A whopping 30 new games are heading to Xbox next week (2025)

Kittens and Yarn is a cute and minimalist puzzle game where it's up to you to untangle the yarns by simply swapping the pieces.

- Relaxing. No scoring, no timer, and no pressure. Solve the puzzles in your own time and enjoy the game experience.
- Level progression. Unique levels, where the challenge increases with each level with more pieces and yarns.
- Great soundtrack. Music and effects exclusively designed to give you the best experience.

Free the kingdom as you master side-scrolling precision platforming stages in retro 1-bit style!

The kingdom is in danger, and power has fallen into the hands of an evil wizard! Now it’s up to you to save the land from certain destruction. Run, jump, dash, avoid traps and hop on the heads of enemies as you explore forests, caves, perilous ruins and more. Knight’s Night! is a retro precision platformer presented in 1-bit black-and-white style, featuring fluid pixel art animation and super-tight controls.

As you make your way through 25 side-scrolling stages to reach the wizard’s castle, you’ll unlock new abilities to aid your journey. Carefully search for secret collectables, meet and converse with unique characters, use springboards to reach higher platforms and navigate mazelike underground tunnels. Can you restore peace and light to this world of darkness?

Powerful beings known as Titans have seized control of Heaven. A makeshift alliance is formed between former angels and demons, who must learn to work together against their common foe.

Now, you must command these clans aboard newly forged trains, and embark on your journey through Hell, Heaven, and the Abyss, to defeat the Titans before they destroy this world.

Chaos awaits beyond the gates!

Challenge yourself with these 5 one-button fast-paced games.

D PISTOLS - You are constantly moving up and down. You goal is to shoot all the enemies that are coming from the sides of the screen. When the enemies reach the middle of the screen they will go up or down depending on your current position. Press a button to change your direction and shoot sideways. Hold a button to charge and shoot in all four directions.

EMBATTLED - You are constantly moving up and down while enemies on both sides are shooting at you and approaching your position. To change your direction, press a button or hit the top or the bottom of the screen. Hold a button to stay still and put up shields to protect yourself from enemy shots. But when you have the shields up enemies shoot faster and move towards you. Try to avoid enemy shots and make them hit each other to score points.

TOTOGE - You control a chicken that is constantly falling down towards one of the sides of the screen. Your goal is to avoid landing on the randomly appearing spikes. Press a button to jump in the air and you will score additional points for jumping depending on the distance passed. You will turn around when you hit the sides of the screen.

BOMB UP - You are constantly falling down. Press a button to fire a bomb and press it again to explode it. Score points by destroying all the red squares within the radius of its explosion. The explosion will bounce you up and to the side and you will turn around when you hit a wall.

TAPPUMP - You control a circle. Your goal is to move forward while avoiding hitting the mines and going beyond the horizontal borders of the screen. Press a button to jump and hold a button to increase your radius. Collect coins to score points.

Speed merges with precision in this celestial adventure!

At sonic speeds, Aureole - Wings of Hope takes platforming to the literal skies! Join Ramila and Ryleth on their crusade to reclaim their home from demonic forces in this unique physics-based side-scrolling game.

Turn into the fastest halo ever! Join Ramila and Ryleth on their high-speed crusade to reclaim their home from demonic forces in this unique physics-based platformer. Master precision movement as you dash, bounce, and soar through levels designed to push you to supersonic speeds with smooth and responsive controls.

Ages after the demons were banished, a new threat looms over the Heaven Kingdom. The demonic army has returned, stronger than ever, led by the self-proclaimed Demon King Lazel, who seeks to conquer the angels’ domain once and for all.

From the award-winning studio MercurySteam, comes a new action-adventure where you forge your own weapons and face fierce enemies in a unique combat system.

Join Aran de Lira on his journey to find the real purpose of his fate!

THE DIVINE METAL: You are Aran de Lira, firstborn of the King’s Ward. The newly crowned Queen Nerea has cast a spell that turns steel into stone. Only her army of abominations wield the divine metal against which other blades shatter.

THE FORGE: Find Forge Scrolls, develop your forging skills and craft your weapon to suit your fighting style. The chosen weapon family and the materials you create it from will affect characteristics such as weight, length, durability, penetration and edge quality.

CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON: Choose between seven different weapon families and over 30 unique Forge Scrolls, which allow almost infinite weapon combinations. Your choice of weapon will be crucial when facing your enemy!

TACTICAL COMBAT: A unique and challenging combat system which allows you to attack specific body parts of the enemy. Slash, stab or bludgeon enemies depending on the situation and what the enemy is equipped with. Only the right weapon will allow you to overcome the enemy’s armour.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE: Adso is Aran’s companion who will join him on his journey. During combat, Adso gives helpful tips how to defeat enemies by analysing them and taking notes in his chronicles. He will be crucial on your adventure, as he speaks the ancient forger language.

BE ON GUARD: Over 50 enemy types, including the Queen’s guards, creatures, undead and more. Each enemy has its own unique attack style, weapon, and armour setup.

A WORLD FULL OF MYSTERY: Aran and Adso embark on an uncertain mission. The objective is clear, but the path is full of dangers, mysteries and epic settings such as huge castles, maze-like palaces and more. You will know only what our heroes know, your intuition and courage must fill in the rest.

Cookie Clicker is a game about making an absurd amount of cookies. To help you in this endeavor, you will recruit a wide variety of helpful cookie makers, like friendly Grandmas, Farms, Factories, and otherworldly Portals.

Cookie Clicker was originally released in 2013, but has been very actively developed since then. If you played it before, try it again to see all the new features!

* Collect cookies and spend them to earn even more cookies
* Over 600+ upgrades
* Pet your dragon
* Mini-games
* Unlock heavenly perma-upgrades
* Music by C418

The magical box is back, and this time, organizing miniatures has become more complicated. In Legends Aligned: Minis in Conflict, you continue fitting miniatures into a box — but now, rivalries are involved.

Each miniature belongs to one of three factions. And here's the problem: members of rival factions can't be placed side by side. To help, some neutral creatures come into play and act as buffers, allowing peace (or at least organization) to be maintained.

The popular dice game for the whole family!

This classic game par excellence has brought young and old together for generations. The much-loved original convinces with its child-friendly rules and thrilling luck of the dice. It’s great fun for the whole family – full of both laughter and frustration!

Welcome to Maniac where chaos is just waiting to be unleashed. Maniac is a throwback to the times of the Original GTAs of the world, in which mayhem reigned supreme.

With an arsenal of unlockable characters, weapons, and an ever-changing world. Try not to get Busted! GTA meets Vampire Survivors with a dash of Fast and the Furious thrown in to make one hell of a chaotic mess!

Don’t feel crazy enough? We got you! With an arsenal of Democracy at your fingertips from highjacking Bulldozers, Buses, Cop Cars, Tanks, and then some, destruction is all around!
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Six psychopaths with a myriad of skills, unlockable gear, and vehicular upgrades all just waiting to be unleashed

A Chaotic Open World City, just waiting for the chains of mayhem to snap! With 11 unique districts and a built-in map editor, your playground awaits!

You Can’t Say Maniac without a system in place ready to deliver sheer destruction and chaos! With sick drifts from the driving physics to chain reactions ready to explode, the world is dynamic and ever-changing. All of this is backed up by an aggressive AI determined to catch you, so don't get BUSTED!

Out of Sight is a deeply atmospheric horror game that blends first and second-person perspectives with riveting voice-acting to immerse you in a chilling and emotional journey.

The world from a new perspective
Having regained sight through her beloved Teddy, Sophie knows she must find a way out before it’s too late. Danger lurks around every corner—one misplaced step, a creaking floorboard, or unexpected bump could spell capture… and an uncertain fate.

Without sight, but not without hope
Rely on your wits and instincts to overcome the many challenges of the mansion. With only your courage and Teddy to guide you, survival is in your hands.

A Mansion of Secrets
Piece together the chilling story buried within the mansion’s walls. Unravel its tragic past and uncover the events that turned it into a place of nightmares.

Psychological Discomfort
Not all is as it seems. The line between reality and illusion is razor-thin, and your senses may betray you.

Survival Above All
Avoid your relentless captors and uncover the secrets of your capture. Will you discover the truth and break free, or become a lost soul trapped forever?

Roll, collect, and dive into the waifu-filled adventure of your dreams!

Super Waifu Ball is an arcade-style adventure where you roll through colorful, obstacle-filled worlds as a cast of adorable waifus. Complete levels, collect stars, and unlock collectible waifu figurines from the gacha machine!

Set sail for an epic action-packed adventure in Trident’s Tale, where you’ll become Ocean, a bold young captain on a quest to reclaim the legendary Storm Trident—a mythical artifact that grants power over the seas. But beware the ocean is vast, treacherous, and crawling with danger at every turn! So ready the cannons, hoist the sails, and immerse yourself in a gripping tale filled with eccentric characters, cunning dungeons, and adrenaline-pumping battles. You will need to master your magic and embrace your swashbuckling spirit to become the ruler of the seas!

Command Your Ship, Rule the Seas: Take the helm in dynamic naval battles, where every cannon shot and maneuver counts. Upgrade and customise your ship to suit your playstyle, and engage in epic cannon duels against rival pirates, sea monsters, and more!

Explore a Vast, Living World: Discover a sprawling ocean filled with diverse islands, each with its own secrets, treasures, and challenges. Uncover hidden dungeons, solve cunning riddles, and loot rare treasures to power up your crew.

Build Your Legendary Pirate Crew: Recruit a colorful cast of characters, each with unique abilities and personalities. Level up your crew, unlock powerful skills, and create the ultimate pirate team.
Fight for survival: Use your blade, magic, and firearms in exhilarating land combat, complete with special abilities and thrilling boss encounters.

Fly to extraordinary planets with different terrains and start mining valuable minerals to sell them in your base. Create corridors to reach stacks of crystals, or do it your own way and mine wherever you like with the help of dynamite. Hire workers and build an auto-miner machine to speed up your work!

Over time, mining gets more difficult because of more challenging terrains. Collect money to buy various upgrades for your mining machine, workers, vacuum gun, your character and the backpack you are carrying. This way you will be well prepared and get all the minerals out much faster!

Use power-ups of increased backpack capacity, a magnet that attracts crystals, or a jetpack which, in addition to increasing the speed of movement, also melts the terrain. However, they are not free. To use them, you must go through the portal located on the planet and teleport yourself to the underground to find gold coins. You can also spend them to buy various character skins, vacuums and even vehicles! Yes, you read that right, because who wouldn't want to ride a hoverboard on an unknown planet?

If you don't want to mine alone, invite a friend to play together in co-op mode and share the duties! Pick your favorite skins, hop on the hoverboards, and get rich together by selling colorful minerals!

Beware, in the terrain you may find the fossils of creatures that once lived on the planet. Thanks to super technology, you can bring them back to the world and assign them to follow you, giving you various bonuses!

Step into the ring where the future of humanity hangs in the balance.
In a world ravaged by an apocalyptic event, society is ruled by a brutal regime. But deep in the shadows, a resistance ignites. Will you rise and fight back—or fall to the chaos?

Blazing Strike is a stylish 2D fighting game where classic arcade mechanics meet modern innovation. Inspired by genre legends, it delivers fast-paced combat, a deep cast of characters, and flawless online battles powered by rollback netcode.

Experience dynamic rallies and tactical depth as you master smashes, drops, clears, and net plays. The intuitive controls make it easy to pick up and play, while the depth of movement and shot variety ensures rewarding gameplay for all skill levels.

Choose your champion from a colorful cast of characters, each bringing their own personality and flair to the court. Whether you're battling it out in local multiplayer or rising through the ranks in solo tournaments, every match is a test of reflexes, precision, and strategy.

In Collie Call, you’re a super-smart pup on a mission: herd all the sheep back to the pasture! But it’s not as easy as it sounds — there’s slippery mud, spinning sheep, and even wacky teleporters. All wrapped up in a cute retro pixel-art style!

You’ll explore three different farms:
Spring teaches the basics (and introduces muddy mayhem).
Summer brings spinning sheep and bigger levels.
Winter adds teleporters and brain-twisting puzzles!

With easy controls, instant undo, and quick restarts, you can try out all your ideas without any pressure.

Collie Call is a light and fun puzzle game, perfect for anyone who loves thinking things through and having a laugh with a clever little dog. Ready to round up that flock?

Lord of the Click 5 continues the legendary clicker series, offering unique challenges, deep strategy and exciting gameplay. As a wise king, you once again enter the battle to save the kingdom, which is plunging into darkness.

The game is a 2D autobattler with an isometric view. Place your troops, press "Play" and watch the majestic battles full of surprises. But now everything is in your hands - collect crystals and use powerful spells: call tornadoes or strike enemies with lightning to turn the tide of battle!

Reclaim your destiny.

Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny returns with HD graphics and modernised controls to perform issen critical counter attacks and intense swordplay. Play as Jubei Yagyu and make your way through feudal Japan with your allies. This game has additional language support adapted from the original script.

Additional features include:
- New Gallery mode with over 100 sketches by the game's character designer, Keita Amemiya.
- New digital soundtrack selection with all 43 tracks from the original soundtrack of Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny.
- Hell mode difficulty.
- The Man in Black, Team Oni, and Puzzle Phantom Realm mini games will be available to play at the very beginning.
- Auto-save feature and easy weapon switch for improved playability.

Do you love soccer? Do you love golf? Tee off and kickoff in SoccerGolf, a brilliant and challenging new physics game that seamlessly combines your two favorite sports.

Aim to athletically kick your soccer ball into the goal in the lowest possible number of shots. Use precise mid-air putting techniques to reach just the right amount of force and accuracy needed to sink a hole.

Choose from 54 challenging levels with 3 unique themes, and get ready for increased obstacles, hazards, and difficulty.

Written by Sean Carey

A big fan of Xbox achievements, Sean has committed to playing as many of the best RPGs, racing games, and first-person shooters on and off Xbox Game Pass as possible. Before joining TrueAchievements, Sean earned a degree in journalism from Solent University.