Xbox backwards compatibility list, with all Xbox 360 games and original Xbox games playable on Xbox One, Xbox Series X

A list of every supported Xbox game, from Alan Wake to Zuma, on Xbox One and Xbox Series.

Guide by Matthew Reynolds Former Guides Editor

Updated on Nov. 19, 2021

Xbox backwards compatibility of Xbox 360 games was Microsoft's big surprise back at E3 2015, and since debuting the feature later that year, the publisher rolled out new releases on a month-by-month basis.

Though Microsoft wound down its original Xbox and Xbox 360 back compatible efforts in mid-2019 in favour of Xbox One support for Xbox Series X - which also supports a range of improvements - there was one final update in November 2021 as part of Xbox's 20th anniversary celebrations, adding another 76 games and adding additional enhancements to existing ones.

While both downloadable and disc-based Xbox 360 and original Xbox games work on Xbox One and Xbox Series X, only selected games are supported on a case-by-case basis. From fan-favourite Xbox Live Arcade games to some of the biggest Xbox 360 exclusives such as Gears of War 3 and Halo: Reach, the roster represents a wide selection of some of Xbox's greatest hits.

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76 new Xbox backwards compatible games: What are the latest Xbox backwards compatible games?
Xbox backwards compatibility list: Every Xbox 360 game currently playable on Xbox One and Xbox Series
Xbox backwards compatibility list: Every original Xbox game playable on Xbox One and Xbox Series
Xbox Series backwards compatibility: What are the Xbox backwards compatibility improvements on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S?
Xbox One backwards compatibility: How well do Xbox 360 games run on Xbox One?

76 new Xbox backwards compatible games: What are the latest Xbox backwards compatible games?

In November 2021 as part of Xbox's 20th anniversary celebrations, Xbox added another 70 games to its backwards compatible roster - and introduced additional enhancements to existing ones.

First, let's go through the existing games given FPS Boost when played on Xbox Series X or S:

Alan Wake
Dragon Age: Origins
Dead Space 2, 3
Fallout 3
Fallout: New Vegas
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Gears of War franchise
Sonic Generations

Here are the 18 new original Xbox backwards compatible games:

Dead or Alive 3
Disney's Chicken Little
Gladius
Gunvalkyrie
Manhunt
Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Otogi: Myth of Demons
Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors
Red Dead Revolver
Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Star Wars Starfighter: Special Edition
Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars The Clone Wars
TimeSplitters 2
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect

Here are the 58 new Xbox 360 backwards compatible games:

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
Aces of the Galaxy
Advent Rising
Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Make the Grade
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Burning Earth
Bankshot Billiards 2
Beautiful Katamari
Binary Domain
Black College Football Xperience: Doug Williams Ed
Cloning Clyde
Conan
Darwinia+
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead or Alive 4
Death by Cube
Disney Universe
Elements of Destruction
FEAR
FEAR 2: Project Origin
FEAR 3
FEAR Files
The First Templar
Islands of Wakfu
Lego Lord of the Rings
Max Payne 3
Mini Ninjas
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
MX vs ATV Alive
MX vs ATV Untamed
Nier
Novadrome
Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
The Outfit
Outpost Kaloki X
Quake Arena Arcade
RAW - Realms of Ancient War
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Ridge Racer 6
Rio
Risen
Risen 2: Dark Waters
Rock of Ages
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
Scramble
Screwjumper!
Skate 2
SpongeBob SquarePants Underpants Slam!
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
Switchball
Thrillville
Thrillville: Off the Rails
Time Pilot
Toy Story Mania
Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
Viva Pinata: Party Animals
Warlords

Xbox backwards compatibility list: Every Xbox 360 game currently playable on Xbox One and Xbox Series

Here is every backwards compatible Xbox 360 game playable on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S:

0 day Attack on Earth
3D Ultra Minigolf
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
A Kingdom for Keflings
A World of Keflings
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Aces of the Galaxy
Advent Rising
Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom
Aegis Wing
Age of Booty
AirMech
Alan Wake (offers FPS Boost on Xbox Series X / S)
Alan Wake's American Nightmare (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Alaskan Adventures
Alice: Madness Returns
Alien Hominid HD
Aliens vs Predator
Altered Beast
Anomaly Warzone Earth
Aqua
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Make the Grade
Army of Two
Assassin's Creed (Xbox One X enhanced)
Assassin's Creed II (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Assassin's Creed 3
Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Assassin's Creed Liberation HD
Assassin's Creed Revelations
Assassin's Creed Rogue
Assault Heroes 2
Asteroids and Deluxe
Astropop
Asura's Wrath
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Burning Earth
Axel and Pixel
Babel Rising
Band of Bugs (May 4)
Banjo Kazooie (Xbox One X enhanced)
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts (Xbox One X enhanced)
Banjo Tooie (Xbox One X enhanced)
Bankshot Billiards 2
Batman: Arkham Origins - disc only
BattleBlock Theater
Battlefield 1943
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Battlefield 3 - disc only
Battlefield: Bad Company
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Battlestations Pacific
Bayonetta (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Beautiful Katamari
Bejeweled 2
Bejeweled 3
Bellator: MMA Onslaught
Beyond Good and Evil HD
Binary Domain
BioShock
BioShock 2
BioShock Infinite
Black College Football Xperience: Doug Williams Ed
Blazing Angels
Blood Knights
Blood of the Werewolf
Bloodforge
BloodRayne: Betrayal
Blue Dragon
Bomberman Battlefest
Boom Boom Rocket
Borderlands 2
Borderlands
Bound by Flame
Braid (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Brain Challenge
Brave: The Video Game
Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway
Brutal Legend
Bullet Soul -Infinite Burst-
Bullet Soul
Bully
Burnout Paradise
Burnout Revenge
Cabela's Hunting Expeditions
Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai
Calbela's Dangerous Hunts 2013
Call of Duty 2 (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Call of Duty 3
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Juarez Gunslinger
Capcom Arcade Cabinet
Carcassonne
Cars 2: The Video Game
Cars: Mater-National
Castle Crashers
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Castlestorm
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Catherine
Centipede and Millipede
Child of Eden
Civilization Revolution
Cloning Clyde
Comic Jumper
Comix Zone
Command and Conquer 3 Kane's Wrath
Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium wars
Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 Commander's Challenge
Command and Conquer Red Alert 3
Commanders: Attack
Conan
Condemned: Criminal Origins (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Contra
Costume Quest 2
Costume Quest
Counter-Strike: GO
Crackdown (Xbox One X enhanced)
Crackdown 2
Crazy Taxi
Crysis 2
Crysis 3
Crysis
Crystal Defenders
Crystal Quest
Dante's Inferno
Dark Souls (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Dark Void
Darksiders (Xbox One X enhanced)
Darksiders 2
Darwinia+
Daytona USA
Dead or Alive 4
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead Rising 2: Case West
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
Dead Space
Dead Space 2 (offers FPS Boost on Xbox Series X / S)
Dead Space 3 (offers FPS Boost on Xbox Series X / S)
Dead Space Ignition
Deadfall Adventures
Deadliest Warrior: Legends
Deadliest Warrior: The Game
Deadly Premonition
Death by Cube
DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
Defense Grid
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Dig Dug
Dirt 3
Dirt Showdown
Discs of Tron
Disney Bolt
Disney Universe
Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga
Domino Master
Doom
Doom II
Doom 3 BFG Edition
Doritos Crash Course
Double Dragon Neon
Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age: Origins (offers FPS Boost on Xbox Series X / S)
Driver San Francisco
Duck Tales: Remastered
Duke Nukem Forever
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
Dungeon Siege III
Earth Defense Force 2017
Earth Defense Force 2025
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
Earthworm Jim HD
Eat Lead
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (offers FPS Boost on Xbox Series X / S)
Elements of Destruction
Enchanted Arms
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Escape Dead Island
F1 2014
Fable Anniversary (Xbox One X enhanced)
Fable Heroes
Fable II (Xbox One X enhanced)
Fable II Pub Games
Fable III
Faery: Legends of Avalon
Fallout 3 (offers FPS Boost on Xbox Series X / S)
Fallout: New Vegas (offers FPS Boost on Xbox Series X / S)
Far Cry Classic
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 3
Far Cry Instincts Predator
FEAR 2: Project Origin
FEAR 3
FEAR Files
FEAR
Feeding Frenzy 2
Feeding Frenzy
Fight Night Champion
Fighting Vipers
Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox One X enhanced)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Xbox One X enhanced)
Final Fight: Double Impact
Flashback
Forza Horizon (Xbox One X enhanced)
Foul Play
Fret Nice
Frogger 2
Frogger
From Dust
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Fuel
Galaga Legions DX
Galaga Legions
Galaga
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Gatling Gears
Gears of War (offers FPS Boost on Xbox Series X / S)
Gears of War 2 (offers FPS Boost on Xbox Series X / S)
Gears of War 3 (offers FPS Boost on Xbox Series X / S)
Gears of War: Judgment (offers FPS Boost on Xbox Series X / S)
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Ghost Recon Future Soldier
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
Ghostbusters
Gin Rummy
Girl Fight
Go! Go! Break Steady
Goat Simulator
Golden Axe
Golf: Tee It Up!
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto IV
Greg Hastings Paintball 2
GRID 2
GRID Autosport
Gripshift
Guardian Heroes
Gunstar Heroes
Guwange
Gyromancer
GYRUSS
Half-Minute Hero - Super Mega Neo Climax
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (Disc Only)
Halo 3 (Xbox One X enhanced)
Halo 3: ODST
Halo: Reach (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Halo 4
Halo Wars
Halo: Spartan Assault
Hard Corps: Uprising
Hardwood Backgammon
Hardwood Hearts
Hardwood Spades
Harms Way
Heavy Weapon
Hexic 2
Hexic HD
Hitman HD Pack
Hitman: Blood Money
Hydro Thunder (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Hydrophobia
I Am Alive
Ikaruga
ilomilo
Infinite Undiscovery
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Interpol
Iron Brigade
Islands of Wakfu
Jeremy McGrath's Offroad
Jet Set Radio
Jetpac Refuelled
Jewel Quest
Joe Danger 2: The Movie
Joe Danger
Joust
Joy Ride Turbo
Just Cause 2
Just Cause
Kameo: Elements of Power (Xbox One X enhanced)
Kane and Lynch 2
King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
King of Fighters 2012 Unlimited Match
King of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match
King of Fighters Sky Stage
King of Fighters XIII
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
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 2
Lego Lord of the Rings
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
LEGO Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox One X enhanced)
Lode Runner
Lost Odyssey
Lost Planet
Lost Planet 2
Lost Planet 3
Lost Planet Colonies
Lumines Live!
Luxor 2 Arcade
Madballs Babo: Invasion
Mafia II
Magic 2012
Magic 2013
Magic 2014 - Duels of the Planeswalkers
Magic: The Gathering
Marathon: Durandal
Marlow Briggs and the Mask of the Death
Mars: War Logs
Mass Effect (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond
Max Payne 3
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Meet the Robinsons
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker HD Edition
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug XX
Midnight Club LA
Midway Arcade Origins
Might and Magic Clash of Heroes
Mini Ninjas
Mirror's Edge (Xbox One X enhanced)
Missile Command
Monaco: What's Yours is Mine
Monday Night Combat
Monkey Island: SE
Monkey Island 2: SE
Monopoly Deal
Monopoly Plus
Moon Diver
Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
Mortal Kombat
Motocross Madness
Ms. Splosion Man
MS.PAC-MAN
Mutant Blobs Attack
Mutant Storm Empire
Mutant Storm Reloaded
MX vs ATV Alive
MX vs ATV Untamed
MX vs. ATV Reflex
N+ (Tested by Digital Foundry)
NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
NeoGeo Battle Coliseum
Nier
NiGHTS into Dreams
Nin2-Jump
Ninja Gaiden 2 (Xbox One X enhanced)
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
Novadrome
Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Operation Flashpoint: Red River
Orcs Must Die!
Outland
Outpost Kaloki X
Overlord 2
Overlord
PAC-MAN CE DX+
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Pac-Man Museum
Pac-Man
Peggle 2
Peggle
Perfect Dark (Xbox One X enhanced)
Perfect Dark Zero (Xbox One X enhanced)
Persona 4 Arena
Phantasy Star II
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds
Pinball FX
Plants vs. Zombies
Poker Smash
Port Royale 3 Pirates and Merchants
Portal 2 (Xbox One X enhanced)
Portal: Still Alive
Prey
Prince of Persia (2008)
Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands
Prince of Persia
Pure
Putty Squad
Puzzle Quest
Puzzle Quest 2
Puzzle Quest Galactrix
Puzzlegeddon
Quake Arena Arcade
Quantum Conundrum
R-Type Dimensions
R.U.S.E.
Radiant Silvergun
Raiden IV
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Rainbow Six Vegas (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Raskulls
RAW - Realms of Ancient War
Rayman 3 HD
Rayman Legends
Rayman Origins
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Red Dead Redemption (Xbox One X enhanced)
Red Faction: Armageddon
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Ridge Racer 6
Rio
Risen 2: Dark Waters
Risen
RoboBlitz
Rock of Ages
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
Rumble Roses XX
Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
Sacred 3
Sacred Citadel
Saints Row 2
Saints Row: The Third
Saints Row IV
Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell
Saints Row
Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space
Sam and Max Save the World
Samurai Shodown II
Scarygirl
Scramble
Scrap Metal
ScreamRide
Screwjumper!
Sega Bass Fishing
Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd and Co.
Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World
Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage
Sega Vintage Collection: ToeJam and Earl
Sensible World of Soccer
Shadow Assault Tenchu
Shadow Complex (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Shadows of the Damned
Shinobi
Silent Hill: HD Collection
Silent Hill Homecoming
Silent Hill: Downpour
Sine Mora
Skate
Skate 2
Skate 3 (Xbox One X enhanced)
Skullgirls
Slender: The Arrival
Small Arms
Sniper Elite V2
Soltrio Solitaire
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic and Knuckles
Sonic CD
Sonic Generations (offers FPS Boost on Xbox Series X / S)
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 2
Sonic Unleashed
Soul Caliber II HD
Soul Caliber
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Space Giraffe
Space Invaders Infinity Gene
Spec Ops: The Line
Spelunky
Splinter Cell Blacklist (Xbox One X enhanced)
Splinter Cell Conviction (Xbox One X enhanced)
Splinter Cell Double Agent (Xbox One X enhanced)
Split / Second
Splosion Man
SpongeBob SquarePants Underpants Slam!
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
SSX
Stacking
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox One X enhanced)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Steinsgate (Japan only)
Strania
Street Fighter 4
Super Contra (September 14th)
Super Meat Boy
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
Supreme Commander 2
Switchball
Syberia
Syndicate
Tecmo Bowl Throwback
Tekken 6
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Texas Hold'em
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
The Cave
The Darkness 2
The Darkness
The First Templar
The Maw
The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom
The Orange Box
The Outfit
The Splatters
The Walking Dead: Michonne (August 29th)
The Walking Dead: Season One (August 29th)
The Walking Dead: Season Two (August 29th)
Thrillville: Off the Rails
Thrillville
Ticket to Ride
Time Pilot
TimeShift
Tom Clancy's EndWar
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
Tomb Raider Anniversary
Tomb Raider Legend
Tomb Raider Underworld
Too Human
Torchlight
Tour de France 2009
Tower Bloxx Deluxe
Toy Soldiers Cold War
Toy Soldiers
Toy Story 3
Toy Story Mania
Toybox Turbos
Trials Evolution
Trials HD (Tested by Digital Foundry)
Triggerheart Exelica
Trine 2
Tron: Evolution
Tropico 4
Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon
Unbound Saga
Undertow
Unreal Tournament III
Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
Vanquish
Virtua Fighter 2
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown
Virtual On: OT
Virtual-On (Japan only)
Viva Piñata (Xbox One X enhanced)
Viva Pinata: Party Animals
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (Xbox One X enhanced)
Warlords
Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Xbox One X enhanced)
Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3
Wolfenstein 3D
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Within
Yosumin! Live
Zone of the Enders HD
Zuma's Revenge!
Zuma

Xbox backwards compatibility list: Every original Xbox game playable on Xbox One and Xbox Series

First introduced on October 24th 2017, here is every Xbox original game backwards compatible on Xbox One and Xbox Series:

Armed and Dangerous
Blinx: The Time Sweeper
Bloodrayne 2
Breakdown
Conker: Live and Reloaded
Crimson Skies
Dead or Alive 3
Dead to Rights
Destroy All Humans!
Disney's Chicken Little
Full Spectrum Warrior
Fusion Frenzy
Gladius
Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Gunvalkyrie
Hunter: The Reckoning
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
Jade Empire
King of Fighters: Neowave
Manhunt
Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
MX Unleashed
Ninja Gaiden Black
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors
Otogi: Myth of Demons
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory
Pirates!
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Psychonauts
Red Dead Revolver
Red Faction 2
Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
SSX 3
Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Star Wars Jedi Starfighter
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Star Wars Starfighter: Special Edition
Star Wars The Clone Wars
Star Wars Republic Commando
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
TimeSplitters 2
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict

Xbox Series backwards compatibility: What are the Xbox backwards compatibility improvements on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S?

As well as the above lists of supported Xbox One and original Xbox games, the Xbox Series consoles also offers backwards compatibility to Xbox One games and peripherals (including the Xbox Elite Controller and Xbox Adaptive Controller) in what Microsoft describes as "our most powerful and compatible console ever".

In a blog post in July 2020, Microsoft said: "It's our intent for all Xbox One games that do not require Kinect to play on Xbox Series X at the launch of the console."

Backwards compatible supported games on Xbox Series will benefit from several system-wide features:

Backwards compatible games will run natively on Xbox Series X hardware, offering potentially higher framerates and resolutions, plus "significant reductions" in load times using the SSD. In early Digital Foundry tests, it offers "up to double the performance in the most demanding games".
"Select titles" can have framerate doubled, going from 30fps to 60fps, or 60fps to 120fps.
HDR will be supported across backwards compatible games thanks to a "reconstruction technique", even going back to original Xbox and Xbox 360 games.
All titles will support Quick Resume, a system-wide feature which allows you to stop progress of multiple games and continue playing them later.
Xbox Series S will offer Xbox One S-level backwards compatibility, whereas the Xbox Series X will offer Xbox One X-level backwards compatibility. In a nutshell, this means X will run up to 4K, whereas the S will run up to 1440p - just like other Xbox Series games.
Xbox Series S will also introduce "improved texture filtering, higher and more consistent frame rates, faster load times and Auto HDR", according to Microsoft.

As well as broad backwards compatibility support for Xbox One games, select Xbox One games will also see specific Xbox Series versions for free as part of the Xbox Smart Delivery system.

In November 2021, as part of Xbox's 20th anniversary celebrations, over 70 new titles were added from the original Xbox and Xbox 360. These were confirmed to be the last backwards compatible games to be introduced on later Xbox consoles "due to licensing, legal and technical constraints".

Xbox One backwards compatibility: How well do Xbox 360 games run on Xbox One?

The experience varies from game to game. According to Digital Foundry's report, all titles receive some baseline improvements - such as the elimination of screen tear "completely on every title" - through to any disc access operations tending to "have less of an impact on performance", meaning Mass Effect's elevator load times and Fallout 3's hitches are reduced.

However, while less demanding games such as Braid and N+ perform flawlessly, the more CPU-heavy titles do struggle, with Halo: Reach and Gears of War: Judgement singled out as games that suffer in the emulation process.

In terms of features, Xbox 360 backwards compatibility on Xbox One supports:

Digital and disc-based games at no additional cost
Support for existing saves (through the Cloud), DLC, Achievement progress, and the original dashboard
Multiplayer between those playing on Xbox 360 and Xbox One
Select Xbox One system features, including Game DVR, Windows 10 streaming and screenshots

Many Xbox 360 games are also currently available on Microsoft's Netflix-style Xbox Game Pass subscription service.