Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!
Horror Tale 2: Samantha
EpiXR Games
$6.99
Horror Tale 2: Samantha – September 25
Start a scary adventure and be the first to solve all the mysteries of this horror game. Who is the kidnapper, and why is he doing it? Where are the children disappearing to, and how to save them? You can solve all the puzzles and find out the answers…if you don’t get scared!
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty & Quadra Vigilante Pre-Order Bonus
CD PROJEKT RED
$29.99
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty – September 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Phantom Liberty is a new spy-thriller adventure for Cyberpunk 2077. When the orbital shuttle of the President of the New United States of America is shot down over the deadliest district of Night City, there’s only one person who can save her — you. Become V, a cyberpunk for hire, and dive deep into a tangled web of espionage and political intrigue, unraveling a story that connects the highest echelons of power with the brutal world of black-market mercenaries.
El Paso, Elsewhere
Strange Scaffold
El Paso, Elsewhere – September 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
A supernatural neo-noir third-person shooter. Hunt werewolves, fallen angels, and other creatures in a vivid slow motion love letter to action classics. Fight your way through a reality-shifting motel, floor by bloody floor, and save the victims of Dracula, lord of the vampires.
Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos
Natsume Inc.
$49.99
Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos – September 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Explore the Amazing World of Anthos! Farm all around Anthos using Doc’s new and improved Expando-Farm. Easily move from place to place and farm everywhere from snowy mountains to beautiful beaches!
Paleo Pines
Modus Games
$29.99
$25.49
Paleo Pines – September 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Welcome to Paleo Pines, a charming island known for its friendly dinosaurs, quirky townsfolk, and mysterious past. Set out with your dino companion, Lucky, to uncover the island’s secrets and discover new dinos. Together you’ll grow crops, assist local villagers, befriend adorable dinosaurs, and unearth the island’s lost history to build your cozy dino sanctuary.
Terraformers
Klabater
Terraformers – September 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Terraformers is an expansive turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the Red Planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and terraform the planet with ambitious projects.
Train Sim World® 4: Standard Edition
Dovetail Games
$49.99
$39.99
Train Sim World 4 – September 26
Experience immense velocity and express unrivalled creativity with Train Sim World 4! Learn the basics of operating a range of traction in the Training Center, before taking to the rails of the real world on the East Coast Main Line with the LNER Azuma, Antelope Valley Line with the Metrolink F125 and S-Bahn Vorarlberg with the ÖBB 4024.
Truck Driver: The American Dream
SOEDESCO
$59.99
Truck Driver: The American Dream – September 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Get your life back on track by stepping into your father’s shoes to become a famous and well-respected truck driver. However, this new path doesn’t come without its hardships, as the road to becoming a successful truck driver might be a hard and lonely one.
Betomis (Xbox)
Eastasiasoft Limited
Betomis – September 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Enter the tricky pixel art dungeons of Betomis, where you’ll need to carefully observe and explore your surroundings to escape! Betomis is a retro 2D action platformer where each chamber of the sprawling dungeon is a single screen of environmental puzzling.
The Crackpet Show: Happy Tree Friends Edition
Ravenage Games
$19.99
The Crackpet Show: Happy Tree Friends Edition – September 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Happy Tree Friends are back! Embrace the legendary cruelty and humor of the iconic cartoon as you play your favorite characters in The Crackpet Show: Happy Tree Friends Edition! Get ready to unleash chaos, earn fame, and have a blast!
Lord of the Click: Interstellar Wars
ChiliDog Interactive
$4.99
Lord of the Click: Interstellar Wars – September 27
Lord of the Click: Interstellar Wars takes the endless conflict of good, evil and arthritis to a whole new cosmic level! Fight aliens and mutants, colonize new planets, reach for the stars, and all this under the measured and lulling creak of your joints.
Tested on Humans: Escape Room
mc2games
$9.99
$7.99
Tested on Humans: Escape Room – September 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
An escape room in a dark setting that will test your skills. Solve puzzles, decode secret codes, find hidden objects, and investigate the different rooms of the research center while you discover the events that led you there.
Abomi Nation
DANGEN ENTERTAINMENT
$19.99
Abomi Nation – September 28
Xbox Play Anywhere
A roguelike monster-taming RPG where every playthrough will create a new version of Abomi Nation and provide a unique world with different Abomis for you to find. Explore your universe, watch your Abomis bond, and battle it out as your adventure unfolds in a way totally unique to you.
Afterdream
Feardemic
Afterdream – September 28
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Navigate the obscure residence populated by ghosts and collect items to solve puzzles as you move further through its intriguing story.
Chipmonk!
QUByte Interactive
Chipmonk! – September 28
A retro-inspired beat ’em up starring chipmunk warriors. The gluttonous gray squirrel has stolen all the land’s food stores, threatening the forest’s inhabitants with starvation. Embark on a perilous journey as a chipmunk martial arts master — Grey, Cheeks, or Red — as you battle a multitude of foes in a heroic attempt to recover the stolen food.
CyberTD
Clockwork Origins
$19.99
CyberTD – September 28
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Mutant viruses have invaded cyberspace and are threatening to destroy it. It’s up to you to take on these waves of viruses and defend the core in a way that prevents any of them from reaching it. But there’s no need to fret — you’ll have countless upgrades and a split-personality killer drone to (more or less) help you out!
Everhood: Eternity Edition
BlitWorks Games
Everhood: Eternity Edition – September 28
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Welcome to an inexpressible world filled with a deep story, humor, amusing musical battles and strange, delightful encounters. This is the best console version of the adventure RPG indie hit, including 16 exclusive new musical battles composed by some of the most renowned artists in the indie scene and designed by members of the community.
Infinity Strash: DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai
SQUARE ENIX
$59.99
Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai – September 28
With a new crisis facing the world, Dai makes a promise to his mentor, encounters new friends, and slowly learns about his own inescapable fate… This is the beginning of Dai’s adventure, and his quest to become a true hero! The legendary “Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai” manga and anime arrives as an exhilarating action RPG. Re-live the events of the anime in Infinity Strash as you take charge of Dai and the Disciples of Avan in their battle against the Dark Army!
Forgive Me Father
Fulqrum Publishing
Forgive Me Father – September 28
Forgive Me Father is a dark, old-school horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only sane person in a world consumed by madness, can you last long enough to find answers and relief?
Pizza Possum
Raw Fury
Pizza Possum – September 28
Life is good when you are a possum. You can eat all you want, and there is no one who can stop you. Well, except for all the guard dogs patrolling the village you’re in. So, what are you waiting for? Time to eat! Engage in adorable arcade-style hide-and-seek action and wreak havoc as an irresistible possum.
SHARK! SHARK!
BBG Entertainment GmbH
Shark! Shark! – September 28
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Inspired by the legendary Shark! Shark! game released for the Intellivision home console in 1982, this reimagined version for up to four players offers you a modern gameplay, fantastic graphics, great sounds, lots of levels and many underwater characters.
Wildmender
Kwalee
$24.99
Wildmender – September 28
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Explore the vast desert, alone or with friends. Collect plants and bring them back to your garden to thrive. Craft new tools and use them to shape the earth, and channel water to your plants. Delve into the mysteries of a fallen civilization and discover their magic. Befriend animals, spirits, and seek out the gods to help you defend the land from the vicious wraiths who seek to corrupt it. It’s up to you to save the world, one seed at a time.
Cocoon
Annapurna Interactive
Cocoon – September 29
Game Pass / Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Available on day one with Game Pass! From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of Limbo and Inside – Cocoon takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics to unravel a cosmic mystery. Playable on Cloud, Console and PC.
EA SPORTS FC™ 24 Standard Edition Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
Electronic Arts
$69.99
$62.99
EA Sports FC 24 (Standard Edition) – September 29
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
EA Sports FC 24 is a new era for The World’s Game: 19,000+ fully licensed players, 700+ teams, and 30+ leagues playing together in the most authentic football experience ever created. Feel closer to the game with three cutting-edge technologies powering unparalleled realism in every match and the enhanced Frostbite Engine delivers lifelike detail, bringing a new level of immersion to each match. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play members can enjoy a 10% discount on all things EA FC 24 and play a 10-hour free trial starting September 22.
Deflector
©RedDeerGames
Deflector – September 29
Deflector is a hack-n-slasher where you will experience dynamic gameplay with an unlimited and unique combo system. Test your reflex and don’t let your guard down because enemies will have no mercy. Jump into the future, select your loadout, and save the world!
Indoor Kickball
Snow Day Software
$14.99
Indoor Kickball – September 29
A fast-paced, 1v1 game of kickball played where your parents wouldn’t let you. Destroy the living room, kitchen, bedroom, basement, and many other rooms of the house with a chaotic game of kickball.
Love Kuesuto
Ratalaika Games S.L.
Love Kuesuto – September 29
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Take on the role of an old man whose life is flashing before his eyes. As you awaken, the goddess Aphrodite guides you through four game boards full of romantic trauma and relationship dilemmas. Be careful with your choices because God and The Devil are watching.
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
New Blood Interactive, Apogee Entertainment, Nightdive Studios
$19.99
$15.99
Rise of the Triad Ludicrous Edition – September 29
Xbox One X Enhanced
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition, the definitive release of the cult classic FPS by original developer and publisher Apogee Entertainment, the maniacal minds at New Blood Interactive, and the gaming treasure hunters at Nightdive Studios.
Royal Roads 2
8floor ltd
Royal Roads 2 – September 29
Embark on an incredible journey through different countries in a world filled with ancient monuments and mysterious artifacts. Many various tasks, 50 game levels, intriguing plot, and a magical world await.
Super Box Delivery: Beyond the Horizon
Revulo Games
Super Box Delivery: Beyond the Horizon – September 29
Get ready to hop into the driver’s seat and embark on an epic journey like no other in Super Box Delivery: Beyond the Horizon! Enter a vibrant cartoon world full of whimsical cars and charming customizations.
PAW Patrol World
Outright Games Ltd.
$39.99
PAW Patrol World – September 29
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Explore the world of PAW Patrol like never before, in a 3D action adventure where anything is PAWsible. Play as your favorite pups, drive their vehicles and save the day by taking on fun rescues and missions. It’s the ultimate PAW Patrol playtime!
Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!
Horror Tale 2: Samantha
EpiXR Games
$6.99
Horror Tale 2: Samantha – September 25
Start a scary adventure and be the first to solve all the mysteries of this horror game. Who is the kidnapper, and why is he doing it? Where are the children disappearing to, and how to save them? You can solve all the puzzles and find out the answers…if you don’t get scared!
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty & Quadra Vigilante Pre-Order Bonus
CD PROJEKT RED
$29.99
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty – September 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Phantom Liberty is a new spy-thriller adventure for Cyberpunk 2077. When the orbital shuttle of the President of the New United States of America is shot down over the deadliest district of Night City, there’s only one person who can save her — you. Become V, a cyberpunk for hire, and dive deep into a tangled web of espionage and political intrigue, unraveling a story that connects the highest echelons of power with the brutal world of black-market mercenaries.
El Paso, Elsewhere
Strange Scaffold
El Paso, Elsewhere – September 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
A supernatural neo-noir third-person shooter. Hunt werewolves, fallen angels, and other creatures in a vivid slow motion love letter to action classics. Fight your way through a reality-shifting motel, floor by bloody floor, and save the victims of Dracula, lord of the vampires.
Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos
Natsume Inc.
$49.99
Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos – September 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Explore the Amazing World of Anthos! Farm all around Anthos using Doc’s new and improved Expando-Farm. Easily move from place to place and farm everywhere from snowy mountains to beautiful beaches!
Paleo Pines
Modus Games
$29.99
$25.49
Paleo Pines – September 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Welcome to Paleo Pines, a charming island known for its friendly dinosaurs, quirky townsfolk, and mysterious past. Set out with your dino companion, Lucky, to uncover the island’s secrets and discover new dinos. Together you’ll grow crops, assist local villagers, befriend adorable dinosaurs, and unearth the island’s lost history to build your cozy dino sanctuary.
Terraformers
Klabater
Terraformers – September 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Terraformers is an expansive turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the Red Planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and terraform the planet with ambitious projects.
Train Sim World® 4: Standard Edition
Dovetail Games
$49.99
$39.99
Train Sim World 4 – September 26
Experience immense velocity and express unrivalled creativity with Train Sim World 4! Learn the basics of operating a range of traction in the Training Center, before taking to the rails of the real world on the East Coast Main Line with the LNER Azuma, Antelope Valley Line with the Metrolink F125 and S-Bahn Vorarlberg with the ÖBB 4024.
Truck Driver: The American Dream
SOEDESCO
$59.99
Truck Driver: The American Dream – September 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Get your life back on track by stepping into your father’s shoes to become a famous and well-respected truck driver. However, this new path doesn’t come without its hardships, as the road to becoming a successful truck driver might be a hard and lonely one.
Betomis (Xbox)
Eastasiasoft Limited
Betomis – September 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Enter the tricky pixel art dungeons of Betomis, where you’ll need to carefully observe and explore your surroundings to escape! Betomis is a retro 2D action platformer where each chamber of the sprawling dungeon is a single screen of environmental puzzling.
The Crackpet Show: Happy Tree Friends Edition
Ravenage Games
$19.99
The Crackpet Show: Happy Tree Friends Edition – September 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Happy Tree Friends are back! Embrace the legendary cruelty and humor of the iconic cartoon as you play your favorite characters in The Crackpet Show: Happy Tree Friends Edition! Get ready to unleash chaos, earn fame, and have a blast!
Lord of the Click: Interstellar Wars
ChiliDog Interactive
$4.99
Lord of the Click: Interstellar Wars – September 27
Lord of the Click: Interstellar Wars takes the endless conflict of good, evil and arthritis to a whole new cosmic level! Fight aliens and mutants, colonize new planets, reach for the stars, and all this under the measured and lulling creak of your joints.
Tested on Humans: Escape Room
mc2games
$9.99
$7.99
Tested on Humans: Escape Room – September 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
An escape room in a dark setting that will test your skills. Solve puzzles, decode secret codes, find hidden objects, and investigate the different rooms of the research center while you discover the events that led you there.
Abomi Nation
DANGEN ENTERTAINMENT
$19.99
Abomi Nation – September 28
Xbox Play Anywhere
A roguelike monster-taming RPG where every playthrough will create a new version of Abomi Nation and provide a unique world with different Abomis for you to find. Explore your universe, watch your Abomis bond, and battle it out as your adventure unfolds in a way totally unique to you.
Afterdream
Feardemic
Afterdream – September 28
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Navigate the obscure residence populated by ghosts and collect items to solve puzzles as you move further through its intriguing story.
Chipmonk!
QUByte Interactive
Chipmonk! – September 28
A retro-inspired beat ’em up starring chipmunk warriors. The gluttonous gray squirrel has stolen all the land’s food stores, threatening the forest’s inhabitants with starvation. Embark on a perilous journey as a chipmunk martial arts master — Grey, Cheeks, or Red — as you battle a multitude of foes in a heroic attempt to recover the stolen food.
CyberTD
Clockwork Origins
$19.99
CyberTD – September 28
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Mutant viruses have invaded cyberspace and are threatening to destroy it. It’s up to you to take on these waves of viruses and defend the core in a way that prevents any of them from reaching it. But there’s no need to fret — you’ll have countless upgrades and a split-personality killer drone to (more or less) help you out!
Everhood: Eternity Edition
BlitWorks Games
Everhood: Eternity Edition – September 28
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Welcome to an inexpressible world filled with a deep story, humor, amusing musical battles and strange, delightful encounters. This is the best console version of the adventure RPG indie hit, including 16 exclusive new musical battles composed by some of the most renowned artists in the indie scene and designed by members of the community.
Infinity Strash: DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai
SQUARE ENIX
$59.99
Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai – September 28
With a new crisis facing the world, Dai makes a promise to his mentor, encounters new friends, and slowly learns about his own inescapable fate… This is the beginning of Dai’s adventure, and his quest to become a true hero! The legendary “Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai” manga and anime arrives as an exhilarating action RPG. Re-live the events of the anime in Infinity Strash as you take charge of Dai and the Disciples of Avan in their battle against the Dark Army!
Forgive Me Father
Fulqrum Publishing
Forgive Me Father – September 28
Forgive Me Father is a dark, old-school horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only sane person in a world consumed by madness, can you last long enough to find answers and relief?
Pizza Possum
Raw Fury
Pizza Possum – September 28
Life is good when you are a possum. You can eat all you want, and there is no one who can stop you. Well, except for all the guard dogs patrolling the village you’re in. So, what are you waiting for? Time to eat! Engage in adorable arcade-style hide-and-seek action and wreak havoc as an irresistible possum.
SHARK! SHARK!
BBG Entertainment GmbH
Shark! Shark! – September 28
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Inspired by the legendary Shark! Shark! game released for the Intellivision home console in 1982, this reimagined version for up to four players offers you a modern gameplay, fantastic graphics, great sounds, lots of levels and many underwater characters.
Wildmender
Kwalee
$24.99
Wildmender – September 28
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Explore the vast desert, alone or with friends. Collect plants and bring them back to your garden to thrive. Craft new tools and use them to shape the earth, and channel water to your plants. Delve into the mysteries of a fallen civilization and discover their magic. Befriend animals, spirits, and seek out the gods to help you defend the land from the vicious wraiths who seek to corrupt it. It’s up to you to save the world, one seed at a time.
Cocoon
Annapurna Interactive
Cocoon – September 29
Game Pass / Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Available on day one with Game Pass! From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of Limbo and Inside – Cocoon takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics to unravel a cosmic mystery. Playable on Cloud, Console and PC.
EA SPORTS FC™ 24 Standard Edition Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
Electronic Arts
$69.99
$62.99
EA Sports FC 24 (Standard Edition) – September 29
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
EA Sports FC 24 is a new era for The World’s Game: 19,000+ fully licensed players, 700+ teams, and 30+ leagues playing together in the most authentic football experience ever created. Feel closer to the game with three cutting-edge technologies powering unparalleled realism in every match and the enhanced Frostbite Engine delivers lifelike detail, bringing a new level of immersion to each match. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play members can enjoy a 10% discount on all things EA FC 24 and play a 10-hour free trial starting September 22.
Deflector
©RedDeerGames
Deflector – September 29
Deflector is a hack-n-slasher where you will experience dynamic gameplay with an unlimited and unique combo system. Test your reflex and don’t let your guard down because enemies will have no mercy. Jump into the future, select your loadout, and save the world!
Indoor Kickball
Snow Day Software
$14.99
Indoor Kickball – September 29
A fast-paced, 1v1 game of kickball played where your parents wouldn’t let you. Destroy the living room, kitchen, bedroom, basement, and many other rooms of the house with a chaotic game of kickball.
Love Kuesuto
Ratalaika Games S.L.
Love Kuesuto – September 29
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Take on the role of an old man whose life is flashing before his eyes. As you awaken, the goddess Aphrodite guides you through four game boards full of romantic trauma and relationship dilemmas. Be careful with your choices because God and The Devil are watching.
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
New Blood Interactive, Apogee Entertainment, Nightdive Studios
$19.99
$15.99
Rise of the Triad Ludicrous Edition – September 29
Xbox One X Enhanced
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition, the definitive release of the cult classic FPS by original developer and publisher Apogee Entertainment, the maniacal minds at New Blood Interactive, and the gaming treasure hunters at Nightdive Studios.
Royal Roads 2
8floor ltd
Royal Roads 2 – September 29
Embark on an incredible journey through different countries in a world filled with ancient monuments and mysterious artifacts. Many various tasks, 50 game levels, intriguing plot, and a magical world await.
Super Box Delivery: Beyond the Horizon
Revulo Games
Super Box Delivery: Beyond the Horizon – September 29
Get ready to hop into the driver’s seat and embark on an epic journey like no other in Super Box Delivery: Beyond the Horizon! Enter a vibrant cartoon world full of whimsical cars and charming customizations.
PAW Patrol World
Outright Games Ltd.
$39.99
PAW Patrol World – September 29
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Explore the world of PAW Patrol like never before, in a 3D action adventure where anything is PAWsible. Play as your favorite pups, drive their vehicles and save the day by taking on fun rescues and missions. It’s the ultimate PAW Patrol playtime!