Welcome to Next Week on XBOX! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One, XBOX on PC, 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!
ZERO PARADES: Director's Cut
ZA/UM
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
ZERO PARADES: Director’s Cut – November 3
XBOX Play Anywhere
From the creators of Disco Elysium comes ZERO PARADES – an espionage RPG. You’re a brilliant but tormented operant on one final desperate assignment. Gather your broken network, untangle a web of lies, and prove yourself on the world stage – or blow it all up again.
GRAVHOUNDS (Game Preview)
Octopus Panic, Inc
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
GRAVHOUNDS (Game Preview) – November 2
Game Pass / XBOX Play Anywhere
GRAVHOUNDS is a 1–4 player co-op action builder. Drop into hostile planets as a pack, build and defend your base in physics-driven mayhem, and extract with everything you can carry before you become alien chow! The longer you stay, the greater the danger… and the rewards.
PIT OF GOBLIN
Friendly Foe, Bright Gambit
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
PIT OF GOBLIN – November 3
Game Pass / XBOX Play Anywhere
Ever dreamt of being the lowest of the low, living a life so nasty and gnarly that even the rats look down on you? Well, in Pit of Goblin, that’s every day! Slap on your stinkiest boots and dive into crumbling crypts, ghastly caverns, and ghost-infested ruins. Every step is fraught with peril and surprise! Your purpose is feeding the King Queen’s bottomless gut. The best part? You can drag your goblin buddies along for the misery!
VOID/BREAKER (Game Preview)
Playstack
☆☆☆☆☆ 7
★★★★★
PC Game Pass
VOID/BREAKER (1.0) – November 4
Game Pass
You are trapped in an endless sequence by the all-seeing, hostile AI. You are its prisoner – forced to fight, die, and repeat. The machines think you’ll never escape. The system is designed to keep you here. This isn’t just shooting – it’s pure velocity. Run through relentless gunfights with fluid movement designed for high-paced action. Outmaneuver your enemies and dominate every firefight with agility and speed.
Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School
iam8bit Presents
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$19.99
Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School – November 5
Game Pass
Class is (back) in session with Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School! Explore an all-new campus, escape life-threatening puzzle rooms, and unravel a conspiracy as old as the school itself — all before the bell rings. Play solo or grab a friend and start solving in online or local co-op.
Football Manager 27
SEGA
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Football Manager 27 (PC Early Access) – November 3
Game Pass
Focus meets flow in FM27, delivering an evolved, easier to navigate experience, with new and returning features that invite discovery from the moment your save begins.
Pre-orders on PC, Game Pass Ultimate, and PC Game Pass will grant early access starting on November 3.
Bowling Alley Simulator
Vulcron
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$14.99
Bowling Alley Simulator – November 3
Build, manage, and grow your very own bowling alley! Bowling Alley Simulator puts you in charge of every detail—from running the lanes to flipping burgers and keeping customers happy. Start small, make smart decisions, and turn your humble alley into a thriving entertainment hotspot.
Kitties on Planets (Xbox Series)
Afil Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Kitties on Planets – November 3
Get ready for a space adventure full of strategy in Kitties on Planets! Control two astronaut cats with different abilities and use their unique skills to place every supply box on its respective objective. Switch between the characters, combine their abilities, and discover the perfect solution for each puzzle!
The End of the Sun
The End of the Sun Forge
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
The End of the Sun – November 4
Become a tracker of mythical beings and supernatural forces. Wield the power of the fire of time, explore an ancient land, solve unusual riddles, and experience extraordinary adventures, all part of a greater, captivating story. Find your target, bring order to the chaos of time in the mysterious village, and uncover the secrets that lie within! The End of the Sun is a mystery-filled first-person adventure and exploration game set in a Slavic fantasy world. The core gameplay focuses on discovering an open world using a magical map and forming connections with bonfires. Each bond reveals new traces and events invisible to ordinary people. Fully kindled bonfires become gateways to time travel.
Hidden Cats in Beijing
Silesia Games Sp. z o.o.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Hidden Cats in Beijing – November 4
XBOX Play Anywhere
Centuries ago, the ancestors of Beijing’s hidden cats traveled the legendary Silk Road to reach the Emperor’s palace. Now, they are hiding all over the city! Relax and enjoy a journey to the Far East and find +700 hidden cats in Beijing! Celebrate the Spring Festival by breathing new life into dragon dances and ancient legends, all set to the rhythm of traditional Chinese music.
Honey Route (Xbox Series XS)
Tribus Games Indie
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Honey Route is a relaxing path-connection puzzle set inside a beehive. Rotate the hexagonal honeycomb pieces to build continuous honey trails, guiding every worker bee to a queen. Start with a single bee and a single queen, and work your way up to huge hives where many bees and many queens share the same network. One bee can reach several queens, and several bees can reach the same queen.
Kingdom of Night
DANGEN Entertainment
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$19.99 $17.99
Kingdom of Night is an ‘80s-inspired isometric action RPG where coming-of-age drama meets cosmic horror. When a satanic cult unleashes the ancient evil Baphomet on the small town of Miami, Arizona, high school student John must fight through a night of demonic chaos to rescue his friends before the town is lost forever.
Outbreak: Dead City
Eastasiasoft Limited
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Outbreak: Dead City – November 4
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Survive as a soldier sent to suppress the zombie threat and find a vaccine to save humanity! Join the H.A.D.E.S. special forces team as they drop into a cityscape overrun by zombies in hopes of recovering valuable research, evacuating a key scientist and perhaps even finding a vaccine to put an end to the apocalypse! Outbreak: Dead City is a cinematic narrative first-person shooter presented in low-poly 3D style.
We are Eva
Alchemy Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
We are Eva – November 4
Smart Delivery
Play in multiple dimensions at the same time, traveling through them at will in this innovative 2D platformer that defies boundaries! I’m Eva, by the way, and I promise we’ll have fun! Or maybe not… Maybe we’ll both suffer horribly… How should I know? I’m just a video game character…
Cat-Astrophy
Pdpartid@games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$14.99 $13.49
Cat-Astrophy is a fast-paced, challenging space action roguelite: its Star Cursor system and evolving modules force you to adapt your build and playstyle in every run, generating chaotic combat and precise jumps. The game delivers constant tension and rewards both improvisation and technical mastery.
Cat on the Jungle Path (Xbox Series)
Afil Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Cat on the Jungle Path – November 5
Get ready for a wild adventure in Cat on the Jungle Path! Join José the Cat behind the wheel of his jeep and navigate tricky wilderness trails filled with dangerous geysers, fragile paths, and clever puzzles. To reach the destination, you’ll need more than a good route. Plan your journey carefully, then master your speed to overcome every obstacle!
Dark Alley
JanduSoft
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$12.49
Kyoto. 2012. British detective Edward Hale has vanished. London sends Detective Thomas Bennett to Japan expecting a straightforward missing-person investigation. Instead, he finds a city where everyone seems to know more than they’re willing to admit. Dark Alley is a cinematic detective adventure focused on exploration, observation and storytelling. Rather than overwhelming players with complicated systems, it rewards curiosity, careful attention and connecting the small details that others overlook.
Dominus Gladiatus
Brain Seal Ltd
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Dominus Gladiatus – November 5
Build your Ludus. Train gladiators. Fight for glory. Take command of a gladiator school in ancient Rome. Recruit fighters, train their skills, equip them for battle, and manage their fatigue, injuries and morale as you prepare for increasingly deadly arena fights.
GeoJelly
Source Byte Sp. z o.o.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$11.99
GeoJelly – November 5
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
GeoJelly is a 2D puzzle platformer about a small jelly trying to escape a laboratory. Hold to charge a jump, then release to launch. Choose the power and direction, dodge the obstacles and find a safe place to land.
Hasbro Games™ Junior Collection
Outright Games Ltd.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$29.99
Hasbro Games Junior Collection – November 5
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Get ready for a big, colorful game night full of laughs, surprises, and “just one more turn!” moments! This collection brings 3 classic junior board games to life in one exciting video game made for kids and families. Race around the board in Monopoly Jr., where every dice roll can help you grab cool places, collect money, and become the last player standing. Put on your detective hat in Clue Jr. as you search for clues, cross off suspects, and solve the case before anyone else! Then jump into The Game of Life Jr., spin the spinner, drive your car along the path, and collect stars as you go.
MANIC MINER
BBG Entertainment GmbH
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
MANIC MINER – November 5
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
The legendary platforming classic is back! Experience a milestone in video game history in a completely reimagined version! Authorized by original developer Matthew Smith, this reboot of the 1983 classic combines the distinctive and challenging gameplay of MANIC MINER with modern graphics, improved controls, newly arranged music, and extensive historical bonus content.
Math Duck+
Misc.261
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Math Duck+ is a puzzle‑platformer where you must collect the correct numbered blocks to complete each equation while avoiding hazards and racing against the clock. Solve all the equations to reveal the key, then grab it and reach the exit before time runs out.
Next of Kin: Epiphany
Spelkväll Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$9.99
Next of Kin: Epiphany – November 5
Do you have what it takes to catch “The Epiphany Killer”? Step into the world of Next of Kin: Epiphany, where you become private detective Dennis Monroe, a relentless investigator driven to catch the infamous “Epiphany Killer,” a shadowy figure who has haunted the city for over twenty years. Every clue draws you closer to the truth, but danger lurks behind every revelation.
The Slormancer
Plug In Digital / Abiding Bridge
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$24.99
The Slormancer – November 5
XBOX Play Anywhere
The Slormancer is an epic 2D Action-RPG Dungeon Crawling game following a band of outcasts on their fight against hordes of enemies led by The Slormancer! Play as a Mighty Knight, a Fierce Huntress or a Mischievous Mage, master hundreds of abilities and ancestral powers, gear up, fight for the reputation of your kind and prove your value to the realm.
Starlit World
Rockhead Studios
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Free Trial
Help Bo & Kikki save the Starlits from Oli’s evil spell in a cute and chaotic 3D platforming adventure! Discover special suits, fight bosses, and explore magical worlds as you rebuild Starlit Island and complete your sticker album!
BEACONFALL
Desert Water Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Beaconfall is a fast-paced strategy game about defending a settlement on an island surrounded by darkness. Players must develop their economy, construct buildings, and balance scarce resources between labor and defending the colony from enemies emerging from the gloom. The central beacon serves as both the heart of the settlement, pushing back the dark, and a powerful weapon when upgraded. Each session lasts around 20–30 minutes on procedurally generated islands with unique scenarios and bosses.
Chicken Invaders Collection
BETACOM S.A.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Chicken Invaders Collection – November 6
XBOX Play Anywhere
Chicken Invaders needs no introduction. Well, okay, if you insist. Chicken Invaders is the most successful chicken game of this millennium (not to mention the previous one). The game puts you at the forefront of a battle against invading intergalactic chickens, bent on revenge against the human race for our oppression of Earth chickens. And now, for the first time ever since its debut in 1999, the entire Chicken Invaders saga is available as a complete collection.
Dont be Afraid 2: Escape the Nightmare
Drageus Games S.A.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Don’t Be Afraid 2: Escape the Nightmare – November 6
Hello, David. We meet again. Did you enjoy our last game? Because it’s time to play again! Don’t Be Afraid 2 is a first-person perspective horror game and a sequel to the 2020 game of the same title. Take on the role of David, a young man trying to cope with terrible trauma from his childhood, and dive deep into his fears and nightmares.
Ice Cream Simulator
PlayWay S.A.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Ice Cream Simulator – November 6
XBOX Play Anywhere
Have you ever dreamed of running your very own ice cream shop? In Ice Cream Simulator, you can create your dream shop, prepare delicious ice cream, serve customers, and grow your own business. It’s a relaxing simulation game where creativity and good management go hand in hand.
SEEK
Happy Player
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$14.99
SEEK – November 6
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
A nightmare you cannot wake from, a pain that refuses to fade. In this unique survival horror game, classical music intertwines with psychological terror to create an oppressive, chilling atmosphere. You play Alice, an ordinary girl who wakes up to find herself trapped in a bizarre, ever-changing world. A snowbound orphanage, monsters lurking in the shadows, and intricate puzzles—every step is fraught with danger and uncertainty.
Shelterra the Skyworld
KEMCO
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$19.99 $17.99
Shelterra the Skyworld – November 6
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Soar into an epic fantasy RPG adventure across Shelterra, a vast floating continent untouched by the mysterious corruption known as Odium. Claude dreams of becoming a professional adventurer, but a simple escort mission soon reveals a threat that could send his entire homeland crashing to the surface. When he discovers that his talking stone is actually an Artifact, a spirit destined to protect Shelterra, Claude joins forces with the Orlok regime and sets out on a journey through the Skyworld to uncover its secrets and save the floating continent from destruction.
Sora – Oasis Treasures
EpiXR Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$9.99
Sora – Oasis Treasures – November 6
Embark on a breathtaking journey through the jungle skies in Sora – Oasis Treasures. Play as a vibrant parrot and soar across tropical islands, dense canopies, waterfalls, and ancient ruins. Your goal is simple yet meaningful: stay close to your flock as you all travel across the wild, untouched archipelago.
Source: Xbox Wire · Will Fulton, XBOX Wire Editor
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