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Best Xbox Series X|S Games 2025

49 Mighty-tier games on Xbox Series X|S for 2025.

These were the standout Xbox Series X|S releases of 2025, ranked by OpenCritic Top Critics score. Notable entries include Doom: The Dark Ages (215 reviews) and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (207 reviews).

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Hades II cover

1. Hades II

OpenCritic: 94/100 (144 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Single player
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cover

2. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

OpenCritic: 92/100 (207 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Hollow Knight: Silksong cover

3. Hollow Knight: Silksong

OpenCritic: 91/100 (123 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Sektori cover

4. Sektori

OpenCritic: 91/100 (28 reviews)

Arcade Indie Shooter Single player
Split Fiction cover

5. Split Fiction

OpenCritic: 91/100 (187 reviews)

Adventure Platform Puzzle Multiplayer Co-operative
Öoo cover

6. Öoo

OpenCritic: 90/100 (7 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Monster Hunter Wilds cover

7. Monster Hunter Wilds

OpenCritic: 89/100 (206 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer
Blue Prince cover

8. Blue Prince

OpenCritic: 89/100 (121 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II cover

9. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

OpenCritic: 89/100 (174 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Single player
Rhythm Doctor cover

10. Rhythm Doctor

OpenCritic: 89/100 (6 reviews)

Adventure Indie Music Single player Multiplayer
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo cover

11. Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

OpenCritic: 88/100 (52 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Monster Train 2 cover

12. Monster Train 2

OpenCritic: 88/100 (53 reviews)

Card & Board Game Indie Strategy Single player
The Talos Principle: Reawakened cover

13. The Talos Principle: Reawakened

OpenCritic: 88/100 (30 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles cover

14. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

OpenCritic: 88/100 (120 reviews)

Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Tactical Single player
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance cover

15. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

OpenCritic: 87/100 (146 reviews)

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Platform Single player
Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker cover

16. Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker

OpenCritic: 87/100 (27 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer
ARC Raiders cover

17. ARC Raiders

OpenCritic: 87/100 (97 reviews)

Shooter Multiplayer Co-operative
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector cover

18. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

OpenCritic: 87/100 (83 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Dispatch cover

19. Dispatch

OpenCritic: 87/100 (121 reviews)

Adventure Point-and-click Strategy Single player
The Alters cover

20. The Alters

OpenCritic: 86/100 (122 reviews)

Adventure Simulator Single player
Yakuza 0: Director's Cut cover

21. Yakuza 0: Director's Cut

OpenCritic: 86/100 (54 reviews)

Adventure Fighting Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Single player Multiplayer
Ball x Pit cover

22. Ball x Pit

OpenCritic: 86/100 (95 reviews)

Arcade Indie Shooter Single player
Absolum cover

23. Absolum

OpenCritic: 86/100 (107 reviews)

Adventure Fighting Indie Single player Multiplayer
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound cover

24. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

OpenCritic: 86/100 (135 reviews)

Adventure Arcade Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Single player
Silent Hill f cover

25. Silent Hill f

OpenCritic: 86/100 (183 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Single player
Doom: The Dark Ages cover

26. Doom: The Dark Ages

OpenCritic: 86/100 (215 reviews)

Shooter Single player
Earthion cover

27. Earthion

OpenCritic: 86/100 (29 reviews)

Arcade Shooter Single player Multiplayer
Lies of P: Overture cover

28. Lies of P: Overture

OpenCritic: 86/100 (49 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist cover

29. Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist

OpenCritic: 85/100 (70 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time cover

30. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

OpenCritic: 85/100 (52 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Heretic + Hexen cover

31. Heretic + Hexen

OpenCritic: 85/100 (36 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Shooter Single player Multiplayer
Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake cover

32. Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake

OpenCritic: 85/100 (105 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Two Point Museum cover

33. Two Point Museum

OpenCritic: 85/100 (131 reviews)

Indie Simulator Strategy Single player
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater cover

34. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

OpenCritic: 85/100 (155 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Tactical Single player
Wizard of Legend 2 cover

35. Wizard of Legend 2

OpenCritic: 85/100 (8 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Single player Multiplayer
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road cover

36. Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road

OpenCritic: 85/100 (23 reviews)

Role-playing (RPG) Sport Single player Multiplayer
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor cover

37. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

OpenCritic: 85/100 (17 reviews)

Shooter Single player
Blood: Refreshed Supply cover

38. Blood: Refreshed Supply

OpenCritic: 84/100 (17 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Single player Multiplayer
Wizordum cover

39. Wizordum

OpenCritic: 84/100 (11 reviews)

Indie Puzzle Shooter Single player
Despelote cover

40. Despelote

OpenCritic: 84/100 (41 reviews)

Adventure Indie Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Jurassic World Evolution 3 cover

41. Jurassic World Evolution 3

OpenCritic: 84/100 (51 reviews)

Simulator Strategy Single player
Soulstone Survivors cover

42. Soulstone Survivors

OpenCritic: 84/100 (5 reviews)

Arcade Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Single player
Two Point Museum: Fantasy Finds cover

43. Two Point Museum: Fantasy Finds

OpenCritic: 84/100 (8 reviews)

Indie Simulator Strategy Single player
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy - HD Remaster cover

44. Bravely Default: Flying Fairy - HD Remaster

OpenCritic: 84/100 (67 reviews)

Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Strange Antiquities cover

45. Strange Antiquities

OpenCritic: 84/100 (27 reviews)

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Single player
Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark cover

46. Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark

OpenCritic: 84/100 (24 reviews)

Adventure Platform Single player Multiplayer
EA Sports College Football 26 cover

47. EA Sports College Football 26

OpenCritic: 84/100 (41 reviews)

Simulator Sport Single player Multiplayer
PowerWash Simulator 2 cover

48. PowerWash Simulator 2

OpenCritic: 84/100 (58 reviews)

Indie Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Abiotic Factor cover

49. Abiotic Factor

OpenCritic: 84/100 (6 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer