The Best 1990s Games for Xbox Series X - Page 2

Update : Lost Records: Bloom and Rage added at rank #26.
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SANYA (2024)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch j Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One Mac OS

A playful narrative adventure about the warmth of fleeting childhood memories: about a little boy named Sanya, rescuing a stray puppy, making true friends, and engaging in many exciting adventures in a small town set in the achingly strange and nostalgic period of the 90s.


  • nostalgia
  • dog
  • 1990s
  • 2.5d
  • narration
  • emotional
  • point-and-click
  • linear
  • narrative
  • hand-drawn
  • adventure
  • choices
  • family-friendly
  • exploration
  • atmospheric

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Guts 'n Grunts (2023)

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Playstation 4 l Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS j

Inspired by games like Contra and Turrican, Guts 'n Grunts is a mid-paced action game with lots of shooting, swimming, and rolling. Find power-ups. Earn upgrades. Fight for pig freedom!


  • 2d
  • robots
  • scroller
  • 1990s
  • platform
  • post-apocalyptic
  • mature
  • satire
  • shooter
  • pixel
  • old-school
  • action
  • adventure
  • sci-fi

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Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows (2024)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch j

Something is foul in the city of Cypress Ridge. Uncover the truth in this narrative rich visual novel taking place just moments before a full blown undead epidemic.


  • dark
  • america
  • comic
  • humor
  • 1990s
  • visual-novel
  • fiction
  • detective
  • emotional
  • book
  • hand-drawn
  • cartoony
  • interactive
  • anime
  • drama

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Like No Other: The Legend Of The Twin Books (2022)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X

Dan is a bumbling first-time adventurer who risks everything to solve the legend of the twin books by exploring the abandoned town of Red Pines.


  • cartoony
  • clicker
  • walking-simulator
  • point-and-click
  • 2.5d
  • fiction
  • dungeon-crawler
  • 1990s
  • interactive
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • hand-drawn
  • exploration
  • cyberpunk
  • comedy

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Alisa (2021)

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Playstation 5 Mac OS PC Windows Linux Xbox Series X j Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Alisa is a classic late-90s style horror-themed action adventure game set in a fantasy universe inspired on the 1920s. You play as an Elite Royal Agent called Alisa, who wakes up in a strange Victorian mansion and must find her way out while being haunted by materialized / mechanized doll-like humanoids. Explore classic survival horror gameplay with real pre-rendered backgrounds, eccentric currency and item shop, unique player stats boosts, weapon load-outs, a large variety of enemies and locations and surprises around every corner.


What we like:
  • Nostalgic survival horror experience
  • Sound and graphical design inspired by classic titles
  • Interesting story and characters
  • Optional side missions and collectibles
  • Varied enemy designs and difficulty levels
What could be improved:
  • Unintuitive currency system reliant on killing enemies

  • 1990s
  • survival-horror
  • retro
  • gothic
  • historical
  • alternate
  • old-school
  • military
  • horror
  • mystery
  • action-adventure
  • 3d
  • pixel
  • pve
  • atmospheric

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Breaking Bricks (2024)

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j Xbox Series X PC Windows

Brick game space themed.


  • 1990s
  • 2d
  • space
  • linear
  • colourful
  • cooperative
  • local
  • 1980s
  • arcade
  • casual
  • controller-support
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • retro
  • single-player

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Go! Go! PogoGirl (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Jump on your pogo stick and bounce, bounce, bounce! Go! Go! PogoGirl is a dynamic, cute and wholesome platformer about a girl and her pogo stick. Bounce your way through the world, collect gems and then bounce some more!


  • platform
  • 1990s
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • retro
  • precision
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • colourful
  • cute
  • nature

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Retro Revengers (2023)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

A retro-style adventure platformer game, inspired by hits of the past and featuring wonderful music created by Manami Matsumae, will take you on an eventful journey through the diverse environmental stages to encourage you to save the world of retro gaming.


  • retro
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • 1990s
  • platform
  • arcade
  • scroller
  • action-adventure
  • old-school
  • comedy
  • colourful
  • anime

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Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows j

The biggest motherflippin secret base in the galaxy. We are X Slayers... It is we who fight The Psyko Sindikate. We pledge to defend the people of earth even though they're beep-holes to us and don't even deserve it.


  • shooter
  • boomer
  • first-person
  • 1990s
  • retro
  • fps
  • retro-fps
  • violent
  • gore
  • post-apocalyptic
  • simulation
  • old-school

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RetroRealms Arcade (2024)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The RetroRealms Arcade connects select RetroRealms games with other titles in the series that you own (games and DLC sold separately) to unlock new access and abilities and create the ultimate mash-up of horror legends!


  • heart-pounding
  • gore
  • horror
  • platform
  • hack-and-slash
  • action
  • 1990s
  • adventure
  • retro
  • arcade
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • violent
  • scroller
  • classic

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