The Xbox 360 platform supports hundreds of games. Different genres feature their own best-of-breed titles for you to enjoy.
Top 10 Best Xbox 360 Games Overall
Our picks for the ten best Xbox 360 games available right now. They are the total package, featuring both outstanding graphics and gameplay. These are the games that you can pop in to really show off what the Xbox 360 can do.
Top 8 Best Xbox 360 Shooting Games
The showcase genre on the Xbox 360 is definitely the shooter genre. Whether third-person or first-person, shooters dominate the Xbox network charts as well as the sales charts for months at a time. It isn’t exactly a family friendly genre, however, as nine of our picks are “M” rated and one is “T” rated by the ESRB. For gamers mature enough to handle them, however, shooters can be a lot of fun.
Fast-paced.
Engrossing storylines.
Develops hand-eye coordination.
Lots of gore.
Inappropriate for younger kids.
Top 10 Best Xbox 360 Action Games
The Action genre: So wonderfully vague in its description that anything from straight hack-and-slash to open-world sandbox games can fit under its umbrella. Right after shooters, action games are another genre that the Xbox 360 really excels at.
Exciting game play.
Strategic.
Interesting storylines.
Not all games are well made.
Some games are repetitive.
Difficulty levels vary.
Top 7 Best Xbox 360 RPGs
In the last generation, the PS2 was the undisputed king of role-playing-games, so it is with a fair bit of surprise that here we are three years into the current-gen and the Xbox 360, not the PS3, is the RPG king. The Xbox 360 has a good mix of both Western- and Japanese-style RPGs as well as both turn-based and real-time varieties. RPG fans, the Xbox 360 has you covered.
Best plots of any genre.
Many hours of game play.
High strategy.
Some games can get boring.
Time-consuming.
Highly addictive.
Top 10 Best Xbox 360 Strategy Games
Strategy games aren’t a genre normally associated with consoles, but the Xbox 360 offers several great strategy games represented by a few different styles. Real-time, turn-based, card-based, and more are all present on the Xbox 360.
Great brain training games.
Rewarding to play.
Fun to play with others.
Highly challenging.
Not much of a storyline.
Can get frustrating.
Top 8 Best Xbox 360 Racing Games
Just like the first Xbox, the Xbox 360 has a great lineup of racing games and a controller perfectly crafted for the genre. Whether you are a simulation racing fan or like your games in the faster “arcade” style, the Xbox 360 has a game or three that will satisfy you.
Very addictive.
Fun to challenge others.
Exciting leader boards.
Takes time to develop skill.
Can be frustrating for some players.
Varying difficulty levels.
Top 8 Best Xbox 360 Sports Games
Sports games give us the opportunity to do things we can’t normally do or to take control of our favorite athletes to do things that might not happen in real life. Are you ever going to drive in the winning run for the Mariners in game 7 of the World Series? No. Are the Vikings going to win the Super Bowl anytime soon? Who knows. But sports games give us the opportunity to make our athletic fantasies come to life. We list the best available game for each sport here.
Great for sports fans.
Lots of excitement.
Fun multiplayer play.
Not always intuitive to play.
Steep learning curve.
Top 10 Best Xbox 360 Kids Games
Finding games for kids that have the right balance of difficulty and fun factor can be a challenge. It is also important to find games that you can play with your kids either in co-op, light-hearted competition or by taking turns and passing the controller back and forth. We have put together our list of recommended kids games on the Xbox 360. We tried to avoid most licensed games because they are generally terrible, and wanted to focus just on good games for the whole family.
Large selection of games.
Covers many brands.
Age appropriate storylines.
Can be frustrating for some kids.
Not all games are properly rated.
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