With the Game Pass subscription service taking center stage, the Xbox gaming ecosystem has moved beyond pure next-gen exclusives. That means, for the time being, you can expect almost all Xbox Series X/S games to be available on Xbox One as well – at least until the install base of the new console has shot up considerably. As such, our Xbox Series X/S exclusives list below will include games also coming to PC and Xbox One, but not to the rival platforms of PlayStation or Nintendo Switch.
Xbox Series X/S exclusives list
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For our list of Xbox Series X/S exclusive, we’ve focussed on the games specifically getting Xbox Series X/S releases. Not just those available through backwards compatibility. With that in mind, here are all the Xbox Series X/S exclusives released and upcoming that we know of.
- Adios (2021)
- The Anacrusis (2021)
- Ark 2 (2022)
- The Artful Escape (2021)
- The Ascent (2021)
- Avowed (Release Date Unknown)
- Crossfire X (2021)
- Echo Generation (2021)
- Everwild (Release Date Unknown)
- ExoMecha (2021)
- Exo One (2021)
- Fable 4 (Release Date Unknown)
- Forza Horizon 5 (November 9)
- Grounded (Available Now)
- The Gunk (2021)
- Halo Infinite (2021)
- The Medium (Available Now)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator (Summer 2021)
- Perfect Dark (Release Date Unknown)
- Psychonauts 2 (August 25, 2021)
- Redfall (Summer 2022)
- Scorn (2021)
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (Release Date Unknown)
- Second Extinction: Reclaim Earth (Available Now)
- Shredders (December, 2021)
- Song of Iron (2021)
- Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl (April 28, 2022)
- Starfield (November 11, 2022)
- State of Decay 3 (Release Date Unknown)
- Twelve Minutes (2021)
- Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy (2022)
- Warhammer 40K: Darktide (2021)
Cloud Streaming Xbox Series X/S games
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At E3 2021, Microsoft also announced that they are upgrading their data centers to Xbox Series X/S hardware. That means that, via Cloud Gaming, Xbox Game Pass subscribers will even be able to play Series X/S games on their Xbox One consoles as well, even if they’re a next-gen exclusive.
Those are all the Xbox Series X/S exclusives we know of so far, but if you’ve got any on your radar that we’ve missed, drop a comment below and we’ll do our best to update the article. Click here for our complete list of PS5 exclusives to see what the other side of the next-gen pond is offering.