This is a list of Xbox 360 games that are compatible with the System Link feature, both released and unreleased, organized alphabetically by name. A system link connects two or more 360 consoles together without an internet connection. For original Xbox games, please see List of Xbox System Link games.
Title | Total players | Per console | Versus mode | Co-op mode | Notes | |
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2176 Supernova Storm (XNA game) | 8 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
A Game of Tennis (Indie) | 2 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
A Wizard's Odyssey (Indie) | 4 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Abaddon (Indie) | 8 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
(Indie) | 8 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Age of Booty (Arcade) | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | Bots available for empty player slots. | |
8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | source: mobygames.com | ||
8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||
8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | source: mobygames.com | ||
12 | 1 | 12 | 4 | mobygames.com: only 4p | ||
16 | 2 | |||||
Ancient Trader (Indie) | 4 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Angry Brainless Bovines (Indie) | 4 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Armored Core 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||
Armored Core For Answer | 8 | 2 | CO-OP is online only not sys link | |||
Avatar Golf (Indie) | 8 | 1 | Community Game. | |||
Avatar Honor and Duty (Indie) | 8 | 1 | Community Game. | |||
Avatar Karting (Indie) | 8 | 1 | Community Game. | |||
Avatar Laser Tag (Indie) | ? | ? | Community Game. | |||
16 | 1 | 10p per mobygames.com | ||||
Bankshot Billiards 2 (Arcade) | 2 | 1 | ||||
Battle vs. Chess | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Beijing 2008 | 8 | 4 | 4 | |||
Bionic Commando | 8 | 1 | ||||
BioShock 2 | ?10 | ?1 | Must be logged into Xbox live. You need Xbox live gold account on each console to be able to use the system link or it won't work. | |||
?16 | ?1 | You need Xbox live account to be able to use the system link or it won't work. | ||||
16 | 1 | 16 player co-op | ||||
16 | 1 | 16 player vs., 4 player co-op | ||||
Bliss Island (Arcade) | 2 | 1 | source: mobygames.com | |||
Blocks and Big Robots (Indie) | 8 | 1 | Community Game. | |||
Blocks and Choppers (Indie) | 8 | 1 | Community Game. | |||
Blocks and Tanks (Indie) | 8 | 1 | Community Game. | |||
Blur | 20 | 1 | 4 | Bots available for empty player slots. | ||
Borderlands | 4 | 1 | ||||
Borderlands 2 | 4 | 2 | 4P Coop | |||
4 | 2 | 4P Coop | ||||
Brütal Legend | 8 | 1 | ||||
Call of Duty 2 | 16 | 1 | ||||
Call of Duty 3 | 24 | 4 | ||||
24 | 1 | |||||
12 | 1 | 12 | 4 | Multiplayer requires downloading compatibility updates. Bots available for multiplayer. 4P Coop for Exo Survival & Exo Zombies (if DLC has been purchased) | ||
18 | 2 | 4P Coop. | ||||
18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4P Coop (4 on 1 console or 2x2 over system link) Bots available for empty player slots, The player maximum is 16 within System Link | ||
12 | 1 | NOTE: This game does NOT SUPPORT Splitscreen in any way, Activision had previously confirmed this.[1] | ||||
12 | 1 | 12 | 4-6 | Bots available for multiplayer. Wargames,Squad Assault=6 coop. Extinction=4 coop. Xbox live no longer required for System Link due to title update. | ||
18 | 1 | Coop is only in team play. 4P local split screen | ||||
18 | 1 | Coop is only in team play. 4P local split screen | ||||
18 | 1 | 4P Coop. | ||||
Call of Juarez | 16 | 1 | ||||
12 | 1 | 12 | 2 | |||
(Arcade) | 12 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Chaotic Shadow Warriors | 2 | 1 | ||||
10? | 1 | |||||
8 | 1 | |||||
Condemned 2 | 8 | 1 | ||||
16 | 1 | 2P Coop | ||||
Crackdown | 2 | 1 | 2P Coop/VS; (note about DLC multiplayer races) | |||
Crash Time 4 | 8 | ? | ||||
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force | 4 | 1 | ||||
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (Arcade) | 2 | 1 | Online 8 total, but 2 active players and 6 viewers. | |||
Dark Sector | 10 | 1 | Bots available for empty player slots. | |||
Dance Central 3 | 16 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Dead Island | 4 | 1 | 4P Coop | |||
Dead Island Riptide | 4 | 1 | 4P Coop | |||
Diablo 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Online and system link 4 total | ||
4 | 4 | 4 | Added by DDRAdikz - Tested | |||
Dirt 3 | 8 | 1 | ||||
Dollar Dash (Arcade) | 4 | 1 | ||||
2 | source: mobygames.com | |||||
Doritos Crash Course 2 (Arcade) | 0 | source: mobygames.com= Inaccurate. Local 4 versus only | ||||
Dreamkiller | 8 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Duke Nukem 3D (XBLA) | 2-4 | 1? | 8P total on mobygames.com | |||
Easy Golf (Indie) | 8 | 1 | Community Game. | |||
16 | 1 | Bots available for empty player slots. | ||||
16 | 1 | |||||
F1 2010 | 10 | 1 | 12P on mobygames.com | |||
F1 2011 | 16 | 1 | ||||
F1 2012 | 16 | 1 | ||||
F1 2013 | 16 | 1 | ||||
F1 2014 | 16 | 1 | ||||
Fairytale Fights | 4 | Coop | ||||
Far Cry 2 | 16 | 1 | ||||
16 | 1 | |||||
Fatal Inertia | 8 | 1 | Bots available for empty player slots. | |||
Field and Stream | ? | source: found on XLink Kai | ||||
Forza Motorsport 2 | 8 | 2 | No link support in FM3 and FM4 | |||
16 | 1 | |||||
Gears of War | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8P Deathmatch: 1-2P versus per console, up to 8 consoles; 2P Coop: 1 player per console, up to 2 consoles. Click footnote for connection help | ||
Gears of War 2 | 10 | 2 | 2-5 | Bots available for empty player slots. 2-player Campaign co-op, and up to 5-player co-op in Horde Mode. Backwards-compatible with Xbox One.Click footnote for connection help | ||
Gears of War 3 | 10 | 2 | 4-5 | Bots available for empty player slots. 4-player Campaign co-op, and up to 5-player co-op in Horde Mode. While the game itself is backwards compatible, the system link mode is non-functional on Xbox One and Series consoles. | ||
10 | 2 | 4-5 | Bots available for empty player slots. 4-player Campaign co-op, and up to 5-player co-op in Survival Mode. Backwards-compatible with Xbox One.System Link does not work between Xbox 360 and Xbox One due to versioning differences. | |||
God Mode (Arcade) | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
GRID | 12 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Guardian Heroes (Arcade) | 4 | 4 | 1-4 Versus, local or system link. 2P local coop | |||
16 | 4 | 2-4 | 2 player co-op in campaign, 4 player co-op in firefight mode. Anniversary Map Pack and Halo Reach cross-compatibility[2] | |||
Halo 3 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Up to 4 in co-op play (1-2/box)System Link requires host to have Xbox Live membership. | |
16 | 2 | 4 | Up to 4 consoles system link in Firefight mode. | |||
Halo 4 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 4 | Spartan Ops requires all participants have an Xbox Live Gold subscription to play, will not work offline. | |
16 | 4 | 16 | 4 | Up to 4 consoles system link in fire fight mode. | ||
Halo Wars | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 consoles in Co-Op campaign and up to 6 consoles in versus play. | |
Harm's Way (Arcade) | 8 | 4 | Bots available for empty player slots. | |||
Heroes Over Europe | 16 | 1 | 16 | Up to 16 players versus, 1 per system. True system link, no Xbox live account or connection required. | ||
Homefront | 16 | 1 | ||||
Hour of Victory | 12 | |||||
Ikaruga | 2 | source: mobygames.com (requires Xbox Live) | ||||
Inversion | ? | source: found on XLink Kai | ||||
? | source: found on XLink Kai | |||||
James Bond: Quantum of Solace | 12 | 1 | ||||
Jimmie Johnson's Anything with an Engine | 8 | 4 | Bots available for empty player slots. | |||
Jump Duck (Indie) | 16 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
8 | 1 | Minimum of 4 players. | ||||
8 | 1 | Only 1 per console in a system link game. Minimum of 4 players, Multiplayer Games Only, no co-op Story. 12P per mobygames.com | ||||
Left 4 Dead | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 players in versus mode with 2 per console, 4 players in any other mode with 2 per console. | |
Left 4 Dead 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 per console in coop and versus | |
Legendary | 8 | 1 | ||||
Little Racers Street (Indie) | 12 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
16 | 1 | "Colonies Edition" only. | ||||
Lost Planet 2 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 4 | ||
Lumines Live (Arcade) | 2 | 1 | ||||
Mad Riders (Arcade) | 12 | 1 | ||||
Marathon Durandal (Arcade) | 8 | 4 | 8 | This game is known on other platforms as Marathon 2: Durandal. Coop is a team battle; there is no campaign. | ||
16 | 1 | |||||
MLB 2K7 | 2 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
16 | 1 | 16 | 16 | System link coop is survival only. Local 4 player shared screen includes vs, survival coop and story coop. | ||
MotoGP '06 | 16 | 1 | 4 | |||
MotoGP '07 | 16 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
MX vs. ATV Reflex | 12 | 1 | ||||
MX vs. ATV Untamed | 12 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
N+ (Arcade) | 2 | 1 | 4P per mobygames.com | |||
4 | 1 | 4 | 4 player co-op available for full campaign & Fire Team Engagements. 1 player per console. | |||
4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 player co-op available for full campaign & Fire Team Engagements. 1 player per console. | ||
Opposites (Indie) | 2 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Otomedius G | 3 | 1 | ||||
Perfect Dark Zero | 32 | 4 | 4 | |||
8 | source: mobygames.com | |||||
Portal 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Prey | 8 | |||||
Project Gotham Racing 3 | 8 | 1 | ||||
Project Gotham Racing 4 | 8 | 2 | ||||
(Arcade) | 14 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
(Arcade) | 14 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
| ?16 | ?1 | ?16 | Multiplayer requires Xbox Live. Bots available for Multiplayer | ||
Quake 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| ?16 | ?4 | You need Xbox live gold account on each console to be able to use the system link or it won't work. | |||
Qubed (Arcade compilation) | 12 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
R.I.P.D. The Game | ? | source: found on XLink Kai | ||||
Race Pro | 12 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
12 | 1 | No player limit setting. (Sometimes can't see any session) | ||||
2 | 1 | Complete campaign playable in co-op. | ||||
Red Dead Redemption | 8 | 1 | Need updates on each games to play. | |||
16 | 1 | |||||
Resident Evil 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
Resident Evil 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Rocket Riot (Arcade) | 8 | 1 | There is also a 4 player local coop mode. | |||
?2 | ?1 | 0 | ?2 | Offline Coop: 1-2; Online Coop: 2-4. ?[To play via LAN, both players must be signed into Xbox live with Gold accounts.] | ||
Saints Row | 12 | 1 | ||||
Saints Row 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | |||
2 | 1 | 2 | Needs an Online Pass to activate system link | |||
Saints Row IV | 2 | 1 | 2 | Needs an Online Pass to activate system link | ||
Scrap Metal (Arcade) | 4 | 1 | ||||
SCORE International Baja 1000 | ? | source: found on XLink Kai as Baja 1000 | ||||
8 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||
Section 8 (video game) | 16 | 1 | 16 | Coop modes are human versus human, human vs bots, human and bots vs bots. You can host your own server through Xbox live (32P) (Xserver). | ||
(Arcade) | Unless Live enables System Link, there is no system link. Previous information was 16 players, 1 per box, Bots available for empty player slots. | |||||
Shadowrun | 16 | 1 | Bots available for empty player slots. | |||
Shaun White Snowboarding | 16 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution | 4 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Skulls of the Shogun (Arcade) | 4 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Sol Survivor (Arcade) | 8 | |||||
12 | source: mobygames.com | |||||
Soltrio Solitaire (Arcade) | 2 | 1 | ||||
8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||
12 | source: mobygames.com | |||||
Stormrise | 8 | 1 | ||||
8 | 2 | |||||
Take Arms (Indie) | 8 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Tank Negotiator (Indie) | 4 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Ten Thousand (Indie) | 16 | 1 | 0 | No coop. No split screen. Just VS. 1P per console. | ||
Tenchu Z | 4 | 1 | ||||
12 | source: mobygames.com | |||||
The Club | 8 | 1 | ||||
The Co-op Zombie Game (Indie) | 4 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
The Co-op Zombie Game 2 (Indie) | 4 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
The Darkness | 8 | 1 | ||||
2 | 1 | |||||
The Orange Box (Team Fortress 2)[3] | 16 | 1 | Team Fortress 2 only. | |||
The Outfit | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
4 | source: mobygames.com | |||||
TimeShift | 16 | 1 | ||||
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter | 16 | 4 | 2 | Limited to first person mode when more than one player is using a console. | ||
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 | 16 | 4 | Limited to first person mode when more than one player is using a console. | |||
16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2P local coop. 4P system link. 4 players can play splitscreen on two consoles for guerilla mode only. Local co-op play is limited to the Guerilla mode | ||
Tom Clancy's HAWX | 8 | 1 | ||||
Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 | 8 | 1 | ||||
16 | 1 | |||||
16 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 4 player coop for Terrorist Hunt mode. (2P Coop Campaign splitscreen or System Link) C | ||
4 | source: mobygames.com | |||||
2 | 1 | |||||
6 | 1 | |||||
(Arcade) | source: mobygames.com = Incorrect. 2P local split screen coop. | |||||
8 | source: mobygames.com | |||||
Ultimate Dodgeball (Indie) | 2 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Undertow (Arcade) | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | ||
Unreal Tournament 3 | 16 | 2 | Bots available for empty player slots. | |||
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | ? | source: found on XLink Kai | ||||
4 | 1 | |||||
Way of the Exploding Balls (Indie) | 2 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Wordzy (Indie) | 2 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
21 | 1 | 21 | ||||
16 | source: mobygames.com | |||||
8 | source: mobygames.com | |||||
2 | 1 | |||||
2 | 1 | |||||
Xtreme Polygon (Indie) | 16 | source: mobygames.com | ||||
Zombie Defense Squad (Indie) | 4 | source: mobygames.com |