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Xbox 360 Games You Can Play on Xbox One

Backward compatibility lets you keep playing your favorites

By Eric Qualls Eric Qualls Writer Former Lifewire writer Eric Qualls has been covering the Xbox line of consoles and Xbox games since August 2004. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on March 14, 2021 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Consoles & PCs Xbox Buyer's Guide A big announcement out of E3 2015 was that Xbox 360 backward compatibility was coming to Xbox One. Beginning on November 15, 2015, players of many Xbox 360 games gained the ability to keep enjoying their favorites on their Xbox Ones. The list includes hundreds of games.

Play These Xbox 360 Games on Xbox One

Of course, this list is subject to change. To see an up-to-the-minute list or to look for a game not yet listed here, check out Microsoft's list of backward-compatible games; the company updates the list frequently. Eurogamer also maintains a current list, conveniently organized by date. A Kingdom for Keflings A World of Keflings Aegis Wing Age of Booty Alan Wake Alan Wake’s American Nightmare Alice: Madness Returns Alien Hominid HD Altered Beast Anomaly Warzone Earth Aqua ARKANOID Live! Army of Two Assassin’s Creed Assassin’s Creed II Assassin’s Creed III Assassin’s Creed IV Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD Assassin's Creed Revelations Assassin’s Creed Rogue Assault Heroes 2 Asteroids & Deluxe Astropop Axel & Pixel Babel Rising Band of Bugs Banjo Kazooie Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Banjo Tooie Batman: Arkham Origins BattleBlock Theater Battlefield 3 Battlefield 1943 Battlefield Bad Co. Battlefield Bad Co. 2 Battlestations: Midway BAYONETTA Beat’n Groovy Bejeweled 2 Bejeweled 3 Bellator: MMA Onslaught Beyond Good & Evil HD Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Bioshock Bioshock 2 Bioshock Infinite BLACK Blazing Angels Blinx: The Time Sweeper Blood Knights Blood of the Werewolf Bloodforge BloodRayne 2 BloodRayne: Betrayal Blue Dragon Bomberman Battlefest Boom Boom Rocket Borderlands Borderlands 2 Bound by Flame Braid Brain Challenge Brave: The Video Game Breakdown Bullet Soul Bullet Soul -Infinite Burst- Bully: Scholarship Ed Burnout Paradise Burnout Revenge Cabela’s Alaskan Adventures Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 Cabela’s Hunting Expeditions Cabela’s Survival: SoK Call of Duty 2 Call of Duty 3 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Call of Duty: Black Ops Call of Duty: Black Ops II Call of Duty: Ghosts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Call of Duty: World at War Call of Juarez Gunslinger CAPCOM ARCADE CABINET Carcassonne Cars: Mater-National Cars 2: The Video Game Castle Crashers Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Castlestorm Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Catherine Centipede & Millipede Child of Eden Civilization Revolution COD: Advanced Warfare Comic Jumper Comix Zone Commanders: Attack Condemned Conker: Live & Reloaded Contra Costume Quest 2 Counter-Strike: GO Crackdown Crazy Taxi Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge CRYSTAL DEFENDERS Crystal Quest D&D: Chronicles of Mystara Dante’s Inferno Dark Souls Dark Void Darksiders Darksiders II DAYTONA USA de Blob 2 Dead Rising 2: Case West Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Dead Space Dead Space 2 Dead Space 3 Dead Space Ignition Dead to Rights Deadfall Adventures Deadliest Warrior Deadliest Warrior: Legends Deadly Premonition Deathspank T.O.V. Defense Grid Destroy All Humans! DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION DIG DUG DiRT 3 DiRT Showdown Discs of Tron Disney Bolt Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Divinity II — DKS Domino Master Doom DOOM 3 BFG Edition Doom II Doritos Crash Course Double Dragon Neon Dragon Age: Origins Dragon Age 2 Dragon’s Lair Driver San Francisco Duck Tales: Remastered Duke Nukem Manhattan Project Dungeon Siege III E4 Earth Defense Force 2017 Earth Defense Force 2025 Earth Defense Force: IA Earthworm Jim HD Eat Lead Encleverment Experiment Escape Dead Island F1 2014 Fable Anniversary Fable Heroes Fable II Fable II Pub Games Fable III Fable Trilogy Faery: Legends of Avalon Fallout 3 Fallout: New Vegas Far Cry 2 Far Cry 3 Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon Feeding Frenzy Feeding Frenzy 2 FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION Fighting Vipers Final Fight: Double Impact Flashback FLOCK! Forza Horizon Foul Play Fret Nice Frogger Frogger 2 Frontlines: Fuel of War Full Spectrum Warrior FunTown Mahjong Fuzion Frenzy Galaga Galaga Legions Galaga Legions DX GAROU -MARK OF THE WOLV Gatling Gears Gears of War Gears of War 2 Gears of War 3 Gears of War: Judgment Geometry Wars Evolved Geometry Wars Evolved² Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Ghostbusters Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime Gin Rummy Girl Fight Go! Go! Break Steady Goat Simulator Golden Axe Golf: Tee It Up! Grabbed by the Ghoulies Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grid 2 GRID Autosport Gripshift GTA IV Guardian Heroes (TM) Gunstar Heroes Guwange Gyromancer Gyruss HALF-MINUTE HERO -Super Mega Neo- Halo 3 Halo 3 ODST Campaign Edition Halo 4 Halo Wars Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Halo: Reach Halo: Spartan Assault Hard Corps: Uprising Hardwood Backgammon Hardwood Hearts Hardwood Spades Harms Way Haunted House Heavy Weapon Hexic 2 Hexic HD Hitman: Absolution Hitman: Blood Money Hunter: The Reckoning Hydro Thunder I am Alive Ikaruga ilomilo Injustice: Gods Among Us Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet Interpol Iron Brigade Jade Empire Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad Jet Set Radio Jetpac Refuelled Jewel Quest Joe Danger 2: The Movie Joe Danger Special Edition Joust Joy Ride Turbo JUJU Jurassic Park: The Game Just Cause 2 Kameo Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Killer Is Dead KOF Neowave KOF SKY STAGE KOF2002UM Lara Croft: GoL Lazy Raiders Left 4 Dead Left 4 Dead 2 LEGO Batman LEGO Indiana Jones LEGO Indiana Jones 2 LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game LEGO Star Wars III LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga Limbo Lode Runner Lost Odyssey LUMINES LIVE! Luxor 2 Mad Tracks Madballs Babo: Invasion Mafia II Magic 2012 Magic 2013 Magic 2014 — Duels of the Planeswalkers Magic: The Gathering Marlow Briggs Mars: War Logs Mass Effect Mass Effect 2 Mass Effect 3 Matt Hazard: BBB Medal of Honor: Airborne Meet the Robinsons MEGA MAN 9 MEGA MAN 10 Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE Metal Slug 3 Metal Slug XX MGS PW HD Midnight Club: Los Angeles Midway Arcade Origins Might & Magic Clash of Heroes Military Madness Mirror’s Edge Missile Command Modern Warfare 3 Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine Monday Night Combat Monkey Island: SE Monkey Island 2: SE MONOPOLY DEAL MONOPOLY PLUS MOON DIVER Motocross Madness Mr. DRILLER Online Ms. Splosion Man MS.PAC-MAN Mutant Blobs Attack Mutant Storm Empire Mutant Storm Reloaded MX Unleashed MX vs. ATV Reflex N+ NBA JAM: On Fire Edition NEOGEO BATTLE COLISEUM NEW RALLY-X NiGHTS into dream… NIN2-Jump Ninja Gaiden Black Oblivion OF: Dragon Rising Omega Five Operation Flashpoint: Red River Outland Overlord Overlord II P4A Pac-Man Pac-Man C.E PAC-MAN CE DX+ PAC-MAN MUSEUM Panzer Dragoon Orta Peggle Peggle 2 Perfect Dark Perfect Dark Zero Phantasy Star II Phantom Breaker: Battlegrounds Pinball FX Planets Under Attack Plants vs. Zombies Portal 2 Portal: Still Alive Prey Prince of Persia Psychonauts Pure Putty Squad Puzzle Quest Puzzle Quest 2 Puzzle Quest Galactrix Puzzlegeddon QIX ++ Quantum Conundrum R-Type Dimensions R.U.S.E. Radiant Silvergun Rage Raiden IV Rainbow Six Vegas Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Raskulls Rayman 3 HD Rayman Legends Rayman Origins Red Dead Redemption Red Faction II Red Faction: Armageddon Red Faction: Battlegrounds RoboBlitz Rocket Knight Rockstar Table Tennis Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien Sacred 3 Sacred Citadel Saints Row Saints Row 2 Saints Row IV Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell Saints Row The Third Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space Sam & Max Save the World Samurai Shodown II Scarygirl Scrap Metal Screamride SEGA Bass Fishing Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage Sensible World of Soccer Shadow Assault/Tenchu Shadow Complex Shadowrun Shadows of the Damned Shank 2 Shinobi Shotest Shogi Shred Nebula Sid Meier’s Pirates! Silent Hill Homecoming Silent Hill: Downpour Silent Hill: HD Collection SINE MORA Skate 3 Skullgirls Skydive Slender: The Arrival Small Arms Sniper Elite V2 Soltrio Solitaire Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Sonic & Knuckles Sonic Adventure Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic CD Sonic Generations Sonic the Fighters Sonic The Hedgehog Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode I Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode II SOULCALIBUR SoulCalibur II HD South Park: The Stick of Truth Space Ark Space Giraffe Space Invaders: IG Spec Ops: The Line Spelunky Splinter Cell: Conviction Split/Second Splosion Man SSX SSX 3 Stacking Star Wars Battlefront Star Wars Battlefront II Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Star Wars Jedi Starfighter Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Star Wars Republic Commando Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Strania STREET FIGHTER IV Stuntman: Ignition Super Contra Super Meat Boy SUPER STREETFIGHTER IV ARCADE EDITION Supreme Commander 2 SVC: ToeJam & Earl Syberia Tecmo Bowl Throwback TEKKEN 6 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Texas Hold’em The Cave The Darkness II The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind The King of Fighters 98 The Maw The Orange Box The Splatters The Walking Dead The Walking Dead: Michonne — Episode 1 The Walking Dead: Season Two The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Ticket to Ride TimeShift Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist Tomb Raider Underworld Tomb Raider: Anniversary Tomb Raider: Legend Torchlight Tour de France 2009 Tower Bloxx Deluxe Toy Soldiers Toy Soldiers Cold War Toy Story 3 Toybox Turbos Trials HD Triggerheart Exelica Trine 2 Tron: Evolution Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon Unbound Saga Undertow VANQUISH Virtua Fighter 2 Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Virtual-On OT Viva Piñata Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise Winterbottom Wolfenstein 3D Word Puzzle WOTB: Commando 3 XCOM: Enemy Unknown XCOM: Enemy Within Yosumin! 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Bottom Line

The list isn't terribly impressive yet, but it is a good start. Backward compatibility is a lot easier to implement on Xbox One than it was on Xbox 360, so expect more games to come quickly as more publishers sign on. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit More from Lifewire Popular Computer Games Supported by NVIDIA 3D Vision How to Play Xbox 360 Games on Xbox One The 10 Best Xbox 360 Games Xbox Games That Are Backward Compatible on the Xbox 360 Xbox Series S and X Backwards Compatibility Full List of Xbox Games That Work on Xbox 360 Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility The 9 Best Classic Xbox Video Games to Play Wish List for a Microsoft Exclusive All-Stars Game How to Play Xbox 360 Games on Your PC Using the XBox SmartGlass Controller Windows Sonic vs Dolby Atmos: Which Headphones Are Best for Xbox One? PS4 vs Xbox One: Which Console Is Right for You? Xbox One Frequently Asked Questions and Info Xbox Series X Review: One Power-Packed 4K Console How to Pick the Best Xbox One Console For You Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Cookies Settings Accept All Cookies