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 wires two 360's together without an internet connection. For a more visual example of this page click on the external links hyperlink at the bottom of this page: (Multiplayer features in Xbox 360 games). For original Xbox games, please see List of Xbox System Link games.
- This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
| Title | Total Players | Max Per Console | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age of Booty | 8 | 4 | Bots available for empty player slots. |
| Air Conflicts Secret Wars | 8 | 1 | |
| Armored Core 4 | 8 | 1 | |
| Armored Core For Answer | 2 | 2 player split screen local mode | |
| Baja: Edge of Control | 16 | 1 | |
| Bionic Commando | 8 | 1 | |
| Blacksite: Area 51 | 16 | 1 | |
| Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII | 16 | 1 | |
| Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII | 16 | 1 | |
| Blur | 20 | 1 | Bots available for empty player slots. |
| Borderlands | 4 | 2 | |
| Borderlands 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Call of Duty 2 | 16 | 1 | |
| Call of Duty 3 | 24 | 4 | |
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | 24 | 1 | |
| Call of Duty: World at War | 18 | 1 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | 12 | 1 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | 18 | 2 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops II | 18 | 2 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | 18 | 1 | |
| Call of Juarez | 1 | ||
| Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood | 12 | 1 | |
| Civilization Revolution | 4 | 1 | |
| Colin McRae: Dirt | 10? | 1 | |
| Colin McRae: Dirt 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| Condemned 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| Crackdown | 2 | 1 | (note about DLC multiplayer races) |
| Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force | 4 | 1 | |
| Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram | 2 | 1 | XBLA. Online 8 total, but 2 active players and 6 viewers. |
| Dark Sector | 10 | 1 | Bots available for empty player slots. |
| Dead Island | 4 | 1 | |
| Doom: BFG Edition | 8 | 1 | |
| Dirt 3 | 8 | 1 | |
| Duke Nukem 3D (XBLA) | 2-4 | 1? | |
| Easy Golf | 8 | 1 | Community Game. |
| Enemy Territory: Quake Wars | 16 | 1 | Bots available for empty player slots. |
| F1 2010 | 10 | 1 | |
| F1 2011 | |||
| F1 2012 | 16 | ||
| Far Cry 2 | 16 | 1 | |
| Far Cry Instincts: Predator | 16 | 1 | |
| Fatal Inertia | 8 | 1 | Bots available for empty player slots. |
| F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin | 16 | 1 | |
| Forza Motorsport 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| Frontlines: Fuel of War | 16 | 1 | |
| Gears of War | See Notes | See Notes | 8 players (up to 2 players per console, up to 8 consoles) in Deathmatch. 1 player per console, 2 consoles max in Co-Op. |
| Gears of War 2 | 10 | 2 | Bots available for empty player slots. Max 5 players in system link for co-op horde mode |
| Gears of War 3 | 10 | 2 | Bots available for empty player slots. Max 5 players in system link for co-op horde mode and 4 players for campaign. |
| Halo: Combat Evolved | 16 | 4 | There can be issues if any of the consoles have alternate MAC addresses |
| Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary | 16 | 2,4 | 2 player co-op in campaign, multiplayer is the same as Reach (and is compatible with Halo Reach players) |
| Halo 3 | 16 | 4 | Up to 4 in co-op play |
| Halo 3: ODST | 4 | 2 | Up to 4 consoles system link in fire fight mode. 2 player split screen local mode |
| Halo 4 | 16 | 4 | |
| Halo Reach | 16 | 4 | Up to 4 consoles system link in fire fight mode. 4 player split screen local mode. |
| Halo Wars | 6 | 1 | 2 consoles in Co-Op campaign and up to 6 consoles in versus play. |
| Harm's Way | 8 | 4 | Bots available for empty player slots. |
| Homefront | 16 | ||
| Hour of Victory | |||
| James Bond: Quantum of Solace | 12 | 1 | |
| Jimmie Johnson's Anything with an Engine | 8 | 4 | Bots available for empty player slots. |
| Kameo: Elements of Power | 2 | 1 | Support added in free Xbox Live Marketplace download. |
| Kane & Lynch: Dead Men | 8 | 1 | Minimum of 4 players. |
| Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days | 8 | 1 | Only 1 per console in a system link game. Minimum of 4 players, Multiplayer Games Only, no co-op Story |
| Left 4 Dead | 8 | 2 | 8 players in versus mode with 2 per console, 4 players in any other mode with 1 per console. |
| Left 4 Dead 2 | 8 | 2 | |
| Lost Planet: Extreme Condition | 16 | 1 | "Colonies Edition" only. |
| Lost Planet 2 | 16 | 1 | System link works, but you have to follow these precise instr. 1)Connect all consoles you are linking (make sure they are NOT connected to Xbox Live). 2)Turn all consoles on but do not sign in a gamer tag. 3)Put in the Lost planet 2 Disk and wait for it to load. 4)When the "press start" screen is displayed, then sign in your gamer tag. 5)Press start, then go to either online or campaign option. |
| Midnight Club Los Angeles | 16 | 1 | |
| Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia | 16 | 1 | |
| MotoGP '06 | 16 | 4 | |
| MotoGP '07 | 16 | 1 | |
| MX vs. ATV Reflex | 12 | 1 | |
| Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising | 4 | 1 | 4 player co-op available for full campaign & Fire Team Engagements. 1 player per console. |
| Otomedius G | 3 | 1 | |
| Perfect Dark Zero | 32 | 4 | |
| Portal 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Prey | 8 | ||
| Project Gotham Racing 3 | 8 | 1 | |
| Project Gotham Racing 4 | 8 | 2 | |
| Quake 4 | 8 | 1 | |
| Quake II | 16 | 4 | |
| Race Driver: GRID | 12 | 1 | No player limit setting. (Sometimes can't see any session) |
| Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger | 2 | 1 | Complete campaign playable in co-op. |
| Red Dead Redemption | 8 | 1 | |
| Red Faction: Guerilla | |||
| Resident Evil 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Resident Evil 6 | 4 | 1 | |
| Sacred 2: Fallen Angel | 4 | 2 | Offline: 1-2, Co-Op 1-2; Online: 2-4, Co-Op 1-4. To play via LAN, both players must be signed into Xbox live with Gold accounts. |
| Saints Row | 12 | 1 | |
| Saints Row 2 | 12 | 1 | |
| Saints Row The Third | 2 | 1 | |
| Section 8 (video game) | |||
| Section 8 Prejudice | 16 | 1 | Bots available for empty player slots. |
| Shadowrun | 16 | 1 | Bots available for empty player slots. |
| Soltrio Solitaire | 2 | 1 | Xbox Live Arcade game. |
| Spec Ops: The Line | 8 | 1 | |
| Stormrise | 8 | 1 | |
| Stuntman: Ignition | 8 | 2 | |
| Tenchu Z | 4 | 1 | |
| The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena | ? | 1 | |
| The Club | 8 | 1 | |
| The Darkness | 8 | 1 | |
| The Orange Box | 16 | 1 | Team Fortress 2 only. |
| The Outfit | 8 | 2 | |
| Timeshift | 16 | 1 | |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter | 16 | 4 | 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. |
| Tom Clancy's HAWX | 8 | 1 | |
| Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas | 16 | 1 | |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 | 16 | 1 | 4 player limit for Terrorist Hunt mode |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction | 2 | 1 | |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent | 6 | 1 | |
| Undertow | 16 | 2 | |
| Unreal Tournament 3 | 16 | 2 | Bots available for empty player slots. |
| Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise | 4 | 1 | |
| X-COM Enemy Unknown | 2 | 1 |
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