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Microsoft's Xbox One console is able to play a number of Xbox 360 and original Xbox titles as a result of its backwards compatibility function.

This means Xbox One owners can revisit some of the Xbox 360 and original Xbox titles they already own, or discover some classics they might have missed out on first time round.

The catalogue ranges from Xbox Live Arcade gems like Castle Crashers and Braid, to AAA blockbusters including Mass Effect and Red Dead Redemption.

Since November 2015, the Xbox 360 games included in Xbox Live's monthly Games with Gold promotion have been backwards compatible, meaning Xbox One owners can potentially get a total of four free games a month.

How can I play Xbox 360 and original Xbox games on my Xbox One?

If you own the physical version of any of the Xbox titles listed below, you can put the disc into your Xbox One which will then download a digital file to the hard drive. You will need to have the game disc in the console's drive in order to play it.

Should you own the digital version of a backwards compatible Xbox title, it will show up automatically on the 'Ready to Install' list in the 'My Games and Apps' section of the Xbox One dashboard. You won't need a disc in the console if you already own the game digitally. However, there are a handful of games that are only backwards compatible if you have the disc. These are marked on the list.

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What about Achievements and old game saves?

If you're a completionist or Gamerscore fiend, you'll be pleased to know that you'll be able to unlock Xbox 360 Achievements as normal.

The Xbox One will also recognise old Xbox 360 save files so you can pick up playing where you left off, as long as you're using the same Xbox Live account.

To do this, you'll need to have enabled Cloud Saving on your Xbox 360 console and then ensure the relevant game save has been uploaded to the cloud. Be aware that Cloud Saving on Xbox 360 requires an Xbox Live Gold subscription.

Game saves from the original 2001 Xbox will not transfer over.

What if I don't have an Xbox 360 or original Xbox console?

If you don't own an Xbox 360 or original Xbox, you can still buy backwards compatible games digitally from the Xbox website to play on your Xbox One. Clicking on the game titles in our list will take you to the relevant page on Xbox.com.

Do I have to pay?

Xbox One backwards compatibility is a free feature.

You don't need an Xbox Live Gold subscription to enjoy backwards compatible titles - unless you want to play an Xbox 360 game's online multiplayer mode (which was also the case back on the Xbox 360 anyway).

Online multiplayer modes on original Xbox games are unavailable as the Live service for this particular console has been deactivated.

Will there be more games?

New titles are added often, and we'll update the list as backwards compatible games are announced.

Xbox 360 titles

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0 day Attack on Earth

3D Ultra Minigolf

A

A Kingdom for Keflings

A World of Keflings

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation

Age of Booty

AirMech Arena

Alan Wake

Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Alice: Madness Returns

Aliens vs Predator

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: Black Flag

Assassin's Creed Liberation HD

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Assassin's Creed: Rogue

Assault Heroes 2

Asteroids & Deluxe

Astropop

Axel and Pixel

B

Babel Rising

Band of Bugs

Banjo Kazooie

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts n Bolts

Banjo Tooie

Batman: Arkham Origins (disc only)

BattleBlock Theater

Battlefield 1943

Battlefield 3

Battlefield: Bad Company

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Battlestations: Midway

Battlestations: Pacific

Bayonetta

Beat'n Groovy

Bejeweled 2

Bejeweled 3

Bellator: MMA Onslaught

Beyond Good & Evil HD

Bionic Commando Rearmed 2

Bioshock

Bioshock 2

Bioshock Infinite

Bloodforge

Blood Knights

Blood of the Werewolf

BloodRayne: Betrayal

Blue Dragon (disc only)

Bolt

Bomberman Live: Battlefest

Boom Boom Rocket

Borderlands

Borderlands 2

Bound by Flame

Braid

Brain Challenge

Brave: The Video Game

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

Brutal Legend

Bullet Soul

Bullet Soul -Infinite Burst-

Bully: Scholarship Edition

Burnout Paradise

Burnout Revenge

C

Call of Duty 2

Call of Duty 3

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Cal of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Call of Duty: Ghosts

Call of Duty: World at War

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Call of Juarez: The Cartel

Capcom Arcade Cabinet

Carcassonne

Cars 2: The Video Game

Cars: Mater-National

Castle Crashers

Castlestorm

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Catherine

The Cave

Centipede & Millipede

Child of Eden

CLANNAD (Japan only)

Comic Jumper

Comix Zone

Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath

Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

Command and Conquer Red Alert 3

Command and Conquer Red Alert 3: Commander's Challenge

Commanders: Attack

Condemned: Criminal Origins

Contra

Costume Quest 2

Counter-Strike: GO

Crackdown

Crackdown 2

Crazy Taxi

Crysis

Crysis 2

Crysis 3

Crystal Defenders

Crystal Quest

D

Dante's Inferno

Darksiders

Darksiders 2

Dark Souls

Dark Void

Daytona USA

de Blob 2

Deadfall Adventures

Deadliest Warrior: The Game

Deadliest Warrior: Legends

Deadly Premonition

Dead Rising 2: Case West

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero

Dead Space

Dead Space 2

Dead Space 3

Dead Space: Ignition

Deathspank: Thongs of Virtue

Defense Grid

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Dig Dug

DiRT 3

DiRT Showdown

Discs of Tron

Divinity II: Dragon Knight Saga

Domino Master

Doom

Doom II

Doom 3: BFG Edition

Doritos Crash Course

Double Dragon: Neon

Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age 2

Dragon's Lair

Driver: San Francisco

DuckTales Remastered

Duke Nukem Forever

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara

Dungeon Siege III

E

E4 (Every Extend Extra Extreme)

Earth Defense Force 2017

Earth Defense Force 2025

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

Earthworm Jim HD

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard

Encleverment Experiment

F

F1 2014

Fable II

Fable III

Fable Anniversary

Fable Heroes

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

Fighting Vipers

Fight Night Champion

Final Fantasy XIII

Final Fantasy XIII-2

Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns

Final Fight: Double Impact

Flashback

Flock

Forza Horizon

Fret Nice

Frogger

Frogger 2

Frontlines: Fuel of War

FUEL

FunTown Mahjong

G

Galaga

Galaga Legions

Galaga Legions DX

Garou: Mark of the Wolves

Gatling Gears

Gears of War

Gears of War 2

Gears of War 3

Gears of War: Judgment

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Gin Rummy

Girl Fight

Goat Simulator

Golden Axe

Go! Go! Break Steady

Golf: Tee It Up!

Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Greg Hastings Paintball 2

Grid: Autosport

Grid 2

Gripshift

Gunstar Heroes

Guwange

Gyromancer

H

Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax

Halo 3

Halo 3: ODST - Campaign Edition

Halo 4

Halo: Combat Evolved - Anniversary (disc only)

Halo: Reach

Halo: Spartan Assault

Halo Wars

Hard Corps: Uprising

Hardwood Backgammon

Hardwood Hearts

Hardwood Spades

Harms Way

Haunted House

Heavy Weapon

Hexic 2

Hexic HD

Hitman: Absolution

Hitman: Blood Money

Hydrophobia

Hydro Thunder

I

I Am Alive

Ikaruga

Ilomilo

Injustice: Gods Among Us (and disc only Ultimate Edition)

Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos

Iron Brigade

J

Jeremy McGrath's Offroad

Jet Set Radio

Jetpac Refuelled

Jewel Quest

Joe Danger: Special Edition

Joe Danger 2: The Movie

Joust

Joy Ride Turbo

JUJU

Just Cause

Just Cause 2

K

Kameo

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

Killer Is Dead

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match

King of Fighters XIII

KOF Sky Stage

L

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Lazy Raiders

Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead 2

Lego Batman

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Lego Indiana Jones

Lego Indiana Jones 2

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean

Lego Star Wars II

Lego Star Wars III

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Limbo

Lode Runner

Lost Odyssey

Lost Planet

Lost Planet 2

Lost Planet 3

Lost Planet Colonies

Lumines Live!

Luxor

M

Madballs Babo: Invasion

Mad Tracks

Mafia II

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planewalkers

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012

Magic 2013

Magic 2014

Marathon: Durandal

Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death

Mars: War Logs

Mass Effect

Mass Effect 2 (disc only)

Mass Effect 3 (disc only)

Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond

The Maw

Medal of Honor: Airborne

Meet the Robinsons

Mega Man 9

Mega Man 10

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3: HD Edition

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition

Metal Slug 3

Metal Slug XX

Midnight Club: LA

Midway Arcade Origins

Might & Magic Clash of Heroes

Military Madness

Mirror’s Edge

Missile Command

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

Monday Night Combat

(The Secret of) Monkey Island: Special Edition

Monkey Island 2: Special Edition

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 vs. ATV Reflex

N

N+

NBA Jam: On Fire Edition

NeoGeo Battle Coliseum

NiGHTS Into Dreams

O

Oblivion

Of Orcs and Men

Omega Five

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

Orcs Must Die

Outland

Overlord

Overlord 2

P

Pac-Man

Pac-Man C.E

Pac-Man CE DX+

Pac-Man Museum

Peggle

Peggle 2

Perfect Dark

Perfect Dark Zero

Persona 4 Arena

Phantasy Star II

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds

Pinball FX

Planets Under Attack

Plants vs. Zombies

Poker Smash

Portal: Still Alive

Portal 2

Port Royale 3: Pirates and Merchants

Prey (2006)

Prince of Persia (2008)

Prince of Persia Classic

Pure (disc only)

Putty Squad

Puzzlegeddon

Puzzle Quest

Puzzle Quest 2

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix

Q

QIX++

Quantum Conundrum

R

RAGE (disc only)

Raskulls

Rayman 3 HD

Rayman Legends

Rayman Origins

Rayman Raving Rabbids

Red Dead Redemption

Red Faction: Battlegrounds

Resident Evil Code: Veronica X

RoboBlitz

Rocket Knight

Rockstar Table Tennis

R-Type Dimensions

Rumble Roses XX

Runner 2

R.U.S.E.

S

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 & Space

Sam & Max Save the World

Samurai Shodown II

Scarygirl

Scrap Metal

ScreamRide

Sega Bass Fishing

Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. (Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Super Hang-On, The Revenge of Shinobi)

Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe (Golden Axe, II, III)

Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World (Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy in Monster World, Monster World IV)

Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage (Streets of Rage, 2, 3)

Sensible World of Soccer

Shadow Assault/Tenchu

Shadow Complex

Shadowrun

Shadows of the Damned

Shank 2

Shinobi

Shotest Shogi

Shred Nebula

Silent Hill: Downpour

Silent Hill: HD Collection

Silent Hill: Homecoming

SINE MORA

Skate 3

Skullgirls

Skydive

Slender: The Arrival

Small Arms

Sniper Elite V2

Soltrio Solitaire

Sonic Adventure

Sonic Adventure 2

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Sonic & Knuckles

Sonic CD

Sonic The Fighters

Sonic The Hedgehog

Sonic The Hedgehog 2

Sonic The Hedgehog 3

Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode II

Sonic Unleashed

Soulcalibur

Soulcalibur II HD Online

South Park: The Stick of Truth

Space Ark

Space Giraffe

Space Invaders: IG (Infinity Gene)

Spec Ops: The Line

Spelunky

Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Splinter Cell: Conviction

Splinter Cell: Double Agent

Split/Second

'Splosion Man

SSX

Stacking

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

Strania

Street Fighter IV

Stuntman: Ignition

Super Contra

Super Meat Boy

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

Supreme Commander 2

Syberia

T

Tekken 6

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Texas Hold 'Em

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

The Darkness

The Darkness II

The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom

The Orange Box

The Splatters

The Walking Dead (Telltale)

The Walking Dead: Michonnne

The Walking Dead: Season Two

Ticket to Ride

TimeShift

Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Tomb Raider: Legend

Tom Clancy's EndWar

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Torchlight

Tour de France 2009

Tour de France 2011

Tower Bloxx Deluxe

Toybox Turbos

Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers: Cold War

Toy Story 3

Trials HD

Triggerheart Exelica

Trine 2

Tron: Evolution

Tropico 4

U

Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon

Unbound Saga

Undertow

V

Vanquish

Virtua Fighter 2

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown

Virtual-On (Japan Only)

Viva Piñata

Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise

W

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Wolfenstein 3D

Word Puzzle

X

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

XCOM: Enemy Within

Y

Yosumin! LIVE

Z

Zone of the Enders HD Collection

Zuma

Zuma's Revenge!

Original Xbox titles

BLACK

Blinx: The Time Sweeper

BloodRayne 2

Breakdown

Conker: Live and Reloaded

Crimson Skies

Dead to Rights

Destroy All Humans!

Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Full Spectrum Warrior

Fuzion Frenzy

Grabbed by the Ghoulies

Hunter: The Reckoning

Jade Empire

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction

MX Unleashed

Ninja Gaiden Black

Panzer Dragoon Orta

Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Psychonauts

Red Faction 2

Sid Meier's Pirates!

SSX 3

Star Wars: Battlefront (2004)

Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005)

Star Wars: Jedi Academy

Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II

Star Wars: Republic Commando

The King of Fighters: Neowave