With less than a month remaining until the much-anticipated beginning of next-gen, Xbox has compiled a list of optimized Xbox Series X/S games at launch.
This list is for games where the developer has taken the time to make the game better with the improved software and hardware that the next-gen has to offer. Unlike games that will only be slightly improved through backwards compatibility, you can expect to see a dramatic difference between an Xbox One game and a game optimized for Xbox Series X/S.

Games Optimized for Series X/S
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- Borderlands 3
- Bright Memory 1.0
- Cuisine Royale
- Dead by Daylight
- Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition
- DIRT 5
- Enlisted
- Evergate
- The Falconeer
- Fortnite
- Forza Horizon 4
- Gears 5
- Gears Tactics
- Grounded
- King Oddball
- Maneater
- Manifold Garden
- NBA 2K21
- Observer: System Redux
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Planet Coaster
- Sea of Thieves
- Tetris Effect: Connected
- The Tourist
- War Thunder
- Warhammer: Chaosbane Slayer Edition
- Watch Dogs: Legion
- WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Yes, Your Grace