The 17 best Xbox One games
Ranked by the scores that magazines gave these games when they came out. The list draws on 972 review scores of 647 Xbox One games; 588 of them have enough reviews to be ranked.
| # | Game | Platform | Year | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Dead Redemption II | Xbox One | 2018 | 98 |
| 2 | Grand Theft Auto V | Xbox One | 2014 | 97 |
| 3 | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | Xbox One | 2015 | 95 |
| 4 | Celeste | Xbox One | 2018 | 94 |
| 5 | Divinity: Original Sin II | Xbox One | 2017 | 93 |
| 6 | INSIDE | Xbox One | 2016 | 93 |
| 7 | RESIDENT EVIL 2 | Xbox One | 2019 | 93 |
| 8 | Forza Horizon 4 | Xbox One | 2018 | 92 |
| 9 | What Remains of Edith Finch | Xbox One | 2017 | 92 |
| 10 | Dead Cells | Xbox One | 2018 | 91 |
| 11 | Forza Horizon 3 | Xbox One | 2016 | 91 |
| 12 | Overwatch | Xbox One | 2016 | 91 |
| 13 | Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | Xbox One | 2019 | 91 |
| 14 | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Xbox One | 2015 | 91 |
| 15 | Titanfall | Xbox One | 2014 | 90.2 |
| 16 | Monster Hunter: World | Xbox One | 2018 | 90 |
| 17 | NBA 2K17 | Xbox One | 2016 | 90 |
Highly rated, with fewer than 3 reviews
10 Xbox One games have a score of 90 or more, but from only one or two reviews, and no Metacritic score.
| # | Game | Platform | Year | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft | Xbox One | 2014 | 97 | |
| Rayman Legends | Xbox One | 2014 | 95 | |
| Volgarr the Viking | Xbox One | 2014 | 95 | |
| Threes | Xbox One | 2014 | 93 | |
| World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 | Xbox One | 2014 | 92 | |
| LEGO Marvel Super Heroes | Xbox One | 2013 | 90 | |
| Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 | Xbox One | 2023 | 90 | |
| Okami HD | Xbox One | 2017 | 90 | |
| Sunset Overdrive | Xbox One | 2014 | 90 | |
| The Bridge | Xbox One | 2015 | 90 |
How the ranking works
- The scores are the ones magazines gave when the games came out, all converted to a 0–100 scale. Only one review per magazine counts for a game: the most recent.
- A game's score is half the average, half the median of its magazine reviews. A title opens the game's page on uvlist.net; a score opens the report with every review behind it.
- A game needs at least 3 magazine reviews to be ranked. With equal scores, the game with more reviews comes first.
- Metacritic already sums up many reviews, so it is never mixed with the magazines: it is used only for games with fewer than 3 magazine reviews, as their only score.
- Each list shows every game with a score of 90 or more. Games with fewer than 3 reviews and no Metacritic score are shown apart: their score is promising, but rests on one or two opinions.
The lists are rebuilt each time reviews are added. To filter by genre, year, magazine or publisher, explore all the scores in the report.
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