XCX Recomp turns Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition into a native Windows program

How it works

XCX Recomp translates the code of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, the 2025 Switch release, into a native x86-64 Windows executable. There's no emulation involved. jmars125 maintains it, starting from TotK Recomp, Valiantsin Dzerakh's project that did the same for Tears of the Kingdom. The README says most of the code is written by AI coding agents under the maintainer's direction, and the maintainer plays every build before merging.

New Game, cutscenes and gameplay run with sound, text and menus at 60 fps by default. The frame rate setting goes from 30 to 360, with anything above 60 marked experimental. Update 2.0.0 and the Exploration Support Package add-on are supported.

Version 0.1.16

Released on November 8, it brings:

• DLSS and DLAA on RTX cards. Below render scale 100 it upscales; at 100 it works as anti-aliasing.
• HDR10 output, ported from TotK Recomp, with brightness settings that apply live.
• Saves that survive a save folder that can't be renamed, and no more freezes while saving.
• The map and Affinity Chart filling ultrawide screens, with some icons near the edges still stretching.
• Clouds that move at the same speed at any frame rate.

Several test builds with more fixes followed on November 9. They already ship a Linux and Steam Deck package, which the README still lists as planned.

What you need

The repository contains nothing from the game. The setup tool builds the program on your PC from your own copy dumped from your console: the base game and the 2.0.0 update. It needs Windows 10 or later, a CPU with AVX2, a Vulkan 1.3 GPU and about 36 GB free during setup, 20 GB once it's done. The result contains the game, so the project asks you not to share it.