The Best Squad Games for Xbox One

Update : Classified: France \'44 added at rank #2.
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Aliens: Dark Descent (2023)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Xbox Series X

In Aliens: Dark Descent, you'll command a squad of Colonial Marines to halt a horrifying Xenomorph outbreak. With open levels, strategic gameplay, and intense squad shooting, you'll be kept on the edge of your seat. Customize your soldiers, manage your resources, and outsmart the deadliest creature mankind has ever faced. Can you stop the outbreak before it's too late?


What we like:
  • Immersive gameplay with a unique twist
  • Variety of enemies and maps
  • Rewarding squad building mechanics
  • Solid sound design
  • Well-executed level and environmental design
What could be improved:
  • Unmemorable characters
  • Limited customization options

  • squad
  • real-time
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • aliens
  • stealth
  • horror
  • survival-horror

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Classified: France '44 (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • squad
  • stealth
  • strategy
  • war-ravaged
  • cover
  • combat
  • grand-strategy

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Mass Effect Legendary Edition (2021)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

The Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the highly acclaimed Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs — remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.


  • rpg
  • sci-fi
  • tps
  • cover
  • squad
  • shooter
  • combat
  • story
  • action
  • vehicle
  • narrative
  • space

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Verdun (2015)

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Playstation 4 Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox One

Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.


  • shooter
  • squad
  • first-person
  • fps
  • bolt-action
  • multiplayer
  • war
  • tactical
  • artillery
  • historical
  • realistic

5

From Space (2022)

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Xbox One PC Windows

From Space is a solo and co-op action-shooter for squads up to four players. Take on the challenge of liberating the earth from an alien infestation with your friends, using over-the-top weaponry in a post-apocalyptic world with awesomely stylized graphics. The apocalypse has never been so much fun!


  • shooter
  • top-down
  • twin-stick
  • four-person
  • squad
  • cooperative
  • aliens
  • loot
  • action-adventure
  • online
  • family-friendly
  • team
  • sci-fi
  • endless
  • atmospheric

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Gears Tactics (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One

Gears Tactics puts you in the shoes of Gabe Diaz, leading a squad of survivors on a mission to take down the monstrous Locust leader, Ukkon. It offers turn-based tactical combat and massive boss battles, with customization options and upgrades to keep you hooked. The new Supreme equipment and Jack's 20+ skills bring additional challenge to the game. With intuitive mechanics and impressive graphics, Gears Tactics is a must-play for strategy fans.


What we like:
  • Good graphics
  • Accessible mission structure
  • Satisfying kills
  • Technical stability
  • Quality of life improvements
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive missions
  • Recruitment system is useless
  • Lack of enemy variety
  • Uninspired macro level strategy
  • Overpowered Overwatch ability

  • cover
  • squad
  • tactical
  • shooter
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • tps
  • cooperative
  • battle
  • boss-fight
  • wave
  • combat
  • war

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Spellbreak (2020)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows

Like most battle royale games, Spellbreak drops a large number of players into an arena which slowly shrinks over time with the last surviving team declared the winner. Players can choose from one of six classes wind, fire, ice, lightning, stone and toxic, which will determine their primary attack type. Elements from different gauntlets can be combined to make spells more powerful, provide crowd control effects, or reduce others, depending on strategic desires.


  • battle
  • royale
  • squad
  • magic
  • spell
  • flight
  • fantasy
  • rpg
  • combat
  • multiplayer
  • arena
  • tps
  • pvp
  • stylized

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Battlefield 2042 (2021)

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Xbox One Playstation 5 Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 4

Battlefield 2042 is the perfect game for fans of the series, offering a range of classic and modern gameplay modes that provide an intense team-driven experience. With the addition of custom match options, players can create their own unique experiences with endless possibilities.


What we like:
  • Variety of classic and modern gameplay modes
  • Customizable match options
  • Intense team-driven experience
  • Engaging environments and maps
What could be improved:
  • Lacking single-player campaign
  • Confusing UI and menu design
  • Difficulty in accessing options

  • shooter
  • first-person
  • squad
  • fps
  • vehicle
  • tanks
  • team
  • war
  • battle
  • military
  • combat
  • cover
  • online

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Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Breakpoint (2019)

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Playstation 4 stadia PC Windows Xbox One

Become a Ghost, fighting against a rogue spec ops faction called the Wolves, in the latest Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®!

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  • tactical
  • shooter
  • squad
  • military
  • stealth
  • cooperative
  • cover
  • open-world
  • online

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Valkyria Chronicles 4 (2018)

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Xbox One PC Windows

Experience a gripping tale of war, friendship, and sacrifice in Valkyria Chronicles 4. Take command of an intrepid squad determined to save their homeland from the Empire's wrath. With the 'BLiTZ' battle system and the stunning CANVAS Graphics Engine, immerse yourself in a world overflowing with colorful emotion. Join Squad E, and journey through a beautiful and expressive world like an interactive painting.

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What we like:
  • Good story
  • Great art style
  • New graphical enhancements are beautiful
  • Quality of Life changes like uncapped frame rate and speeding up enemy's turn
  • Amount of content is crazy
What could be improved:
  • Story is somewhat formulaic
  • Not as trigger-happy as some other games in the genre

  • tactical
  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • japanese
  • war
  • squad
  • tanks
  • anime
  • battle
  • jrpg
  • real-time
  • third-person
  • combat
  • tps

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