Hello, everyone, and welcome to the definitive guide for the Xbox Series X|S.
In this thread I will compile every available information for the new generation of Microsoft consoles, including a list of every optimized game, a calendar for upcoming games and what next-gen games are part of the Game Pass catalogue.
Please note that it has been a personal project so far, so it is subject to a few errors. Please feel free to point those out, as well as suggesting new additions and so on. My ultimate goal is to turn this personal project into a community project and become the go-to source for Series X|S information.
Introduction
Xbox Series X
The Xbox Series X is the ultimate console for players who want the most immersive games from a device designed, built and optimized for gaming with zero compromises. Powered by a next generation, custom designed processor including an 8 core Zen 2 CPU, delivering more than 4x the processing power of an Xbox One, and a 12 TFLOP RDNA 2 GPU, more than 8x the performance of the original Xbox One, Xbox Series X enables a new level of visual fidelity and immersion.
Pair that with the highest bandwidth GDDR6 memory of any next generation console, and a custom, next generation solid state drive (SSD), Xbox Series X provides developers the power to push their creative visions to the limit. With next generation innovations including DirectX hardware-accelerated raytracing, variable refresh rate and ultra-low latency input, Xbox Series X sets the stage for a new level of fidelity, precision and accuracy never before seen in console gaming.
Xbox Series S
The Xbox Series S delivers the same next generation speed and performance that define Xbox Series X. It is similar in CPU and has the identical I/O performance as Xbox Series X, making it easier for developers to deliver the same great performance, while rendering at a lower resolution. Xbox Series S delivers 4x the processing power of an Xbox One console and supports experiences up to 120fps, more immersive and responsive gameplay with support for hardware-accelerated DirectX Raytracing and Variable Rate Shading.
In addition, Xbox Series S includes 512GB of custom SSD storage and is powered by the Xbox Velocity Architecture, delivering more than 40x the I/O bandwidth of an Xbox One resulting in faster loading times, steadier frame rates and Quick Resume for multiple titles.
Fact Sheet
Releases calendar
2020
November
- November 10 | Ark: Survival Evolved
- November 10 | Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
- November 10 | Borderlands 3
- November 10 | Bright Memory
- November 10 | Concept Destruction
- November 10 | CrossCode
- November 10 | Dead by Daylight
- November 10 | Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition
- November 10 | Dirt 5
- November 10 | Evergate
- November 10 | The Falconeer
- November 10 | Fortnite
- November 10 | Forza Horizon 4
- November 10 | Gears 5
- November 10 | Gears Tactics
- November 10 | Gonner 2
- November 10 | Jydge
- November 10 | King Oddball
- November 10 | Maneater
- November 10 | Manifold Garden
- November 10 | NBA 2K21
- November 10 | No Man’s Sky
- November 10 | Observer: System Redux
- November 10 | Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- November 10 | Overcooked! All You Can Eat
- November 10 | Planet Coaster: Console Edition
- November 10 | Rogue Company
- November 10 | Sea of Thieves
- November 10 | Tetris Effect: Connected
- November 10 | The Touryst
- November 10 | Undead Horde
- November 10 | War Thunder
- November 10 | Warhammer: Chaosbane - Slayer Edition
- November 10 | Watch Dogs: Legion
- November 10 | We Happy Few
- November 10 | WRC 9
- November 10 | Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- November 10 | Yes, Your Grace
- November 12 | Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War
- November 17 | Halo: The Master Chief Collection
- November 17 | Mortal Kombat 11
- November 19 | Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
- November 19 | Poker Club
- November 24 | Just Dance 2021
- November 25 | Star Wars: Squadrons
- November 27 | Tesla Force
December
- December 01 | Football Manager 2021: Xbox Edition
- December 01 | Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
- December 02 | State of Decay 2
- December 02 | World of Warships: Legends
- December 03 | Haven
- December 03 | Immortals: Fenyx Rising
- December 03 | Warhammer: Vermintide 2
- December 04 | FIFA 21
- December 04 | Madden NFL 21
- December 04 | Neon Chrome: Overseer Edition
- December 04 | Tesla vs Lovecraft: Game of the Year Edition
- December 08 | Call of the Sea
- December 08 | Destiny 2
- December 08 | Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
- December 09 | Rocket League
- December 10 | Crimsonland
- December 10 | For Honor
- December 10 | Kid Tripp
- December 10 | Sparkle 2
- December 10 | Twin Robots: Ultimate Edition
- December 11 | Morkredd
- December 11 | Outbreak
- December 16 | Freddy Spaghetti
- December 22 | CRSED: F.O.A.D.
- December 22 | Override 2: Super Mech League
- December 24 | Sparkle Unleashed
2021
January
- January 07 | Desperados III
- January 07 | Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom
- January 15 | Outbreak: The New Nightmare - Definitive Edition
- January 20 | Hitman 3
- January 21 | Ride 4
- January 22 | Skycadia
- January 28 | The Medium
- January 29 | Another Dawn
- January 29 | Outbreak: Epidemic - Definitive Edition
February
- February 02 | Control: Ultimate Edition
- February 02 | Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
- February 04 | Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood
- February 05 | Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles - Definitive Edition
- February 10 | UltraGoodness 2
- February 12 | Outbreak: Lost Hope - Definitive Edition
- February 12 | Persian Nights 2: The Moonlight Veil
- February 18 | Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
- February 24 | Minecraft Dungeons
- February 25 | Superhot: Mind Control Delete
- February 26 | Demon Hunter: Revelation
- February 26 | Thunderflash
March
- March 03 | 3 out of 10: Season One
- March 04 | Mortal Shell: Enhanced Edition
- March 05 | Asdivine Cross
- March 05 | Dreaming Sarah
- March 10 | Overwatch
- March 11 | Monster Energy Supercross 4
- March 12 | Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
- March 12 | Pinkman+
- March 16 | Monster Truck Championship
- March 16 | R.B.I. Baseball 21
- March 16 | Samurai Shodown
- March 18 | Marvel’s Avengers
- March 19 | Crypto by POWGI
- March 19 | Sumatra: Fate of Yandi
- March 23 | Hunting Simulator 2
- March 24 | Hellbreachers
- March 24 | Shing!
- March 25 | DARQ: Complete Edition
- March 25 | Monster Train
- March 25 | Stellaris: Console Edition
- March 26 | Balan Wonderworld
- March 26 | It Takes Two
- March 26 | One Escape
- March 26 | Spacebase Startopia
- March 26 | Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
- March 30 | Tennis World Tour 2: Complete Edition
- March 31 | C14 Dating
April
- April 01 | Outriders
- April 08 | Enlisted
- April 08 | Zombie Army 4: Dead War
- April 09 | Skyland: Heart of the Mountain
- April 13 | Warframe
- April 14 | Kingdom of Arcadia
- April 15 | Relicta
- April 16 | Heal: Console Edition
- April 20 | MLB: The Show 21
- April 22 | MotoGP 21
- April 23 | Judgment
- April 23 | Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew
- April 26 | CrossKrush
- April 28 | Crime Opera: The Butterfly Effect
- April 28 | Ladders by POWGI
- April 28 | The Sinking City
- April 29 | Before I Forget
- April 30 | Angels with Scaly Wings
- April 30 | R-Type Final 2
May
- May 07 | Chroma Quaternion
- May 07 | Infestor
- May 07 | Resident Evil: Village
- May 10 | Hood: Outlaw & Legends
- May 12 | Rift Racoon
- May 13 | Remnant: From the Ashes
- May 14 | Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
- May 12 | Rabisco+
- May 14 | Subnautica: Below Zero
- May 19 | Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield
- May 19 | Outbreak: Endless Nightmares
- May 21 | Knockout City
- May 20 | The Wild at Heart
- May 25 | An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs
- May 27 | MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
June
- June 01 | Necromunda: Hired Gun
- June 01 | Operation: Tango
- June 03 | Tour de France 2021
- June 04 | Sniper: Ghost Warrior – Contracts 2
- June 08 | Chivalry 2
- June 08 | The Elder Scrolls Online
- June 08 | Worms Rumble
- June 18 | Curved Space
- June 18 | Metro Exodus
- June 22 | Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance
- June 24 | Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX
- June 29 | Scarlet Nexus
- June 29 | Ever Forward
- RICO London
July
August
- August 19 | Rims Racing
- August 26 | Hotel Life: A Resort Simulator
- August 27 | Guts 'N Goals
- August 31 | Soup Pot
- Blood Bowl III
- ExoMecha
- KeyWe
September
- September 02 | WRC 10
- September 10 | Life is Strange: True Colors
- September 10 | Tales of Arise
- September 30 | Hot Wheels: Unleashed
October
TBA
- Aliens: Fireteam
- Among Us
- Aragami 2
- Arcade Paradise
- Art of Rally
- The Ascent (4K Ultra HD, HDR, 60 FPS, Smart Delivery, Console Exclusive)
- Astria Ascending
- Atomic Heart (4K Ultra HD, Ray Tracing)
- Aztech: Forgotten Gods
- Base One
- Bright Memory: Infinite (4K Ultra HD, 60 FPS, Ray Tracing, Console Exclusive)
- Chasing Static
- Cherbobylite
- Craftopia
- Crimson Desert
- CrossfireX (Smart Delivery, Console Exclusive)
- Curse of the Sea Rats
- Curved Space
- Cyberpunk 2077 (4K Ultra HD, Smart Delivery)
- Dawn of the Monsters
- Dead Static Drive (Console Exclusive)
- Death’s Door
- Deliver Us the Moon
- Demon Turf
- Descenders
- Disciples: Liberation
- Disco Elysium
- Doom Eternal (HDR, Smart Delivery)
- Dustborn
- Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires
- Echo Generation (4K Ultra HD, 60 FPS, Console Exclusive)
- Elasto Mania Remastered
- Eldest Souls
- Enlisted (4K Ultra HD, HDR, 60 FPS)
- Evil West
- Exo One (Console Exclusive)
- Far Cry 6 (4K Ultra HD, HDR, Smart Delivery)
- Fire Commander
- Ghostrunner (4K Ultra HD, Smart Delivery)
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Graven
- Halo Infinite (4K Ultra HD, HDR, 120 FPS, Ray Tracing, Smart Delivery, Console Exclusive)
- Hell Let Loose
- Hello Neighbor 2 (4K Ultra HD, Smart Delivery, Console Exclusive)
- Hellpoint (4K Ultra HD, HDR, 60 FPS, Free Upgrade)
- Hoa
- In Sound Mind
- The Invincible
- Isonzo
- King Arthur: Knight’s Tale
- Kitaria Fables
- Klang 2
- Lake (Console Exclusive)
- Lawn Mowing Simulator
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (4K Ultra HD, HDR, Smart Delivery)
- Life is Strange Remastered Collection
- Little Nightmares II
- Loot River
- Lost Eidolons
- Mad Devils
- Mad Streets (Console Exclusive)
- Martha Is Dead (Console Exclusive)
- Memoranda
- Metal: Hellsinger
- MicroMan
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Moonglow Bay
- Moonray
- Nobody Saves the World
- Nth^0: Infinity Reborn
- OlliOlli World
- Orphan of the Machine (4K Ultra HD, 120 FPS)
- Paradise Lost
- Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis (4K Ultra HD, Console Exclusive)
- Pinball FX
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2022
- Project Colonies: MARS 2120
- Psychonauts 2
- Quantum Error (4K Ultra HD, 60 FPS)
- Recompile
- Riders Republic (4K Ultra HD, HDR, 60 FPS, Smart Delivery)
- Roguebook
- Roots of Pacha
- RPG Time: The Legend of Wright (Smart Delivery, Console Exclusive)
- Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
- Rustler
- Sable (Console Exclusive)
- Scorn (4K Ultra HD, 60 FPS, Console Exclusive)
- Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
- Shredders (Console Exclusive)
- The Signifier: Director’s Cut
- Song of Iron (Console Exclusive)
- Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition
- Super Impossible Road
- Sword of the Necromancer
- Temtem
- The Artful Escape (Console Exclusive)
- The Big Con (Console Exclusive)
- The Forgotten City
- The Gunk (Console Exclusive)
- The Outer Worlds (4K Ultra HD)
- The Pedestrian
- The Persistence Enhanced
- The Plane Effect
- Tin Hearts
- Tiny Troopers: Global Ops
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Quarantine
- Tunic (Console Exclusive)
- Tunnel of Doom
- Twelve Minutes (Console Exclusive)
- Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2
- Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy (Console Exclusive)
- Unknown 9: Awakening
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
- War Mongrels
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (4K Ultra HD, HDR, 60 FPS, Console Exclusive)
- We Are the Caretakers
- We Were Here Forever
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (4K Ultra HD, HDR, Ray Tracing, Smart Delivery)
- Wreckfest
- Zorro: The Chronicles
2022
TBA
- Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
- Ark II
- Brewmaster
- Earthlock 2
- Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
- Gotham Knights
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Ova Magica
- Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
- The Callisto Protocol
- The Last Worker
- The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
- VED
- War Hospital
2023
TBA
- Payday 3
- Pragmata
TBA
- 171
- Anima: Song from the Abyss
- As Dusk Falls (4K Ultra HD, HDR, 60 FPS, Console Exclusive)
- Avowed (Console Exclusive)
- Batora: Lost Haven
- Chorus (4K Ultra HD, HDR, 60 FPS, Ray Tracing, Smart Delivery)
- Cygni: All Guns Blazing
- Dead Island 2
- Enlisted (4K Ultra HD, 60 FPS, Ray Tracing, Console Exclusive)
- Everwild (Console Exclusive)
- Fable (Console Exclusive)
- Flea Madness
- Forza Motorsport
- Gothic
- Haunted Space
- Lords of the Fallen 2
- Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm
- Perfect Dark
- Quantum Error
- Second Extinction
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Skeletal Avenger
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
- State of Decay 3
- Steelrising
- Stonefly
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
Game Pass
Overview
There are 35 Series X|S games available on Game Pass worth a total of $1,427.65.
- Ark: Survival Evolved - Explorer’s Edition ($89.99)
- Call of the Sea ($19.99)
- CrossCode ($19.99)
- Dead by Daylight: Special Edition ($29.99)
- Desperados III ($59.99)
- Destiny 2: Beyond Light ($39.99)
- Dirt 5 ($59.99)
- Football Manager 2021: Xbox Edition ($39.99)
- Forza Horizon 4 ($59.99)
- Gears 5: Game of the Year Edition ($59.99)
- Gears Tactics ($59.99)
- Gonner 2 ($12.99)
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection ($39.99)
- Haven ($24.99)
- Minecraft Dungeons ($19.99)
- MLB: The Show 21 ($89.99)
- Monster Train ($24.99)
- Morkredd ($19.99)
- No Man’s Sky ($59.99)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps ($29.99)
- Outriders ($59.99)
- Planet Coaster: Console Edition ($49.99)
- Sea of Thieves ($39.99)
- State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition ($29.99)
- Stellaris: Console Edition ($39.99)
- Superhot: Mind Control Delete ($24.99)
- Tetris Effect: Connected ($39.99)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege ($39.99)
- The Falconeer ($29.99)
- The Medium ($49.99)
- The Touryst ($19.99)
- Warhammer: Vermintide 2 ($29.99)
- We Happy Few ($59.99)
- Yes, Your Grace ($19.99)
- Zombie Army 4: Dead War ($49.99)
EA Play
Overview
There are 2 Series X|S games available on EA Play worth a total of $159.97.
Games in the catalogue
- FIFA 21 ($59.99)
- Madden NFL 21 ($59.99)
- Star Wars: Squadrons ($39.99)
Game Previews
There are 3 Series X|S games available on Game Preview worth a total of $74.97.
- Fights in Tight Spaces ($19.99)
- Grounded ($29.99)
- Second Extinction ($24.99)
Free-to-Play games
There are 8 free-to-play Series X|S games available.
