Next Week on Xbox: New Games for October 23 to 27

Cities: Skylines II (Windows) – October 24
PC Game Pass

Available on day one with PC Game Pass! Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis in the long-awaited sequel to the smash-hit city-building game. With deep simulation, a living economy, and more realistic features than ever before, Cities: Skylines II offers world-building without limits.

Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 – October 24

The origin of stealth action returns. Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 unifies the beginning of the Metal Gear gameplay experience in one single package. The Volume 1 line-up features the original versions of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid (which also includes VR Missions/Special Missions), and the HD Collection versions of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

Pickball Smash – October 24
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Get ready to serve, dink, and smash your way to victory in the thrilling world of Pickleball Smash! Experience the thrill of pickleball like never before! Hone your skills in single-player mode or challenge your friends in multi-player fun where every match is a test of skill, strategy, and agility.

Barista Simulator – October 25
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Master the art of brewing with over 30 coffee recipes. Start with a basic setup, upgrade your café, manage your staff, and build your very own coffee haven. Are you ready for the ultimate coffee journey?

Horror Tale 2: Samantha – October 25

Children have been missing for a long time in Lakewitch, and you are destined to solve this creepy mystery. Who is the kidnapper, and why is he doing it? Where are the children disappearing to, and how to save them? You can solve all the puzzles and find out the answers…if you don’t get scared!

Regular Factory: Escape Room – October 25
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Regular Factory is an escape room that will test your skills. Solve puzzles, decode secret codes, find hidden objects, and investigate the different areas of the secret factory where you work while you discover the dark truth. Will you be able to escape?

Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation – October 25

Spooky and her mansion of creepy cuties are back in Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation! Can you survive 1000 rooms of adorable terror? Or will you break once the cute facade dissolves, and you find yourself running for your life from the unspeakable, hideous creatures that dwell and write in the bowels of this house?

Stray Souls – October 25
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Unlock the secrets hidden within the haunted town of Aspen Falls, featuring gruesome enemy encounters, epic bosses, cunning puzzles, and a deep story where not everyone is who they seem.

Swapshot – October 25
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Take control of a fearless heroine equipped with a teleportation gun. Your mission is to overcome a series of challenges in a 2D world filled with brainteasing puzzles while you explore 35 meticulously designed levels, full of treacherous spikes and cunning traps, using your gun to hit teleportation boxes and instantly swap positions with them.

The Inheritance of Crimson Manor – October 25
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

In The Inheritance of Crimson Manor you will experience a “Penny Dreadful” like gothic horror story set in a beautiful and enigmatic Victorian era manor with a dark secret. Explore a beautiful Victorian Mansion filled with fine art, secret passages, and mysterious mechanical contraptions. Solve clever riddles and fascinating mechanical puzzles crafted to ensure that only the right person could unveil the mansion’s secret.

Ghostrunner 2 – October 26

Blood will run in the highly anticipated hardcore FPP slasher set one year after the events of Ghostrunner. Adventure through a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk future that takes place after the fall of the Keymaster, a tyrant who ruled over Dharma Tower, the last refuge of mankind. Jack is back to take on the violent AI cult that has assembled outside Dharma Tower and shape the future of humanity.

Hamster on Rails – October 26
Xbox Play Anywhere

Join the best and bravest railroad builder on an incredible journey to search for precious minerals and save the beloved Hamster Village. Travel through four intriguing worlds, such as a forest, a desert, and even the medieval era, in a total of 64 challenging stages.

Mineko’s Night Market – October 26

Mineko’s Night Market is a game that celebrates Japanese culture while introducing a heartwarming story about friendship, tradition, and many, many cats. Play as Mineko, a curious girl who has just arrived at her new home on a struggling Japanese-inspired island at the base of Mount Fugu. Discover the secrets behind the town and restore the struggling village to its former glory. All the while, manage your daily activities, complete various jobs, venture on whimsical quests, and craft peculiar items in preparation for the weekly Night Market!

No Son of Mine – October 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

A survival horror game focused on combat, stealth, exploration, puzzle solving, and uncovering a gruesome mystery. Can you face the unpredictable, deadly, and cruel foe and find the truth before he finds you?

Paintball 3 – Candy Match Factory – October 26

It’s the latest and most delightful installment in the beloved Paintball series. Embark on an exciting saga in the candy factory as you help Boldy fix the broken machinery. Utilize your quick thinking and clever matching skills to match 3 or more candies near a pipe, just like in the original Match 3 puzzle game.

Slime Ranger – October 26

You are on a quest to find and defeat the Slime King. With limited movement, you need to think carefully about every step until you reach the door. Push boxes, find keys, beware of traps, and slay every slime that gets in your way!

Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty – October 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Experience a heroic struggle and make tough choices. You are the commander of the scarce Finnish troops. Your only goal – to save your homeland and your people from total annihilation in this tactical strategy game rooted in history.

Alan Wake 2 – October 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

A string of ritualistic murders threatens Bright Falls, a small-town community surrounded by Pacific Northwest wilderness. Saga Anderson, an accomplished FBI agent with a reputation for solving impossible cases arrives to investigate the murders. Anderson’s case spirals into a nightmare when she discovers pages of a horror story that starts to come true around her.

Car Detailing Simulator – October 27

In Car Detailing Simulator, you get a chance to renew any car and restore its splendor at the request of demanding customers! A nice and well-groomed vehicle can be the pride of every human being! Clean, polish and marvel at your creations in this highly realistic game where every little detail counts!

Desolatium – October 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

In this graphic point-and-click adventure, you get to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a friend through the eyes of 4 different characters, each with their own characteristics. Uncover the mystery as you’re led toward a dark path filled with Lovecraftian myths and creatures.

EA Sports UFC 5 – October 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

UFC 5 is as real as it gets. Powered by Frostbite, your favorite fighters now have unparalleled character likenesses to complement next-level environment fidelity that’ll make their walk to the Octagon feel like a PPV main event. The all-new authentic damage system brings the intensity and strategy of a fight to life, as cuts and strikes absorbed can affect mobility, defense, stamina, and more. Receive 3-day early access with the Deluxe Edition, plus EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members get a 10-hour trial.

Fur Squadron – October 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

An arcade space shooter on rails that follows the adventure of a team of elite pilots during what at first seems like a routine virtual reality training session. In this mind-blowing journey through retro wave aesthetic environments and synthesizer music, you will face the simulations (or not) of the units and minions of the evil Skal Empire.

Halloween Pinball – October 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere

Enjoy Halloween Pinball, enter with your friends in the old cemetery and look out for ghouls and ghosts. Discover all the secrets, find the path of the souls, or break the curse of the witch, complete all the missions, and become number one in the world or the best among your friends, posting your high score on the online leaderboard.

Hero Survival – October 27
Xbox One X Enhanced

Try to survive hordes of classic horror monsters! Hero Survival is a roguelite in which you will slay hordes of enemies from classic horror movies by enhancing your character, learning different skills, and matching your play style with equipment.

Murder Is Game Over – October 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Join Detective Guy and his trusty sidekick Cleo, the clue-sniffing dog, as they investigate the mysterious death of a fabulously wealthy game designer in rural Vermont, USA. As you explore the castle grounds, search for clues and interview suspects, can you solve the case and bring the guilty party to justice?

The Myth Seekers: The Legacy of Vulkan – October 27

A hidden object puzzle adventure game from the creators of Enigmatis and Grim Legends. As the 1920’s draws to a close, political tensions run high in Italy. When a member of the top-secret Myth Seekers agency goes missing, you’re called in to discover the truth. Can you recover the Hammer of Vulcan before havoc is unleashed by the ancient gods?

Terminator: Resistance – Complete Edition – October 27
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

Take fate into your own hands with Terminator: Resistance – Complete Edition! This bundle is an enhanced version of Terminator: Resistance, the officially licensed first-person shooter set in the Terminator universe, the Annihilation Line Narrative Expansion starring Kyle Reese, and Infiltrator Mode, where players get the chance to take control of the iconic T-800 series Infiltrator unit.