The best multiplayer games on the Xbox Series X

We all love a good solo adventure, and some of the best Xbox Series X games are single-player only, but nothing quite captures the same feel as playing with (or against) your friends. Thanks to the widespread adoption of cross-platform games, it has never been easier to connect with your friends and hop into a game.

The only real difficulty is deciding what game to play. Obviously, there are a ton of free Xbox Series X games you can go for, but if you’re willing to spend a little, these are our current multiplayer addictions on Series X.

Halo Infinite

85% 4/5 Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S Genre Shooter Developer 343 Industries Publisher Xbox Game Studios Release November 15, 2021 <div data-cloudcity="" data-type=«button» data-pid=«Le0bktHk6C» data-limit=«1» data-cta_pattern="$%price %merchant" id=«dtcc-Le0bktHk6C»> Halo multiplayer is back and better than ever.

In a brilliant and exciting move, 343 and Microsoft decided to make Halo Infinite‘s multiplayer mode standalone and free-to-play for anyone with an Xbox or PC. This alone keeps the community full of players to ensure you can always get a match easily, but we’d guess that wouldn’t be a problem even if the game wasn’t free because it’s so good that it would be worth paying for.

The game takes things back to the arena-style shooter of the original trilogy (more on those below) but modernizes it with tons of great features, new equipment, weapons, and maps that all just feel like classic Halo. This is one of the most polished and addictive multiplayer games out there, bar none, and is a welcome return to form for this classic FPS franchise.