XBOX is kicking off July with 3 Game Pass titles in Week Two. Starting on Monday, July 6 look for Winds of Arcania: Ruination, the much anticipated full release of Palworld, and RPG Wuthering Waves. Stick with us over July, as we announce new weekly drops.
Meanwhile, the XBOX catalog is looking pretty stuffed already, with a slew of new additions, including Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, EA SPORTS College Football 27 (now out of early access jail), psychological horror Welcome to Kowloon, survival horror Escape from Umbra, and many more.
Remember to bookmark and return as we update each week over the course of July.
XBOX GAME PASS
Winds of Arcana: Ruination (July 6)
(Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere)
Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.
Gears of War: Reloaded (July 9)
(Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, Handheld, and PC)
Experience the origins of one of gaming’s most acclaimed franchises like never before, faithfully remastered and optimized for PC. Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.
Tamashika (July 9)
(Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, Handheld, and PC)
Frenetic and colorful arcade shooter about keeping your mind at one place. Sounds easy? You try it! Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass.
Palworld 1.0 (July 10)
(Xbox Play Anywhere)
The full 1.0 release of the open-world survival game where players collect, battle, build, and survive alongside mysterious creatures called Pals. Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Wuthering Waves (July 10)
(Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere)
Wuthering Waves is a story-rich open-world action RPG with a high degree of freedom. You wake from your slumber as Rover, joined by a vibrant cast of Resonators on a journey to reclaim your lost memories and change the world.
Ascend to ZERO (July 13)
(Xbox Play Anywhere)
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to stop time? Ascend to ZERO is a time-bending action-roguelike where you can use your unique ability to freeze time and fight your way to the top.
PBA Pro Bowling 2026 (July 14)
(Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC)
Rise from amateur to PBA legend in the most realistic bowling simulation ever made, featuring advanced physics, realistic oil pattern transition, licensed PBA pros, deep career progression, and multiple competitive game modes. Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass.
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check (July 15)
(Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC)
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls. Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.
Denshattack! (July 15)
(Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere)
Embrace the mayhem! Flip, trick and grind your train in a fast-paced, off-the-rails ride through a colourful Japanese dystopia. Outmatch rival gangs, wreck a shady megacorp, and take back the tracks with nothing but skill, speed, and style. Look for our review this week!
MAVRIX by Matt Jones — Game Preview (July 16)
(Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
The ultimate multiplayer open world designed by Pro riders. Discover mountains and trails with limitless control and build your own career. Pull huge tricks or race through the global rankings! Nail challenges to secure sponsorship deals with real world brands. Are you ready?!
FixForce (July 17)
(Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC)
Leap, climb, and launch your friends in this chaotic co-op extraction platformer for up to 6 players! Use your drill-wrench to build your way across a vibrant post-apocalyptic world, find replacement parts, and fix broken machines. And if you lose your head, don’t worry: it’s all part of the job. Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass.
Fogpiercer (July 17)
Fight through the fog in this sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where clever positioning, explosive chain-reactions, and the environment itself can make the difference between life and death.
The Planet Crafter (July 21)
(Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC)
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere. Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 (July 21)
(Cloud, Console, and PC)
Play the fully-remastered Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™ & Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™ 2 games in one epic collection, rebuilt from the ground up in incredible HD. Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
Shift at Midnight (July 22)
(Game Pass / Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play Anywhere)
A gas station management simulator with a deadly survival horror twist. Restock shelves and clean your store by night, while interrogating customers to execute deadly doppelgangers trying to kill you. This online co-op detective horror can be played by up to 3 players who must work together across randomly generated shifts to investigate your customers, as some are only pretending to be human. Make one mistake, and you’ll be forced to board up, set traps, and hide.
XBOX GAME CATALOG
July 1
Clarity: The Seven Demons of Vanguardia (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
A side-scrolling action platformer where a young hero wields demonic powers in a quest to avenge his father across seven dangerous worlds.
Mayor May Knott
A creepy-but-cozy adventure about restoring a haunted ghost town, solving puzzles, and befriending the strange monsters that inhabit it.
Tallowmere
A procedurally generated action roguelike where players descend ever-changing dungeons filled with monsters, bosses, and treasure.
July 2
EA SPORTS College Football 27 (Early Access) (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
The latest college football sim introduces expanded Dynasty and Road to Glory modes, deeper customization, and mascot gameplay, with early access available ahead of the full launch.
HYPERWIRED (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
A fast-paced pixel-art roguelike shooter where managing your limited life-support energy is just as important as surviving relentless bullet-hell combat.
July 3
Bone Marrow 2 (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A tactical puzzle game inspired by 2048 where combining resources strengthens your heroes before each night’s deadly battles.
Independence Day Festive Finds (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A patriotic hidden-object experience that challenges players to spot subtle differences across colorful Fourth of July celebrations.
In Fair Spirits (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
A slice-of-life visual novel following a reincarnated young man confronting memories of a tragic past in a quiet English village.
Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
A classic point-and-click adventure in which an aspiring writer uncovers dark secrets within a mysterious abbey bound by silence.
Swamp TD 2 (Xbox Play Anywhere)
A classic tower defense game featuring dozens of maps, comic-inspired defensive towers, and a wide variety of enemy monsters.
Tanky Tanks – Reloaded (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
An arcade tank shooter focused on fast-paced battles, precision aiming, and increasingly challenging enemy forces.
The Legend of Fireball
An arcade destruction game where players build their fireball powers by obliterating everything from household objects to skyscrapers.
Zaxoid
A retro-inspired twin-stick shooter that combines space combat, strategic upgrades, and defensive city protection against alien invasions.
July 6
Wall World 2 (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
The mining roguelite returns with larger biomes, deeper progression, tougher enemies, and expanded exploration aboard your upgradeable robospider.
July 7
One Button Games 5-in-1 Vol. 7 (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A collection of five minimalist arcade games, each built around a single-button control scheme with deceptively challenging gameplay.
July 8
The Fissure (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
A branching visual novel mystery where your choices uncover buried secrets and multiple endings in the town of San Adraín.
Frogging Up: Frog Climb Rage Game (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
A demanding physics-based climbing game where every jump brings a determined frog closer to escaping his humble beginnings.
Sokocat: Castaway (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
A cozy Sokoban-inspired puzzle adventure featuring relaxing exploration, clever environmental puzzles, and an island full of secrets.
July 9
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A modernized version of the pirate classic featuring enhanced visuals as Edward Kenway sails the Caribbean in search of fortune and freedom.
EA SPORTS College Football 27 (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
The latest college football simulation adds expanded Dynasty, Road to Glory, and mascot gameplay while celebrating the traditions of game day.
Echoes of Aincrad (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
An action RPG set in the legendary floating castle where players create their own hero, master combat skills, and forge powerful partnerships.
Book It! (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A charming puzzle game that challenges players to organize books across increasingly complex library layouts.
Hell Clock
A dark action RPG inspired by Brazilian history where every second matters as you descend into the underworld to rescue your mentor’s soul.
KEMCO RPG Selection Vol. 10 (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
A bundle featuring four classic-style RPGs, including Infinite Links, Overrogue, Fairy Elements, and Dragon Prana.
Red Titans (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A challenging vertical shoot-’em-up that combines classic arcade action with strategic resource management.
Viking Frontiers (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A Viking survival and settlement-building game where you gather resources, craft, raid, and lead your clan to prosperity.
July 10
Black Spades (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A faithful digital recreation of the classic card game featuring traditional house rules, including Jokers, Deuces, and Reneg.
Cuboy Adventure (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A colorful platforming adventure packed with puzzles, collectibles, secrets, and boss battles.
Damways (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A relaxing puzzle game where a clever beaver manipulates dams and waterways to create paths home.
Escape from Umbra (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
A first-person horror puzzle adventure where players use stealth, clues, and a flashlight to escape a cursed village.
Quest Arrest (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
A retro-inspired action adventure where Detective Allison Bennett fights to reclaim her city from criminal gangs.
Tower Dominion (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
A strategic tower defense game built around experimenting with towers, perks, and doctrines to survive relentless enemy assaults.
Welcome to Kowloon (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A first-person psychological horror game set within the unsettling maze of Kowloon, where an apartment hunt becomes a nightmare.
July 13
Beholder: Conductor (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
Welcome aboard the Determination Bringer! Maintain order, inspect passengers, and use reporting, searches, and intimidation to keep the train running according to the state’s rules.
Forensics: Crime Scene Detective (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
Investigate crime scenes using authentic forensic techniques inspired by real-world criminal investigators, uncovering the truth through science rather than action.
Forest of Deceit (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
A multiplayer social deduction game for 4–8 players where stranded survivors must work together—unless hidden traitors sabotage the group’s efforts.
July 14
Amazing Weekend Search and Relax Collector’s Edition
A hidden object adventure featuring scenic outdoor locations, mini-games, and relaxing puzzles.
The Crimson Maid (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere)
A narrative mystery blending first-person exploration, visual novel storytelling, and puzzle-solving in a dramatic tale of romance and murder.
Grandpa and Me vs the Numbers (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A colorful side-scrolling shooter with platforming elements, playable solo or in local co-op as you battle rogue numbers.
I Love Finding Pups Collector’s Edition
Travel the world solving hidden object puzzles while discovering adorable canine companions.
July 15
Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
A relaxing life-sim sequel where you help ghostly bears find peace while building and decorating your island campsite.
The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A Lovecraft-inspired co-op horror adventure featuring psychological madness and reality-warping exploration.
Dark Town Secrets: Lost Lulu Collector’s Edition
A hidden object mystery packed with atmospheric locations, puzzles, and a haunting storyline.
Incremental Epic Hero 2 (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
An expansive idle RPG where six heroes continuously grow stronger across thousands of hours of progression.
Magnetail (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A charming puzzle adventure starring an inventive mouse solving increasingly clever workshop challenges.
Mayor May Knott
A creepy-cozy 3D adventure about restoring a haunted ghost town and befriending its unusual inhabitants.
Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
Manage and decorate a cozy woodland café while befriending adorable animal customers.
ShapeHero Factory
Build tiny geometric heroes in a quirky factory and send them into automated battles against endless monster hordes.
Sweet Home: Look and Find Collector’s Edition
Relax with hidden object scenes, mini-games, and puzzles set in warm, inviting homes and gardens.
War Robots
A tactical multiplayer mech shooter featuring giant robots, strategic combat, and PvP battles.
July 16
70s-style Robot Anime Geppy-X (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
The classic Japan-exclusive anime-inspired shooter finally arrives worldwide with enhanced features.
Biomechanical Toy (QUByte Classics) (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
A retro action platformer featuring pixel-art visuals, powerful weapons, rewind functionality, and classic arcade action.
Dual Bunnies (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
Guide two rabbits through charming puzzles by carefully coordinating their movements.
Farlands (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
Restore an abandoned farming planet in this cozy sci-fi farming and life simulation.
Feudal Baron: King’s Land (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
Build and manage a thriving medieval settlement while defending it from raiders and expanding your domain.
Jack in Space (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A child-friendly educational adventure packed with colorful space-themed mini-games.
K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
Manage an aspiring K-pop group and guide them toward superstardom in this idol life simulator.
Looking for Fael (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
Explore a surreal apartment that transforms into a mysterious labyrinth in search of your missing roommate.
Moss: The Forgotten Relic (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
The complete Moss adventure brings both acclaimed chapters together in one enhanced edition.
Project 7: Escape Room
Investigate a mysterious mansion and solve interconnected escape room puzzles.
Secrets of Velendar Castle – Escape Room (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
Escape a mysterious castle while uncovering the secrets behind your imprisonment.
Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Survive procedurally generated British countryside landscapes while being hunted by aristocratic robots.
July 17
Cat in the Box
A charming platforming puzzle adventure where a clever cat pushes boxes to overcome obstacles.
FixForce (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere)
A chaotic co-op extraction platformer where teams repair machines while navigating dangerous environments.
Golfish
A whimsical mini-golf puzzle adventure starring a water-spitting fish.
Split Crystal (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
Manipulate magical crystals and portals to solve increasingly intricate puzzles.
Streetdog BMX (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery)
Pull off tricks, complete challenges, and explore expansive BMX playgrounds.
Sunny Summer Splash (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A colorful spot-the-difference game celebrating summer vacations, picnics, and backyard fun.
Super Dev Quest (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
A fast-paced platformer where a game developer becomes trapped inside his own creation.
Ultra Pixel Survive 2 (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
Gather resources, build defenses, and survive relentless nightly attacks in this pixel-art survival RPG.
Wrap House Simulator (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere)
Run your own wrap restaurant, preparing food and serving customers solo or with friends.
Wreck Runners (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere)
A co-op salvage extraction game where crews explore supernatural wrecks throughout the Bermuda Triangle.
July 21
Milo’s Escape (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S) A nostalgic and challenging 2D action-platformer following a brave adventurer. Navigate mysterious ruins and overcome various obstacles on a magical journey.
Pit Panic (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S) A fast-paced, challenging roguelike platformer featuring unique environmental puzzles. Play as a curious archaeologist racing through handcrafted levels and taking down ancient bosses.
July 22
Blast’N Bounty (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere) A retro vertical shoot-’em-up following a frog bounty hunter on a quest for revenge. Fight through the space mafia’s generals in an experience mixing pixel art and low-poly 3D graphics.
Cyber Tank Pink (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S) A challenging Sokoban-style puzzle game featuring mechanical twists. Navigate tricky stages utilizing shot reflections, destroyable ice, and crumbling floors.
Tiny Witch (XBOX Play Anywhere) A magical shop management game where you mix resources to create perfect minions. Upgrade your alchemy shop and satisfy customers to avoid the wrath of a cranky dungeon master.
July 23
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play Anywhere) A hand-drawn 2D fighting game set in the world of Avatar. Features 12 playable characters competing across Story, Arcade, and online Versus modes.
CULTIC (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play Anywhere) A haunting, retro-style FPS that combines lethal combat with survival horror. Fight your way through the ranks of an insidious cult using a brutal arsenal across multiple campaigns and survival maps.
Aether Keepers (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play Anywhere) A strategy defense game where you act as a “Core Nanny” protecting a mysterious glowing core. Command and heal a small squad of weak soldiers to survive onslaughts of drooling demons.
Club Soko (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere) A stealth puzzle adventure where you play as a graffiti artist tagging a bustling nightclub. Sneak past bouncers and eccentric clubgoers to uncover the secrets hidden within the venue.
Dodo Duckie (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play Anywhere) A perspective-shifting puzzle platformer starring a duck with a magical cap. Switch between 2D and 3D viewpoints to explore, solve environment puzzles, and rescue your chicken friends.
High Times (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play Anywhere) A unique visual novel and management game where you serve mood-enhancing donuts to customers. Listen to your clientele’s life stories and choose the right flavors to help mend their broken relationships.
Neon Depth (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S) A precise neon platformer where failure actively alters the environment to help you progress. Use past mistakes and experimentation to overcome clever obstacles and complex puzzles.
Pure Pool Pro (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S) A hyper-realistic cue sports simulation delivering pinpoint controls and stunning visuals. Features refined AI opponents alongside local and competitive online multiplayer modes.
Roll Mad (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere) A physics-driven 3D rolling platformer built around careful balance and deliberate movement. Navigate over fifty hazard-filled stages demanding risk-reward decisions to collect every coin.
Vikings Pinball An action-packed pinball battle game themed around Viking warfare. Launch your ball along precise trajectories to attack Roman military camps, blow up barrels, and clear the map.
July 24
Forever Skies Deluxe Edition (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play Anywhere) A first-person post-apocalyptic survival game set on an ecologically ravaged Earth. Build and customize a high-tech airship, scavenge resources, and hunt for viral cures solo or in co-op.
American Mafia (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play Anywhere) A brutal, cinematic crime saga spanning 35 years following an orphan’s rise to the top of New York’s Five Families. Navigate a ruthless tale of brotherhood, betrayal, and empire building.
Anomaly Hunter: Observation Duty (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play Anywhere) A psychological horror game where you monitor live surveillance feeds as a night-shift operator. Report environment changes and abnormalities before the malevolent entity inside reaches you.
Bear Mage Honey Sage (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S) A hybrid action-platformer and puzzle game where you create sticky honey blocks to forge a path. Help a wise bear mage navigate a magical forest to collect spell components.
Brave Escape (XBOX Play Anywhere) A challenging two-player co-op platformer requiring highly synchronized teamwork. Control two adventurers working together to dodge hazards, find secrets, and conquer hundreds of levels.
Cave Looters (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / Smart Delivery) A lighthearted western platforming adventure underground. Fight off giant bugs, snakes, and rival looters using a whip, pistol, and TNT to secure long-lost treasure.
Meow Moments: Celebrating Frost & Flora (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere) A cozy hidden-object game following cute cats across changing seasons. Search for hidden items and enjoy relaxing visual contrasts between a snowy winter wonderland and a blooming garden.
Space Is Crazy A chaotic space shooter where you pilot a ship against waves of enemy fleets. Destroy adversaries to earn random upgrades, and unlock new pilots and ships for powerful combinations.
Terminal Shift (Optimized for XBOX Series X|S) A psychological horror game set in a looping, abandoned airport terminal. Hunt for hidden keypad numbers to piece together an access code while evading a terrifying entity tracking you down.
LEAVING XBOX CATALOG
July 15
- Dungeons of Hinterberg (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- EA Sports Football Club 24 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Stellaris (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Golf With Your Friends (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Minami Lane (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Powerwash Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Splitgate: Arena Reloaded (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Super Fantasy Kingdom (Game Preview) (PC)
- Techtonica (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC)
