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Here’s every Xbox One X Enhanced game that supports 4K resolution

The Xbox One X clocks in as the most powerful video game console ever created. To maximize its increase in power, a number of games have received dedicated patches optimizing them for 4K visuals and better performance. These games, which Microsoft calls Xbox One X Enhanced, are the best showpieces for your new Xbox One X hardware, especially if you’re pairing it with a 4K TV.

In addition to running in 4K, Xbox One X Enhanced games come with other clear upgrades. Players with 1080p resolution screens get supersampling on all games, which means the 4K games will still look better on your 1080p HDTV, even if it doesn’t support 4K. Enhanced games also feature faster load times and better frame rates all around, all of which should alleviate a few long-standing criticisms of the Xbox One.

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Here is the complete rundown of every Xbox One X Enhanced game, including every one that runs in 4K.

Xbox One games

Game 4K? HDR? Other features?
>observer_ No No
11-11 Memories Retold No No
8 to Glory: The Official Game of the PBR Yes Yes
A Plague Tale: Innocence No No
A Way Out No No  Option for better resolution or higher frame rate.
A Winter’s Daydream Yes No
Aaero Yes No
Absolver Yes No
Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics Yes No
Active Neurons Yes No
ADIOS Amigos Yes No
Aery – Little Bird Adventure Yes Yes
Aftercharge No Yes
Age of Wonders: Planetfall Yes No
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise Yes No
Agents of Mayhem Yes Yes Enhanced reflections.
Ages of Mages: The Last Keeper No Yes
Ailment Yes Yes
Airheart – Tales of Broken Wings Yes Yes
AlienCruise Yes Yes
Alluris Yes Yes
Almost There: The Platformer Yes No
Alteric Yes No
American Fugitive Yes No
Ancestors Legacy Yes No
Animal Friends Adventure No No
Another Sight Yes No
Anthem No No
AO Tennis Yes Yes
AO Tennis 2 Yes Yes
Apex Legends No No
Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition Yes Yes
Arcade Spirits No No
ARK: Survival Evolved No Yes  60 fps at 1080p, larger player limit, players can explore independently in split screen.
The Artful Escape No No
Ascendance – First Horizon Yes Yes
Ash of Gods: Redemption Yes Yes
Ashen No No
Ashes Cricket Yes Yes
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Yes Yes
Assassin’s Creed Origins Yes Yes Better image quality on 1080p displays. Longer draw distance.
Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered Yes No
Assassin’s Creed III Remastered Yes Yes
Assault Android Cactus Yes No
Astroneer Yes No
ATLAS Yes No
Attack on Titan 2 No No
Away: Journey to the Unexpected No No
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit No No
Awesome Pea Yes No
Awesome Pea 2 Yes No
Bad North Yes No
Baron: Furth is Gonna Fly Yes No
Batman: Return to Arkham No No
Battle Chasers: Nightwar Yes No
Battlefield 1 Yes Yes
Battlefield V Yes Yes
Battlerite No No
Battlezone Gold Edition Yes Yes
Bayonetta Yes No
Bear With Me: The Lost Robots Yes No
Bee Simulator Yes Yes
Below Yes No
Bendy and the Ink Machine Yes No
Big Bash Boom Yes Yes
Big Crown: Showdown No No
Biomutant Yes No
Black Desert Online Yes Yes
Bomber Crew Yes No
Brawlout No No
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition Yes No
Burnout Paradise Remastered Yes No
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Yes Yes
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Yes No
Call of Duty: WWII Yes Yes
Casey Powell Lacross 18 Yes Yes
Candleman Yes No
Chess Ultra No Yes
Cities: Skylines Yes No
City of Brass Yes Yes
Claybook Yes No
Claws of Furry Yes Yes
Code Vein No No
Conan Exiles No No Improved resolution, draw distance, texture quality, and shadow quality.
Crackdown 3 Yes Yes
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Yes Yes
The Crew 2 No No
Crossout Yes No
Danger Zone Yes No
Danger Zone 2 Yes No
Dark and Light No No
Dark Souls: Remastered No No
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition Yes No
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition Yes No
Darksiders III Yes No
The Darwin Project No No
DayZ No No
Dead Rising 4 No Yes
Descenders No No
Deep Ones You No
Deep Rock Galactic No Yes
Destiny 2 Yes Yes
Devil May Cry 5 Yes Yes
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls — Ultimate Evil Edition Yes No
Dishonored 2  Yes  No  Improved shadows, draw distance, and anti-aliasing. Better framerate.
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider  Yes  No Improved shadows, draw distance, and anti-aliasing. Better framerate.
Disneyland Adventures  Yes  Yes
DOOM Yes No
Dovetail Games Euro Fishing No No
Dragon Ball FighterZ  No  No Higher resolution.
Dying Light 2 No No
Dynasty Warriors 9 No No
Earthfall Yes No
Elea No No
The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind  Yes  Yes  Increased draw distance, better shadows, native 4K rendering.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim  Yes  No  Dynamic resolution.
Elex  Yes  No
Elite: Dangerous  Yes No
Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karhala Yes No
Everspace  No  No
Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends Yes No
The Evil Within 2  No  No 1800p resolution, higher frame rate.
F1 2017  Yes  Yes
F1 2018  Yes  Yes
Fable Fortune No No
The Fall Part 2: Unbound Yes No
Fallout 4  Yes  No  Dynamic resolution, better draw distance and god rays.
Fallout 76 Yes Yes
Farcry 3 Classic Edition No No
Far Cry 5 Yes Yes
Farming Simulator 17  Yes  No
Farming Simulator 19 Yes No
Fe Yes No
FIFA 18 Yes Yes
FIFA 19 Yes Yes
Final Fantasy XV  Yes Yes
Firewatch No No
For Honor  Yes Yes Improved water reflections, shadow resolution, distance LOD, and texture filtering.
Forsaken Remastered Yes No
Fortnite Yes No Better reflections, anti-aliasing, draw distance, shadows, foliage, and textures.
 Forza Horizon 3  Yes  Yes  Native 4K resolution, improved reflections, increased draw distances, improved textures
Forza Horizon 4 Yes Yes
Forza Motorsport 7  Yes  Yes  60 frames per second.
Gears of War 4  Yes  Yes  Locked 60 fps 1080p option. Better draw distance, reflections, lights, and textures.
Ghost Recon: Wildlands  Yes  Yes  Improved draw distances, better terrain.
The Golf Club 2019  Yes  No
Gorogoa Yes No
Grab the Bottle Yes No
Gravel No Yes
GRIP No No
Greedfall No No
Gridd: Retroenhanced Yes Yes
Grim Legends 3: The Dark City Yes No
Guilt Battle Arena Yes No
 Halo 5: Guardians  Yes  No  Faster load times.
Halo Infinite  Yes  Yes
Halo: The Master Chief Collection  No No
Halo Wars 2  Yes  Yes  Faster loading speeds, better visual fidelity.
Hand of Fate 2  Yes  No Better ambient occlusion, unlocked frame rate option.
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Yes Yes
Hello Neighbor  Yes No
Hitman  Yes  Yes  60 frames per second.
Hitman 2  Yes  Yes
Hitman Sniper Assassin  No  Yes
Homefront: The Revolution  No  Yes  1800p resolution. Better frame rate, better textures.
Hunter: The Reckoning No No
Hyper Sentinel Yes No
Hyper Universe Yes Yes
Immortal Redneck Yes No
Immortal: Unchained Yes No
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III Yes No
The Invisible Hours Yes Yes
Injustice 2  No  Yes  

 

Jurassic World Evolution Yes Yes
Just Cause 4 No Yes
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Yes No
Killer Instinct  Yes  No
Killing Floor 2  No  No  1800p resolution.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance No No 1440p resolution, better shadows, better lighting.
Kingdom Hearts III Yes Yes 1440p resolution, better shadows, better lighting.
L.A. Noire Yes Yes
The Last Night No No
The Long Dark No No
LEGO Harry Potter Collection Yes No
LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 No No
Life is Strange: Before the Storm  Yes No
Life is Strange 2  No No
Lumines Remastered  Yes No
Madden NFL 18  Yes  Yes
Madden NFL 19  Yes Yes
Mafia III  Yes  Yes Better ambient occlusion, shadows, geometry detail.
Mantis Burn Racing  Yes  Yes
Marble Void  Yes  No
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite  No  No Higher resolution.
Masters of Anima No No
Mega Man 11 Yes No
Megaton Rainfall Yes No
Metal Gear Survive No Yes
Metro: Exodus No No
Metropolis: Lux Obscura Yes No
Middle-earth: Shadow of War Yes  Yes  Dynamic resolution scaling, increased draw distances, better texture detail, better shadows and lighting, more vegetation.
Minecraft  Yes  Yes
Minion Masters No No
Mining Rail No No
Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame No No
Monster Hunter: World  No  Yes
Morphite  Yes  No
Mothergunship No No
MotoGP 18 No No
MX vs. ATV All Out Yes No
MXGP Pro No Yes
NBA 2K18  Yes  Yes  60 frames per second.
NBA 2K19 Yes Yes
NBA Live 18 Yes No
NBA Live 19 Yes No
Need for Speed Payback  Yes  No
NHL 18 Yes No
NHL 19 Yes No
Nier: Automata Yes Yes
Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones Yes No
Nine Parchments Yes No
No Man’s Sky Yes Yes
North Yes No
Okami HD  Yes  No
One Eyed Kutkh Yes No
Onrush Yes Yes
Ooblets No No
Ori and the Will of the Wisps Yes No
Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles Yes No
Outlast 2  Yes  Yes
Overwatch  Yes
Paladins Yes No 60 frames per second
Path of Exile  Yes  No
PixARK No No
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds  Yes  Yes
Prey No No
Portal Knights  Yes  No
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 Yes Yes
Project Cars 2  No  Yes
Q.U.B.E. 2 Yes No
Quantum Break No  No  Full download will push file size to 178GB.
Raiders of the Broken Planet No  Yes
Railway Empire  Yes  Yes
 Real Farm  No No
Realm Royale Yes No
ReCore: Definitive Edition  No  Yes
Redout: Lightspeed Edition  Yes  No
Red Dead Redemption 2  Yes  Yes
Resident Evil 2  Yes  Yes
Resident Evil 7 Yes Yes
Rime  No  No
Rise of the Tomb Raider  Yes  Yes Higher frame rates, better anti-aliasing, better lighting and shadows, improved reflections.
Riverbond No No
Roblox  No  No
Robocraft Infinity  No  No
Rocket League  No  No
Rugby 18  No  No  Higher resolution.
Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure  Yes  Yes
Sea of Thieves Yes Yes
Shape of the World  Yes  No
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Yes Yes
Shining Resonance Refrain Yes No
Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption No No
Slime Rancher  Yes  Yes
SMITE  Yes  No  60 frames per second.
Snake Pass Yes Yes
Sonic Forces No  No  Resolution varies from stage to stage.
Sonic Mania Yes No
Spintires: Mudrunner Yes No
Spiral Splatter Yes No
Spyro Reignited Trilogy No No
Starpoint Gemini Warlords Yes No
 Star Wars: Battlefront II No  Yes
State of Decay 2 Yes Yes
Steep  No Yes
Strange Brigade Yes Yes
Sudden Strike 4 Yes No
Superhot  No  No
Super Lucky’s Tale Yes No
Super Meat Boy Forever  No  No
Super Mega Baseball 2 No No
Super Night Riders Yes No
The Surge  No  Yes
Surviving Mars Yes No
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet No No
Tacoma Yes No
Team Sonic Racing  No  No
Tennis World Tour  No  No
Tesla vs. Lovecraft Yes No
The Hunter: Call of the Wild No No
Thumper Yes No
Titan Quest Yes No
 Titanfall 2  No  No  Higher dynamic resolution.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands No Yes Enhanced resolution
Tom Clancy’s The Division Yes No  Improved reflections, shadows, object detail.
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2  Yes  Yes
Train Sim World No No
Transcripted Yes No
Tropico 6 Yes Yes
TT Isle of Man Yes No
Tunic No No
UFC 3 No No 60 frames per second
Unravel Two Yes No
Unruly Heroes Yes Yes
Valkyria Chronicles 4 No No
Vampyr No No
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Yes No
Vicious Attack Llama Apocalypse Yes No
War Thunder Yes No
Warframe No No
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor Martyr No No
Warhammer: End Times — Vermintide Yes No
We Happy Few No No
Where Are My Friends? Yes No
Wizard of Legend Yes No
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Yes Yes Better textures and shadows. “Performance mode” with higher fram erate.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Yes  No Dynamic resolution.
World of Tanks Yes Yes
WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship  Yes  No
WWE 2K18  No  No
WWE 2K19  No  No
XCOM 2 No No Higher resolution, better anti-aliasing
Zoo Tycoon  Yes  Yes

Xbox and Xbox 360 games

While the list of Xbox One games with Xbox One X enhancements is steadily growing, Microsoft hasn’t forgotten about those with a hankering for nostalgia. As Microsoft continues to add games from the Xbox and Xbox 360 to its backward compatibility list, it’s also giving some of those games free updates to add enhanced visual features on Xbox One X. The changes increase the pixel count, with some even running in 4K. A few also support 10-bit color depth and/or HDR lighting.

Game title 4K? HDR? Other features?
Armed and Dangerous Yes No
Assassin’s Creed No No Higher resolution.
Banjo-Kazooie Yes No
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts Yes No
Banjo-Tooie Yes No
Black No No
Blinx: The Time Sweeper No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
BloodRayne 2 No No
Breakdown No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Conker: Live & Reloaded No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Crackdown Yes No
Crimson Skies: Road to Revenge No No
Darksiders No No
Dead to Rights No No
Destroy All Humans! No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion No No Higher resolution.
Fable Anniversary Yes No
Fallout 3 No No Higher resolution. Improved anti-aliasing.
Full Spectrum Warrior No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Fuzion Frenzy No No
Gears of War 2 Yes No
Gears of War 3 Yes No
Grabbed by the Ghoulies No No
Halo 3 No No Higher resolution.
Hunter: The Reckoning No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Jade Empire No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
The King of Fighters Neowave No No
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Mirror’s Edge No No
MX Unleashed Yes No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Ninja Gaiden Black No No
Panzer Dragoon Orta No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Portal 2 Yes No
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time No No
Psychonauts No No
Skate 3 No No
Red Dead Redemption Yes No
Red Faction II No No
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered No No
Sid Meier’s Pirates! No No
Sonic Generations No No
SSX 3 No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Star Wars Battlefront No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Star Wars Battlefront II No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Star Wars Jedi Starfighter No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic No No
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Star Wars: Republic Commando No No 4x pixel count (vs. Xbox One).
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Yes No
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings No No

Updated on September 18, 2018: Added many more games to the list, including NBA 2K19, NHL 19, and Mega Man 11.

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