Recently Added Games to Xbox Game Pass


Who doesn’t love a good video game deal? For as low as $9.99 a month, Xbox Game Pass gives you access to over 100 games on PC, console, or mobile. Every month the game library evolves and grows with either day one games or beloved classics.
Many games came and left Game Pass this month, but here’s the most recently added games to Xbox Game Pass!

One Sentence Summary
Pokemon Snap but with dogs.
Official Summary
Put your love for pups to the test – we have a bunch of dogs that need their photos taken, doggone it! Photograph and catalogue the finest (and derpiest) dogs to build your career, upgrade your camera, and discover new canines. WOOF!
Developer
Sundae Month
Publisher
Kitfox Games
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Adventure

One Sentence Summary
What a throwback for a throwing disc!
Official Summary
The best flying disc game of all time is back! With amazing hand-drawn graphics, crazy new moves, gameplay mechanics and awesome new characters and stages, Windjammers 2 is the sequel you’ve been dreaming of.
25 years later, throwing flying discs at your opponents is still as cool as back in the days. Sequel to the NEOGEO cult classic Windjammers, Windjammers 2 is the perfect mix between what you loved about the classic title and brand-new mechanics.
Developer
Dotemu
Publisher
Dotemu
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Sports, Indie

One Sentence Summary
Don’t let your FBI agent see this.
Official Summary
Get access to all three games in the World of Assassination trilogy. Embark on a globetrotting adventure and become Agent 47 in the ultimate spy-thriller story across more than 20 locations.
Unleash your creativity, track down your targets and enjoy unparalleled freedom of choice in meticulously detailed sandbox locations around the world.
Developer
IO Interactive A/S
Publisher
IO Interactive A/S
Genre
Singleplayer, Action, Stealth

One Sentence Summary
Perhaps a commentary on capitalism?
Official Summary
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it’s honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death – where creatures grow far past their expiry and overflow with greed and power.
Developer
Acid Nerve
Publisher
Devolver Digital, Special Reserve Games
Genre
Singleplayer, RPG

One Sentence Summary
Unique art style matched with a unique idea.
Official Summary
Transform from a featureless nobody into a SLUG, a GHOST, a DRAGON, and MORE in this new take on Action RPGs from the creators of Guacamelee!
Complete quests to discover and swap between 15+ varied and distinct Forms. Mix and match abilities in unexpected ways to unlock and complete even MORE challenging quests. Explore a vast overworld – on your own or with a friend online – while clearing shape-shifting dungeons in an effort to stop The Calamity and SAVE THE WORLD!
Developer
Drinkbox Studios
Publisher
Drinkbox Studios
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Dungeon Crawling RPG

One Sentence Summary
One of the writers loves run on sentences and can’t stop writing a sentence, even if it’s already ended long, long ago.
Official Summary
Hope’s Peak Academy is home to Japan’s best and brightest high school students—the beacons of hope for the future. But that hope suddenly dies when Makoto Naegi and his classmates find themselves imprisoned in the school, cut off from the outside world and subject to the whims of a strange, murderous little bear named Monokuma. He pits the students against each other, promising freedom to anyone who can murder a fellow classmate and get away with it.
It’s up to you to find out who Monokuma really is, and why you’ve been taken from the world you once knew. But be careful what you wish for—sometimes there’s nothing more deadly than the truth…
Developer
Spike Chunsoft
Publisher
Spike Chunsoft
Genre
Singleplayer, Visual Novel, Adventure

One Sentence Summary
‘60s sci-fi meets modern game mechanics.
Official Summary
The Anacrusis is a four-player, cooperative first-person shooter set aboard a massive starship stranded at the edge of explored space. Team up with your friends in an infinitely-replayable fight against alien hordes to unlock perks, weapons, and new ways to play that you can share with your team! The Anacrusis is launching in Game Preview in January 2022!
Developer
Stray Bombay
Publisher
Stray Bombay
Genre
Multiplayer, First-person shooter, Indie

One Sentence Summary
Spelunking runs in the family.
Official Summary
Spelunky returns in this greatly-expanded sequel to the original roguelike platformer! Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family. Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Explore the game alone, play locally with up to four players, or, for the first time, join up with friends online to unravel its mysteries together (or battle it out in competitive Arena modes).
Developer
Derek Yu
Publisher
Mossmouth
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Platformer, Roguelike

One Sentence Summary
Time loops are wonky things.
Official Summary
Welcome to the Space Program!
You’re the newest recruit of Outer Wilds Ventures, a fledgling space program searching for answers in a strange, constantly evolving solar system.
What lurks in the heart of the ominous Dark Bramble? Who built the alien ruins on the Moon? Can the endless time loop be stopped? Answers await you in the most dangerous reaches of space.
Developer
Mobius Digital
Publisher
Annapurna Interactive
Genre
Singleplayer, Action-adventure

One Sentence Summary
Let’s continue to ignore the 4th game.
Official Summary
One person is all that stands between humanity and the greatest threat it’s ever faced. Relive the legend of Commander Shepard in the highly acclaimed Mass Effect trilogy with the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs – remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.
Developer
BioWare
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Genre
Singleplayer, Action RPG
Embr

One Sentence Summary
Live out your hero dreams without getting burned.
Official Summary
Team up with friends to become the most über firefighters money can buy. Rush into burning buildings filled with dangerous hazards, valuables, and top-of-the-line security systems. Fight fires, save lives, salvage goods, and make life-changing money. Buy high tech tools with advanced upgrades, and fresh outfits that unlock new ways to play.
There’s plenty of fire to go around! Play by yourself or join a response crew of up to 4 players online, with dynamic difficulty that adapts to the size of your team.
Developer
Muse Games
Publisher
Curve Games
Genre
Multiplayer, Action, Simulation
Gorogoa

One Sentence Summary
Puzzles of art are always winners.
Official Summary
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts.
The gameplay of Gorogoa is wholly original, comprised of lavishly illustrated panels that players arrange and combine in imaginative ways to solve puzzles. Impeccably simple, yet satisfyingly complex.
Developer
Buried Signal
Publisher
Annapurna Interactive
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Puzzle
Olija

One Sentence Summary
If Pirates of the Caribbean was only a romantic drama.
Official Summary
Olija is a game about Faraday’s quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
Through adventurous exploration, narration and razor sharp combat, the player will discover a strange world and its inhabitants, including Olija, an enigmatic lady that Faraday finds himself bound to over time. Inspired by swashbuckling tales and cinematic adventure games, Olija is a story about facing the unknown in adversity.
Developer
Skeleton Crew Studio, Thomas Olsson
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Fantasy

One Sentence Summary
The artist’s version of a walking simulator.
Official Summary
The Pedestrian is a 2.5D side scrolling puzzle platformer. You are The Pedestrian! Enter into a dynamic 3D world with stunning graphics and challenging puzzles.
You play by rearranging and reconnecting public signs in order to explore and advance through each engaging environment.
Developer
Skookum Arts
Publisher
Skookum Arts
Genre
Singleplayer, Puzzle platformer


November 15th marked the 20th anniversary since the first release of the original Xbox! Microsoft celebrated the occasion with a livestream on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube.
Recently Added Games to Xbox Game Pass


Who doesn’t love a good video game deal? For as low as $9.99 a month, Xbox Game Pass gives you access to over 100 games on PC, console, or mobile. Every month the game library evolves and grows with either day one games or beloved classics.
Many games came and left Game Pass this month, but here’s the most recently added games to Xbox Game Pass!

One Sentence Summary
Pokemon Snap but with dogs.
Official Summary
Put your love for pups to the test – we have a bunch of dogs that need their photos taken, doggone it! Photograph and catalogue the finest (and derpiest) dogs to build your career, upgrade your camera, and discover new canines. WOOF!
Developer
Sundae Month
Publisher
Kitfox Games
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Adventure

One Sentence Summary
What a throwback for a throwing disc!
Official Summary
The best flying disc game of all time is back! With amazing hand-drawn graphics, crazy new moves, gameplay mechanics and awesome new characters and stages, Windjammers 2 is the sequel you’ve been dreaming of.
25 years later, throwing flying discs at your opponents is still as cool as back in the days. Sequel to the NEOGEO cult classic Windjammers, Windjammers 2 is the perfect mix between what you loved about the classic title and brand-new mechanics.
Developer
Dotemu
Publisher
Dotemu
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Sports, Indie

One Sentence Summary
Don’t let your FBI agent see this.
Official Summary
Get access to all three games in the World of Assassination trilogy. Embark on a globetrotting adventure and become Agent 47 in the ultimate spy-thriller story across more than 20 locations.
Unleash your creativity, track down your targets and enjoy unparalleled freedom of choice in meticulously detailed sandbox locations around the world.
Developer
IO Interactive A/S
Publisher
IO Interactive A/S
Genre
Singleplayer, Action, Stealth

One Sentence Summary
Perhaps a commentary on capitalism?
Official Summary
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it’s honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death – where creatures grow far past their expiry and overflow with greed and power.
Developer
Acid Nerve
Publisher
Devolver Digital, Special Reserve Games
Genre
Singleplayer, RPG

One Sentence Summary
Unique art style matched with a unique idea.
Official Summary
Transform from a featureless nobody into a SLUG, a GHOST, a DRAGON, and MORE in this new take on Action RPGs from the creators of Guacamelee!
Complete quests to discover and swap between 15+ varied and distinct Forms. Mix and match abilities in unexpected ways to unlock and complete even MORE challenging quests. Explore a vast overworld – on your own or with a friend online – while clearing shape-shifting dungeons in an effort to stop The Calamity and SAVE THE WORLD!
Developer
Drinkbox Studios
Publisher
Drinkbox Studios
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Dungeon Crawling RPG

One Sentence Summary
One of the writers loves run on sentences and can’t stop writing a sentence, even if it’s already ended long, long ago.
Official Summary
Hope’s Peak Academy is home to Japan’s best and brightest high school students—the beacons of hope for the future. But that hope suddenly dies when Makoto Naegi and his classmates find themselves imprisoned in the school, cut off from the outside world and subject to the whims of a strange, murderous little bear named Monokuma. He pits the students against each other, promising freedom to anyone who can murder a fellow classmate and get away with it.
It’s up to you to find out who Monokuma really is, and why you’ve been taken from the world you once knew. But be careful what you wish for—sometimes there’s nothing more deadly than the truth…
Developer
Spike Chunsoft
Publisher
Spike Chunsoft
Genre
Singleplayer, Visual Novel, Adventure

One Sentence Summary
‘60s sci-fi meets modern game mechanics.
Official Summary
The Anacrusis is a four-player, cooperative first-person shooter set aboard a massive starship stranded at the edge of explored space. Team up with your friends in an infinitely-replayable fight against alien hordes to unlock perks, weapons, and new ways to play that you can share with your team! The Anacrusis is launching in Game Preview in January 2022!
Developer
Stray Bombay
Publisher
Stray Bombay
Genre
Multiplayer, First-person shooter, Indie

One Sentence Summary
Spelunking runs in the family.
Official Summary
Spelunky returns in this greatly-expanded sequel to the original roguelike platformer! Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family. Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Explore the game alone, play locally with up to four players, or, for the first time, join up with friends online to unravel its mysteries together (or battle it out in competitive Arena modes).
Developer
Derek Yu
Publisher
Mossmouth
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Platformer, Roguelike

One Sentence Summary
Time loops are wonky things.
Official Summary
Welcome to the Space Program!
You’re the newest recruit of Outer Wilds Ventures, a fledgling space program searching for answers in a strange, constantly evolving solar system.
What lurks in the heart of the ominous Dark Bramble? Who built the alien ruins on the Moon? Can the endless time loop be stopped? Answers await you in the most dangerous reaches of space.
Developer
Mobius Digital
Publisher
Annapurna Interactive
Genre
Singleplayer, Action-adventure

One Sentence Summary
Let’s continue to ignore the 4th game.
Official Summary
One person is all that stands between humanity and the greatest threat it’s ever faced. Relive the legend of Commander Shepard in the highly acclaimed Mass Effect trilogy with the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs – remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.
Developer
BioWare
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Genre
Singleplayer, Action RPG
Embr

One Sentence Summary
Live out your hero dreams without getting burned.
Official Summary
Team up with friends to become the most über firefighters money can buy. Rush into burning buildings filled with dangerous hazards, valuables, and top-of-the-line security systems. Fight fires, save lives, salvage goods, and make life-changing money. Buy high tech tools with advanced upgrades, and fresh outfits that unlock new ways to play.
There’s plenty of fire to go around! Play by yourself or join a response crew of up to 4 players online, with dynamic difficulty that adapts to the size of your team.
Developer
Muse Games
Publisher
Curve Games
Genre
Multiplayer, Action, Simulation
Gorogoa

One Sentence Summary
Puzzles of art are always winners.
Official Summary
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts.
The gameplay of Gorogoa is wholly original, comprised of lavishly illustrated panels that players arrange and combine in imaginative ways to solve puzzles. Impeccably simple, yet satisfyingly complex.
Developer
Buried Signal
Publisher
Annapurna Interactive
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Puzzle
Olija

One Sentence Summary
If Pirates of the Caribbean was only a romantic drama.
Official Summary
Olija is a game about Faraday’s quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
Through adventurous exploration, narration and razor sharp combat, the player will discover a strange world and its inhabitants, including Olija, an enigmatic lady that Faraday finds himself bound to over time. Inspired by swashbuckling tales and cinematic adventure games, Olija is a story about facing the unknown in adversity.
Developer
Skeleton Crew Studio, Thomas Olsson
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Fantasy

One Sentence Summary
The artist’s version of a walking simulator.
Official Summary
The Pedestrian is a 2.5D side scrolling puzzle platformer. You are The Pedestrian! Enter into a dynamic 3D world with stunning graphics and challenging puzzles.
You play by rearranging and reconnecting public signs in order to explore and advance through each engaging environment.
Developer
Skookum Arts
Publisher
Skookum Arts
Genre
Singleplayer, Puzzle platformer


November 15th marked the 20th anniversary since the first release of the original Xbox! Microsoft celebrated the occasion with a livestream on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube.
Recently Added Games to Xbox Game Pass


Who doesn’t love a good video game deal? For as low as $9.99 a month, Xbox Game Pass gives you access to over 100 games on PC, console, or mobile. Every month the game library evolves and grows with either day one games or beloved classics.
Many games came and left Game Pass this month, but here’s the most recently added games to Xbox Game Pass!

One Sentence Summary
Pokemon Snap but with dogs.
Official Summary
Put your love for pups to the test – we have a bunch of dogs that need their photos taken, doggone it! Photograph and catalogue the finest (and derpiest) dogs to build your career, upgrade your camera, and discover new canines. WOOF!
Developer
Sundae Month
Publisher
Kitfox Games
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Adventure

One Sentence Summary
What a throwback for a throwing disc!
Official Summary
The best flying disc game of all time is back! With amazing hand-drawn graphics, crazy new moves, gameplay mechanics and awesome new characters and stages, Windjammers 2 is the sequel you’ve been dreaming of.
25 years later, throwing flying discs at your opponents is still as cool as back in the days. Sequel to the NEOGEO cult classic Windjammers, Windjammers 2 is the perfect mix between what you loved about the classic title and brand-new mechanics.
Developer
Dotemu
Publisher
Dotemu
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Sports, Indie

One Sentence Summary
Don’t let your FBI agent see this.
Official Summary
Get access to all three games in the World of Assassination trilogy. Embark on a globetrotting adventure and become Agent 47 in the ultimate spy-thriller story across more than 20 locations.
Unleash your creativity, track down your targets and enjoy unparalleled freedom of choice in meticulously detailed sandbox locations around the world.
Developer
IO Interactive A/S
Publisher
IO Interactive A/S
Genre
Singleplayer, Action, Stealth

One Sentence Summary
Perhaps a commentary on capitalism?
Official Summary
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it’s honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death – where creatures grow far past their expiry and overflow with greed and power.
Developer
Acid Nerve
Publisher
Devolver Digital, Special Reserve Games
Genre
Singleplayer, RPG

One Sentence Summary
Unique art style matched with a unique idea.
Official Summary
Transform from a featureless nobody into a SLUG, a GHOST, a DRAGON, and MORE in this new take on Action RPGs from the creators of Guacamelee!
Complete quests to discover and swap between 15+ varied and distinct Forms. Mix and match abilities in unexpected ways to unlock and complete even MORE challenging quests. Explore a vast overworld – on your own or with a friend online – while clearing shape-shifting dungeons in an effort to stop The Calamity and SAVE THE WORLD!
Developer
Drinkbox Studios
Publisher
Drinkbox Studios
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Dungeon Crawling RPG

One Sentence Summary
One of the writers loves run on sentences and can’t stop writing a sentence, even if it’s already ended long, long ago.
Official Summary
Hope’s Peak Academy is home to Japan’s best and brightest high school students—the beacons of hope for the future. But that hope suddenly dies when Makoto Naegi and his classmates find themselves imprisoned in the school, cut off from the outside world and subject to the whims of a strange, murderous little bear named Monokuma. He pits the students against each other, promising freedom to anyone who can murder a fellow classmate and get away with it.
It’s up to you to find out who Monokuma really is, and why you’ve been taken from the world you once knew. But be careful what you wish for—sometimes there’s nothing more deadly than the truth…
Developer
Spike Chunsoft
Publisher
Spike Chunsoft
Genre
Singleplayer, Visual Novel, Adventure

One Sentence Summary
‘60s sci-fi meets modern game mechanics.
Official Summary
The Anacrusis is a four-player, cooperative first-person shooter set aboard a massive starship stranded at the edge of explored space. Team up with your friends in an infinitely-replayable fight against alien hordes to unlock perks, weapons, and new ways to play that you can share with your team! The Anacrusis is launching in Game Preview in January 2022!
Developer
Stray Bombay
Publisher
Stray Bombay
Genre
Multiplayer, First-person shooter, Indie

One Sentence Summary
Spelunking runs in the family.
Official Summary
Spelunky returns in this greatly-expanded sequel to the original roguelike platformer! Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family. Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Explore the game alone, play locally with up to four players, or, for the first time, join up with friends online to unravel its mysteries together (or battle it out in competitive Arena modes).
Developer
Derek Yu
Publisher
Mossmouth
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Platformer, Roguelike

One Sentence Summary
Time loops are wonky things.
Official Summary
Welcome to the Space Program!
You’re the newest recruit of Outer Wilds Ventures, a fledgling space program searching for answers in a strange, constantly evolving solar system.
What lurks in the heart of the ominous Dark Bramble? Who built the alien ruins on the Moon? Can the endless time loop be stopped? Answers await you in the most dangerous reaches of space.
Developer
Mobius Digital
Publisher
Annapurna Interactive
Genre
Singleplayer, Action-adventure

One Sentence Summary
Let’s continue to ignore the 4th game.
Official Summary
One person is all that stands between humanity and the greatest threat it’s ever faced. Relive the legend of Commander Shepard in the highly acclaimed Mass Effect trilogy with the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs – remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.
Developer
BioWare
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Genre
Singleplayer, Action RPG
Embr

One Sentence Summary
Live out your hero dreams without getting burned.
Official Summary
Team up with friends to become the most über firefighters money can buy. Rush into burning buildings filled with dangerous hazards, valuables, and top-of-the-line security systems. Fight fires, save lives, salvage goods, and make life-changing money. Buy high tech tools with advanced upgrades, and fresh outfits that unlock new ways to play.
There’s plenty of fire to go around! Play by yourself or join a response crew of up to 4 players online, with dynamic difficulty that adapts to the size of your team.
Developer
Muse Games
Publisher
Curve Games
Genre
Multiplayer, Action, Simulation
Gorogoa

One Sentence Summary
Puzzles of art are always winners.
Official Summary
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts.
The gameplay of Gorogoa is wholly original, comprised of lavishly illustrated panels that players arrange and combine in imaginative ways to solve puzzles. Impeccably simple, yet satisfyingly complex.
Developer
Buried Signal
Publisher
Annapurna Interactive
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Puzzle
Olija

One Sentence Summary
If Pirates of the Caribbean was only a romantic drama.
Official Summary
Olija is a game about Faraday’s quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
Through adventurous exploration, narration and razor sharp combat, the player will discover a strange world and its inhabitants, including Olija, an enigmatic lady that Faraday finds himself bound to over time. Inspired by swashbuckling tales and cinematic adventure games, Olija is a story about facing the unknown in adversity.
Developer
Skeleton Crew Studio, Thomas Olsson
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Fantasy

One Sentence Summary
The artist’s version of a walking simulator.
Official Summary
The Pedestrian is a 2.5D side scrolling puzzle platformer. You are The Pedestrian! Enter into a dynamic 3D world with stunning graphics and challenging puzzles.
You play by rearranging and reconnecting public signs in order to explore and advance through each engaging environment.
Developer
Skookum Arts
Publisher
Skookum Arts
Genre
Singleplayer, Puzzle platformer


November 15th marked the 20th anniversary since the first release of the original Xbox! Microsoft celebrated the occasion with a livestream on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube.
Recently Added Games to Xbox Game Pass


Who doesn’t love a good video game deal? For as low as $9.99 a month, Xbox Game Pass gives you access to over 100 games on PC, console, or mobile. Every month the game library evolves and grows with either day one games or beloved classics.
Many games came and left Game Pass this month, but here’s the most recently added games to Xbox Game Pass!
Recently Added Games to Xbox Game Pass

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One Sentence Summary
Pokemon Snap but with dogs.
Official Summary
Put your love for pups to the test – we have a bunch of dogs that need their photos taken, doggone it! Photograph and catalogue the finest (and derpiest) dogs to build your career, upgrade your camera, and discover new canines. WOOF!
Developer
Sundae Month
Publisher
Kitfox Games
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Adventure

One Sentence Summary
Pokemon Snap but with dogs.
Official Summary
Put your love for pups to the test – we have a bunch of dogs that need their photos taken, doggone it! Photograph and catalogue the finest (and derpiest) dogs to build your career, upgrade your camera, and discover new canines. WOOF!
Developer
Sundae Month
Publisher
Kitfox Games
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Adventure
Pupperazzi

One Sentence Summary
What a throwback for a throwing disc!
Official Summary
The best flying disc game of all time is back! With amazing hand-drawn graphics, crazy new moves, gameplay mechanics and awesome new characters and stages, Windjammers 2 is the sequel you’ve been dreaming of.
25 years later, throwing flying discs at your opponents is still as cool as back in the days. Sequel to the NEOGEO cult classic Windjammers, Windjammers 2 is the perfect mix between what you loved about the classic title and brand-new mechanics.
Developer
Dotemu
Publisher
Dotemu
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Sports, Indie

One Sentence Summary
What a throwback for a throwing disc!
Official Summary
The best flying disc game of all time is back! With amazing hand-drawn graphics, crazy new moves, gameplay mechanics and awesome new characters and stages, Windjammers 2 is the sequel you’ve been dreaming of.
25 years later, throwing flying discs at your opponents is still as cool as back in the days. Sequel to the NEOGEO cult classic Windjammers, Windjammers 2 is the perfect mix between what you loved about the classic title and brand-new mechanics.
Developer
Dotemu
Publisher
Dotemu
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Sports, Indie
Windjammers 2

One Sentence Summary
Don’t let your FBI agent see this.
Official Summary
Get access to all three games in the World of Assassination trilogy. Embark on a globetrotting adventure and become Agent 47 in the ultimate spy-thriller story across more than 20 locations.
Unleash your creativity, track down your targets and enjoy unparalleled freedom of choice in meticulously detailed sandbox locations around the world.
Developer
IO Interactive A/S
Publisher
IO Interactive A/S
Genre
Singleplayer, Action, Stealth

One Sentence Summary
Don’t let your FBI agent see this.
Official Summary
Get access to all three games in the World of Assassination trilogy. Embark on a globetrotting adventure and become Agent 47 in the ultimate spy-thriller story across more than 20 locations.
Unleash your creativity, track down your targets and enjoy unparalleled freedom of choice in meticulously detailed sandbox locations around the world.
Developer
IO Interactive A/S
Publisher
IO Interactive A/S
Genre
Singleplayer, Action, Stealth
HITMAN Trilogy

One Sentence Summary
Perhaps a commentary on capitalism?
Official Summary
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it’s honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death – where creatures grow far past their expiry and overflow with greed and power.
Developer
Acid Nerve
Publisher
Devolver Digital, Special Reserve Games
Genre
Singleplayer, RPG

One Sentence Summary
Perhaps a commentary on capitalism?
Official Summary
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it’s honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death – where creatures grow far past their expiry and overflow with greed and power.
Developer
Acid Nerve
Publisher
Devolver Digital, Special Reserve Games
Genre
Singleplayer, RPG
Death’s Door

One Sentence Summary
Unique art style matched with a unique idea.
Official Summary
Transform from a featureless nobody into a SLUG, a GHOST, a DRAGON, and MORE in this new take on Action RPGs from the creators of Guacamelee!
Complete quests to discover and swap between 15+ varied and distinct Forms. Mix and match abilities in unexpected ways to unlock and complete even MORE challenging quests. Explore a vast overworld – on your own or with a friend online – while clearing shape-shifting dungeons in an effort to stop The Calamity and SAVE THE WORLD!
Developer
Drinkbox Studios
Publisher
Drinkbox Studios
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Dungeon Crawling RPG

One Sentence Summary
Unique art style matched with a unique idea.
Official Summary
Transform from a featureless nobody into a SLUG, a GHOST, a DRAGON, and MORE in this new take on Action RPGs from the creators of Guacamelee!
Complete quests to discover and swap between 15+ varied and distinct Forms. Mix and match abilities in unexpected ways to unlock and complete even MORE challenging quests. Explore a vast overworld – on your own or with a friend online – while clearing shape-shifting dungeons in an effort to stop The Calamity and SAVE THE WORLD!
Developer
Drinkbox Studios
Publisher
Drinkbox Studios
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Dungeon Crawling RPG
Nobody Saves the World

One Sentence Summary
One of the writers loves run on sentences and can’t stop writing a sentence, even if it’s already ended long, long ago.
Official Summary
Hope’s Peak Academy is home to Japan’s best and brightest high school students—the beacons of hope for the future. But that hope suddenly dies when Makoto Naegi and his classmates find themselves imprisoned in the school, cut off from the outside world and subject to the whims of a strange, murderous little bear named Monokuma. He pits the students against each other, promising freedom to anyone who can murder a fellow classmate and get away with it.
It’s up to you to find out who Monokuma really is, and why you’ve been taken from the world you once knew. But be careful what you wish for—sometimes there’s nothing more deadly than the truth…
Developer
Spike Chunsoft
Publisher
Spike Chunsoft
Genre
Singleplayer, Visual Novel, Adventure

One Sentence Summary
One of the writers loves run on sentences and can’t stop writing a sentence, even if it’s already ended long, long ago.
Official Summary
Hope’s Peak Academy is home to Japan’s best and brightest high school students—the beacons of hope for the future. But that hope suddenly dies when Makoto Naegi and his classmates find themselves imprisoned in the school, cut off from the outside world and subject to the whims of a strange, murderous little bear named Monokuma. He pits the students against each other, promising freedom to anyone who can murder a fellow classmate and get away with it.
It’s up to you to find out who Monokuma really is, and why you’ve been taken from the world you once knew. But be careful what you wish for—sometimes there’s nothing more deadly than the truth…
Developer
Spike Chunsoft
Publisher
Spike Chunsoft
Genre
Singleplayer, Visual Novel, Adventure
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition

One Sentence Summary
‘60s sci-fi meets modern game mechanics.
Official Summary
The Anacrusis is a four-player, cooperative first-person shooter set aboard a massive starship stranded at the edge of explored space. Team up with your friends in an infinitely-replayable fight against alien hordes to unlock perks, weapons, and new ways to play that you can share with your team! The Anacrusis is launching in Game Preview in January 2022!
Developer
Stray Bombay
Publisher
Stray Bombay
Genre
Multiplayer, First-person shooter, Indie

One Sentence Summary
‘60s sci-fi meets modern game mechanics.
Official Summary
The Anacrusis is a four-player, cooperative first-person shooter set aboard a massive starship stranded at the edge of explored space. Team up with your friends in an infinitely-replayable fight against alien hordes to unlock perks, weapons, and new ways to play that you can share with your team! The Anacrusis is launching in Game Preview in January 2022!
Developer
Stray Bombay
Publisher
Stray Bombay
Genre
Multiplayer, First-person shooter, Indie
The Anacrusis

One Sentence Summary
Spelunking runs in the family.
Official Summary
Spelunky returns in this greatly-expanded sequel to the original roguelike platformer! Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family. Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Explore the game alone, play locally with up to four players, or, for the first time, join up with friends online to unravel its mysteries together (or battle it out in competitive Arena modes).
Developer
Derek Yu
Publisher
Mossmouth
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Platformer, Roguelike

One Sentence Summary
Spelunking runs in the family.
Official Summary
Spelunky returns in this greatly-expanded sequel to the original roguelike platformer! Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family. Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Explore the game alone, play locally with up to four players, or, for the first time, join up with friends online to unravel its mysteries together (or battle it out in competitive Arena modes).
Developer
Derek Yu
Publisher
Mossmouth
Genre
Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Platformer, Roguelike
Spelunky 2

One Sentence Summary
Time loops are wonky things.
Official Summary
Welcome to the Space Program!
You’re the newest recruit of Outer Wilds Ventures, a fledgling space program searching for answers in a strange, constantly evolving solar system.
What lurks in the heart of the ominous Dark Bramble? Who built the alien ruins on the Moon? Can the endless time loop be stopped? Answers await you in the most dangerous reaches of space.
Developer
Mobius Digital
Publisher
Annapurna Interactive
Genre
Singleplayer, Action-adventure

One Sentence Summary
Time loops are wonky things.
Official Summary
Welcome to the Space Program!
You’re the newest recruit of Outer Wilds Ventures, a fledgling space program searching for answers in a strange, constantly evolving solar system.
What lurks in the heart of the ominous Dark Bramble? Who built the alien ruins on the Moon? Can the endless time loop be stopped? Answers await you in the most dangerous reaches of space.
Developer
Mobius Digital
Publisher
Annapurna Interactive
Genre
Singleplayer, Action-adventure
Outer Wilds

One Sentence Summary
Let’s continue to ignore the 4th game.
Official Summary
One person is all that stands between humanity and the greatest threat it’s ever faced. Relive the legend of Commander Shepard in the highly acclaimed Mass Effect trilogy with the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs – remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.
Developer
BioWare
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Genre
Singleplayer, Action RPG

One Sentence Summary
Let’s continue to ignore the 4th game.
Official Summary
One person is all that stands between humanity and the greatest threat it’s ever faced. Relive the legend of Commander Shepard in the highly acclaimed Mass Effect trilogy with the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs – remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.
Developer
BioWare
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Genre
Singleplayer, Action RPG
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Embr

One Sentence Summary
Live out your hero dreams without getting burned.
Official Summary
Team up with friends to become the most über firefighters money can buy. Rush into burning buildings filled with dangerous hazards, valuables, and top-of-the-line security systems. Fight fires, save lives, salvage goods, and make life-changing money. Buy high tech tools with advanced upgrades, and fresh outfits that unlock new ways to play.
There’s plenty of fire to go around! Play by yourself or join a response crew of up to 4 players online, with dynamic difficulty that adapts to the size of your team.
Developer
Muse Games
Publisher
Curve Games
Genre
Multiplayer, Action, Simulation
Embr

One Sentence Summary
Live out your hero dreams without getting burned.
Official Summary
Team up with friends to become the most über firefighters money can buy. Rush into burning buildings filled with dangerous hazards, valuables, and top-of-the-line security systems. Fight fires, save lives, salvage goods, and make life-changing money. Buy high tech tools with advanced upgrades, and fresh outfits that unlock new ways to play.
There’s plenty of fire to go around! Play by yourself or join a response crew of up to 4 players online, with dynamic difficulty that adapts to the size of your team.
Developer
Muse Games
Publisher
Curve Games
Genre
Multiplayer, Action, Simulation
Embr
Gorogoa

One Sentence Summary
Puzzles of art are always winners.
Official Summary
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts.
The gameplay of Gorogoa is wholly original, comprised of lavishly illustrated panels that players arrange and combine in imaginative ways to solve puzzles. Impeccably simple, yet satisfyingly complex.
Developer
Buried Signal
Publisher
Annapurna Interactive
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Puzzle
Gorogoa

One Sentence Summary
Puzzles of art are always winners.
Official Summary
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts.
The gameplay of Gorogoa is wholly original, comprised of lavishly illustrated panels that players arrange and combine in imaginative ways to solve puzzles. Impeccably simple, yet satisfyingly complex.
Developer
Buried Signal
Publisher
Annapurna Interactive
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Puzzle
Gorogoa
Olija

One Sentence Summary
If Pirates of the Caribbean was only a romantic drama.
Official Summary
Olija is a game about Faraday’s quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
Through adventurous exploration, narration and razor sharp combat, the player will discover a strange world and its inhabitants, including Olija, an enigmatic lady that Faraday finds himself bound to over time. Inspired by swashbuckling tales and cinematic adventure games, Olija is a story about facing the unknown in adversity.
Developer
Skeleton Crew Studio, Thomas Olsson
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Fantasy
Olija

One Sentence Summary
If Pirates of the Caribbean was only a romantic drama.
Official Summary
Olija is a game about Faraday’s quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
Through adventurous exploration, narration and razor sharp combat, the player will discover a strange world and its inhabitants, including Olija, an enigmatic lady that Faraday finds himself bound to over time. Inspired by swashbuckling tales and cinematic adventure games, Olija is a story about facing the unknown in adversity.
Developer
Skeleton Crew Studio, Thomas Olsson
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Genre
Singleplayer, Indie, Fantasy
Olija

One Sentence Summary
The artist’s version of a walking simulator.
Official Summary
The Pedestrian is a 2.5D side scrolling puzzle platformer. You are The Pedestrian! Enter into a dynamic 3D world with stunning graphics and challenging puzzles.
You play by rearranging and reconnecting public signs in order to explore and advance through each engaging environment.
Developer
Skookum Arts
Publisher
Skookum Arts
Genre
Singleplayer, Puzzle platformer

One Sentence Summary
The artist’s version of a walking simulator.
Official Summary
The Pedestrian is a 2.5D side scrolling puzzle platformer. You are The Pedestrian! Enter into a dynamic 3D world with stunning graphics and challenging puzzles.
You play by rearranging and reconnecting public signs in order to explore and advance through each engaging environment.
Developer
Skookum Arts
Publisher
Skookum Arts
Genre
Singleplayer, Puzzle platformer
The Pedestrian


November 15th marked the 20th anniversary since the first release of the original Xbox! Microsoft celebrated the occasion with a livestream on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube.


November 15th marked the 20th anniversary since the first release of the original Xbox! Microsoft celebrated the occasion with a livestream on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube.


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