Xbox Series X optimized games are cross-gen Xbox titles that have gotten an upgrade worthy of next-gen gaming. Lucky for you, most of these titles will be available as free upgrades via Microsoft's Smart Delivery deal, and 20 of them will be available on the November 10 Xbox Series X launch day.
Some third-party optimized games will be paid upgrades, however, so you'll want to have an idea of which titles are which before you pick up an Xbox Series X this November. But how do you know which games are being Xbox Series X optimized and which support Smart Delivery? You read this guide, of course.
In a recent Xbox Wire, Microsoft announced that 30 games will be fully optimized for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S launch day. Twenty of those games will be upgraded automatically through Smart Delivery. Confusingly, Microsoft previously confirmed that "all Xbox Game Studios titles that are Optimized for Xbox Series X" will support Smart Delivery, but a number of Xbox Game Studios-published games including Fable, Everwild, State of Decay 2, and Hellblade 2 aren't listed as supporting Smart Delivery on Xbox's own website.
We'll keep updating this page as we learn more about Xbox Series X optimization and Smart Delivery, so bookmark this page for an updated account of every game confirmed. For now, here's what we know will be Xbox Series X-optimized and what will be available on Microsoft's next-gen hardware via Smart Delivery.
Every Xbox Series X-optimized game confirmed so far
- Halo Infinite (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Fortnite (Smart Delivery N/A)
- The Falconeer (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Borderlands 3 (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Cuisine Royale (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Cyberpunk 2077 (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Resident Evil Village (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Dead by Daylight (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Destiny 2 (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Devil May Cry 5 (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Dirt 5 (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Enlisted (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Evergate (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Maneater (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Sea of Thieves (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Forza Horizon 4 (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- King Oddball (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Watch Dogs Legion (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Far Cry 6 (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Marvel's Avengers (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Rainbow Six Siege (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Fable 4 (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Hitman 3 (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Scarlet Nexus (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Everwild (Smart Delivery N/A)
- State of Decay 3 (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Psychonauts 2 (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Grounded (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- FIFA 21 (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Madden NFL 21 (Smart Delivery N/A)
- NBA 2K21 (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Planet Coaster (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Chorus (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Chivalry 2 (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Observer: System Redux (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- The Ascent (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Call of the Sea (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Gears 5 (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Gears Tactics (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Hello Neighbor 2 (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Second Extinction (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Metal: Hellslinger (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- CrossfireX (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Bright Memory: Infinite (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Outriders (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Scorn (Smart Delivery N/A)
- The Medium (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Stalker 2 (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Manifold Garden (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Tetris Effect: Connected (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- As Dusk Falls (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Avowed (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Echo Generation (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship (Smart Delivery confirmed
- Balan Wonderworld (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- ExoMecha (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Pragmata (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- The Gunk (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- The Touryst (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- War Thunder (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Yes, Your Grace (Smart Delivery confirmed)
For the uninitiated, Smart Delivery is a new program from Microsoft that lets you download an Xbox Series X-optimized version of a game for free if you already own it for Xbox One. Microsoft has also confirmed that the above games will support Smart Delivery even if you're playing them on Xbox Game Pass. Want to know more? Then check out our Smart Delivery on Xbox Series X explained guide.
Further, some Xbox Series X-optimized games will be available after the console launches. Cyberpunk 2077, Microsoft notes, will be playable for free on Xbox Series X at launch if you own it on Xbox One, but the optimized version will come at a later date.
Finally, Microsoft also clarified that cross-progression is a feature supported by Smart Delivery, so your progress carries over from the Xbox One version to the Xbox Series X-optimized game.
Here's a list of all the upcoming Xbox Series X games we know about. Don't forget to check out all the latest information on the upcoming Xbox Series X pre-orders too.