Quarterly Report: The 25 Best Xbox One Games

Our "Quarterly Reports" provide a handy list of the 25 best games for each platform, both for the current year so far and for all time. There's a separate report for each platform, and they will be updated again during the first week in January.

Best-reviewed Xbox One games of all time (as of 9/30)

Games released during the last three months (if any) are marked with a

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  Game   Metascore

1FIFA 14 (2013) 88

2Minecraft: Xbox One Edition (2014)

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 88

3Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition (2014)

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87

4NBA 2K14 (2013) 86

5Forza Horizon 2 (2014)

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86

6Titanfall (2014) 86

7Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (2014) 86

8Metro Redux (2014)

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85

9FIFA 15 (2014)

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84

10Child of Light (2014)  82

11Valiant Hearts: The Great War (2014)  81

12Super Time Force (2014)  81

13Trials Fusion (2014) 80

14Madden NFL 15 (2014)

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80

15Forza Motorsport 5 (2013) 79

16Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) 79

17Destiny (2014)

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78

18Watch Dogs (2014) 78

19Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013) 78

20Dead Rising 3 (2013) 78

21D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die (2014)

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 77

22Peggle 2 (2013)  77

23Strider (2014)  76

24Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Freedom Cry (2013)  76

25Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (2014) 76

Note that games are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding. The Metascore is a weighted average of critic reviews on a scale of 0 (bad) to 100 (good). All scores are from September 30, 2014. Games with fewer than 7 reviews are not eligible for inclusion.

For a complete list of all Xbox One high (and low) scores, visit Metacritic's Xbox One section.