Ever since Microsoft launched its flagship Xbox Series X|S consoles, it has gone beyond the call of duty to provide the video game community with an endless stream of exceptional and entertaining titles.
Whether it’s a AAA blockbuster action epic or an artistically rich indie adventure, the Xbox Series X|S’s gigantic games library has something for everyone. A library that will continue to grow in 2024 and beyond with lots of new Xbox games.
As there are so many Xbox games being developed, it can seem like a Herculean task to keep track of them all. So, we have decided to take up this arduous mission to catalog and highlight all the best upcoming Xbox games, with some of the biggest and most intriguing upcoming AAA and indie games coming soon for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S.
With this list, you will be able to more easily keep a close eye on your most anticipated titles’ release dates and grab the next potentially best Xbox games as soon as they come out.
Upcoming Xbox games for April 2025
South of Midnight (April 8, 2025)
South of Midnight is a mysterious third-person adventure being developed by Compulsion Games, the studio behind 2013's Contrast and 2018's We Happy Few. This game takes place in the American Deep South, and you play as a young woman called Hazel.
After a supernatural disaster damages her hometown, Hazel is chosen to become a Weaver — a magic caster who has the power to heal spirits and broken bonds. You are tasked on a quest to find the cause of this incident, heal the damage caused to the spirit world, and banish any violent, evil spirits that have crossed over to the world of the living.
Blue Prince (April 10, 2025)
Blue Prince is a puzzle adventure game where you have inherited a mysterious manor called Mt. Holly and you’re tasked with discovering its secrets. However, this is easier said than done as this manor gigantic labyrinthian structure filled with locked doors and puzzles that will require keen puzzle solving and observation skills to navigate through.
Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree (April 17, 2025)
Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree is an upcoming Metroidvania-style, side-scrolling action RPG developed by Primal Game Studio and published by Knights Peak.
This game takes in a dark fantasy world where mankind has fallen to Entropy and monsters lurk behind every corner. It is up to you to explore this decaying realm, slay the monsters preying upon humanity, and find a way to restore peace and happiness to the land.
Lunar Remastered Collection (April 18, 2025)
Lunar Remastered Collection is a compilation featuring two cult-classic JRPGs from the 1990s, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete, both remastered for modern consoles with upscaled graphics, new English voicework, quality-of-life improvements, and more.
Lunar: Silver Star Story follows the adventures of a young boy named Alex who embarks on a journey to experience the life of an adventurer just like the legendary Dragonmaster Dyne. Along the way, he will meet reliable companions and be pulled into a conflict with the evil Magic Emperor who aims to conquer the world.
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue meanwhile is set a thousand years after the first game and focuses on another young man named Hiro. While exploring the ruins of an ancient tower, Hiro encounters a mysterious woman hailing from another world called the Blue Star. She wishes to return home and be taken her world’s ruler, the Goddess Althena in order to fulfil a grand purpose. Not wanting to leave a person in need, Hiro agrees to help Lucia and together they embark on a grand adventure to the Blue Star.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (April 24, 2025)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an upcoming turn-based RPG set in a surreal and fantastical world inspired by artwork made during France’s La Belle Epoque time. You play as the Expeditioners, a group of heroes on a dangerous mission to destroy the Paintress, an otherworldly being that has subjected the world to a never-ending cycle of death.
Upcoming Xbox games for May 2025
Spirit of the North 2 (May 8, 2025)
Spirit of the North 2 is an action-adventure game developed by Infuse Studio and published by Merge Games. You play as a red fox that has been cut off from its home and is now journeying through a ruined world to get back. With the aid of an intelligent raven, you will travel across many mystical locales to find your way home, while embarking on a quest to legendary guardian beasts along the way.
DOOM: The Dark Ages (May 15, 2025)
The Doom Slayer returns to rip and tear in DOOM: The Dark Ages, the newest installment of the iconic first-person shooter franchise, DOOM. In this prequel to DOOM (2016), you will take in an epic war between kings, monsters, and gods and blast every enemy into oblivion with an arsenal of new weapons.
In addition, the Doom Slayer will take to the skies to engage in aerial dogfights riding cyborg war dragons and piloting colossal Atlan mechs to crush titan-sized demons into dust.
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (May 16, 2025)
Capcom is re-releasing more of its legendary classic fighting games for modern consoles with Capcom Fighting Collection 2. Battle challenging AI opponents or your friends online multiplayer matches (complete with rollback netcode to ensure online stability) in beloved fighters like Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001, Project Justice, Power Stone, and much more.
Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny remaster (May 23, 2025)
Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny, the second entry in Capcom's Onimusha series, is getting a new lease on life with an HD remaster complete with updated graphics and quality-of-life improvements.
In this game, you play as Jubei Yagyu, a wandering samurai out for revenge against the warlord Nobunaga Oda who massacred his clan. Along the way, you will battle horrifying monsters known as the Genma and meet allies who can potentially playable characters if you earn their friendship by giving them gifts.
Elden Ring: Nightreign (May 30, 2025)
Elden Ring: Nightreign is a standalone spin-off of FromSoftware’s critically acclaimed Elden Ring. Unlike Elden Ring which is mostly a traditional single-player Soulslike action-adventure game with minor multiplayer elements, Elden Ring: Nightreign is a full-blown co-op focused roguelike action game that can be played with three-player parties.
In this game, players take up the role of Nightfarers with unique abilities and are tasked with traveling through an alternate world separate from the Lands Between in order to defeat the Night Lord. Players will be expected to face hordes of deadly new enemies and familiar bosses from previous FromSoftware games like the Nameless King from Dark Souls 3 and the Centipede Demon from Dark Souls 1.
Upcoming Xbox games for June 2025
RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army (June 19, 2025)
RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army is an HD remaster of Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army, a cult-classic action-RPG spin-off of Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei series.
You play as Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, an apprentice detective who moonlights as a Devil Summoner sworn to safeguard the Capital from demonic threats. In this game, you take up a case to rescue a heiress who has been kidnapped by mysterious foes.
Your investigation will be anything but easy as you will have to contend with crooks, demons, and a dark conspiracy that threatens to shake the very foundations of Japan.
Zenless Zone Zero (June 2025)
HoYoverse's beloved free-to-play action-RPG, Zenless Zone Zero, is finally coming to Xbox consoles later this year. This game is set in the urban-fantasy setting of New Eridu, the last surviving bastion of civilization after the world suffered an apocalyptic event caused by anomalies called 'Hollows'.
Hollows are tears in reality that spawn horrifying monsters known as Ethereals and they are looking to destroy New Eridu. As the Proxy, you must guide combat-ready to defend New Eridu from this threat while uncovering the secrets of how this great city came to be and how it survived the apocalypse.
Upcoming Xbox games for July 2025
Shadow Labyrinth (July 17, 2025)
Shadow Labyrinth is a game that reimagines the light-hearted Pac-Man arcade franchise into a dark, side-scrolling Metroidvania action game. As the mysterious being known as Swordsman No.8, you wake up one day to find yourself stranded on an alien world filled with horrifying monsters and guided by the will of an enigmatic yellow orb called PUCK.
With your swordsmanship and PUCK’s destructive power to consume anything in its path, you must devour your enemies to become stronger enough to survive and explore this unforgiving to find the true meaning of your existence.
Upcoming Xbox games for August 2025
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (August 28, 2025)
After an eternity of absence, the legendary Metal Gear Solid franchise is making a comeback to the video game industry with Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, a remake of the classic PlayStation 2 stealth action game, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
This game will follow the exploits of “Naked Snake”, a secret agent sent by the US government into Soviet Union territory during the Cold War. Snake’s mission is to rescue Dr. Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov, a Soviet defector who is forced to create a nuclear superweapon for the USSR. What starts as a routine sneaking mission spirals out of control as Snake is forced to live off the land to survive, battle elite soldiers that defy conventional warfare, and uncovers a conspiracy so dire that if it isn’t stopped, it could turn the Cold War into World War Three.
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance (August 29, 2025)
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is an upcoming side-scrolling action game by the creators of Streets of Rage 4. In this action-packed revival of SEGA’s Shinobi series, you play as Joe Musashi, a master Shinobi on a quest to destroy an evil force that has burnt his village to ashes and turned his clansmen to stone.
You will dash across fields and cities to exact your revenge while using death-defying acrobatics, Ningi tools, and ninja arts to dispatch deadly enemies sent to block your path.
Upcoming Xbox games for September 2025
Hell is Us (September 3, 2025)
Hell is Us is an action-adventure game developed by Rogue Factor and published by Nacon. This game is set in a country in the midst of a civil war and a supernatural calamity that has spawn horrifying monsters impervious to conventional weaponry.
Your goal in this game is to explore land for answers as to what created these abominations and find weapons to help you survive in this cruel, unforgiving world.
Borderlands 4 (September 23, 2025)
Borderlands 4 is the fourth major in the legendary and chaotic looter-shooter franchise, Borderlands. Nothing is currently known about this title other than you will again assume the role of Vault Hunter delving deep into the heart of the alien worlds to search for ancient treasure while blasting away anything that gets in your way.
Marathon (September 26, 2025)
Bungie is reviving one of its oldest IPs, Marathon, with a new entry in the long-forgotten first-person shooter series. This new title, Marathon, will not be a follow-up to any of the previous single-player games and instead will be a PVP-focused extraction game with a new setting and plot.
You play as a Runner, an android mercenary that has been hired to investigate a ghost ship hanging in the orbit of a long-lost space colony. However, you are not the only mercenary sent to this place as dozens of other mercs, thieves, pirates, and more and looking to plunder this vessel for treasure. Will you work alongside them to share the loot or will you kill the competition to take all the riches for yourself?
Upcoming Xbox games for October 2025
Directive 8020 (October 2, 2025)
Directive 8020 is the next entry in Supermassive Games’ horrifying Dark Pictures Anthology. This sci-fi horror story centres the crew of Cassiopeia, a colony ship sent a mission to find any means to save the dying planet Earth. While travelling through space, the Cassiopeia crash lands onto a planet called Tau Ceti f and now the crew must find a way to repair their ship.
Unfortunately, a hostile alien organism native to Tau Ceti f has snuck onboard and is killing off the crew one by one while mimicking their appearance. Your goal in this game is to help the crew members survive by making crucial decisions will either save or doom them.
Double Dragon Revive (October 25, 2025)
Double Dragon Revive is an upcoming beat em' up developed by YUKE'S and published by Arc System Works. In this 3D take on the classic Double Dragon, play as the heroic Billy and Jimmy Lee as they punch and kick their way through hordes of bad guys to save the day.
Upcoming Xbox games with tentative release dates
Mecha Break (Spring 2025)
Mecha Break is an upcoming multiplayer action game where players get to create giant mechas and pilot them into battle. This game will feature dozens of weapons, cosmetic paint jobs and armor modifications to customize their mechas with.
In addition, this game will several exciting PvP game modes so players can show off their piloting skills to their rivals, which includes a 6v6 Battlefield mode, a 3v3 Arena mode and a large scale PvEvP mode that supports up to 60 players.
The House of the Dead 2 Remake (Spring 2025)
SEGA's iconic light-gun shooter, The House of the Dead 2, rises from the grave to take players on a gory, action-packed thrill ride with next-gen graphics, new game modes, and a remastered soundtrack.
A horde of monsters has overrun a city in Italy and its up to secret agents James and Gary to gun them down, save the helpless citizens, and find out the cause of this monster outbreak.
Abiotic Factor (Summer 2025)
Abiotic Factor is a survival-crafting adventure game where you and five other players are employees of a scientific research organization called GATE. Your job is to conduct science experiments to solve paranormal mysteries while crafting gear to help you survive fending off against supernatural creatures breaking the boundaries between realities to eat your souls.
Plus you have to deal with Arcane military cultists called The Order looking to steal your artifacts and find a way to escape your slowly crumbling research facility.
Demonschool (Summer 2025)
Demonschool is an upcoming turn-based, strategy-RPG inspired by the Persona games. You play as a group of misfit university students led by Faye, the latest descendant in a long line of demon hunters. Together you will explore a mysterious island and fight off demons threatening to invade the human world while trying to fit in time to do your schoolwork.
Dying Light: The Beast (Summer 2025)
Dying Light: The Beast is a standalone spin-off of the zombie-killing, action-adventure series with RPG elements, Dying Light. In this game, you play as Kyle Crane, the protagonist from the first Dying Light who has been locked away in a laboratory since the events of Dying Light: The Following.
After 13 years of being experimented on, Kyle finally manages to escape from captivity and embarks on a quest for revenge against the people who captured him. However, the experiments have taken their toll on Kyle as he has now become a violent beast that's more terrifying than the zombies that infest this post-apocalyptic world.
Mafia: The Old Country (Summer 2025)
Mafia: The Old Country is a prequel to the long-running Mafia series, developed by Hanger 13 and published by 2K. Nothing much is currently known about this title except that it will be an action-adventure game and that it will feature a gritty storyline where players will bear witness to the origins of organized crime in 1900s Sicily.
MindsEye (Summer 2025)
MindsEye is a third-person shooter set in near-future sci-fi world where you play as former soldier named Jacob Diaz. Suffering from amnesia and flashbacks, you set out on a mission to recover your lost while being pulled into dark conspiracy where you will fight for your life against rampant AI, rogue military organizations, and corrupt political figures with overwhelming power.
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (Summer 2025)
The Ninja Gaiden franchise returns to its side-scrolling roots with Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. While Ryu Hayabusa is busy honoring his father’s will in America, players assume the mantle of one of his fellow ninja clansmen called Kenji Mozu to defend their homeland, Hayabusa Village, from demonic invaders in Ryu’s absence.
This game combines the brutally challenging platformer gameplay of Ninja Gaiden’s NES-era titles with the bloody and violent combat of modern 3D Ninja Gaiden titles to create an epic adventure that pays homage to the series' legacy.
2XKO (2025)
2XKO (formerly known as Project L) is a fighting game spin-off of the legendary MOBA game, League of Legends. The gameplay will be reminiscent of team-based fighting games like Marvel Vs. Capcom and will include famous characters from the League of Legends franchise like Ahri, Ekko, Jinx, and more as playable fighters.
ArcheAge Chronicles (2025)
ArcheAge Chronicles is an action-MMORPG created by XLGAMES and published by Kakao Games. In this game, you play as an intrepid explorer of a trading company looking to explore the vast world of Auroria and uncover its many secrets.
On your journey you will engage in many activities that will help establish your legend in the world of Auroria ranging hunting wild beasts, defending your trading companies trade routes from vile bandits, exploring ancient ruins filled with terrifying monsters, and much more.
Crimson Desert (2025)
Crimson Desert is an upcoming open-world adventure game being developed by Pearl Abyss, the creators of the popular MMORPG, Black Desert. You play as Macduff, a mercenary trying to eek out a living in the war-torn lands of Pywell. Your struggle for survival will be arduous as you be contracted to take a myriad of ferocious beasts and take part in epic wars between powerful nations.
Cronos: The New Dawn (2025)
Cronos: The New Dawn is a third-person survival horror created and published by Blooper Team. This game is set in a post-apocalyptic future where the majority humanity has been mutated in nightmarish abominations and the world has been ravaged by a cataclysmic event called ‘The Change’.
Your goal in this game is to explore this ruined world for temporal rifts that will take you back in time to 1980s-era Poland. Once there, you must locate key individuals that perished during ‘The Change’ and extract their souls so they can be brought back to the future and be used to save what’s left of the world.
Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (2025)
Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake is a compilation featuring Dragon Quest 1 and 2, reimagined for the modern era with HD-2D graphics and gameplay improvements.
Set many years after Dragon Quest 3 HD Remake, these games' stories follow the adventures of Erdrick's descendants as they embark on epic adventures to save the world from evil monsters like the dreaded Dragonlord and the evil wizard Hargon.
Dune Awakening (2025)
Dune Awakening is an open-world survival MMO developed and published by Funcom, based on the influential, critically acclaimed, science-fiction novel, Dune. On the desert world of Arrakis, you will fight for survival as one of its many inhabitants. Explore a dangerous planet filled with secrets, farm for valuable spice to help fund your own faction, and battle rival gangs and raiders in epic battles to determine who will control the spice trade on Arrakis.
Edge of Memories (2025)
Edge of Memories is an upcoming JRPG with real-time combat brought to you by Midgar Studio and Nacon. The vibrant continent of Avaris is under threat of annihilation at the hands of Corrosion, a mysterious plague that's turning all life into uncontrollable monsters.
Eline the Soul Whisperer is on a quest to find a way to save Avaris from destruction alongside her companions Ysoris and Kanta. However, Eline has been infected with Corrosion so she will need to find a cure for this plague fast before it eats away her soul.
Enemy of the State (2025)
Enemy of the State is a top-down shooter developed by Brave Lamb Studio S.A. and published by Movie Games S.A. Set during the 1920’s, you play as rookie mobster aspiring to be at the top of the criminal underworld. Gather a crew of the toughest crooks and perform heists across the country to assert your place as the no.1 gangster.
FBC: Firebreak (2025)
FBC: Firebreak is a three-player co-op FPS created and published by Remedy Entertainment of Alan Wake fame. Set within the universe of Remedy’s Control title, you play as an elite squad of secret agents called ‘Firebreak’ and your job is to clean Federal Bureau of Control’s headquarters of hostile phenomena, whether they be tears in the fabric of reality or eldritch abominations invading our world.
Grand Theft Auto 6 (2025)
After a decade since the original release of GTA 5 in 2013, the sixth major entry of Rockstar's legendary Grand Theft Auto has finally been unveiled. GTA 6 will feature the return of the iconic Vice City setting, the first playable female protagonist since the Game Boy Color version of GTA 2, the biggest open-world sandbox to date, and graphics that will push the Xbox Series X|S to their limits.
Grit and Valor - 1949 (2025)
Grit and Valor - 1949 is an upcoming roguelite, real-time tactics game developed by Milky Tea Studios and published by Megabit Publishing. In this alternate Dieselpunk universe of World War 2, take control of a squadron of powerful mechs and charge into the heart of New Germany to bring down the evil Axis forces once and for all.
Hotel Barcelona (2025)
Hotel Barcelona is an off-the-wall 2.5D action game created in collaboration between Suda51, the creator of No More Heroes and Swery65, the creator of Deadly Premonition. You are trapped in a temporal time-loop and your only way out is to fight through hordes of serial killers, monsters, giant sharks, and aliens.
Little Nightmares 3 (2025)
The cult horror series, Little Nightmares, returns with a third instalment. In this game, you follow the adventures of a pair of kids, Low & Alone, searching for a way to escape a horrible realm called the Nowhere. You can fae the horrors of this dangerous world solo or for the first time ever, use an online co-op feature to play with a friend and face your nightmares together.
Lost Hellden (2025)
Lost Hellden is an upcoming JRPG developed and published by Artisan Studios. You play as Cyphel, a young Arkhon warrior who is on a mission alongside his teachers to find his twin brother Leht who ran away from home.
Journey across the land of Era to find Leht, meet a host of memorable party members, and do battle with gigantic demons with an advanced real-time combat system.
Mixtape (2025)
Mixtape is an upcoming narrative adventure game developed by Beethoven & Dinosaur and published by Annapurna Interactive. Follow the emotional tale of three friends embarking a grand adventure to celebrate their last night of high school together.
Along the journey, you will play cassette tapes that will play pivotal moments of their lives and get sucked into an emotionally dramatic story filled with nostalgia, growth, music, and bittersweet memories.
Mouse: P.I. For Hire (2025)
Mouse: P.I. For Hire is an upcoming FPS developed and published by Fumi Games. Play as the grizzled detective John Mouston and shoot your way through a 1930s rubber hose-style cartoon world to take down gangs of crooks and crime lords.
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (2025)
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is the latest entry in Orcs Must Die!, a series of action tower defense games where you must defend your castle from being swarmed by hordes of Orcs. This upcoming title will include all kinds of new features for the series including 4-player co-op, Roguelike character building, larger levels, improved melee and gunplay combat, and more.
Subnautica 2 (2025)
The critically-acclaimed underwater survival game, Subnautica, is at long last getting a next-gen sequel and its coming to Xbox Game Pass, Day One. Craft deep-sea exploration tools, bases and vehicles, and use them dive deep into the abyssal oceans of an alien world filled with wonderous ecosystems and terrifying sea creatures.
The Alters (2025)
The Alters is a third-person, base-building adventure game created and published by 11 bit studios. You play as Jan Dolski, a space explorer who unfortunately crash-landed on a dangerous planet where being exposed to the rays of a nearby sun can kill you.
To matters more complicated, Jan Dolski stumbles upon a local substance called Rapidium that somehow creates alternate copies of himself called Alters. With the sun’s rays fast approaching, Jan must employ the help of his Alters to fix his ship, scavenge for supplies to survive, and get off this planet before the sun burns him to a crisp.
The Legend of Baboo (2025)
The Legend of Baboo is an upcoming action-adventure made by Permanent Way Game Co. and published by Midwest Games. This game tells the story of a young man named Sepehr and his dog Baboo embarking on a perilous journey to save their family after an ancient evil force has taken over their home island.
Together, Sepehr and Baboo will use their skills to explore treacherous locales, solve deadly puzzles, and overcome towering enemies.
The Outer Worlds 2 (2025)
The Outer Worlds 2 is a sequel to The Outer Worlds, a first-person RPG created by Obsidian Entertainment. In the far reaches of space lies Arcadia, a space colony that is being ravaged by a factional war between religious organizations and corporations. To save Arcadia from destruction, you have been sent to find a way to stop the war by any means necessary.
You can help one of the factions win the war, establish peace between them, or wipe them all out. All these choices and more are yours to make in The Outer Worlds 2.
The Sinking City 2 (2025)
The Sinking City 2 is a third-person action-horror game inspired by the works of the famous sci-fi author, H.P. Lovecraft. Set in an alternate version of 1920’s America, the player is pulled into a horrifying adventure where they must collect an arsenal of weapons to fend Lovecraftian monstrosities and find a way to escape the city of Arkham alive with their sanity intact.
Towerborne (2025)
Towerborne is an upcoming hack n' slash game being developed by Stoic, the creators behind the critically-acclaimed Banner Saga series. You play as a band of warriors led by Ace, a hero prophesied to save humanity during its darkest hour.
Chop down the forces of evil alone or call your friends to form a 4-player party to trek the monster-filled ruins of the City of Numbers and save the day.
Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (2025)
Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is an upcoming RPG developed by The Chinese Room and published by Paradox Interactive. This game takes place in Seattle and the player assumes the role of a Kindred, a term used to describe a common type of vampire.
As a newly made child of the night, the player must learn to keep their hunger for blood in check, make sure to keep their vampiric identity secret, and defend themselves against hostile vampires, humans, and other horrifying creatures.
Winter Burrow (2025)
Winter Burrow is an upcoming survival game where you play as adorable little mouse trekking through a winter wasteland to search for your lost aunt and repair your broken childhood burrow.
Players will be tasked with gathering resources to rebuilt their burrow with new furnishings and prepare gear to help them forage for food in the forest.
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (2025)
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is an upcoming soulslike action-RPG set in a dark fantasy interpretation of China’s Ming Dynasty time-period. You play as Wuchang, a pirate warrior suffering from amnesia and a curse called Ornithropy which grants her supernatural powers at the cost of bringing her immense pain.
To recover Wuchang’s lost memories, you must journey across a war-torn land and slay hordes of horrifying abominations by mastering Wuchang’s martial arts skills and deadly magical powers.
Fable (2026)
Microsoft finally revealed Fable after years of rumors and speculation. Fable is being built for Xbox Series X and PC and will showcase the talents of Playground Games, which has grown into a huge studio over the past few years.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword (2026)
Capcom’s classic Onimusha series has been resurrected with a new installment called Onimusha: Way of the Sword. In this third-person action game, you play as a (currently unnamed) wondering samurai wielding a magic artifact called the Oni Gauntlet.
With this gauntlet and your katana, you must carve a bloody path through hordes of bloodthirsty demons called Genma to save Kyoto from being overtaken by an evil force known as Malice while trying to find your reason to fight.
Upcoming Xbox games with unannounced release dates
Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi
Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by MarsLit Games and published by Neon Doctrine & Game Seer. This game follows the tale of Lili the Guardian and Sadi the Monk as they team up to save their land from the corruptive force known as the Void.
Arc Raiders
Arc Raiders is PvPvE third-person shooter with survival elements developed and published by Embark Studios. This game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world the human population has been brought to the brink of extinction by mysterious mechanized monsters known as the Arc.
You play as a specially-trained scavenger called a Raider and your goal is to traverse this broken world for resources to help you survive, while fighting off Arc monsters and rival players looking to steal your loot.
Ark 2
Ark 2 is a sequel to the 2017 sandbox survival game, Ark: Survival Evolved. This game is set on an alien planet populated by dinosaurs and humans fighting each other for dominance of the world. As one of the humans, you must learn to live off the land and team up with your fellow man to take down the dinosaurs threatening your existence.
Armor Attack
Armor Attack is a competitive PVP third-person shooter by KEK Entertainment, a new studio formed by ex-EA and ex-Ubisoft developers. Take control of giant, customizable mechs and engage in explosive 5v5 battles where you and your rivals fight for control of the last remnants of planet Earth.
Beneath
Beneath is an upcoming first-person horror game developed and published by Camel 101. You play as Noah Quinn, a deep-sea diver trapped aboard a frigate in the middle of the ocean.
After some exploration, our hero quickly discovers that horrifying sea monsters occupy this ship and they are out for his blood. Now Noah must find a way to escape this ship with his life and sanity intact.
Black Myth: Wukong
Black Myth: Wukong is a soulslike action game developed and published by Game Science. This game is based on the classic Chinese novel, Journey to the West and has you play as its main character, Sun Wukong. You will journey across a vast, wonderous world, battle monsters and heroes inspired by Chinese mythology, and fulfill your destiny as the Destined One.
Borderlands 4
Bounty Star is a third-person action game developed by DINOGOD and published by Annapurna Interactive. You play as Clementine McKinney, a retired war veteran and mech pilot struggling to move on from her traumatic past and live in peace. However, peace is not an option for Clem as she is called back to the battlefield to defend the innocent folks of the Red Expanse from bandits and mercenaries.
Broken Sword Parzival's Stone
After ten long years, the classic Broken Sword is making a comeback with Broken Sword Parzival's Stone. This game will see the series' protagonists George Stobbart and Nicole Collard travel the world in search of the legendary artifact, the Holy Grail.
Along the way, our heroes will have to contend with villains trying to obtain the Holy Grail for themselves. These include the likes of shady businessmen, secret government organizations, corrupt corporations, and rival treasure hunters.
Centum
Centum is a narrative-adventure indie game developed by Hack The Publisher and published by Serenity Forge. You play as a prisoner trying to escape from their prison cell. However, once you get out you are then confronted with a question: Where do you go from there?
With an unreliable narrator guiding your path, this game will take players on a dark mind-bending story where you will question reality at every turn and unlock multiple endings based on your choices.
Chrono Odyssey
Chrono Odyssey is an upcoming MMORPG brought to you by NPIXEL. The once-peaceful world of Setera is in grave peril as a race of interdimensional monsters collectively known as The Void are invading the planet, killing all forms of life they see.
it is up to you and your band of merry adventurers to protect Setera from The Void by mastering the art of combat and learning to wield the mysterious Chronotector to bend time to your will.
Cities: Skylines II
Cities: Skylines II is a sequel to the critically acclaimed city-building simulator, Cities: Skylines, developed by Colossal Order Ltd. and Paradox Interactive. This game promises to build upon the foundations of its predecessor by giving the player more tools and creative freedom to construct and manage the city of their dreams.
Clockwork Revolution
Clockwork Revolution is a first-person RPG brought to you by inXile Entertainment who also develop the Wasteland and Arcanum games. One day, you stumble upon a fascinating device that allows its user to travel back in time. After some fiddling, you use the device to teleport yourself to the past and discover the origins of your steam-powered homeland, Avalon.
Be careful when messing around with time-travel as every decision you make in the past could have serious side-effects on history and change your future for better or worse.
Closer the Distance
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life simulator developed by Osmotic Studios and published by Skybound Games. This game tells a heart-wrenching tale about Yesterby, a small rural town filled with people who are grieving for their lost loved ones. As the young Angela, your goal is to help your fellow townsfolk move on from their pain, heal broken relationships, and unearth tragic secrets.
Conscript
CONSCRIPT is an indie survival horror game developed by Catchweight Studio and published by Team17. You play as a lone French soldier trying desperately to survive and look for his mission brother during one of mankind's most harrowing and brutal wars — World War 1.
You will need to scavenge for supplies, complete complex puzzles, and fend off enemies with limited resources in intense battles where one mistake can lead to your death.
Contraband
Contraband is an upcoming Xbox exclusive developed in partnership with Avalanche, known for Mad Max and Just Cause. Contraband has been described to us as a multiplayer smuggler sandbox, where players come together to plan heists and execute them, in a vehicular-combat extravaganza. There's no known planned launch window for Contraband as of yet.
Death Relives
Death Relives is a first-person survival-horror game created and published by Nyctophile Studios. You play as Adrian, a young man trying to uncover the unresolved mystery behind his mother’s death. He discovers that his mother was kidnapped by a cult and sacrificed to appease an ancient Aztec god named Xipe Totec.
Just as he learned the truth, Adrian’s presence had been detected by Xipe Totec and the bloodthirsty god does not take kindly to intruders. Now Adrian must find a way to escape the wrath of Xipe Totec alive and put an end to Xipe’s reign of terror.
Elder Scrolls VI
Like Starfield, Elder Scrolls VI is now part of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios, alongside Bethesda's acquisition. And just like Starfield, almost nothing is known about the game. It will be singleplayer and a traditional Elder Scrolls-style open RPG, but we may be waiting a long while to see this game materialize.
Enotria: The Last Song
Enotria: The Last Song is a Soulslike action-RPG created and published by Jyamma Games. The game is set in a world plagued by the Canovaccio – an ethereal, magical play that is keeping life and culture in statis for eternity. You play as the Maskless One, an individual who is unaffected by Canovaccio and can move about freely thanks to being born with no given role or predetermined destiny to adhere to.
With the power of stealing masks from enemies and gaining their powers, the Maskless One charges forward to free the world from Canovaccio and bring down the evil Authors who created it.
Enshrouded
Enshrouded is an upcoming action-RPG, open-world survival game developed and published by Keen Games GmbH. You play as a Flameborn, one of the last survivors of an ancient race brought to near extinction. Your goal is to embark on a journey through the ruined realm Embervale, recover your people's power of the Flame, uncover this world's lost history, and decide your ultimate desinty.
Everwild
The next title from Rare was revealed in late 2019, showing us another gorgeous and colorful world from the British studio. Very little is known about Everwild, but the trailer seems to indicate that it's some form of multiplayer experience, complete with stealth mechanics and uniquely gorgeous creatures.
Exoborne
Exoborne is an upcoming extraction shooter developed and published by Sharkmob AB. In this game, the U.S. has been transformed into an apocalyptic hellscape by natural disasters. In this violent, players must fight against the elements and rival factions to scavenge for dwindling supplies in order to survive.
Exodus
Exodus is an upcoming third-person shooter with RPG elements by Archetype Entertainment. In the far distant future, humanity has fled a dying Earth and found a new home among the stars. However, mankind’s fate still hangs in the balance as an intergalactic conquering race of aliens called Celestials are hunting them down.
You take on the role of the Traveller, a visionary leader of humanity who travel the stars to search for allies and weapons that will help them defeat the Celestials once and for all. However, Travellers will need to make hard choices when embark on missions travelling across space via lightspeed causes time dilation. What passes for days from a Traveller’s point of view, counts as decades for their friends and family back home.
Fera: The Sundered Tribes
Fera: The Sundered Tribes is an indie open-world survival game with an emphasis on monster-hunting, developed and published by Massive Damage, Inc. Set in a post-apocalyptic world filled with giant monsters, you have been recently elected as the new leader of a tribe of humans after saving them from a rampaging behemoth.
As the tribe’s new leader, your goal is to explore this world to rescue the last few remaining humans and save mankind from extinction. On top of that, you will also need to hunt down the giant monsters looking to devour your people by utilizing your mastery of martial arts and flight abilities to slay monsters in fast-paced aerial combat.
First Dwarf
First Dwarf is a base-building action-RPG developed and published by Star Drifters. The game is set in Driftland, a planet that was ruined by a cataclysmic war between powerful mages. Among the surviving civilizations is the kingdom of dwarves, and you play as one of their best engineers.
With supplies dwindling, you have been tasked to venture into the war-torn lands of Driftland to gather resources to save the kingdom. In your quest, you explore a crumbled world, build bases to farm materials, and defend your assets against barbarians, monsters, and even nature.
Gears of War: E-Day
Return to the day when the war with Locust began in Gears of War: E-Day, a prequel to the legendary third-person shooter franchise, Gears of War. Play as younger versions of iconic Gears of War protagonists Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago as they face off against the Locust Horde for the first time and try their best to defend humanity from the savage beasts.
Hangry
Hangry is an indie Hack and Slash RPG created and published by Game Pill. In the darkest corners of the universe, you play as Hangry, mercenary working for a diner chef named Goutra. Goutra’s establishment isn’t your standard diner as it readily supplies food for the meanest, baddest crooks of the criminal underworld.
You must travel the galaxy to hunt down alien monsters and bring back their meat so Goutra can whip the best meals to keep clients well-fed. Just make sure you don’t eat too much of the goods yourself, otherwise, it may be your last meal.
Harmonium: The Musical
Harmonium: The Musical is an upcoming narrative adventure game created by The Odd Gentleman. You play as a young 10-year-old Deaf girl named Melody Macato who is busy preparing a musical show hoping to create a new form of music that be seen, felt, and accessible to her friends and family.
However, Melody is suddenly pulled into a vibrant, musical-themed fantasy world called Harmonium. To find her way back home, Melody has to confront and defeat Cocophony, a terrifying force that threatens to destroy all of Harmonium if left unchallenged.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hollow Knight: Silksong is a sequel to the 2D Metroidvania title with Soulslike elements, Hollow Knight, created and published by Team Cherry. You play as Horney, a warrior princess who must fight her way through a corrupted world filled with insectoid monsters so she can return to her kingdom, Hallownest.
IKARO: Will Not Die
IKARO: Will Not Die is a third-person roguelike action game developed by Futurlab and published by Thunderful. You are thrust into a neon-lit, oppressive sci-fi world with simple goals: run, fight, don’t stop, and don’t die.
To survive, you must master gravity-defying powers that can enable you to surf and parkour through deadly environments. At the same time, you must learn how to string together a series of deadly combo attacks and abilities to defeat hordes of enemies looking to eliminate you.
Judas
Judas is an upcoming first-person shooter being developed and published by Ghost Story Games, a studio led by Ken Levine, the game director of classic titles like System Shock 2, BioShock, and BioShock Infinite.
You are Judas, a mysterious and troubled individual stuck on a starship that is slowly falling apart. To survive, you will need to gain the trust of the ship’s eccentric crew to repair the ship, or you can betray them and leave the ship to rot to save yourself.
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is an upcoming first-person shooter developed by Saber Interactive, published by Focus Entertainment, and directed by legendary movie director, John Carpenter. This game is set in a dark future where mankind's attempts at harvesting energy from the planet's core have unintentionally released an eldritch abomination called the Sludge God upon the Earth.
You play as the titular Toxic Commandos and your mission is to nuke the Sludge God and its undead mutant armies into oblivion before they wipe out the human.
Jurassic Park Survival
Jurassic Park Survival is a first-person action adventure based on the legendary Jurassic Park franchise. This game takes place shortly after the events of the first Jurassic Park movie and follows the adventures of an InGen scientist named Dr. Maya Joshi.
She was unable to evacuate Isla Nublar along with the rest of the main cast from the original movie, so now she has to find a way to escape on her own. You will need to use cunning and ingenuity to outsmart the dinosaurs lurking on the island as combat is not an option, especially when going up against the terrifying T-Rex.
King of Meat
King of Meat is party hack and slash game developed by Glowmade and published by Amazon Games. Take part in a bloody gladiatorial game show and fight your way through player-created dungeons to slay giant beasts and other contestants to become the ultimate warrior and earn money from your sponsors so you can buy cool-looking gear and cosmetic items for your own dungeons.
Marvel's Blade
From the minds behind Deathloop and DIshonoured comes Arkane Lyon's next big and most unexpected project, Marvel's Blade. This game follows the tribulations of Eric Brooks (a.k.a. Blade) a Daywalker (a half-human, half-vampire crossbreed) who fights to protect humanity from the darkest and most vile creatures of the Marvel universe.
Masters of Albion
Peter Molyneux, the director behind the original Fable and the cult classic god game, Black & White, has returned to the video game industry to direct a new title with 22cans called Masters of Albion.
In this god game, you play the role of a god tasked with assisting a small village through divine interventions to become a prosperous civilization that will withstand the test of time.
However, evil forces are plotting to destroy what you have built. You will need to protect your people by gifting them with your godly powers so they can defend themselves and occasionally take matters into your own hands by unleashing magical disasters upon enemies.
Mistfall Hunter
Mistfall Hunter is an upcoming PvPvE extraction action game developed and published by BELLRING GAMES. Set in a dark fantasy world on the brink of oblivion, you play as immortal warriors called Gylden Hunters. With mighty powers granted to you by the mysterious Dew, your goal is to traverse this wreck of a world, fight past beasts gripped by insanity called Gyldenmist, and repair the Web of Fate in the hopes that it might save your planet.
Ninja Gaiden 4
After over 10 years of silence, the Ninja Gaiden series has returned with Ninja Gaiden 4, a new mainline installment made in collaboration with Platinum Games. In this game, players will embark on a thrilling, adrenaline-pumping adventure where they play as the legendary Ryu Hayabusa and the newcomer Yakumo.
These two generations of ninjas must learn to work together and fight through hordes of cyborg assassins and horrifying monsters to save the city Tokyo from an ancient curse.
OD
OD is brand new video game being developed by Kojima Productions, with the legendary Hideo Kojima directing it. OD is currently shrouded in mystery as to what kind of game it is. What we do know that Hideo Kojima describes it as a "new form of media" that will utilize the power of Microsoft's cloud technology to create a product that blurs the line between gaming and film.
OD is hinting at being a horror title with the tagline "For all the players and screamers" at the end of its reveal trailer.
Okami 2
After nearly two decades, Capcom’s iconic action-adventure game, Okami, will finally be getting a sequel in the far distant future. In the original Okami, you play Amaterasu, a Sun Goddess in the form of a wolf that journeyed across Nippon to save from the wrath of the evil demon, Orochi.
Aside from Amaterau returning, little is known about this game other than most of the original developers who made the first game are coming back for the sequel. This includes Okami’s director Hideki Kamiya who is most famous for directing titles like Devil May Cry 1, Resident Evil 2 (the original PlayStation One version), Bayonetta, Viewtiful Joe and much more.
Perfect Dark
After many years in hibernation, Rare's classic sci-fi spy adventure Perfect Dark series will be returning with an epic reboot for modern audiences. You play as Joanna Dark, a secret agent working for the dataDyne corperation and she is tasked with hunting down a dangerous criminal called Daniel Carrington.
Players will journey across the distant of Cairo and use their arensal of gadgets, guns, martial arts and stealth skills to take down enemies and uncover a sinister conspiracy that could treaten to destroy millions of innocent lives.
Phantom Hellcat
Phantom Hellcat is a hack 'n' slash platformer developed by Ironbird Creations and published by All in! Games. Hidden from the public eye lies a mysterious theater containing an army of demons locked away within its halls. One day, one of the seals on the demons’ cage breaks, and the evil beings manage to steal away the theater’s guardian and escape to an alternate dimension. Now it is up to the guardian’s rebellious daughter Jolene to take to the stage, rescue her mother, and put these demons back in their cages.
Pragmata
Pragmata is an upcoming title from Capcom set in an extraordinary futuristic setting. Almost nothing is known about the game, besides the fact it's coming to next-gen systems and looks incredibly sleek.
Prison Architect 2
The cult-classic indie prison management simulator, Prison Architect, is finally getting a sequel and is adopting a new 3D art style. Prison Architect 2 will expand on the gameplay of the original with new mechanics and tools to keep inmates contained, an upgraded Career Mode, and smarter prisoners to test your managerial skills.
Project Tower
Project Tower is an upcoming third-person bullet-hell shooter developed and published by Yummy Games. You are an unknown prisoner trapped inside a mysterious tower run by tyrannical aliens known as the Hiks.
You are forced into a battle for survival as the Hiks are using you as a practice dummy to help train their soldiers for intergalactic conquest. To survive, you must fight through the Hiks and reach the top of the tower in the hopes you may find a means to escape.
REANIMAL
REANIMAL is a co-op platforming-horror game developed by the original creators of Little Nightmares 1 and 2. In this game you play as a brother and sister travelling to an island infested with disturbing monsters in attempt to find and rescue their friends who went missing there.
You can traverse this nightmarish realm alone piloting both protagonists or bring a friend along to control one of the siblings two-player co-op.
REPLACED
REPLACED is a 2.5D action platformer developed by Sad Cat Studios and published by Coatsink. Set in a gritty, sci-fi alternative version of the 1980s, you play as R.E.A.C.H., an artificial intelligence that has been forcefully trapped inside a human body. Your goal is to survive the dangerous, crime-riddled, dystopian society of Phoenix City and discover how to free yourself from your human prison.
Roman Sands RE: Build
Roman Sands RE: Build is a psychedelic game that combines elements of visual novel, RPG, horror, adventure, and simulation games to create a surreal experience. The premise of this game is that you're washed up on the beach of a private luxury retreat inhabited by strange and disturbing characters.
You can't stay here for as long the inhabitants the Sun will soon come to swallow them whole, killing everyone on the retreat. To escape, you must complete tasks handed to you by the inhabitants and explore the retreat for an emergency exit before its too late.
Routine
Routine is a first-person sci-fi horror game developed by Lunar Software and published by Raw Fury. The game takes place in an abandoned lunar base designed around a vision of what scientists from the 1980s thought future technology would look like.
You are trapped alone inside this dilapidated facility and are being hunted by killer androids who have designated you as a threat that must terminated. Now, you must run for your life, explore the lunar base to discover what happened here, and find a way to escape before the robots detect you.
Scarlet Deer Inn
Scarlet Deer Inn is a narrative-adventure platformer developed and published by Attu Games. You play as Elise, a young mother living a simple life in a humble village with her two children.
However, Elise's peaceful life takes a dark turn as she gets pulled into a grim adventure where she will explore a world inspired by Slavic folklore and avoid the murderous ire of horrifying monsters.
Sleight of Hand
Sleight of Hand is a third-person stealth action game with deckbuilder-elements created and published by RiffRaff Games. You play as a mysterious magic-wielding rogue sneaking through the corrupt city of Taboo to take revenge on a coven you used to be a part of.
To accomplish this take, you will need to stealthily take down foes with a combination of magical artifacts and magic playing cards to manipulate the environment and turn the hands of fate in your favor.
State of Decay 3
State of Decay 3 is also a bit of an enigma, offering us a cinematic trailer and not much else. Set in a more wintry environment, there are possibilities that you'll have to manage your internal temperature in addition to other survival needs, as the plague seems to have now spread to animals and not just humans.
The Blood of Dawnwalker
The Blood of Dawnwalker is an upcoming RPG developed by Rebel Wolves, a studio of developers who worked on CD Projekt Red's Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077.
This game takes place in a dark fantasy world plagued by monsters and vampires. As Coen the Dawnwalker, you must use your vampiric powers to survive in a cruel, unforgiving world, take up quests to save your loved ones, and find any means to satiate your thirst for blood.
The Last Night
The Last Night is an upcoming "2D open-world" title from Odd Tales Games. The neon-blasted cyberpunk title features action-infiltration-oriented gameplay, complete with a branching narrative and stunning art that combines retro-2D sprites and modern lighting with 3D elements.
There's no launch date listed at the time of writing, but The Last Night is seeking investment due to some developmental issues.
The Explorator
The Explorator is an FPS/adventure game created and published by Remnant Games Studio. You play as an explorer journeying to the treacherous island of Ospolis as legends tell that the ancient city of Atlantis and all its treasures are hidden beneath Ospolis' surface.
The Witcher 4
The Witcher 4 is the long-awaited follow-up to The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, CD Projekt Red’s most successful and critically acclaimed RPG to date. This title will start a new trilogy featuring Ciri, Geralt’s adopted daughter and secondary protagonist from The Witcher 3, as the franchise’s new main protagonist.
Aside from that, all that’s known about this game at this time is that Ciri has become a fully-fledged Witcher hunting monsters for money and that players will determine her moral choices about how she handles quests and the dark, cruel injustices of her world.
The Wolf Among Us 2
The Wolf Among Us 2, the long-awaited sequel to Telltale's narrative-focused adventure game, The Wolf Among Us, has finally been unveiled with a tentative release date for 2023. This series tells the story of Bigby Wolf, the former sheriff of "Fabletown" — a secret community within the streets of New York City that houses characters from fairy tales and folklore.
The first game had Bigby track down an enigmatic serial killer murdering the citizens of "Fabletown," and it looks like Bigby will once again be pulled into another murder mystery in the sequel whilst also trying to keep a leash on his own inner wolf.
Thick As Thieves
Thick As Thieves is an upcoming multiplayer PvPvE stealth game brought to you by the developers of the classic Thief series. Set in a fantastical depiction of the 1910s, you play as a phantom thief working their way up the criminal underworld.
Customize your playstyle with various thieving tools and magic, team with fellow players online to form gangs, and sneak your way into the heart of a metropolis to learn its secrets and rob its treasures.
Threads of Time
Threads of Time is an upcoming indie JRPG inspired by well-regarded classics of the genre such as Chrono Trigger and the 2D-era Final Fantasy games. The game takes place in a fantasy world where the fabric of time and space is being threatened by unknown evil forces looking to destroy it.
To save the world, you must use magic to time travel across various periods in history, recruit powerful warriors from each era to aid in your quest, and find out where these villains are hiding so you can put a stop to them.
Tides of Annihilation (TBA)
Tides of Annihilation is an upcoming action-adventure game by a new studio called Eclipse Glow Games. Set in a post-apocalyptic London that’s been destroyed by otherworldly invaders, you play as its last survivor, Gwendolyn.
Blessed with the power of spectral knights inspired by the Knights of the Round Table, Gwendolyn sets out on a crusade to save what’s left of her family and destroy the villainous invaders that have ruined her home.
Turok: Origins
Turok: Origins is Saber Interactive’s revival of the classic dinosaur-hunting franchise, Turok. In this third-person action game, you play as a tribe of hardened warriors of called the Turoks and your goal is to hunt giant man-eating dinosaurs and fend off alien invaders looking to conquer your home.
This hunting adventure can be played solo or with your friends in 3-player online co-op as you work to together to slay giant beasties, augment your gear with the DNA of dinosaurs, and save the Lost Lands from destruction.
Untitled new genDESIGN game
During The Game Awards 2024, a mysterious trailer was shown for a new Xbox title (which currently has no working title) developed by genDESIGN, the studio responsible for creating Shadow of the Colossus, Ico, and The Last Guardian.
Judging from the trailer, it appears to be an action-adventure game where you play as an android exploring a ruined world and climbing atop mountain-sized beings much like Shadow of the Colossus.
Which games are you most hyped for?
As you have no doubt seen, there are a lot of upcoming Xbox games to look forward to playing in the future. What’s even more exciting is that a majority of these games will be playable on the go thanks to Xbox Cloud Gaming and be available to download for free if you subscribe to Xbox Game Pass.
If you think there are other upcoming Xbox titles that people should be more aware of, send your recommendations to @WinC_Gaming at X/Twitter and we’ll add them to the list.
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