Ultimate Xbox Series X|S Auto HDR Games List (2026 Update)

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Complete and updated list of Xbox Series X|S Auto HDR compatible games. Find out which Xbox One, Xbox 360, and original Xbox titles benefit from Auto HDR and how to enable it.


Xbox Series X|S owners have plenty to celebrate. Thanks to Xbox’s unmatched backward compatibility program, thousands of games from Xbox One, Xbox 360, and even the original Xbox are playable on modern hardware—often with faster load times, higher resolutions, and smoother performance.

But one feature, in particular, has quietly transformed how classic games look on modern TVs: Auto HDR. Introduced alongside Xbox Series X|S in 2020, Auto HDR uses machine learning to upgrade standard dynamic range (SDR) games with high dynamic range lighting—no patches or developer updates required.

Surprisingly, despite how impactful Auto HDR can be, clear and up-to-date information about which games actually support it is still hard to find. Most official resources focus on native HDR or FPS Boost, leaving Auto HDR compatibility scattered across forum posts and community testing.

That’s exactly why this article exists. Based on community findings from forums like ResetEra and ongoing hands-on testing, this guide aims to be one of the most complete and practical Auto HDR game lists available in 2026.

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Note: This is not an official or exhaustive list. Auto HDR support is based on community findings and hands-on testing, and it does not necessarily cover every backward-compatible game that may support the feature. Auto HDR availability can also change with system updates. To be sure, we recommend checking each title directly on your Xbox console via My games & apps > Manage game and add-ons > Compatibility options, where Auto HDR support is clearly indicated.


What Is Auto HDR and How Does It Work on Xbox Series X|S?

Auto HDR is a system-level feature exclusive to Xbox Series X and Series S, designed primarily for backward-compatible games that originally launched without HDR support.

Using AI and machine learning, the console analyzes each frame in real time and generates HDR10 metadata on the fly. The result is a dramatic visual upgrade:

  • Brighter highlights (sunlight, explosions, reflections)
  • Deeper contrast, with more detail preserved in shadows
  • Richer colors that feel more natural and less flat

All of this happens automatically, without modifying the game code or requiring developer involvement.

Under the hood, Microsoft’s AI model—trained on large SDR-to-HDR datasets—predicts how each scene should be tone-mapped, typically targeting peak brightness around 1,000 nits. Your TV then applies its own tone mapping, ensuring compatibility across OLEDs, QLEDs, and mid-range HDR displays.

That said, Auto HDR isn’t flawless. Some titles may exhibit minor quirks, such as overly bright UI elements or unnatural glow effects. For this reason, Microsoft selectively enables Auto HDR only for games that meet its visual quality standards. Games with native HDR (such as many Xbox One X Enhanced titles or Series X|S optimized releases) bypass Auto HDR entirely to avoid conflicts.

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How to Enable Auto HDR on Xbox Series X|S

Enable Auto HDR Globally

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  1. Press the Xbox button to open the guide.
  2. Go to Settings > General > TV & display options > Video modes.
  3. Enable Allow HDR10 and Allow Auto HDR.
  4. Restart your console to apply the changes.

Enable or Disable Auto HDR Per Game

Auto HDR can also be controlled on a game-by-game basis:

  1. Open My games & apps > See all > Games.
  2. Highlight a backward-compatible title.
  3. Press the Menu button (three dots) and select Manage game and add-ons.
  4. Scroll to Compatibility options.
  5. Toggle Auto HDR on or off (this option only appears if the game supports it).

How to Check If a Game Supports Auto HDR

There are several easy ways to verify compatibility:

  • Compatibility Menu: If the Auto HDR toggle appears, the game supports it.
  • In-Game Indicator: While playing, press the Xbox button—an “Auto HDR” label should appear in the top-right corner of the guide overlay.
  • Tip: Auto HDR can often be combined with FPS Boost for select titles, delivering both improved visuals and higher frame rates.

Complete List of Xbox Series X|S Auto HDR Games

Below you’ll find a community-curated list of confirmed Auto HDR-compatible games on Xbox Series X|S. Titles are organized by original platform for easy reference.

Important notes:

  • This is not an official Microsoft list
  • Compatibility may change with system updates
  • Some results can vary depending on the game version or display

Always double-check compatibility on your console before assuming support.


Games compatible with Auto HDR (Xbox One)

Xbox One
11-11 Memories Retold
1979 Revolution Black Friday
20XX
2Dark
8-Bit Adventure Anthology Vol. 1
8-Bit Armies
8-Bit Hordes
8-Bit Invaders!
#IDARB
#KILLALLZOMBIES
Aaero
Abo Khashem
Abzû
ACA NEOGEO Alpha Mission II
ACA NEOGEO Baseball Stars 2
ACA NEOGEO Burning Fight
ACA NEOGEO Crossed Swords
ACA NEOGEO Fatal Fury 2
ACA NEOGEO Football Frenzy
ACA NEOGEO Ghost Pilots
ACA NEOGEO Karnov’s Revenge
ACA NEOGEO Magical Drop III
ACA NEOGEO Metal Slug 4
ACA NEOGEO Ragnagard
ACA NEOGEO Samurai Shodown IV
ACA NEOGEO Samurai Shodown V
ACA NEOGEO Savage Reign
ACA NEOGEO Sengoku
ACA NEOGEO Shock Troopers
ACA NEOGEO Stakes Winner
ACA NEOGEO Super Sidekicks
ACA NEOGEO Super Sidekicks 2
ACA Super Sidekicks 3 – The Next Glory
ACA NEOGEO The King of Fighters ’95
ACA NEOGEO The King of Fighters ’97
ACA NEOGEO The King of Fighters ’99
ACA NEOGEO The King of Fighters 2000
ACA NEOGEO The King of Fighters 2001
ACA NEOGEO The King of Fighters 2003
ACA NEOGEO Waku Waku 7
ACA NEOGEO World Heroes 2
ACA NEOGEO Zed Blade
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Adios Amigos
Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion
AER Memories of Old
AereA
Aeterno Blade
Aeterno Blade 2
Afterparty
Agatha Knife
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise
Agents of Mayhem
Air Guitar Warrior
Alan Wake Remastered
Alien: Isolation (potentially broken?)
AlienCruise
All-Star Fruit Racing
Amazing Princess Sarah
Amnesia Collection
Anima: Gate of Memories
Anima: The Nameless Chronicles
Anode
Anodyne
Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition
Aqua Kitty UDX
Aragami
Arcade Game Series: Galaga
Aritana and the Harpy’s Feather
Armello
Armikrog
Arslan: The Warriors of Legend
Ashen
Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection
Assassin’s Creed III Remastered
Assassin’s Creed Unity
Assassin’s Creed Unity
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Assault Android Cactus
The Assembly
Assetto Corsa
Asterix & Obelix XXL2
Asterix & Obelix XXL3: The Crystal Menhir
Atari Flashback Classics Volume 1
Atari Flashback Classics Volume 2
Atari Flashback Classics Volume 3
Atomicrops
Attack on Titan
Aven Colony
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
Axiom Verge
Bad North
Baja: Edge of Control HD
Banner of the Maid
The Banner Saga Trilogy
The Bard’s Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled
The Bard’s Tale Trilogy
The Bard’s Tale IV
Bastion
Batman: Arkham Knight
Batman: Return to Arkham – Arkham Asylum
Batman: Return to Arkham – Arkham City
Batman: The Telltale Series – The Enemy Within
Battle Chasers Nightwar
Battlefield 1
Battlefield 4
Battlefield Hardline
Battleship
Battletoads
Battlezone
Bayonetta
Beholder 2
Below
Ben-Hur
Beyond Blue
Big Crown Showdown
BioShock: Remastered
BioShock 2: Remastered
BioShock: Infinite – The Complete Edition
Black Mirror
Blackguards 2
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Blackwood Crossing
Bladestorm: Nightmare
Blasphemous
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma
Blazing Chrome
Bleed
Bleed 2
Bless Unleashed
Blood Bowl 2
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Blue Estate
Boiling Point
Bokosuka Wars II
Bomber Crew
Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Borderlands (HDR Processed with HDR turned off in the menu)
Borderlands 2
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
A Boy and His Blob
Brawlout
The Bridge
Bridge Constructor
Bridge Constructor Stunts
Broken Age
Bud Spencer & Terence Hills – Slaps and Beans
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
Burnout: Paradise City Remastered
Call of Cthulhu
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Candleman
Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle
Carrion
Cars 3: Driven to Win
Carto
Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers
Castle Crashers Remastered
CastleStorm
Cel Damage HD
Chariot
Chess Ultra
Child of Light
Chroma Squad
The Church in the Darkness
Cities: Skylines
Cobalt
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues
Code Shifter
CodeVein
Coffee Talk
Coffin Dodgers
The Coma: Recut
Contra: Rogue Corps
Contrast
Control
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2
Cooking Simulator
Costume Quest 2
The Council
Crackdown 3 (might be native HDR?)
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
Crash ‘n’ the Boys: Street Challenge
Crazy Strike Bowling EX
The Crew
Crimson Dragon
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Cyber Protocol
D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die
DangerZone
Dangerous Golf
Dante’s Inferno
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics
Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Dark Souls: Remastered
Dark Souls III
Darksiders: Warmastered
Darksiders 2: Deathfinitive Edition
Day of the Tentacle
de Blob
de Blob 2
Dead Cells
Dead Island Definitive Edition
Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
Dead Island Retro Revenge
Dead Rising
Dead Rising 2
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Destiny
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Natively supports HDR.
Devil May Cry HD Collection
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition
DMC: Devil May Cry – Definitive Edition
Diablo III
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Disney Infinity 2.0
Disney Infinity 3.0
Distrust
Divinity: Original Sin
Don’t Starve
Doom (1993)
Doom II (Classic)
Doom 64
Doom 3
Doom (2016)
Double Cross
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
Drake Hollow
Draw a Stickman: EPIC
Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2
Drawful 2
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary
Dying Light
Eastshade
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition
Elite: Dangerous
The Evil Within 2
Fallout 4
Far Cry 3: Classic Edition
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Firewatch
For Honor
Forsaken: Remastered
Forza Motorsport 6
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
Gone Home
Grand Theft Auto V
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (or not? Need to confirm)
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition
Hotline Miami
Hotshot Racing
Hunt: Showdown
I Am Bread
Inside
Ion Fury
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct Classic
Killer Instinct 2 Classic
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix
Kingdom Hearts 3
Layers of Fear
Mad Max
Marvel Ultimate Aliance
Metal Wolf Chaos XD
Metro 2033 – Redux
Metro Last Light – Redux
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Minecraft Dungeons
Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst
NHL 21
NieR Replicant ver. 1.22474487139…
Night in the Woods
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Outbreak
Outbreak: Epidemic
Outbreak: Lost Hope
Outbreak: The New Nightmare
Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
Outer Wilds
Overcooked
OXENFREE
Pac-Man 256
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2
Pathologic 2
PGA Tour 2K21
Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition
Pinball FX3
Pix the Cat
Prey
Prey: Mooncrash
Prey: Typhoon Hunter
Prototype
Prototype 2
Pure Pool
Quantum Break
Rage 2
Rare Replay (excluding Kameo)
Rayman Legends
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Redout
Resident Evil 0
Resident Evil REmake
Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil: Revelations 2
Return of Obra Dinn
River City Girls
River City Ransom
Rock Band 4
Sayonara Wild Hearts
The Shapeshifting Detective
Shenmue I & II
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter
Shikhondo – Soul Eater
Shining Resonance Refrain
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
The Sims 4
Slay the Spire
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
SnowRunner
Sonic Mania
South Park: The Fractured but Whole
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Strider
Subnautica
Sunset Overdrive
Tales from the Borderlands
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition
Titanfall 2
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove
Tom Clancy’s The Division
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Touhou Luna Nights
Turok 2
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Undermine
Unravel
Unravel Two
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Vampyr
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Virginia
Watch_Dogs 2
What Remains of Edith Finch
The Witness
The Wolf Among Us
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship
Yakuza 0
Yakuza Kiwami
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Yoku’s Island Express
Yooka-Laylee

Games compatible with Auto HDR (Xbox 360)

Xbox 360
0 Day Attack on Earth
3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Aegis Wing
Age of Booty
Alan Wake
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
Alien Hominid HD
Aliens vs. Predator
Altered Beast
Anomaly Warzone Earth
Aqua
Arkanoid Live!
Assault Heroes 2
Asteroids Deluxe
Astro Pop
Asura’s Wrath
Axel & Pixel
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Banjo-Tooie
Batman: Arkham Origins
Battleblock Theatre
Battlefield 1943
Battlefield 3
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Battlestations: Midway
Battletoads
Battlezone
Bayonetta
Beholder
Beholder 2
Bejeweled 2
Bejeweled 3
Beyond Good & Evil HD
Bionic Commando ReArmed 2
Blood Knights
Blood of the Werewolf
Bloodforge
BloodRayne 2
BloodRayne: Betrayal
Bomberman Live: Battlefest
Boom Boom Rocket
Bound by Flame
Brain Challenge
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway
Brütal Legend
Bullet Soul
Bullet Soul: Infinite Burst
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Call of Duty 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Carcassonne
Cars 2
Cars: Mater-National Championship
Castle of Illusion
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Castlevaia: Lords of Shadow 2
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
The Cave
Centipede & Millipede
Chaos on Deponia
Child of Eden
Comic Jumper
Comix Zone
Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Commander’s Challenge
Commanders: Attack of the Genos
Conker: Live & Reloaded
Costume Quest
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Crackdown
Crackdown 2
Crazy Taxi
Crysis
Crysis 2
Crysis 3
Crystal Defenders
Crystal Quest
Dante’s Inferno
Dark Souls
Dark Void
The Darkness
The Darkness 2
Daytona USA
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
Dead Rising 2: Case West
Dead Space
Dead Space 2
Dead Space 3
Deadfall Adventures
Deadliest Warrior
Deadliest Warrior: Legends
Deadlight: Director’s Cut
Deadly Premonition
Deadpool
Death Road to Canada
DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
Decay of Logos
The Deer God
Defender’s Quest: Valley of the Forgotten
Defense Grid 2
Defunct
Degrees of Separation
Demetrios: The Big Cynical Adventure
Demon’s Tier+
Demon’s Tilt: Occult Pinball Action
Deponia
Deponia Doomsday
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Dig Dug
Dirt 3
Discs of Tron
Disney Bolt
Disney DuckTales: Remastered
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Disney-Pixar Brave
Disney-Pixar Toy Story 3
Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga
Domino Master
Doom
Doom II
Dorito’s Crash Course
Double Dragon Neon
Dragon Age: Origins
E4 – Every Extend Extra Extreme
Eastshade
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Fable Anniversary
Fable II
Far Cry: Classic
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Hitman HD Pack
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Gears of War 3
Gears of War: Judgment
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
Ghostbusters
Golden Axe (not the same as Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe, which isn’t supported)
Goodbye Deponia
Hard Corps: Uprising
Hexic HD
Hitman: Blood Money
Hydro Thunder: Hurricane
Ikaruga
Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb
Infinite Undiscovery
Jet Set Radio
Jetpac Refueled
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Left 4 Dead 2
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Lost Odyssey
Lumines Live!
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
*Mirror’s Edge (supported HDR beforehand, TBD if it’s Auto HDR or using different HDR method)
Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck’s Revenge – Special Edition
NIGHTS into dreams…
Ninja Gaiden II
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+
Pac-Man Museum
Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark Zero
Portal: Still Alive
Portal 2
Prey (2006)
Rayman 3 HD
Resident Evil: Code Veronica X
Rockstar Table Tennis
Saints Row
Saints Row: The Third
Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World
Sega Vintage Collection: ToeJam & Earl
The Secret of Monkey Island – Special Edition
*Skate 3 (supported HDR beforehand, TBD if it’s Auto HDR or using different HDR method)
Sonic & All-Stars Racing: Transformed
Sonic CD
Sonic Generations
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic Unleashed
Soulcalibur
Soulcalibur II
Spec Ops: The Line
Spelunky
Super Contra
Super Street Fighter IV
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
Syndicate
Tekken 6
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
Toy Soldiers
Toy Soldiers: Cold War
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Vanquish (yes, the XB360 version supports Auto HDR while the XB1 version does not)
Virtua Fighter 2
Viva Pinãta
Viva Pinãta: Trouble in Paradise
The Walking Dead: Season 2
Zone of the Enders: HD Collection

Games compatible with Auto HDR (original Xbox)

Xbox Classic
Armed and Dangerous
Black
Blinx: The Time Sweeper
Breakdown
Conker: Live & Reloaded
Crimson Skies
Dead to Rights
Destroy All Humans!
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Jade Empire
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
MX Unleashed
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Psychonauts
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II
Star Wars Republic Commando
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict

Why Auto HDR Is a Game-Changer for Backward Compatibility

Auto HDR takes Xbox backward compatibility from “nice to have” to genuinely transformative. Games that once looked flat or dated—think Jet Set Radio Future, Ninja Gaiden Black, or Fable II—can suddenly feel vibrant and modern on today’s HDR displays.

Best of all, Auto HDR is completely free. No remasters, no upgrades, no repurchases. Just enable it, boot up your old favorites, and let the AI do the work.

If you want the ultimate retro experience on Xbox Series X|S, pair Auto HDR with FPS Boost where available, make sure your TV’s HDR settings are properly calibrated, and rediscover your library in a whole new light.

The future of gaming might be cutting-edge—but on Xbox, the past has never looked better.


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