The best Xbox Series X|S games of 2025
Games released in 2025 that you can play on Xbox Series X|S, ranked by their combined critic and player score on IGDB. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II leads with 93/100, followed by Hollow Knight: Silksong and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Updated · Data from IGDB.com
Ranking
- Rank 1
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
February 4, 2025 · RPG, Simulator, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
Score 93 271 ratings - Rank 2
Hollow Knight: Silksong
September 4, 2025 · Platform, Adventure, Indie
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
- Mac
- Linux
Score 91 517 ratings - Rank 3
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
April 24, 2025 · RPG, Turn-based strategy, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- PC
Score 89 976 ratings - Rank 4 Score 90 249 ratings
- Rank 5
Hades II
September 25, 2025 · RPG, Hack and slash, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- Mac
Score 91 175 ratings - Rank 6 Score 89 129 ratings
- Rank 7
Dispatch
October 22, 2025 · Point-and-click, Strategy, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- browser
Score 86 304 ratings - Rank 8 Score 85 275 ratings
- Rank 9
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
August 28, 2025 · Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- PC
Score 88 65 ratings - Rank 10 Score 85 165 ratings
- Rank 11
Monster Hunter Wilds
February 28, 2025 · RPG, Hack and slash, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
Score 85 76 ratings - Rank 12 Score 90 29 ratings
- Rank 13 Score 83 91 ratings
- Rank 14 Score 82 108 ratings
- Rank 15
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
August 29, 2025 · Platform, Hack and slash
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
Score 89 28 ratings - Rank 16
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
July 31, 2025 · Platform, Hack and slash, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
Score 86 38 ratings - Rank 17 Score 80 183 ratings
- Rank 18 Score 81 78 ratings
- Rank 19 Score 80 106 ratings
- Rank 20 Score 84 35 ratings
- Rank 21 Score 83 40 ratings
- Rank 22
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
January 22, 2025 · Platform, RPG, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
Score 85 26 ratings - Rank 23 Score 79 152 ratings
- Rank 24 Score 82 48 ratings
- Rank 25 Score 91 14 ratings
- Rank 26 Score 79 126 ratings
- Rank 27
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
September 17, 2025 · Shooter
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- iOS
- Android
Score 81 46 ratings - Rank 28 Score 80 69 ratings
- Rank 29 Score 87 18 ratings
- Rank 30 Score 84 24 ratings
- Rank 31 Score 87 18 ratings
- Rank 32 Score 89 14 ratings
- Rank 33
Digimon Story: Time Stranger
October 3, 2025 · Puzzle, RPG, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
Score 82 29 ratings - Rank 34
Two Point Museum
March 4, 2025 · Simulator, Strategy, Indie
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Mac
- Linux
Score 85 19 ratings - Rank 35 Score 87 15 ratings
- Rank 36
Ball x Pit
October 15, 2025 · Shooter, Indie, Arcade
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- Mac
- iOS
- Android
Score 79 61 ratings - Rank 37 Score 80 39 ratings
- Rank 38 Score 77 126 ratings
- Rank 39 Score 80 44 ratings
- Rank 40
Marvel Cosmic Invasion
December 1, 2025 · Fighting, Hack and slash, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
- Linux
Score 80 35 ratings - Rank 41
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
September 25, 2025 · Racing, Sport, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
Score 79 41 ratings - Rank 42
Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland
November 4, 2025 · Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
- Mac
Score 87 13 ratings - Rank 43
Cronos: The New Dawn
September 5, 2025 · Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Linux
Score 78 67 ratings - Rank 44 Score 80 35 ratings
- Rank 45 Score 79 41 ratings
- Rank 46
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
February 21, 2025 · RPG, Hack and slash, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- PC
- PS4
- Xbox One
Score 80 32 ratings - Rank 47
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
May 28, 2025 · Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
Score 87 12 ratings - Rank 48 Score 89 10 ratings
- Rank 49 Score 83 16 ratings
- Rank 50
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
September 30, 2025 · RPG, Turn-based strategy, Tactical
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
Score 84 14 ratings
How this ranking works
We start from IGDB's average score, which combines critic reviews with player ratings. So that a game with a handful of votes can't overtake one rated by hundreds of people, the order uses a weighted average: the fewer votes a game has, the closer its score is pulled towards a neutral 70. That's why a game with a higher score can sit below one with more ratings.
The list includes full games, remakes, remasters and standalone expansions released in 2025, with at least one critic review and five player ratings. DLC, ports and special editions are left out. What counts is the first release date on any platform, so an older game that has just arrived on a new console doesn't appear.
The list updates automatically every month with data from IGDB.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Xbox Series X|S game of 2025?
According to this ranking, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, with a score of 93/100 on IGDB from 271 ratings. It is followed by Hollow Knight: Silksong (91/100) and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (89/100). Data as of October 8, 2026.
Which other Xbox Series X|S 2025 games stand out?
Rounding out the top 10 are Split Fiction, Hades II, Blue Prince, Dispatch, ARC Raiders, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, and Doom: The Dark Ages. The full list of 50 games is on this page.
How often is the list updated?
Once a month, to pick up ratings that keep arriving after the release year. The date of the last update is shown at the top of the page.
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