The Best Ambient Games for Xbox Series X

Update 14 April 2025: Lushfoil Photography Sim added at rank #1.

Here are our 10 Best Ambient Games for Xbox Series X:

Lushfoil Photography Sim
Unleaving
Gruta

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Lushfoil Photography Sim (2025)

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Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

A tranquil exploration and photography experience set across a vast selection of faithfully detailed landscapes.

ambient
walking-simulator
snow
simulation
nature
illustration
design
immersive
nonlinear
sandbox
exploration
photography
relaxing
first-person
realistic

Unleaving (2024)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows j

When everything seems hopeless a child is awakened by the whispers of the last leaf, drawn into an imaginary world. Unleaving invites the player into a narrative-driven puzzle platformer where each challenge unfolds within a hand-painted landscape, exploring perception and meaning

platform
ambient
puzzle
philosophical
hand-drawn
surreal
2d
cinematic
dark
scroller
physics
atmospheric
story
controller-support

Gruta (2023)

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

A child runs away to fight the monster she thought was causing trouble in her family. What she found was not what she was expecting. Fight your way out and find the truth about this mysterious place. A narrative-driven platform game, told through hand-drawn cutscenes, completely without text.