These Are The Top 10 Xbox Backwards Compatibility Requests After 750,000 Votes

Back at the start of May, we highlighted the top 10 Xbox backwards compatibility requests after 350,000 votes on the unofficial Xbox Game Preservation website - a website that's been vouched for by Xbox's Jason Ronald in the past.

It's been almost six weeks since then, and we're now at 750,000 votes (well, almost 800k actually!). With that in mind, we thought we'd take a look at the latest top 10 for a bunch of categories, including for the original Xbox, Xbox 360, non-franchise titles and delisted titles.

It's worth noting here that although 778,683 votes have been submitted at the time of writing, they're only made up of 83,112 voters, so a significant number of people are constantly coming back to the website to inflate the numbers.

The original Xbox list looks very similar to how it did in early May, although Shadow The Hedgehog is a new addition to the top 10, while Crash Twinsanity has fallen out of it.

  1. The Simpsons: Hit & Run
  2. Sonic Heroes
  3. Jet Set Radio Future
  4. Need for Speed: Underground 2
  5. Shadow The Hedgehog
  6. Def Jam: Fight for NY
  7. Sonic Riders
  8. Spider-Man 2
  9. Ultimate Spider-Man
  10. Burnout 3: Takedown

The Xbox 360 list was dominated by Transformers titles back in May, but now it's dominated by Skylanders games. We just mentioned recently how the Xbox Player Voice website was getting swamped with requests for new Skylanders releases, and clearly the same thing is happening on the Xbox Game Preservation website.

  1. Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
  2. Skylanders: Giants
  3. Skylanders: Swap Force
  4. Skylanders: Trap Team
  5. Skylanders: SuperChargers
  6. Skylanders: Imaginators
  7. Transformers: War for Cybertron
  8. Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
  9. Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
  10. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)

Next, we have the "Non-Franchise" list, which obviously refers to games that aren't part of a big franchise but are nevertheless still receiving votes. The list is very similar to last time around, although 25 to Life has fallen out of the top 10 and been replaced by Lollipop Chainsaw.

  1. Alpha Protocol
  2. Wet
  3. Eternal Sonata
  4. Gun
  5. Brute Force
  6. The Saboteur
  7. Singularity
  8. Darkwatch
  9. Remember Me
  10. Lollipop Chainsaw

And finally, these are the "Delisted" games with votes to be relisted (or listed for the first time) on the Xbox Store:

  1. Left 4 Dead 2
  2. Left 4 Dead
  3. Batman: Arkham Origins
  4. Sonic CD
  5. Mortal Kombat
  6. The Orange Box
  7. Forza Horizon
  8. Sonic & Knuckles
  9. Jet Set Radio
  10. LEGO: The Lord of the Rings

Of course, there's no guarantee that anything here will get added to Xbox backwards compatibility or relisted on the Xbox Store, but we know that Team Xbox is at least aware of these lists and the most highly-requested titles.

We also know that something is happening with backwards compatibility / game preservation later in 2026 (as teased a little while ago), but nothing was mentioned about this at the recent Xbox Games Showcase. Stay tuned!

What do you make of these lists, and what would you want to add? Tell us in the comments below.