Acclaimed Video Games

The top 1,400 most recommended games across 913 critic lists from 142 publications.

Updated: March 25, 2026

Most Acclaimed Xbox Series X/S Games of All Time

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#1 Elden Ring (2022) (#20)

FromSoftware | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Action RPG | ~60h | 56 lists

#2 Hades (2020) (#48)

Supergiant Games | MAC, WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW | Hack and Slash / Action RPG / Roguelike | ~23h | 52 lists

#3 Baldur's Gate 3 (2023) (#49)

Larian Studios | MAC, WIN , PS5 , XBXS | Role-Playing | ~73h | 55 lists

#4 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025) (#64)

Sandfall Interactive | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | Role-Playing | ~29h | 48 lists

#5 Persona 5 (2016) (#91)

P Studio | WIN , 3 , XB1, XBXS , SW | Role-Playing / Life Simulation | ~98h | 62 lists

#6 Hitman 3 / World of Assassination (2021) (#191)

IO Interactive | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Stealth | ~8h | 31 lists

#7 Keeper (2025) (#219)

Double Fine Productions | WIN , XBXS | Adventure | ~5h | 4 lists

#8 The Outer Worlds 2 (2025) (#224)

Obsidian Entertainment | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | Action RPG | ~18h | 5 lists

#9 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024) (#270)

MachineGames | WIN , XBXS | Action-Adventure / Stealth | ~16h | 29 lists

#10 Deathloop (2021) (#327)

Arkane Studios | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | First-Person Shooter | ~16h | 37 lists

#11 Alan Wake II (2023) (#328)

Remedy Entertainment | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | Horror | ~19h | 47 lists

#12 Blue Prince (2025) (#336)

Dogubomb | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | Adventure / Roguelike | ~18h | 43 lists

#13 Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) (#338)

Asobo Studio | WIN , XBXS | Flight Simulation | ~26h | 13 lists

#14 Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025) (#343)

Team Cherry | 3 , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW, SW2 | Metroidvania | ~28h | 39 lists

#15 Forza Horizon 5 (2021) (#349)

Playground Games | WIN , XB1, XBXS | Racing | ~21h | 28 lists

#16 Resident Evil 4 (2023) (#353)

Capcom Development Division 1 | WIN , 3 , XBXS | Horror | ~16h | 34 lists

#17 It Takes Two (2021) (#361)

Hazelight Studios | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW | Action-Adventure | ~13h | 29 lists

#18 Psychonauts 2 (2021) (#363)

Double Fine Productions | 3 , XB1, XBXS , PS4 | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~15h | 33 lists

#19 Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020) (#374)

Moon Studios | WIN , XB1, XBXS , SW | Action-Adventure / Metroidvania | ~12h | 26 lists

#20 Metaphor: ReFantazio (2024) (#423)

Studio Zero | WIN , PS4, PS5 , XBXS | Role-Playing | ~65h | 40 lists

#21 Immortality (2022) (#446)

Half Mermaid, Sam Barlow | MAC, WIN , iOS, AND , XBXS | Interactive Drama | ~6h | 26 lists

#22 Pentiment (2022) (#461)

Obsidian Entertainment | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW | Adventure / Role-Playing | ~15h | 23 lists

#23 Hi-Fi Rush (2023) (#486)

Tango Gameworks | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | Action / Music | ~11h | 26 lists

#24 Split Fiction (2025) (#527)

Hazelight Studios | WIN , PS5 , XBXS , SW2 | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~14h | 34 lists

#25 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2025) (#530)

Warhorse Studios | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | Action RPG | ~55h | 24 lists

26 (#554)

Balatro (2024)

LocalThunk | , , , , , , , , | | ~8h | 44 lists

#26 Balatro (2024) (#554)

LocalThunk | MAC, WIN , iOS, AND , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW | Roguelike | ~8h | 44 lists

#27 Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020) (#583)

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Role-Playing | ~46h | 17 lists

#28 Spelunky 2 (2020) (#611)

BlitWorks, Mossmouth | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4 , SW | Roguelike / Platform | ~26h | 10 lists

#29 Silent Hill f (2025) (#612)

NeoBards Entertainment | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | Horror | ~11h | 24 lists

#30 Tunic (2022) (#621)

Andrew Shouldice | MAC, WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW | Action-Adventure | ~12h | 26 lists

#31 Stray (2022) (#737)

BlueTwelve Studio | MAC, WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Adventure | ~5h | 23 lists

#32 ARC Raiders (2025) (#796)

Embark Studios | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | Shooter | ~43h | 16 lists

#33 Animal Well (2024) (#802)

Shared Memory | WIN , SW , PS5 , XBXS | Puzzle / Metroidvania | ~7h | 25 lists

#34 Halo Infinite (2021) (#859)

343 Industries | WIN , XB1, XBXS | First-Person Shooter | ~11h | 25 lists

#35 Shinobi: Art of Vengeance (2025) (#883)

Lizardcube | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW | Platform | ~9h | 13 lists

#36 Street Fighter 6 (2023) (#886)

Capcom | WIN , PS4, PS5 , XBXS | Fighting | ~17h | 28 lists

#37 Resident Evil Village (2021) (#901)

Capcom Development Division 1 | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Horror | ~10h | 26 lists

#38 Elden Ring Nightreign (2025) (#919)

FromSoftware | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Action RPG / Roguelike | ~28h | 16 lists

#39 Vampire Survivors (2022) (#922)

Poncle | MAC, WIN , iOS, AND , XB1, XBXS , SW | Shooter / Roguelike | ~15h | 26 lists

#40 Assassin's Creed Valhalla (2020) (#939)

Ubisoft Montreal | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Action RPG | ~61h | 17 lists

#41 Cocoon (2023) (#946)

Geometric Interactive | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW | Adventure / Puzzle | ~5h | 18 lists

#42 Ball x Pit (2025) (#948)

Kenny Sun | MAC, WIN , SW, SW2 , PS5 , XBXS | ~19h | 11 lists

#43 Monster Hunter Wilds (2025) (#975)

Capcom | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | Action RPG | ~18h | 9 lists

#44 Return to Monkey Island (2022) (#982)

Terrible Toybox | 3 , SW , PS5 , XBXS | Point-and-Click | ~10h | 10 lists

#45 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (2023) (#1020)

FromSoftware | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Vehicular Combat | ~18h | 20 lists

#46 Death's Door (2021) (#1027)

Acid Nerve | WIN , PS4, PS5 , SW , XBXS | Action-Adventure | ~9h | 20 lists

#47 Despelote (2025) (#1039)

Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena | MAC, WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Adventure | ~2h | 16 lists

#48 Dragon's Dogma 2 (2024) (#1067)

Capcom Development Division 1 | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | Action RPG | ~31h | 19 lists

#49 Subnautica: Below Zero (2021) (#1096)

Unknown Worlds Entertainment | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW | Survival / Action-Adventure | ~20h | 4 lists

#50 Citizen Sleeper (2022) (#1123)

Jump Over the Age | WIN , XB1, XBXS , SW | Role-Playing | ~7h | 13 lists

#51 Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (2024) (#1132)

Ubisoft Montpellier | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW | Action-Adventure | ~17h | 20 lists

#52 NBA 2K24 (2023) (#1145)

Visual Concepts | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW | Sports | ~41h | 1 lists

#53 Farming Simulator 22 (2021) (#1153)

Giants Software | MAC, WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Simulation | ~163h | 1 lists

#54 Battlefield 6 (2025) (#1156)

EA Digital Illusions CE | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | First-Person Shooter | ~6h | 11 lists

#55 Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024) (#1192)

BioWare | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | Action RPG | ~28h | 16 lists

#56 Venba (2023) (#1234)

Visai Games | WIN , XB1, XBXS , SW , PS5 | Puzzle | ~2h | 13 lists

#57 Norco (2022) (#1242)

Geography of Robots | MAC, WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Adventure | ~6h | 12 lists

#58 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024) (#1264)

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Role-Playing | ~57h | 23 lists

#59 El Paso, Elsewhere (2023) (#1269)

Strange Scaffold | WIN , XB1, XBXS | Third-Person Shooter | ~8h | 5 lists

#60 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (2020) (#1277)

Vicarious Visions | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW | Sports | ~7h | 12 lists

#61 Diablo IV (2023) (#1302)

Blizzard Entertainment | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~26h | 18 lists

#62 Sektori (2025) (#1324)

Kimmo Lahtinen | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | ~8h | 5 lists

#63 Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021) (#1383)

Eidos Montréal | WIN , XB1, XBXS , PS4, PS5 , SW | Action-Adventure | ~18h | 16 lists

#64 Doom: The Dark Ages (2025) (#1389)

id Software | WIN , PS5 , XBXS | First-Person Shooter | ~14h | 11 lists

#20

FromSoftware

PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Action RPG

~60h

56 lists

Elden Ring 2022

#48

Supergiant Games

MAC, SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Hack and Slash / Action RPG / Roguelike

~23h

52 lists

Hades 2020

#49

Larian Studios

MAC, PS5, WIN, XBXS

Role-Playing

~73h

55 lists

Baldur's Gate 3 2023

#64

Sandfall Interactive

PS5, WIN, XBXS

Role-Playing

~29h

48 lists

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 2025

#91

P Studio

SW, PS3, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Role-Playing / Life Simulation

~98h

62 lists

Persona 5 2016

#191

IO Interactive

PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Stealth

~8h

31 lists

Hitman 3 / World of Assassination 2021

#219

Double Fine Productions

WIN, XBXS

Adventure

~5h

4 lists

Keeper 2025

#224

Obsidian Entertainment

PS5, WIN, XBXS

Action RPG

~18h

5 lists

The Outer Worlds 2 2025

#270

MachineGames

WIN, XBXS

Action-Adventure / Stealth

~16h

29 lists

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 2024

#10

#327

Arkane Studios

PS5, WIN, XBXS

First-Person Shooter

~16h

37 lists

Deathloop 2021

#11

#328

Remedy Entertainment

PS5, WIN, XBXS

Horror

~19h

47 lists

Alan Wake II 2023

#12

#336

Dogubomb

PS5, WIN, XBXS

Adventure / Roguelike

~18h

43 lists

Blue Prince 2025

#13

#338

Asobo Studio

WIN, XBXS

Flight Simulation

~26h

13 lists

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

#14

#343

Team Cherry

MAC, LIN, SW, SW2, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Metroidvania

~28h

39 lists

Hollow Knight: Silksong 2025

#15

#349

Playground Games

WIN, XB1, XBXS

Racing

~21h

28 lists

Forza Horizon 5 2021

#16

#353

Capcom Development Division 1

PS4, PS5, PSVR, WIN, XBXS

Horror

~16h

34 lists

Resident Evil 4 2023

#17

#361

Hazelight Studios

SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Action-Adventure

~13h

29 lists

It Takes Two 2021

#18

#363

Double Fine Productions

MAC, LIN, PS4, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Action-Adventure / Platform

~15h

33 lists

Psychonauts 2 2021

#19

#374

Moon Studios

SW, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Action-Adventure / Metroidvania

~12h

26 lists

Ori and the Will of the Wisps 2020

#20

#423

Studio Zero

PS4, PS5, WIN, XBXS

Role-Playing

~65h

40 lists

Metaphor: ReFantazio 2024

#21

#446

Half Mermaid, Sam Barlow

AND, MAC, iOS, WIN, XBXS

Interactive Drama

~6h

26 lists

Immortality 2022

#22

#461

Obsidian Entertainment

SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Adventure / Role-Playing

~15h

23 lists

Pentiment 2022

#23

#486

Tango Gameworks

PS5, WIN, XBXS

Action / Music

~11h

26 lists

Hi-Fi Rush 2023

#24

#527

Hazelight Studios

SW2, PS5, WIN, XBXS

Action-Adventure / Platform

~14h

34 lists

Split Fiction 2025

#25

#530

Warhorse Studios

PS5, WIN, XBXS

Action RPG

~55h

24 lists

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II 2025

#26

#554

LocalThunk

AND, MAC, iOS, SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Roguelike

~8h

44 lists

Balatro 2024

#27

#583

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios

PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Role-Playing

~46h

17 lists

Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2020

#28

#611

BlitWorks, Mossmouth

SW, PS4, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Roguelike / Platform

~26h

10 lists

Spelunky 2 2020

#29

#612

NeoBards Entertainment

PS5, WIN, XBXS

Horror

~11h

24 lists

Silent Hill f 2025

#30

#621

Andrew Shouldice

MAC, SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Action-Adventure

~12h

26 lists

Tunic 2022

#31

#737

BlueTwelve Studio

MAC, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Adventure

~5h

23 lists

Stray 2022

#32

#796

Embark Studios

PS5, WIN, XBXS

Shooter

~43h

16 lists

ARC Raiders 2025

#33

#802

Shared Memory

SW, PS5, WIN, XBXS

Puzzle / Metroidvania

~7h

25 lists

Animal Well 2024

#34

#859

343 Industries

WIN, XB1, XBXS

First-Person Shooter

~11h

25 lists

Halo Infinite 2021

#35

#883

Lizardcube

SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Platform

~9h

13 lists

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance 2025

#36

#886

Capcom

PS4, PS5, WIN, XBXS

Fighting

~17h

28 lists

Street Fighter 6 2023

#37

#901

Capcom Development Division 1

PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Horror

~10h

26 lists

Resident Evil Village 2021

#38

#919

FromSoftware

PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Action RPG / Roguelike

~28h

16 lists

Elden Ring Nightreign 2025

#39

#922

Poncle

AND, MAC, iOS, SW, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Shooter / Roguelike

~15h

26 lists

Vampire Survivors 2022

#40

#939

Ubisoft Montreal

PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Action RPG

~61h

17 lists

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2020

#41

#946

Geometric Interactive

SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Adventure / Puzzle

~5h

18 lists

Cocoon 2023

#42

#948

Kenny Sun

MAC, SW, SW2, PS5, WIN, XBXS

~19h

11 lists

Ball x Pit 2025

#43

#975

Capcom

PS5, WIN, XBXS

Action RPG

~18h

9 lists

Monster Hunter Wilds 2025

#44

#982

Terrible Toybox

MAC, LIN, SW, PS5, WIN, XBXS

Point-and-Click

~10h

10 lists

Return to Monkey Island 2022

#45

#1020

FromSoftware

PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Vehicular Combat

~18h

20 lists

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon 2023

#46

#1027

Acid Nerve

SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XBXS

Action-Adventure

~9h

20 lists

Death's Door 2021

#47

#1039

Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena

MAC, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Adventure

~2h

16 lists

Despelote 2025

#48

#1067

Capcom Development Division 1

PS5, WIN, XBXS

Action RPG

~31h

19 lists

Dragon's Dogma 2 2024

#49

#1096

Unknown Worlds Entertainment

SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Survival / Action-Adventure

~20h

4 lists

Subnautica: Below Zero 2021

#50

#1123

Jump Over the Age

SW, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Role-Playing

~7h

13 lists

Citizen Sleeper 2022

#51

#1132

Ubisoft Montpellier

SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Action-Adventure

~17h

20 lists

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 2024

#52

#1145

Visual Concepts

SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Sports

~41h

1 lists

NBA 2K24 2023

#53

#1153

Giants Software

MAC, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Simulation

~163h

1 lists

Farming Simulator 22 2021

#54

#1156

EA Digital Illusions CE

PS5, WIN, XBXS

First-Person Shooter

~6h

11 lists

Battlefield 6 2025

#55

#1192

BioWare

PS5, WIN, XBXS

Action RPG

~28h

16 lists

Dragon Age: The Veilguard 2024

#56

#1234

Visai Games

SW, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Puzzle

~2h

13 lists

Venba 2023

#57

#1242

Geography of Robots

MAC, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Adventure

~6h

12 lists

Norco 2022

#58

#1264

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios

PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Role-Playing

~57h

23 lists

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 2024

#59

#1269

Strange Scaffold

WIN, XB1, XBXS

Third-Person Shooter

~8h

5 lists

El Paso, Elsewhere 2023

#60

#1277

Vicarious Visions

SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Sports

~7h

12 lists

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 2020

#61

#1302

Blizzard Entertainment

PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Hack and Slash / Action RPG

~26h

18 lists

Diablo IV 2023

#62

#1324

Kimmo Lahtinen

PS5, WIN, XBXS

~8h

5 lists

Sektori 2025

#63

#1383

Eidos Montréal

SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Action-Adventure

~18h

16 lists

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 2021

#64

#1389

id Software

PS5, WIN, XBXS

First-Person Shooter

~14h

11 lists

Doom: The Dark Ages 2025

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