The best Xbox One games of 2017
The top 3 according to 405 votes from people: What Remains of Edith Finch · Injustice 2 · Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. (Updated Sep 8, 2026.)
The 20 best-reviewed Xbox One games released in 2017, according to Metacritic's critic scores. No DLC, expansions or compilations.
Top 15
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1
What Remains of Edith Finch
Released July 2017. Metascore: 92.
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2
Injustice 2
Released May 2017. Metascore: 89.
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3
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Released October 2017. Metascore: 88.
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4
Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels
Released May 2017. Metascore: 87.
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5
Destiny 2
Released September 2017. Metascore: 87.
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6
Resident Evil 7: biohazard
Released January 2017. Metascore: 86.
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7
N++
Released October 2017. Metascore: 88.
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8
Sky Force Reloaded
Released December 2017. Metascore: 86.
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9
Okami HD
Released December 2017. Metascore: 87.
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10
Cuphead
Released September 2017. Metascore: 86.
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11
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Released October 2017. Metascore: 84.
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12
NBA 2K18
Released September 2017. Metascore: 85.
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13
Thumper
Released August 2017. Metascore: 86.
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14
Observer
Released August 2017. Metascore: 86.
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15
Forza Motorsport 7
Released September 2017. Metascore: 86.
Candidates
They don't make it into the top 15… yet. Vote for them to move them up.
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16
Assassin's Creed Origins
Released October 2017. Metascore: 85.
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17
DiRT 4
Released June 2017. Metascore: 86.
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18
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Released December 2017. Metascore: 85.
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19
Enter the Gungeon
Released April 2017. Metascore: 85.
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20
Prey
Arkane Studios' immersive sim aboard the Talos I space station, released in May 2017.
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21
Project CARS 2
Released September 2017. Metascore: 84.
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22
Halo Wars 2
Real-time strategy game by Creative Assembly and 343 Industries, released in February 2017 for Xbox One and PC.
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23
Sonic Mania
Retro Sonic platformer by Christian Whitehead and partners, released in August 2017.
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24
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Monolith's sequel to Shadow of Mordor with an expanded Nemesis system, released in October 2017.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (5)
Shadow of War and Sonic Mania were both on Xbox One too.
Cuphead deserves to be higher, the art alone is incredible.
No Halo Wars 2? It was one of the few big exclusives that year.
PUBG in early access on Xbox was rough, but so much fun with friends.
Prey was massively underrated in 2017.