Why this site exists
When Xbox Playback launched on 12 November 2026, players had the same questions over and over: how to open it, why it showed the wrong first game, whether their country was included, and what their hours really added up to. The answers were spread across announcements and thousands of player posts. We started this site to put them in one place, in plain English, and to add a few tools that make the numbers easier to understand.
It's run as an independent Xbox fan project, and we care more about getting the details right than about being first.
What you'll find here
- Xbox Playback guide: how to open your recap, who can get it, supported countries and what to do when it looks wrong.
- Xbox Playback stats explained: what each card in the recap means.
- Hours calculator: turns your total hours into days, work-years and an estimated rank, with a card to share.
- Leaderboard: the most-played and first Xbox games from players' Playback results.
- 25 original Xbox games on PC: the full list, Game Pass status and PC requirements.
- Xbox 25th anniversary: everything Xbox has announced for its 25th birthday, with dates.
How we put the guide together
- Xbox comes first. Dates, countries, requirements and game lists come from Xbox's own announcements and pages. Each page lists them under Official sources at the bottom, with the date we last checked.
- Then what players share. Beyond Xbox's own information, we gather what players report publicly, compare several reports against each other, and write it up in our own words.
- Unconfirmed details are marked. When something hasn't been confirmed by Xbox, you'll see (official info prevails) next to it.
- Xbox is right if we disagree. If anything here differs from Xbox's information, go with Xbox. We update the guide when Xbox changes its details.
What we haven't done yet
Nothing on this site comes from our own testing. Player numbers on the leaderboard and in the calculator's rank estimate are self-reported. Once the PC versions of the original Xbox games have settled, we plan to add our own testing.
The calculator and leaderboard
- The hours calculator works in your browser. Your share card is drawn on your device.
- If you choose to join the leaderboard, we store your hours, start year, first and most-played game, the date and your country (worked out from your connection). We don't store names, gamertags, emails or IP addresses.
Where our player data comes from
The player numbers on this site, such as the most-played games and the hours-to-percentile points, come from 92 Playback results that players shared publicly on gaming forums and in comment sections between 12 and 14 November 2026. We recorded only the numbers and game names, never usernames, and checked results against each other to drop duplicates and obvious mistakes. It's a small, self-selected sample of keen players, and we say so wherever we use it.
As more people add their numbers through the calculator, the leaderboard switches to that community data, chart by chart.
Corrections and updates
Xbox changes details, and we sometimes get things wrong. When that happens we fix the page, and the date in each page's Official sources section shows when we last checked it. If you spot a mistake, tell us which page and what Xbox says, and we'll check it.
Advertising and independence
The site is free to use. To pay for hosting, it may show ads served by Google. Ads are kept separate from our content, nobody pays to be included in a guide or a ranking, and advertisers have no say in what we write. Our privacy policy explains how ads use cookies and how to opt out.
Not official
This is a fan site. It isn't affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Microsoft or Xbox. Xbox is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies, and game titles belong to their owners. The full rules for using the site are in our terms of use, and you can reach us on the contact page.