Best Xbox Series X|S & One Games — Page 3
Expert-reviewed Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 186
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
The Swindle
Action gameThe Swindle has one of the sharpest risk/reward loops in the roguelike canon, bolted onto platforming controls that can't carry the weight. When the d...Mixed5.9OPUS: Echo of Starsong
Adventure gameSIGONO has built one of the more emotionally precise science-fiction stories the medium has produced this decade, then wrapped it in mechanics that ra...Good7.7Monster Hunter Wilds
Action gameMonster Hunter Wilds is the most legible, most welcoming Monster Hunter Capcom has ever built — and on PC it ships in a state that's hard to recommend...Mixed6.7Warhammer 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...Good7.8Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
RPG gameA solo-developed, Earthbound-descended RPG that hides one of the genre's most devastating emotional payloads behind goofy jokes and an inventive trans...Great8.2Absolum
Action gameAbsolum takes the pixel-perfect brawling of Streets of Rage 4 and welds it to Dead Cells-style roguelite structure — the result is a mechanically ...Great8.0Persona 4 Golden
RPG gameMore than a decade after its Vita debut, Persona 4 Golden still makes an enormous runtime feel like time well spent — a genre-bending JRPG where the f...Outstanding9.3Death Road to Canada
Action gameA savage, hilarious, endlessly replayable roguelike that turns permadeath into a punchline and a punishment in equal measure. Rough edges and brutal R...Good7.7
Marvel'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...Good7.4Carto
Adventure gameCarto turns cartography into its core verb, and the result is one of the more inventive puzzle ideas in recent memory—wrapped in a cozy, handsome pack...Good7.6Ghost Song
Action gameGhost Song is a gorgeous, melancholy Metroidvania that nails atmosphere and combat design but rarely surprises with an idea you haven't seen before — ...Mixed6.5Afterimage
Action gameAfterimage is a strikingly beautiful Metroidvania with design that doesn't always keep pace with its art. Aurogon Shanghai built a sprawling, mechanic...Good7.1Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Action gameWarhorse Studios took a cult-classic RPG with brilliant ideas and rough edges, sanded the edges, and kept the brilliance. This is a confident, uncompr...Great8.6Coral 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...Good7.3Haven
Adventure gameHaven is a rare thing—a game that treats an already-in-love couple as the story, not the reward. It's gorgeous, tender, and beautifully scored, but sh...Mixed6.6Eastward
Action gamePixpil's debut is a gorgeous, big-hearted love letter to 16-bit adventure games that occasionally forgets when to end a sentence — a solid, flawed adv...Good7.2Iris 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...Good7.1Nobody Saves the World
Action gameDrinkbox Studios took the one mechanic every action RPG treats as a gimmick — shapeshifting — and made it the entire load-bearing wall. The result is ...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...Good7.1Blood West
Action gameBlood West is a weird-western immersive sim that trusts you to figure things out and punishes you when you don't — a confident, hostile, occasionally ...Good7.4Ikenfell
RPG gameHappy Ray Games built a tactical RPG where every attack demands your thumbs, not your MP bar, wrapped in a warm, sharply written cast. The boss diffic...Good7.0Supraland
Action gameOne German developer built a first-person Metroidvania that respects your intelligence more than most studio productions respect your time. The combat...Great8.2Vagrus - 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 ...Good7.3GRIME
Action gameGRIME is a visually audacious Soulslike that welds grotesque anatomical horror to a parry-and-devour combat loop built on a genuinely fresh idea. Cryp...Good7.8
