The Best Alternate Games for Xbox Series X

Update : Heidelberg 1693 added at rank #1.
Here are our 10 Best Alternate Games for Xbox Series X:
1

Heidelberg 1693 (2020)

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

Black magic in the age of pike and shot! Reload your musket after every blast in “Heidelberg 1693”, a challenging 2D action adventure set in a dark and twisted vision of Germany in the late 17th century.


  • platform
  • 2d
  • horror
  • swordplay
  • historical
  • alternate
  • arcade
  • dark
  • pixel
  • fantasy
  • medieval
  • zombies
  • gore
  • scroller
  • old-school

2

Broken Lines (2020)

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75
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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead.


  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • alternate
  • outbreak
  • real-time
  • war
  • perma-death
  • hex
  • squad
  • multiple-endings
  • strategy
  • isometric
  • cover
  • combat
  • historical

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