Original Xbox Games Value: Steel Battalion, Rare Titles, CIB

Most original Xbox games are worth about $5-20 each as of November 2026: PriceCharting's sold-price guide puts Halo: Combat Evolved at about $11 loose and $16 complete, and Halo 2 at about $8 loose and $12 complete. The exceptions are a short list of late, low-print releases and one giant controller: Steel Battalion with its 44-input cockpit controller sells for about $674 complete, Futurama for about $385 complete and OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast for about $330 complete.

The original Xbox sold from November 2001 until the Xbox 360 replaced it in late 2005, and most of its library was printed in large numbers. The money is in late releases with small print runs and in licensed games that were never re-released or made backward compatible.

Quick answer

• Typical games, sports titles and Halo: about $5-20 each, complete or not.
• Steel Battalion with the controller: about $520 without the box, $674 complete in box, $925 sealed. The game disc alone is about $78.
• Futurama about $385 complete, OutRun 2006 about $330, Teen Titans and The Guy Game about $230, Spikeout: Battle Street about $225.
• The Platinum Hits reprint of NBA Ballers is the odd one out: complete copies have sold for about $600-1,200.
• Panzer Dragoon Orta, often called rare, sells for only about $35 complete.

How do I check what my original Xbox game is worth?

Pin down the exact title and edition, then price it by what you have: disc only, disc and case, or complete with the manual.

1. Confirm it is an original Xbox game. Original Xbox cases have a green band across the top of the cover with the XBOX logo. Xbox 360 covers have a white top band with the Xbox 360 logo instead, and are covered in our Xbox 360 games guide.
2. Check for Platinum Hits. Microsoft's budget reprints have a silver Platinum Hits band at the top of the cover in place of the green one. For most games the reprint sells for a little less complete. NBA Ballers is the reverse: its Platinum Hits reprint is the rare one.
3. Read the title against the list below. If it is not there, it is almost certainly a $5-20 game. PriceCharting by name and edition confirms it.
4. Check the disc. Hold the data side to a lamp. Light, even scuffs usually play. Deep scratches, cracks near the center hole or a cloudy resurfaced look lower the price.
5. Count the parts. Complete means the original case, the cover art, the disc and the manual. On rare titles the manual alone matters: PriceCharting puts the Futurama manual at about $93.
6. For Steel Battalion, inspect the controller. It is a two-piece cockpit with two joysticks, a throttle, a bank of switches and a separate set of three foot pedals that plugs into the main unit. A missing pedal unit or a dead switch takes a lot off the price.
7. Test it if you can. On the expensive titles, buyers ask whether the disc loads and the controller responds in game. Say so in the listing.

Which original Xbox games are worth the most?

Figures are PriceCharting's current prices, built from completed eBay sales and checked in November 2026, for North American copies. We also checked every row against at least three individual eBay sold listings, most from August to October 2026, and the loose and complete figures land within about 25 percent of them; the one exception is the NBA Ballers loose price, explained below.

Sealed prices rest on few sales and swing widely. The NBA Ballers Platinum Hits figure also rests on few sales: PriceCharting records about five complete eBay sales a year, including $600 in October 2025, $895 in December 2025, $700 in April 2026 and $1,200 in May 2026. It has only one loose disc sale on record, $60 in 2022, so there is no reliable loose price for this edition.

Why is Steel Battalion worth so much?

Because the controller is the product. Capcom sold Steel Battalion in 2002 for about $200, packed with a cockpit controller that, according to Wikipedia's entry on the game, has 44 input points, two joysticks, a throttle and foot pedals. The game will not play without it. Wikipedia also notes that the controller was later re-released with blue buttons, which is how collectors tell the second run from the first, green-button run.

PriceCharting's recent loose sales show how the market prices the parts. Controllers with pedals and the game sold for $450 in October 2026, and a set with the controller and the sequel Line of Contact sold for $650 in September 2026. The disc alone is about $78, because nobody can use it without the controller.

Check these on a Steel Battalion set:

• The pedal unit. It is a separate piece with three pedals and its own cable. Listings without it sell for much less.
• The switches and the eject button. The ignition and eject switches under flip-up covers get the most use. A broken cover is common and lowers the price.
• The box. The original box is large and often thrown away. A complete boxed set, about $674, adds roughly $150 over the controller and game.
• Line of Contact. The 2004 sequel used the same controller but was built around Xbox Live, which Microsoft shut down for the original Xbox in 2010. It sells for about $51 complete and does not need to come with the controller.

Why are some famous Xbox games cheap?

Because they are still easy to play elsewhere. Panzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio Future and many first-party games run on an Xbox One or Series X through Microsoft's backward compatibility program, which keeps demand for the disc down. Panzer Dragoon Orta has the reputation of a rare game, but PriceCharting shows it selling about once a day at about $35 complete.

The expensive titles are the opposite: licensed games such as Futurama and Teen Titans, and Sega arcade ports such as OutRun 2006 and Spikeout, with no easy modern version. Licensed games and arcade ports are the ones to check first in your own stack.

A worked example

Say you buy a box of 20 original Xbox games at a yard sale. Nineteen are sports games, Halo, Halo 2 and Project Gotham Racing, all complete: roughly $100-150 together at sold prices, less from a store.

The twentieth is Futurama, with the case and the manual but a scratched disc. The cover has the green top band, not Platinum Hits, and the disc loads. That is a complete Futurama, about $385 at the PriceCharting figure, with the scratches pushing it toward the lower end. Sold on its own on eBay with photos of the disc, manual and case, it is worth more than the other 19 games together. Without the manual, use about $250-300; the manual alone sells for about $93.

What raises or lowers the price of an Xbox game?

Are there fake original Xbox games?

Fewer than for Nintendo or Sega systems. A standard, unmodified Xbox will not boot a burned DVD-R, so reproductions are mostly printed case art or burned discs aimed at modified consoles. Check these on any expensive title:

• The data side. A pressed Xbox disc has no dye tint. A burned DVD-R usually shows a purple, blue or green tint and a visible line where writing stopped.
• The label side. A genuine disc has its art printed directly on the disc. A sticker label, or a blank disc with handwriting, is a copy.
• The inner ring. Pressed discs have molded identification codes in the clear area near the center hole. A burned disc has blank media codes or none.
• The cover. Reproduction cover art is often printed on glossy photo paper, with soft text and colors that are too dark or too saturated.

Where should I sell original Xbox games?

Steel Battalion is the one item where local sale makes sense even at a slightly lower price: the boxed set is large and the controller does not survive careless packing.

Common mistakes

• Splitting a Steel Battalion set. The disc alone sells for about $78; with the controller and pedals the set is several hundred dollars.
• Treating every Platinum Hits copy as rare because NBA Ballers is. For almost every other game the reprint is the cheaper version.
• Resurfacing a disc that already plays. It leaves visible rings, and buyers of rare titles price that in.
• Pricing from asking prices. Futurama listings at $500 are asks; sold copies cluster near $385 complete.
• Shipping Steel Battalion in its retail box alone. Double-box it; a snapped joystick or switch cover takes a large bite out of the price.

How WorthPic reads original Xbox game photos

WorthPic runs on the newest and most capable AI model available, tuned for exactly this kind of identification. From photos of the case, disc and manual it reads the title, the region, the green or Platinum Hits band and what is present, then gives an honest value range from recent sales for that game and level of completeness, with a most likely figure. For Steel Battalion it checks whether the photos show the controller, the pedal unit and the box. What it cannot know from a photo is whether the disc loads, whether every switch on a controller works, or whether a factory seal has been redone. It identifies and estimates. It does not authenticate, grade or appraise. For a sealed rare game, a specialist retro game dealer settles it in hand.

What to photograph

• The case front and back, flat and in daylight, with the title and the top band in view.
• The disc on both sides, with the clear inner ring in focus.
• The manual cover and any inserts.
• For Steel Battalion: the whole controller from above, the pedal unit, and the box if you have it.
• For sealed games: every side of the wrap and the seams.

When to get it looked at in person

A common Xbox game does not need an expert. A sealed copy of anything in the table, a Steel Battalion controller that powers on but has a dead switch, or an NBA Ballers Platinum Hits copy you plan to sell for several hundred dollars deserves a second opinion from a specialist retro game dealer. If the Xbox games came in a box with GameCube or PS2 games, price those separately: the rare titles on those systems are different. For the other consoles and electronics from the same years, our guide to cameras and electronics value explains what holds its price and what sells for parts.

Sources

• PriceCharting: most expensive Xbox games: loose, complete and new prices for every title in the value table, and the individual eBay sold listings on each game page that we checked row by row.
• PriceCharting: Steel Battalion, Xbox: controller set prices and dated sales from September and October 2026.
• PriceCharting: NBA Ballers, Platinum Hits: complete sales of $600 to $1,200 between October 2025 and May 2026.
• PriceCharting: Panzer Dragoon Orta, Xbox: about $35 complete with roughly daily sales.
• Wikipedia: Steel Battalion: the 44-input controller, the roughly $200 launch price and the blue-button re-release.