Since 2015, players all around the world have had the chance to explore and re-experience thousands of titles spanning our 20-year history thanks to the backward compatibility program for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
Listen to this podcast to learn more about the Xbox One Backward Compatibility program and how games are added to it.
Since I get a lot of questions and comments about Xbox One Backward Compatibility, I figured I’d write a follow-up post that provides a more in-depth look at the feature, answers some frequently asked questions (FAQ), and highlights the feature’s most crucial aspect: the current list of games that are compatible with the feature (Download the list as a .pdf file).
Learn more about the graphical options for Xbox 360 games improved for Xbox One X, including how to toggle between the enhanced and original visuals, by clicking here.
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| Title | Notes |
| Advent Rising | |
| Armed and Dangerous | Includes all DLC |
| Battlefield 2: Modern Combat | Disc only |
| Black | |
| Blinx: The Time Sweeper | |
| BloodRayne 2 | |
| Breakdown | |
| Chicken Little | |
| Conker: Live & Reloaded | |
| Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge | |
| Dead or Alive 3 | |
| Dead or Alive Ultimate | |
| Dead to Rights | Digital version only in the US, disc only in Europe |
| Destroy All Humans! | |
| The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | |
| Full Spectrum Warrior | |
| Fuzion Frenzy | |
| Gladius | |
| Grabbed by the Ghoulies | |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Automatically upgraded to 360 version |
| Gunvalkyrie | |
| Hunter: The Reckoning | |
| Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb | |
| Jade Empire | |
| The King of Fighters Neowave | US only |
| Manhunt | |
| Max Payne | |
| Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | |
| Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction | |
| MX Unleashed | |
| Ninja Gaiden Black | Digital only |
| Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee | |
| Otogi: Myth of Demons | |
| Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors | |
| Panzer Dragoon Orta | |
| Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory | Europe only |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | |
| Psychonauts | |
| Red Dead Revolver | |
| Red Faction II | |
| Secret Weapons Over Normandy | |
| Sid Meier’s Pirates! | |
| Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy | |
| SSX 3 | |
| Star Wars: Battlefront | Includes all DLC |
| Star Wars: Battlefront II | Includes all DLC |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | |
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | |
| Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast | |
| Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy | |
| Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter | |
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | Includes all DLC |
| Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords | |
| Star Wars: Republic Commando | Includes all DLC |
| Star Wars: Starfighter Special Edition | |
| Thrillville | |
| TimeSplitters 2 | |
| TimeSplitters: Future Perfect | |
| Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell | Includes all DLC |
| Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory | Includes all DLC |
| Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent | |
| Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow | Includes all DLC |
| Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict |
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Xbox Backward Compatibility List: Every Xbox 360 Game Currently Playable on Xbox One and Xbox Series
- It’s the first time the Max Payne and F.E.A.R. series are playable on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One platforms.
- With the addition of Skate 2, the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One owners may finally play the full collection of games in the Skate franchise.
- There was also a call for additional Xbox-exclusive games, and we listened. We’re happy to let you know that we’ve re-released over twenty Xbox classics, including Dead or Alive Ultimate, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II, Star Wars: Starfighter, and the Otogi series, for a whole new generation of gamers to enjoy.
Players who already possess these games in digital or physical form can start playing them right once, and new players can buy the vast majority of them digitally from the Microsoft Store beginning later today.
Xbox One Backward Compatibility List
| Content Title | Publisher | Content-Type | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| (SEGA Vintage Collection) SVC: ToeJam & Earl | SEGA | Xbox 360 | 08/03/17 |
| 0 day Attack on Earth | Square Enix | Xbox 360 | 10/26/17 |
| 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures | Activision | Xbox 360 | 04/20/17 |
| 50 Cent: BotS (Blood On The Sand)* | THQ | Xbox 360 | 11/15/21 |
| A Kingdom for Keflings | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360 | 11/12/15 |
| A World of Keflings | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360 | 11/12/15 |
| Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation* | Bandai Namco Entertainment | Xbox 360 | 01/15/19 |
| Aces of the Galaxy | Activision | Xbox 360 | 11/15/21 |
| Advent Rising | Ziggurat Interactive | Original Xbox | 11/15/21 |
| Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom | Little Orbit | Xbox 360 | 11/15/21 |
| Aegis Wing | Xbox Live Arcade | Xbox 360 (Free) | 01/21/16 |
| Age of Booty | CAPCOM | Xbox 360 | 01/21/16 |
| AirMech Arena* | Ubisoft | Xbox 360 | 03/21/19 |
| Alan Wake | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360 | 03/17/16 |
| Alan Wake’s American Nightmare | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360 (Xbox Game Pass) | 02/11/16 |
| Alaskan Adventures* | Activision | Xbox 360 | 04/27/17 |
| Alice: Madness Returns | Electronic Arts | Xbox 360 (EA Play) | 01/24/17 |
| Alien Hominid HD | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360 | 11/12/15 |
| Aliens vs Predator | SEGA | Xbox 360 | 11/29/18 |
| Altered Beast | SEGA | Xbox 360 | 04/26/16 |
| Anomaly Warzone Earth | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360 | 06/07/16 |
| Aqua | Xbox Live Arcade | Xbox 360 | 06/07/16 |
| Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader Full Version* | THQ | Xbox 360 | 11/15/21 |
| Arkanoid Live! | TAITO Corporation | Xbox 360 | 09/08/16 |
| Armed and Dangerous | LucasArts | Original Xbox | 06/11/19 |
| Army of Two | Electronic Arts | Xbox 360 (EA Play) | 03/28/17 |
| Assassin’s Creed | Ubisoft | Xbox 360 | 03/21/16 |
| Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood* | Ubisoft | Xbox 360 | 06/27/17 |
| Assassin’s Creed II | Ubisoft | Xbox 360 | 11/12/15 |
| Assassin’s Creed III* | Ubisoft | Xbox 360 | 05/23/17 |
| Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag | Ubisoft | Xbox 360 | 04/03/18 |
| Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD* | Ubisoft | Xbox 360 | 07/03/18 |
| Assassin’s Creed Revelations | Ubisoft | Xbox 360 | 03/23/17 |
| Assassin’s Creed Rogue | Ubisoft | Xbox 360 | 02/23/17 |
| Assault Heroes 2 | Activision | Xbox 360 | 04/25/17 |
| Asteroids & Deluxe | Atari | Xbox 360 | 11/12/15 |
| Astropop | Electronic Arts | Xbox 360 | 11/29/16 |
| Asura’s Wrath | CAPCOM | Xbox 360 | 06/10/19 |
| Avatar: TLA: TBE (The Last Air Bender: The Burning Earth) | THU | Xbox 360 | 11/15/21 |
| Axel & Pixel* | 2K Games | Xbox 360 | 03/13/18 |
| Babel Rising* | Ubisoft | Xbox 360 | 06/16/16 |
| Band of Bugs | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360 | 05/04/17 |
| Banjo Kazooie: N n B | Microsoft Game Studios | Xbox 360 (Xbox Game Pass) | 11/12/15 |
| Banjo-Kazooie | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360 | 11/12/15 |
| Banjo-Tooie | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360 (Xbox Game Pass) | 11/12/15 |
| Bankshot Billiards 2 | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360 | 11/15/21 |
| Batman: Arkham Origins* | Warner Bros. Interactive | Xbox 360 | 08/08/17 |
| BattleBlock Theater | Microsoft Studios | Xbox 360 | 11/12/15 |
| Battlefield 1943 | Electronic Arts | Xbox 360 (EA Play) | 05/24/18 |
| Battlefield 2: MC (Modern Combat)* | Electronic Arts | Xbox 360 | 06/10/19 |
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Backward Compatibility Features:
- Available at no additional cost; you don’t have to pay to play games you already own.
- Keep your Xbox 360 game saves, game add-ons, achievements, and Gamerscore.
- Enjoy the advanced features of your Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S like Game DVR, Screenshots and Windows 10 streaming.
- Play multiplayer with your friends no matter which console they’re on.
- Works with disc-based and digital games.
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