Next Week on Xbox: New Games for August 19 to 23

Dustborn – August 20

A single-player, story-driven action-adventure game about hope, love, friendships, robots…and the power of words. You play Pax: exile, con-artist, Anomal — with the ability to weaponize language. Looking for a new life and a way out, Pax has been hired to transport an important package from Pacifica to Nova Scotia, across the Justice-controlled American Republic. Sounds like a legit reason for a road-trip, right?

Pneumata – August 20
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A Lovecraftian survival horror game with disturbing and brutal gameplay, enveloped by the psychological horrors that exist somewhere between reality and the beyond. With a fractured mind you must: Investigate, explore, and fight for your life as you lose yourself trying to survive the unimaginable horrors within the walls of Clover Hill.

Cyber Mission – August 21
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A side-scrolling shoot ’em up with retro aesthetics, dynamic combat, HD visuals and intense combat inspired by classic elements from both run ’n gun and shooter genres. Take on your adversaries solo or team up with a friend in local co-op! Float and maneuver through zero gravity stages, blast enemy swarms, take down screen-filling bosses and use companion cyber drones to increase your forward fire rate, cover your back and more!

Mangavania 2 – August 21
Xbox One X Enhanced

An old school action platformer with pixel art graphics. Join the adventure as Yuhiko, a young ninja who has gone to the underworld to find a cure for his brother. Find Spirits in secret places – they will tell you a story or give you advice. Explore dungeons, fight monsters and meet new friends!

My Lovely Empress – August 21
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

You are Emperor Hong, the esteemed Emperor of the Crimson Empire, and you have experienced profound loss. Faced with no other options, you are compelled to summon and seek the aid of the Yaoguai, forbidden but powerful creatures of the north with a taste for human souls, to assist you in resolving imperial challenges, enforcing your will, and supporting the welfare of your citizens.

Dadish 3D – August 21

He’s a dad and a radish. Dadish’s kids are missing and he needs your help to find them. After his children are lured away by dubious pop-up advertising, Dadish sets out to find them in his craziest adventure yet. Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging 3D platforming adventure.

Parking Masters – August 21
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Welcome to Parking Masters, where you’ll face the ultimate test of your parking skills in a variety of challenges! Maneuver vehicles through numerous levels, all designed with realistic physics and a captivating visual style.

Dice Assassin – August 22
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A challenging game in which you defeat enemies on the board according to the numbers on the dice. Choose your moves using cards, position yourself strategically to defeat enemies on the board squares, and create tactics using action cards.

Farming Life – August 22

Build your own farm full of village houses, sheds and granaries. Build roads and design optimal fields with various crops. Choose what you want to plant or sow: apples, beetroots, cabbages, carrots, corns, leeks, onions, pepper, pumpkins, sunflowers, tomatoes, wheat.

Rise Eterna War – August 22
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Guide Arthbane’s campaign against the occupying Athracian army, balancing strategy and resources to defeat cunning rival generals. Recruit up to 16 units, visit the Chuckwagon to feed your troops, rally 11 legendary heroes – both new and returning favorites – to command in battle, and fight through 40+ missions in a race to turn the tide of invasion.

Tiebreak: Official Game of the ATP and WTA – August 22
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Rise to the top of the ATP and WTA world rankings as you smash through season after season as a world class competitor. Embody an official player or create your own. Train, strategize and win your matches one after the other, learning from your losses and building on your victories. Seize every opportunity to build your reputation, dazzle during press conferences, develop hard-fought rivalries and let your fans drink it all in.

Aery – Ancient Empires – August 23

Play as a little bird-like spirit that watches ancient civilizations evolve. You will discover unknown, giant, and beautiful environments and you will be able to enjoy the feeling of flying while exploring a whole world filled with beauty and little secrets. Within every area of the world, you must find a certain amount of memory shards to remember the path that leads to your destination and advance with the story. Once you have found all the memory shards you are free to explore the next area.

The Eightfold Path – August 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

The Eightfold Path is an immersive puzzle and exploration adventure steeped in the teachings of Buddhism, inviting you to embark on a quest towards enlightenment. To reach the ultimate state of pure bliss, you must navigate through the labyrinth of desires and suffering that obscure true harmony.

Island Cities – August 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

In this tiny fantasy building experience, it is easy to do and very relaxing, just like a 3D jigsaw puzzle. Carefully observe the island, try to memorize it, then shuffle the blocks. Swap blocks to reproduce the desired island and the city will emerge. There is no time limit, logic challenges, or resources to manage, so you can calmly focus on the core mechanics while listening to a soothing soundtrack.

Magnus Trilogy – August 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

A series of three visually captivating and emotionally immersive visual novel games, each with its own unique narrative and hand-drawn graphics. The Trilogy invites players to explore the depths of the human psyche, confronting them with unsettling themes and thought-provoking storytelling.

Operation: Polygon Storm – August 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Become a master general. Strategically assemble your army from a selection of unique units and abilities to deploy into fast paced battles. Watch your masterplan play out, adapt as the battle progresses, all without the hassle of micromanagement.

Radio Free Europa – August 23
Xbox One X Enhanced

A fusion of a classic arcade game and an action roguelike. The action is relentless. The soundtrack gets your blood pumping. The enemies are brutal, and the bosses are massive but that just makes eventual victory feel so much sweeter!

Soviet Project – August 23

You are an ordinary citizen who missed the evacuation due to illness, and now you need to understand the situation to leave the city. The game is imbued with the atmosphere of the late USSR, combined with mysterious and mystical elements characteristic of the horror genre.

Thermonuclear – August 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

As a member of a mega-corporation, use this ultimate weapon to defeat your opponents and end the Third World War. Explore procedurally generated levels across the globe and face a range of enemies, from mutants in ruined cities to soldiers and robots in military factories. Only by upgrading your cyborg and unlocking new abilities can you defeat the malicious Allfather AI and put an end to the war.

Dustborn – August 20

A single-player, story-driven action-adventure game about hope, love, friendships, robots…and the power of words. You play Pax: exile, con-artist, Anomal — with the ability to weaponize language. Looking for a new life and a way out, Pax has been hired to transport an important package from Pacifica to Nova Scotia, across the Justice-controlled American Republic. Sounds like a legit reason for a road-trip, right?

Pneumata – August 20
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A Lovecraftian survival horror game with disturbing and brutal gameplay, enveloped by the psychological horrors that exist somewhere between reality and the beyond. With a fractured mind you must: Investigate, explore, and fight for your life as you lose yourself trying to survive the unimaginable horrors within the walls of Clover Hill.

Cyber Mission – August 21
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A side-scrolling shoot ’em up with retro aesthetics, dynamic combat, HD visuals and intense combat inspired by classic elements from both run ’n gun and shooter genres. Take on your adversaries solo or team up with a friend in local co-op! Float and maneuver through zero gravity stages, blast enemy swarms, take down screen-filling bosses and use companion cyber drones to increase your forward fire rate, cover your back and more!

Mangavania 2 – August 21
Xbox One X Enhanced

An old school action platformer with pixel art graphics. Join the adventure as Yuhiko, a young ninja who has gone to the underworld to find a cure for his brother. Find Spirits in secret places – they will tell you a story or give you advice. Explore dungeons, fight monsters and meet new friends!

My Lovely Empress – August 21
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

You are Emperor Hong, the esteemed Emperor of the Crimson Empire, and you have experienced profound loss. Faced with no other options, you are compelled to summon and seek the aid of the Yaoguai, forbidden but powerful creatures of the north with a taste for human souls, to assist you in resolving imperial challenges, enforcing your will, and supporting the welfare of your citizens.

Dadish 3D – August 21

He’s a dad and a radish. Dadish’s kids are missing and he needs your help to find them. After his children are lured away by dubious pop-up advertising, Dadish sets out to find them in his craziest adventure yet. Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging 3D platforming adventure.

Parking Masters – August 21
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Welcome to Parking Masters, where you’ll face the ultimate test of your parking skills in a variety of challenges! Maneuver vehicles through numerous levels, all designed with realistic physics and a captivating visual style.

Dice Assassin – August 22
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A challenging game in which you defeat enemies on the board according to the numbers on the dice. Choose your moves using cards, position yourself strategically to defeat enemies on the board squares, and create tactics using action cards.

Farming Life – August 22

Build your own farm full of village houses, sheds and granaries. Build roads and design optimal fields with various crops. Choose what you want to plant or sow: apples, beetroots, cabbages, carrots, corns, leeks, onions, pepper, pumpkins, sunflowers, tomatoes, wheat.

Rise Eterna War – August 22
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Guide Arthbane’s campaign against the occupying Athracian army, balancing strategy and resources to defeat cunning rival generals. Recruit up to 16 units, visit the Chuckwagon to feed your troops, rally 11 legendary heroes – both new and returning favorites – to command in battle, and fight through 40+ missions in a race to turn the tide of invasion.

Tiebreak: Official Game of the ATP and WTA – August 22
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Rise to the top of the ATP and WTA world rankings as you smash through season after season as a world class competitor. Embody an official player or create your own. Train, strategize and win your matches one after the other, learning from your losses and building on your victories. Seize every opportunity to build your reputation, dazzle during press conferences, develop hard-fought rivalries and let your fans drink it all in.

Aery – Ancient Empires – August 23

Play as a little bird-like spirit that watches ancient civilizations evolve. You will discover unknown, giant, and beautiful environments and you will be able to enjoy the feeling of flying while exploring a whole world filled with beauty and little secrets. Within every area of the world, you must find a certain amount of memory shards to remember the path that leads to your destination and advance with the story. Once you have found all the memory shards you are free to explore the next area.

The Eightfold Path – August 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

The Eightfold Path is an immersive puzzle and exploration adventure steeped in the teachings of Buddhism, inviting you to embark on a quest towards enlightenment. To reach the ultimate state of pure bliss, you must navigate through the labyrinth of desires and suffering that obscure true harmony.

Island Cities – August 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

In this tiny fantasy building experience, it is easy to do and very relaxing, just like a 3D jigsaw puzzle. Carefully observe the island, try to memorize it, then shuffle the blocks. Swap blocks to reproduce the desired island and the city will emerge. There is no time limit, logic challenges, or resources to manage, so you can calmly focus on the core mechanics while listening to a soothing soundtrack.

Magnus Trilogy – August 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

A series of three visually captivating and emotionally immersive visual novel games, each with its own unique narrative and hand-drawn graphics. The Trilogy invites players to explore the depths of the human psyche, confronting them with unsettling themes and thought-provoking storytelling.

Operation: Polygon Storm – August 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Become a master general. Strategically assemble your army from a selection of unique units and abilities to deploy into fast paced battles. Watch your masterplan play out, adapt as the battle progresses, all without the hassle of micromanagement.

Radio Free Europa – August 23
Xbox One X Enhanced

A fusion of a classic arcade game and an action roguelike. The action is relentless. The soundtrack gets your blood pumping. The enemies are brutal, and the bosses are massive but that just makes eventual victory feel so much sweeter!

Soviet Project – August 23

You are an ordinary citizen who missed the evacuation due to illness, and now you need to understand the situation to leave the city. The game is imbued with the atmosphere of the late USSR, combined with mysterious and mystical elements characteristic of the horror genre.

Thermonuclear – August 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

As a member of a mega-corporation, use this ultimate weapon to defeat your opponents and end the Third World War. Explore procedurally generated levels across the globe and face a range of enemies, from mutants in ruined cities to soldiers and robots in military factories. Only by upgrading your cyborg and unlocking new abilities can you defeat the malicious Allfather AI and put an end to the war.