Extremely rare Xbox game is being sold for over £1,000

One of the rarest Xbox Series X/S games around is a title you wouldn’t expect, as listings for the fantasy role-player balloon on eBay.

The vast majority of the most valuable video games are relics from the 1980s and 1990s, but the decline of physical releases over recent years appears to be making even some modern titles a prized commodity.

For some new indie titles, retailers like Iam8bit and Limited Run Games sell physical versions in small quantities. Physical copies can be locked behind Kickstarter goals too or sometimes delayed until after the game has launched, as was the case with Alan Wake 2.

The rise of digital sales has made physical games increasingly more of a collector’s item, to the point where many high street retailers are dropping them from shelves. Certain publishers,