Best Games for Xbox Series X/S of 2021

Arcade, Adventure, Online, Platformer, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op)

March 26, 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A co-op platformer about shared adventures, understanding each other, and overcoming disagreements. The story follows Cody and May, a married couple who turn into...

Far Cry 6

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Stealth, Open world, Online

October 7, 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Far Cry 6 is a sandbox in a huge open world, the first-person luter-player with RPG and Crafts elements. The player again finds himself on the island, where in the...

Resident Evil Village

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival horror

May 7, 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

First-person horror with survival and shooter elements, Resident Evil: Village continues the story started in Biohazard but moves the action to Eastern Europe...

Disco Elysium

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Interactive movie, Detective

October 15, 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Disco Elysium, an isometric text RPG with a point-and-click interface, earned worldwide acclaim for its story and unusual role-playing. Players can expect a...

Forza Horizon 5

Arcade, Racing, Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Online

November 5, 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 92/100

A new part of the popular racing car simulator, which takes place in the vastness of Mexico with vibrant landscapes, dynamic weather and changing seasons. The huge...

Hitman World of Assassination

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view, Virtual Reality (VR)

January 20, 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The new series of games about agent 47 is the famous killer playing in dressing and peeping. The bald killer will return for the sake of the most important...

Farming Simulator 22

Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Simulation, Farm Simulator, Cooperative (co-op)

November 22, 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Farming Simulator 22 is a continuation of the Farming Simulator line of annual farmer simulators. The new part has taken a big step forward: new crops and machines...

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game

March 31, 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 82/100

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance — an expansion to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The expansion includes the fan-made modification...

The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes

Interactive movie, Third-person view, Horror, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure, Survival horror, Demons

October 22, 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes is the third game in The Dark Pictures series. The game will take place in the Middle East, and the heroes will be American...

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction, Open world

November 15, 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – a new chapter in the history of "Star Wars", a canonical story from Disney, EA, and Respawn. As a young padawan, the player will have...

Doom Eternal

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Demons, Free game

March 19, 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Doom Eternal is a first-person shooter that includes elements of action, platforming, and RPG. It is the first game in the new Doom franchise created after the...

Little Nightmares 2

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle

February 11, 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Little Nightmares 2 is a continuation of the horror platformer with quest elements. This time a co-op has appeared in the game and the two of you will have to...

Control

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Mysticism / Supernatural

August 27, 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Control is a fantastic third-person action game from the creators of Max Payne, Quantum Break and Alan Wake. You will go to a very mysterious and unusual universe...

Hades

Action, Isometric, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Slasher, Indie

December 6, 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Isometric action-roguelike from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. The main character is the god Zagreus (the son of the ancient Greek god Hades), who...

Saints Row: The Third Remastered

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Helicopters, Tanks, Motorcycle racing, Adventure, Open world

May 22, 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Saints Row: The Third Remastered is an updated version of the famous shooter Saints Row: The Third, released in 2011. The third part continues the story of the...

FIFA 22

Sports game, Football, Simulation, Isometric, Third-person view, Online

October 1, 2021

Players: 3.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

FIFA 22 is a new part of a series of football simulators from the Canadian studio EA Sports. In the continuation, you will find an updated season with real player...

ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game

Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival

December 19, 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 70/100

ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the...

Among Us

Arcade, Action, Online, Isometric, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Space, Survival

June 15, 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Among Us is a casual multiplayer online game focused on social deduction. It is a simplified and faster version of "Mafia": from 4 to 10 players try to survive by...

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Stealth

May 13, 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A Plague Tale: Innocence is a single-player third-person action-adventure game. The events will transport the player to the southwestern part of France, where a...

Outriders

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game

April 1, 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Outriders is a 3-player co-op shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The action takes place on the planet Inok, where people arrive in search of a...

Wobbly Life

Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Adventure, Online

July 8, 2020

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 97/100

A vibrant co-op game where players explore a vast open world, encountering new quests and secrets every day. Over a hundred unique professions, from pizza delivery...

Call of Duty: Vanguard

Shooter, First-person view, Online, Historical, Adventure, Action, Zombies

November 4, 2021

Players: 5/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Call of Duty: Vanguard — the continuation of the popular first-person shooter series Call of Duty. As in previous installments, the game features a story campaign...

Battlefield 2042

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Flight Simulator, Tanks

November 19, 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 46/100

Metacritic: 64/100

The network competitive first-person shooter Battlefield 2042 sends 128 players into the near future and offers them to win according to the changed rules of war...

Sniper Elite 4

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Online

February 14, 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A direct sequel to Sniper Elite 3, in which the main character travels to Italy in 1943. He acts in the ranks of the Italian resistance and tries to free the...

Marvel's Avengers

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Comics, Role-playing game

September 4, 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Marvel's Avengers is a third-person action-adventure game based on the Avengers comic book series. You will take control of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and...

Life is Strange: True Colors

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Interactive movie, Action

September 9, 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Life is Strange: True Colors is the third season of an episodic adventure with a third-person perspective. The game tells the story of Alex Chen, who knows how to...

GreedFall

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world

September 9, 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

GreedFall is a third-person RPG from the creators of Bound by Flame and The Technomancer. The setting is a remote island in the middle of the sea, inhabited by...

Hell Let Loose

Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Online, Action

June 6, 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Hell Let Loose is a realistic first-person shooter set during World War II. You will take part in major and famous battles, recreated with unprecedented realism...

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics, Science fiction, Comedy

October 26, 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy — an action-adventure game with a third-person view set in the comic universe of the "Guardians of the Galaxy." In the game, you...

Wreckfest

Arcade, Action, Racing, Beat them all, First-person view, Third-person view, Simulation, Online

June 14, 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Wreckfest is a dynamic racing action game with a third-person perspective from the creators of the original FlatOut (2004). In the game, you will control a car on...

Remnant: From The Ashes

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Role-playing game

August 19, 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Cooperative game from the creators of Darksiders 3, set on a post-apocalyptic Earth. The world has been taken over by terrifying monsters from another dimension...

Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Action, Shooter, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Science fiction, In real time, Space

May 14, 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is a remastered collection of the cult role-playing series Mass Effect, which includes Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 , and Mass...

GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Helicopters, Open world

November 11, 2021

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 51/100

GTA: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition — a collection of remasters of the legendary GTA series, which includes enhanced versions of Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand...

Subnautica: Below Zero

Action, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world, Horror

January 30, 2019

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Continuation of the adventure action Subnautica in first-person view, combining elements of role-playing games, sandbox gameplay, and a bit of exploration and...

Phoenix Point

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Grand strategy, Role-playing game

December 3, 2019

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Phoenix Point is a tactical strategy game with turn-based combat in a futuristic setting, which is the spiritual successor to the games in the X-COM franchise. The...

The Big Con

Adventure, Comedy, Indie

August 31, 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The game is about a curious and sarcastic high school student, Ali, who leaves music camp to go on a trip. But this is not just entertainment, the heroine also...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Third-person view, Detective, Open world

November 16, 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An adventure detective story about the legendary Sherlock Holmes from the creators of The Sinking City. The game tells the story of the famous detective's earlier...

Jurassic World Evolution 2

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), In real time, Construction, Simulation

November 9, 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Jurassic World Evolution 2 is a continuation of the real-time economic strategy that will allow you to create your own “Jurassic Park”. The new game will develop...

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Fighting, Slasher

October 13, 2021

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a third-person action-adventure game based on the popular anime Demon Slayer. Familiar heroes will become demon hunters, explore...

Halo Infinite

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game

November 15, 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Halo Infinite is a continuation of the series of first-person shooter adventures in the Halo universe. The game will tell a new story from the life of Master Chief...