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 (opens in new tab), 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 (opens in new tab) 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 (opens in new tab).
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 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Forza Horizon 4 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- King Oddball (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Watch Dogs Legion (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Far Cry 6 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Marvel's Avengers (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Rainbow Six Siege (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Fable 4 (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (opens in new tab)(Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Hitman 3 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Scarlet Nexus (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Everwild (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- State of Decay 3 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Psychonauts 2 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Grounded (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- FIFA 21 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Madden NFL 21 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- NBA 2K21 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Planet Coaster (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Chorus (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Chivalry 2 (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Observer: System Redux (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- The Ascent (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Call of the Sea (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Gears 5 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Gears Tactics (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis (opens in new tab)(Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Hello Neighbor 2 (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Second Extinction (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Metal: Hellslinger (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- CrossfireX (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Bright Memory: Infinite (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Outriders (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Scorn (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- The Medium (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Stalker 2 (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Manifold Garden (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Tetris Effect: Connected (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- As Dusk Falls (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Avowed (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (Smart Delivery N/A)
- Echo Generation (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed
- Balan Wonderworld (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- ExoMecha (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- Pragmata (opens in new tab) (Smart Delivery confirmed)
- The Gunk (opens in new tab) (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 (opens in new tab) guide.
Further, some Xbox Series X-optimized games (opens in new tab) 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 (opens in new tab) we know about. Don't forget to check out all the latest information on the upcoming Xbox Series X pre-orders (opens in new tab) too.