Winter Games 2023 Review (Xbox Series S)

by Jim Smale · Published October 19, 2022 · Updated June 4, 2025

For our Winter Games 2023 Review, we play a classic sports game in a modern guise. The player can prove his/her athletic abilities in ten dynamic winter sports disciplines, for example, ski jumping, biathlon, ski cross, skeleton, or super-G.

Winter Games 2023 Review Pros:

Nice graphics.
4.5GB download size.
1000 Gamerscore.
Winter Games gameplay.
Three game modes – Individual disciplines, cups, and training.
Training mode lets you practice a particular discipline.
Records will show your best scores, medals, crashes, and full stats.
2 – 4 local multiplayer support.
Eight cups – amateur, semi-pro, pro, alpine, air, speed, stamina, and custom.
Three game difficulties – Easy, medium, and hard.
Before playing, you can set the country that you represent.
Good loading screens.
In-screen button prompts to help you control.
As the event starts, you can press X and see a guide on controls and rules of the event.
The replay will auto-play after an event has finished.
The controls are solid and very accessible in how they are portrayed to you.
Ten events (disciplines) – Biathlon, curling, downhill, short track, skeleton, ski cross, ski jumping, snowboard Cross, super G, and two-woman bobsleigh.

Winter Games 2023 Review Cons:

Cannot rebind controls.
Doesn’t have any online leaderboards.
No online play.
The view is set and cannot be changed, so it’s either 3rd or 1st person.
Cannot customize your character or even choose one; you are just given one with no choice on whether they are male or female.
No actual game settings.
Cannot see the controls of the event in the pause menu.
The AI is ridiculously good, no matter the game difficulty.
The performance really suffers in big events like downhill slaloms and ski jumping.

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