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Best Xbox Series X|S Games 2025

51 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 (217 reviews) and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (209 reviews).

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Hades II cover

1. Hades II

OpenCritic: 94/100 (145 reviews)

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

2. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

OpenCritic: 92/100 (209 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
The Séance of Blake Manor cover

3. The Séance of Blake Manor

OpenCritic: 91/100 (20 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Single player
Hollow Knight: Silksong cover

4. Hollow Knight: Silksong

OpenCritic: 91/100 (125 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Sektori cover

5. Sektori

OpenCritic: 91/100 (28 reviews)

Arcade Indie Shooter Single player
Split Fiction cover

6. Split Fiction

OpenCritic: 91/100 (187 reviews)

Adventure Platform Puzzle Multiplayer Co-operative
Öoo cover

7. Öoo

OpenCritic: 90/100 (7 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Monster Hunter Wilds cover

8. Monster Hunter Wilds

OpenCritic: 89/100 (207 reviews)

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

9. Blue Prince

OpenCritic: 89/100 (121 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II cover

10. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

OpenCritic: 89/100 (174 reviews)

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

11. Rhythm Doctor

OpenCritic: 89/100 (6 reviews)

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

12. Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

OpenCritic: 88/100 (53 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Monster Train 2 cover

13. Monster Train 2

OpenCritic: 88/100 (54 reviews)

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

14. The Talos Principle: Reawakened

OpenCritic: 88/100 (30 reviews)

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

15. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

OpenCritic: 88/100 (120 reviews)

Role-playing (RPG) Tactical Turn-based strategy (TBS) Single player
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance cover

16. 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

17. Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker

OpenCritic: 87/100 (27 reviews)

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

18. ARC Raiders

OpenCritic: 87/100 (97 reviews)

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

19. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

OpenCritic: 87/100 (84 reviews)

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

20. Dispatch

OpenCritic: 87/100 (124 reviews)

Adventure Point-and-click Strategy Single player
Doom: The Dark Ages cover

21. Doom: The Dark Ages

OpenCritic: 86/100 (217 reviews)

Shooter Single player
The Alters cover

22. The Alters

OpenCritic: 86/100 (125 reviews)

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

23. 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

24. Ball x Pit

OpenCritic: 86/100 (96 reviews)

Arcade Indie Shooter Single player
Absolum cover

25. Absolum

OpenCritic: 86/100 (107 reviews)

Adventure Fighting Indie Single player Multiplayer
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound cover

26. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

OpenCritic: 86/100 (135 reviews)

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

27. Silent Hill f

OpenCritic: 86/100 (184 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Single player
Earthion cover

28. Earthion

OpenCritic: 86/100 (29 reviews)

Arcade Shooter Single player Multiplayer
Lies of P: Overture cover

29. Lies of P: Overture

OpenCritic: 86/100 (49 reviews)

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

30. 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

31. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

OpenCritic: 85/100 (52 reviews)

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

32. Heretic + Hexen

OpenCritic: 85/100 (36 reviews)

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

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

OpenCritic: 85/100 (106 reviews)

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

34. Two Point Museum

OpenCritic: 85/100 (131 reviews)

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

35. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

OpenCritic: 85/100 (157 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Tactical Single player
Wizard of Legend 2 cover

36. 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

37. Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road

OpenCritic: 85/100 (24 reviews)

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

38. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

OpenCritic: 85/100 (17 reviews)

Shooter Single player
Blood: Refreshed Supply cover

39. Blood: Refreshed Supply

OpenCritic: 84/100 (17 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Single player Multiplayer
Wizordum cover

40. Wizordum

OpenCritic: 84/100 (11 reviews)

Indie Puzzle Shooter Single player
Despelote cover

41. Despelote

OpenCritic: 84/100 (41 reviews)

Adventure Indie Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Jurassic World Evolution 3 cover

42. Jurassic World Evolution 3

OpenCritic: 84/100 (51 reviews)

Simulator Strategy Single player
Soulstone Survivors cover

43. Soulstone Survivors

OpenCritic: 84/100 (5 reviews)

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

44. Two Point Museum: Fantasy Finds

OpenCritic: 84/100 (8 reviews)

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

45. Bravely Default: Flying Fairy - HD Remaster

OpenCritic: 84/100 (67 reviews)

Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Verho: Curse of Faces cover

46. Verho: Curse of Faces

OpenCritic: 84/100 (9 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Strange Antiquities cover

47. Strange Antiquities

OpenCritic: 84/100 (27 reviews)

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

48. Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark

OpenCritic: 84/100 (24 reviews)

Adventure Platform Single player Multiplayer
EA Sports College Football 26 cover

49. EA Sports College Football 26

OpenCritic: 84/100 (41 reviews)

Simulator Sport Single player Multiplayer
PowerWash Simulator 2 cover

50. PowerWash Simulator 2

OpenCritic: 84/100 (58 reviews)

Indie Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Abiotic Factor cover

51. Abiotic Factor

OpenCritic: 84/100 (6 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer