List of Xbox 360 System Link games explained

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.

Xbox 360 System Link Compatible Games
TitleTotal playersPer consoleVersus modeCo-op modeNotes
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 48 1
Armored Core For Answer8 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. Chess2 1 2
Beijing 20088 4 4
Bionic Commando8 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.
Blur20 1 4 Bots available for empty player slots.
Borderlands4 1
Borderlands 24 2 4P Coop
4 2 4P Coop
Brütal Legend8 1
Call of Duty 216 1
Call of Duty 324 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 44 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 Juarez16 1
12 1 122
(Arcade)12 source: mobygames.com
Chaotic Shadow Warriors2 1
10? 1
8 1
Condemned 28 1
16 1 2P Coop
Crackdown2 1 2P Coop/VS; (note about DLC multiplayer races)
Crash Time 48 ?
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force4 1
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (Arcade)2 1 Online 8 total, but 2 active players and 6 viewers.
Dark Sector10 1 Bots available for empty player slots.
Dance Central 316 source: mobygames.com
Dead Island4 1 4P Coop
Dead Island Riptide4 1 4P Coop
Diablo 34 4 4 Online and system link 4 total
4 4 4 Added by DDRAdikz - Tested
Dirt 38 1
Dollar Dash (Arcade)4 1
2 source: mobygames.com
Doritos Crash Course 2 (Arcade)0 source: mobygames.com= Inaccurate. Local 4 versus only
Dreamkiller8 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 201010 1 12P on mobygames.com
F1 201116 1
F1 201216 1
F1 201316 1
F1 201416 1
Fairytale Fights4 Coop
Far Cry 216 1
16 1
Fatal Inertia8 1 Bots available for empty player slots.
Field and Stream? source: found on XLink Kai
Forza Motorsport 28 2 No link support in FM3 and FM4
16 1
Gears of War8 2 28P 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 210 2 2-5Bots 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 310 2 4-5Bots 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
GRID12 source: mobygames.com
Guardian Heroes (Arcade)4 4 1-4 Versus, local or system link. 2P local coop
16 4 2-42 player co-op in campaign, 4 player co-op in firefight mode. Anniversary Map Pack and Halo Reach cross-compatibility[2]
Halo 316 4 44Up to 4 in co-op play (1-2/box)System Link requires host to have Xbox Live membership.
16 2 4Up to 4 consoles system link in Firefight mode.
Halo 416 4 16 4Spartan 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 Wars6 1 622 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 Europe16 1 16 Up to 16 players versus, 1 per system. True system link, no Xbox live account or connection required.
Homefront16 1
Hour of Victory12
Ikaruga2 source: mobygames.com (requires Xbox Live)
Inversion? source: found on XLink Kai
? source: found on XLink Kai
James Bond: Quantum of Solace12 1
Jimmie Johnson's Anything with an Engine8 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 Dead8 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 28 2 8 4 2 per console in coop and versus
Legendary8 1
Little Racers Street (Indie)12 source: mobygames.com
3 2 0 3
16 1 "Colonies Edition" only.
Lost Planet 216 1 164
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 2K72 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 '0616 14
MotoGP '0716 source: mobygames.com
MX vs. ATV Reflex12 1
MX vs. ATV Untamed12 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 G3 1
Perfect Dark Zero32 4 4
8 source: mobygames.com
Portal 22 1
Prey8
Project Gotham Racing 38 1
Project Gotham Racing 48 2
(Arcade)14 source: mobygames.com
(Arcade)14 source: mobygames.com
  • Quake Arena Arcade
?16 ?1 ?16 Multiplayer requires Xbox Live. Bots available for Multiplayer
Quake 48 1
  • Quake II
?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 Pro12 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 Redemption8 1 Need updates on each games to play.
161
Resident Evil 54 1 2
Resident Evil 64 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 Row12 1
Saints Row 212 1 2
2 1 2 Needs an Online Pass to activate system link
Saints Row IV2 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.
Shadowrun16 1 Bots available for empty player slots.
Shaun White Snowboarding16 source: mobygames.com
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution4 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 82
12 source: mobygames.com
Stormrise8 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 Z4 1
12 source: mobygames.com
The Club8 1
The Co-op Zombie Game (Indie)4 source: mobygames.com
The Co-op Zombie Game 2 (Indie)4 source: mobygames.com
The Darkness8 1
2 1
The Orange Box (Team Fortress 2)[3] 16 1 Team Fortress 2 only.
The Outfit8 2 82
4 source: mobygames.com
TimeShift16 1
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter16 42 Limited to first person mode when more than one player is using a console.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 216 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 HAWX8 1
Tom Clancy's HAWX 28 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 2 162
Unreal Tournament 316 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
21
2 1
Xtreme Polygon (Indie)16 source: mobygames.com
Zombie Defense Squad (Indie)4 source: mobygames.com

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Details for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops III.
  2. The retail version of Halo: CE Anniversary contains a download-code for an Anniversary map-pack redeemable through Xbox live. The Anniversary map-pack contains seven maps chosen from Halo CE and Halo 2, and one Halo CE themed firefight map. (Owners of Halo Reach that wish to play with owners of Halo: CE Anniversary must purchase the Anniversary map-pack through Xbox live. Halo: CE Anniversary and Halo Reach are not otherwise compatible).
  3. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/o/orangebox/ Official Xbox Orange Box Listing
  4. Web site: Additional Hardware Supported : System/Multi-Link Cable.
  5. Web site: Supported Games - Team XLink Wiki.