
Card gameLouis Rigaud's card-battler about fighting your own depression is emotionally honest and mechanically clever, but the iOS port is a broken promise — t...Good7.1Vagrus - The Riven Realms
RPG gameA dense, well-written dark fantasy caravan sim that treats your attention as a resource it has every right to demand. It will bore anyone looking for ...Good7.3Kingdom Rush
Action gameA decade-plus on, Ironhide's fantasy tower defense remains one of the sharpest-designed games in its genre—tight, funny, and built with real care. We ...Great8.7Tin 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 ...Good7.3Wingspan
Board gameMonster Couch's digital port of Wingspan is a faithful, gorgeous translation of one of the decade's best board games — calming, mechanically deep, and...Great8.0Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Adventure gameDragonfall is the rare tactical RPG where the writing hits as hard as the shotguns. It remains one of the sharpest cyberpunk stories in the genre, hel...Great8.5IXION
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...Mixed6.6Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
RPG gameMimimi Games took the one thing every tactics player does in secret—reloading a save the instant a plan goes sideways—and built an entire game around ...Great8.7Knock on the Coffin Lid
Adventure gameA story-drunk roguelike that welds a genuine RPG loot system onto Slay the Spire's bones—ambitious, atmospheric, and occasionally buried under its own...Good7.1Roguebook
Adventure gameRoguebook takes the sacred cow of the deckbuilding genre—keep your deck small—and cheerfully slaughters it, delivering a gorgeous, tactically rich rog...Good7.2
