Next Week on Xbox: New Games for May 13 to 17

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Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!


Xbox Live

The Land Beneath Us

Dear Villagers



The Land Between Us – May 13
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

A turn-based, rogue-lite action dungeon crawler. Use powerful skill combos and stylish weaponry to battle your way through the Underworld known as Annwn. Enjoy challenging dynamic encounters and discover the mysteries of this mythological world.


Xbox Live

Athenian Rhapsody

Top Hat Studios, Inc.



Athenian Rhapsody – May 14
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A comedy RPG in which you’ll explore the World of Athens. Your goal is to build your very own Rhapsody – the story of you (the player) and your epic tale in this world. You’ll be faced with many challenges, and you’ll have to fight (or hug) your way through the world by either battling, or awkwardly trying to make friends with your opponents through esoteric knowledge, abstract jokes, memory games, and other strange and funny interactions.


Xbox Live

Chip and Charge

Weakfish Studio Publishing



Chip and Charge – May 14
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery6

A classic arcade-style tennis game with customizable characters and equipment as well as a wide variety of game modes to choose from, like Bomb mode where you don’t let the ball hit the ground. You can also play co-op with your friends.


Xbox Live

Ziggy

Afil Games



Ziggy – May 14
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Get ready to jump, slide, and unleash the power of the dash in a game that will test your abilities and your capacity for triumph. Conquer the 30 challenging levels and become the ultimate master of Ziggy!


Xbox Live

Awesome Pea 3

Sometimes You





$4.99

$3.99


Xbox One X Enhanced

Awesome Pea 3 – May 15
Xbox One X Enhanced

The final chapter, now in shape of a fast precision platformer where you must run and jump through a series of challenging stages. What you’ll definitely find in this game: nearly 70 different stages to show your skill, stylish pixel graphics, and a chiptune soundtrack.


Xbox Live

Braid, Anniversary Edition

Thekla, Inc.



Braid Anniversary Edition – May 15
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Control the flow of time to solve subtle platform puzzles in this update of the indie classic Braid, featuring refreshed artwork and seriously in-depth creator commentary. Travel from a city house through a series of interconnected worlds where time behaves strangely, searching for an elusive Princess.


Xbox Live

Electronics Puzzle Lab

Eastasiasoft Limited



Electronics Puzzle Lab – May 15
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Awaken your inner engineer with the brainteasing circuitry of Electronics Puzzle Lab! In this fun and educational 3D puzzle game, your task is to inspect circuit boards and adjust power LED lights. Take a seat at your workbench, cut wires, flip switches and more as you trace the path of the current.


Xbox Live

Please Fix The Road

Silesia Games



Please Fix The Road – May 15

The roads are broken again. And so are paths. Sidewalks. Lakes. Oh dear. And now it’s your job to fix them all! Each level gives you a limited set of tools that will help you get all the cars, boats, trains or animals from point A to point B. The mentioned animals include, of course, kittens, dogs and… cute ‘ol pink llamas.


Xbox Live
Xbox Play Anywhere

Time Trap: Hidden Objects Remastered

Two Cakes Studio




$9.99

Time Trap: Hidden Objects Remastered – May 15
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Time Trap is a hidden object game telling a detective story with distinct realistic visuals, puzzles, and challenges. A journalist has gone missing after investigating a hazardous disaster. Now it is your job to follow in his steps and uncover the secrets of the danger zone.


Xbox Live
Xbox Play Anywhere

Turbo Dash Kart 2024 Racing

Midnight Works




$9.99

Turbo Dash Kart 2024 Racing – May 15
Xbox Play Anywhere

Get ready for the ultimate adrenaline rush with our action-packed kart racing game. Choose your champion driver, customize your ride, and dominate challenging tracks to become the undisputed ruler of the asphalt jungle! Buckle up for a heart-pounding adventure where strategy and skill meet lightning-fast laps.


Xbox Live

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER

Chorus Worldwide Games



Read Only Memories: Neurodiver – May 16

ES88 is an esper tasked with capturing Golden Butterfly, a psychic entity hiding in the memories of others. Play as ES88 and join her cyborg colleague GATE, and the creature known as a NEURODIVER to help repair the memories Golden has damaged and stop them in their tracks in this “psy-fi” adventure!


Xbox Live

PO’ed: Definitive Edition

Nightdive Studios



PO’ed: Definitive Edition – May 16
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

An adrenaline-pumping space shooter that features gameplay elements inspired by generational powerhouses Doom and Quake. Play as a chef who crash lands on an alien planet infested with extraterrestrial foes.


Xbox Live

Musashi vs Cthulhu

QUByte Interactive



Musashi vs. Cthulhu – May 16

A fast-paced action game where you take control of Musashi, the most famous warrior from feudal Japan, as he fights for his life against unspeakable monsters. The enemies come from both sides of the screen and must be attacked with precise blows to bulging weak spots shown in their bodies. Challenge your friends to see who the most precise warrior.


Xbox Live

Claws & Feathers 3

ChiliDog Interactive




$5.99

Claws & Feathers 3 – May 17
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

The birds and cats are back in an all-new puzzle adventure that sends them soaring across the galaxy in search of a new home! When a zombie apocalypse ravages their home planet, the birds set off for the stars. But they’re not alone. Their eternal rivals, the cats, snuck on board and will do everything they can to make the journey an unpleasant one!


Xbox Live

FoxyRush

Ratalaika Games S.L.



FoxyRush – May 17
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Foxy is a little fox who loves to eat cherries. One day, his supplies were stolen! Now he must go through many levels and collect all the cherries to get his supplies back. Run, jump, slide on walls, cling to ropes, and dodge various traps and enemies!


Xbox Live

INDIKA

11 bit studios



Indika – May 17
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

A third-person, story-driven game set in a strange world where religious visions clash with harsh reality. It tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual, horn-headed companion by her side.


Xbox Live
Xbox Play Anywhere

Not Not – A Brain Buster

naptime.games





$4.99

$3.99

Not Not – A Brain Buster – May 17
Xbox Play Anywhere

Ready to push the limits of your brain and challenge your intelligence? The ultimate brain-busting challenge is finally here! Do exactly what the cube says in a limited amount of time to test your reflexes and your thought processing speed.


Xbox Live

Morbid: The Lords of Ire

Merge Games



Mordbid: The Lords of Ire – May 17
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Morbid: The Lords of Ire is a continuation and reinvention of the critically acclaimed isometric Souls-like ARPG Morbid: The Seven Acolytes with the heroic Striver returning once more to do battle with horrific creatures in a dark and twisted world of pain and suffering


Xbox Live

Outbreak The Fedora Files What Lydia Knows

Dead Drop Studios LLC





$19.99

$15.99

Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows – May 17
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

Super and extra-natural phenomena around the world are officially disavowed. In the United States, these phenomena are unofficially investigated by an elite squad of agents known as the Federal Disaster Organic Response Agency, FEDORA. These are their stories…


Xbox Live

Spellcats: Auto Card Tactics

NintaiStudios




$13.99

Spellcats: Auto Card Tactics – May 17
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Experience the excitement of collecting and summoning a wide variety of magical cats, each with their own unique abilities. Use these feline allies strategically to overcome challenges and vanquish enemies. From a small alley kitten to a majestic mountain cat (literally a mountain), the power of these cats will be at your command!