Next Week on Xbox: New Games for October 14 to 18

Aaero2 – October 15
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

Trace ribbons of light to release the energy in the music as you speed through stunning alien worlds. Fly solo or team up with a friend. Encounter strange enemies and giant boss creatures. Unleash devastating missile barrages and rain heavy cannon fire to the beat of the epic soundtrack from Monstercat.

Drova – Forsaken Kin – October 15

A pixel art action RPG inspired by the grim dark classics of the genre and the mystical allure of Celtic mythology. Dive into a handcrafted open world where your choices and actions shape the environment. A society has discovered the power of a dead empire: to capture the spirits that govern nature and rule over them instead. However, the anger of the remaining spirits divided them. Where will you stand?

Neva – October 15
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

An emotionally charged action adventure from the visionary team behind the critically acclaimed Gris. Neva chronicles the story of Alba, a young woman bound to a curious wolf cub following a traumatic encounter with dark forces. Together they embark on a perilous journey through a once-beautiful world as it slowly decays around them.

New World: Aeternum – October 15
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

Experience a thrilling action RPG set on the supernatural island of Aeternum. As a shipwrecked explorer who washes ashore on the mysterious island, forge your destiny on an adventure filled with danger and opportunity.

Nikoderiko: The Magical World – October 15
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

Join Niko and Luna on their quest in Nikoderiko, a vibrant platform adventure. With family-friendly design, couch co-op, and various gameplay themes such as minecarts, chase levels, expansive 3D areas and underwater adventures, Nikoderiko promises a magical journey for all ages!

8-Bit Adventures 2 – October 16
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

8-Bit Adventures 2 features everything you love about classic JRPGs. An earnest, engaging storyline; relatable, easy-to-love characters; strategic turn-based combat; deep party customization; an unforgettable soundtrack; and a large, fantastical world – traversed by Airship, and brought to life by vibrant 8-Bit inspired visuals.

Beyond Border – October 16
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Beyond Border offers an engaging and action-packed gaming experience you won’t want to miss. Get ready to face monsters, conquer territories, and help Aki the alligator find his way home.

Escape From The Dungeon – October 16

Anthony, an adventurer with the ability to perform “Dashes”, gets lost while exploring an unknown world. During his exploration, he falls into a huge hole and ends up trapped in a dungeon full of traps. Help him overcome the traps and find the way out of the dungeon before it’s too late!

Purpose 1951 – October 16
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

A thought-provoking, first-person adventure guided by voiced narration and an atmospheric soundtrack. In the shoes of the aging doctor, you must venture through the wilderness and beyond, across mountains and into dimly lit caves, through a crumbling city and more as you learn the tale of your waning existence.

Quartz Caverns – October 16

An action adventure puzzle game where you guide the main character through a series of ancient caves in search of mystical crystals. The caverns are filled with tricky puzzles, dangerous slimes, and other hazards that test your wits and reflexes. As you explore, you’ll uncover hidden paths, discover powerful relics, and face numerous threats lurking in the shadows.

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead – October 17

A single-player horror adventure game inspired by the critically acclaimed blockbuster movie franchise that highlights a unique survivor story after an invasion of deadly creatures. Experience the journey of a young woman who must endure a treacherous apocalypse amid interpersonal family conflicts, all while coming to terms with her own inner fears.

Arsene Lupin – Once A Thief – October 17
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Dive into a captivating journey through this adventure-puzzle game that explores the early life, loves, and crimes of the iconic gentleman thief. Immerse yourself in Maurice Leblanc’s famous tales, playing as both Lupin and his tireless antagonist Detective Ganimard and gaining unique perspectives on legendary stories like “The Arrest of Arsène Lupin” and “Herlock Sholmes Arrives Too Late.”

DreadHaunt – October 17

A survival horror and deception game that can be played solo or in multiplayer. While designed with multiplayer in mind, a single-player story mode reveals the chilling origins of the supernatural events from a decade ago.

Killing Time: Resurrected – October 17

Journey into a mansion on the Island of Matinicus where you’ll arrive to find the mansion full of hellacious demonic creatures. Solve deadly puzzles, uncover the secrets behind a famous mystery and discover an ancient artifact from the Pharaoh Ramses, if you can live long enough to find it.

MechWarrior 5: Clans – October 17
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere

Take on the role of a newly graduated pilot from the Smoke Jaguar cadet program, thrust into the heart of the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere during Operation Revival. Armed with customizable BattleMechs featuring cutting-edge technologies, exploring a wealth of tactical options and strategic possibilities. The game leverages the power of the Unreal Engine to deliver stunning environmental details and visceral destruction, making every battle against the tyrants of the Inner Sphere an epic experience.

MetroLand – October 17

An arcade game where you run and dodge obstacles at full speed trying to get as far as you can. It’s an endless runner that follows the heritage of the classics of the genre to deliver a game with endless action and lots of power-ups.

Tinkertown – October 17
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A relaxed and refreshing new multiplayer sandbox gaming experience! Grab a shovel, pickaxe, or sword and enter a realm full of treasures, magic, and dangers. A magical place awaits you, where you can let your imagination run wild. Create your little fantasy kingdom – from a cosy adventurer’s hut with a garden to small towns with their own parks.

Aery – Midnight Hour – October 18

Play a little bird on its journey to the Devil’s Halloween party. Explore a whole world filled with beautiful and scary little secrets. Within every area of the world, you must find a certain amount of memory shards to remember the path that leads to your destination and advance with the story.

Galactic Loader – October 18

Galactic Loader is an action-platformer about a space loader who is forgotten on a hostile alien planet which is abandoned by people. The game has various power-ups, big bosses and many monsters that the player needs to defeat. On his journey, the hero finds leftover equipment that provides new abilities for the player. Fight through hordes of alien, giant monsters and escape the planet!

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks: Stunt Mayhem – October 18
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks are ready to go big and perform insane stunts while smashing and bashing through fantastical arenas in a new game that brings your favorite monster trucks to your fingertips.

It Could Happen to You – October 18

Your peaceful holiday is interrupted when the small village you’re staying in becomes terrorized by strange lights roaming the night and bizarre cattle mutilations. Enigmatic men in black are stalking the villagers, and some have gone missing. You are their only chance to find them. Will you be able to save everyone and learn what is really happening when the sun goes down?

My Bakery Empire – October 18

Learn how to bake delicious, mouth-watering desserts like cupcakes, smoothies, donuts and cakes! With your assistance as a cake maker, Lizzie will become the most talented pastry chef ever! Take specific orders from customers and serve them with a smile. Make sure they get what they asked for, whether it’s cookies with pink frosting and sprinkles, donuts with colored glaze, or rainbow cakes!

RetroRealms: Ash vs Evil Dead – October 18
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

A 16-bit pixel art world, featuring the iconic horror hero Ash Williams! Battle Deadite hordes across multiple levels of terrifying platformer action filled with enemies from the “Ash vs Evil Dead” series. Use your special powers to overcome horrifying challenges and save humanity from the Necronomicon and legions of undead in this groovy throwback to classic arcade action.

RetroRealms: Halloween – October 18
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

A 16-bit pixel art world, featuring horror icon Michael Myers! Become The Shape and slice your way across multiple levels of terrifying platformer gameplay filled with familiar sights and sounds from the original Halloween film. Test your skills, upgrade your abilities, and confront twisted and fiendish versions of iconic Halloween characters. Engage in epic encounters to overcome the ultimate evil in this sprawling adventure filled with over-the-top action!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed – October 18
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Join the legendary Turtle brothers straight from the sewer and slide into this new adventure of shell-shocking proportions. With the help of April’s insightful reports from the streets and Splinter’s sage guidance, gear up to fight crime and unravel an epic saga of justice and chaos!

UDO – Unidentified Drilling Object – October 18
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Dig through a mysterious planet in a delicious arcade down-scroller roguelike that basically challenges you to dig deeper and deeper into a creepy hole with an oversized drill! Find mysterious technologies, improve your drill and suit, and make each run unique while being surrounded by creatures that don’t want you anywhere near their world.

Unknown 9: Awakening – October 18
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S /Smart Delivery

You are Haroona, a Quaestor born with the ability to venture into a mysterious dimension that overlaps our own, known only as the Fold. On her quest for powerful hidden knowledge, Haroona will learn to master her unique connection to the Fold, which allows her to channel its powers into our world… But such power does not go unnoticed and Haroona quickly becomes the target of a splinter faction calling themselves the Ascendants, who want to use the Fold to alter the course of human history.