Best Xbox Series X|S & One Games — Page 3
Expert-reviewed Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One games, scored out of 10.
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- 297
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
Metro Exodus
Action gameMetro Exodus trades the claustrophobic corridors that defined the series for a year-long train ride across a ruined Russia — and against the odds, the...Good7.7Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Action gameFatshark built a tactile, brutally satisfying melee-and-gunplay hybrid that stands among the best in the Warhammer catalogue, then buried it under a l...Good7.2Cyber Shadow
Action gameCyber Shadow is a carefully built NES-style ninja platformer from a solo developer, with superb sprite work and a sharp difficulty curve — and a check...Good7.2Remnant II
Action gameGunfire Games built a mechanically generous action-RPG and then hid half of it behind procedural dice rolls and a wiki tab. The combat and build depth...Good7.5Absolver
Action gameAbsolver contains one of the most original combat systems ever shipped in a video game — a martial-arts move-set builder disguised as an action RPG — ...Mixed6.5Kill It With Fire
Action gameCasey Donnellan's spider-hunting sandbox is a one-joke game that tells its one joke well — a tight, physics-drunk few hours whose design is genuinely ...Good7.1Everspace 2
Action gameROCKFISH Games built the space shooter arcade pilots have been waiting for since 2003 — a gorgeous, generous, tactile dogfighter wrapped around a loot...Good7.5Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Action gameA fan project that outgrew its own fandom, Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom understands its ancestor well enough to argue with it — a handsome, mech...Good7.8
Pupperazzi
Action gameSundae Month built one of the most disarming worlds in indie games and then bolted a job to it. When Pupperazzi lets you wander and shoot, it's magic;...Mixed6.0Monster Hunter Rise
Action gameRise is the most fluid, least hostile Monster Hunter yet — a real mechanical reinvention wrapped around a base game that runs out of teeth early. Buy ...Great8.0Where Winds Meet
Action gameA generous, mechanically rich wuxia open world whose cosmetic-only model and strong campaign are undercut by a thin endgame and a punishing install si...Good7.5Jagged Alliance 3
Action gameHaemimont Games has done what three studios before it couldn't — made a Jagged Alliance that earns the name. Sharp turn-based combat and a superbly ...Good7.7Olija
Action gameSkeleton Crew Studio's grimy, striking action-platformer builds one of the best traversal mechanics in recent memory and has the discipline to quit be...Good7.2Ctrl Alt Ego
Action gameCtrl Alt Ego is one of the purest expressions of immersive-sim design philosophy since Prey (2017), built by essentially one person and wearing its sh...Great8.4Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Action gameSaber Interactive built a game around one idea — put a wall of five hundred screaming aliens in front of you and let you cut through it — and executed...Good7.7Moonscars
Action gameMoonscars has some of the best-looking swordplay in the 2D souls-like field and a death system that actually means something — but a hard-to-parse map...Mixed6.4Salt and Sanctuary
Action gameA two-person studio rebuilt Dark Souls on a 2D plane and, improbably, kept almost everything that mattered — the weight, the dread, the map that folds...Great8.2Touhou Luna Nights
Action gameTeam Ladybug built a Metroidvania around a time-stop button and then had the discipline to design every room, hazard, and boss pattern to justify it. ...Great8.0Paradise Marsh
Action gameA solo-developed mood piece with real writing and a gorgeous score, undermined by a thin loop and procedural terrain that flattens its own atmosphere ...Mixed6.3Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Action gameBoltgun's gunplay is the best-feeling of any Warhammer 40,000 shooter in a decade — a pixelated abattoir with real mechanical craft — but sprawling, s...Mixed6.5Vernal Edge
Action gameHello Penguin Team built a genuinely thrilling air-juggle fighting game and then buried it inside a Metroidvania that keeps losing players on the map....Mixed6.4TEVI
Action gameTEVI is one of the more mechanically ambitious metroidvanias in recent memory and one of the more exhausting — a sharp fusion of melee combo fighting ...Good7.7Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Action gameLizardcube has taken a stiff, punishing arcade relic and rebuilt it as a fluid, gorgeous 2D action game with a genuinely smart combat economy — one th...Good7.9Street Fighter 6
Action gameStreet Fighter 6 is a well-built, genuinely welcoming fighting game that fixes most of what sank Street Fighter V — but its aggressive monetization ...Good7.7
