Welcome to Next Week on XBOX! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One, XBOX on PC, 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!
The Séance of Blake Manor
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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The Séance of Blake Manor – October 27
Game Pass / XBOX Play Anywhere
It is October 28th, 1897, and Private Investigator Declan Ward arrives at Blake Manor to find a missing woman. What he finds is the Grand Séance and a group of mystics who have gathered from all corners of the world – waiting for All Hallow’s Eve, the night when the veil between worlds is thinnest. The night to tear down the barrier and speak to the dead. Interview and interrogate your suspects, keep a record of all evidence, motivations, and clues in your journal, and confront them about their motivations when you’re certain of your deductions. Uncover the truth about Blake Manor and the mysterious séance that has brought everyone together.
Mouthwashing
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$12.99
Pre-order
Mouthwashing – October 29
XBOX Play Anywhere
Mouthwashing is a first-person horror game following the dying crew of a shipwrecked space freighter. Who could have known what good ol’ Captain Curly was capable of? Guess he thought his crew dying alongside him was only right. But some men can’t even kill themselves properly. Maimed, limbless and unable to speak, but alive, Curly is now at the mercy of the crew he has doomed to a slow death.
The Wolf Among Us Remastered
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Fairy tales are real. Murder is just the beginning. Step back into Fabletown in The Wolf Among Us Remastered – the definitive edition of Telltale’s acclaimed noir narrative thriller inspired by DC’s award-winning Fables comic series. Fully remastered with enhanced visuals and modern presentation, this definitive edition brings Bigby Wolf’s first investigation to life with greater atmosphere, immersion, and detail than ever before – honoring the original experience while introducing Fabletown to a new generation of players.
Queen’s Domain
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$19.99$16.99
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Queen’s Domain is a retro-fantasy action RPG. Washed up on the shores of the Isle of Neasied, you set out to find your father and uncover the dark heart of this mysterious isle. Wield the Legendary Holy Sword Endu to take flight from platform to platform, and discover an interconnected, labyrinthine world where secrets and dangers lurk around every corner.
Scramble Knights Online (Game Preview)
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Scramble Knights Online (Game Preview) – October 26
Game Pass / XBOX Play Anywhere
Welcome to Scramble Knights Online, an MMO-lite adventure! Embark together with friends on bite-sized, Zelda-inspired quests in the shared online kingdom of Terracott! Venture across an archipelago filled with dangerous enemies, quaint towns, puzzling dungeons, and challenges suited for a knight-in-training.
Terrible Lizards
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Terrible Lizards – October 29
Game Pass / Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Something is very wrong at Dalton’s Dinos, the once must-see Route 66 roadside attraction baking under the New Mexico sun. The staff have vanished, but a mysterious voice on the telephone you find in the attraction begs you for help to find a missing child. You’d leave… if your car hadn’t died miles from anywhere. It’s 1992. No cell phones. No rideshares. No help coming, and you’ll soon find that you are not alone inside the attraction.
Ayasa: Shadows of Silence
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Step into the eerie world of Ayasa, a dark tale that blends quests, horror, and puzzles into a haunting journey. Without a single spoken word, the story is told through pantomime, surreal imagery, and a soundtrack composed by Komitas. You will navigate six symbolic lands Faith, Hope, Love, Greed, Indifference, and Betrayal—each corrupted by darkness. Every choice you make, every act of compassion or indifference, may lead to an unexpected ending. Will you restore balance or become the very force you sought to defeat?
PAO PAO (Game Preview)
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Explore a lively town where every day brings something new. Meet quirky characters, discover cozy little spots and landmarks, gather reing. With changing weather, seasons and a full day-night cycle, PAO PAO is always a little different
Bao Bao’s Cozy Cleaning Services
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Bao Bao’s Cozy Cleaning Services – October 27
XBOX Play Anywhere
Welcome to Bao Bao’s Cozy Cleaning Services, where things don’t need to be perfect — just a little cleaner, a little calmer, and a little more you. Whether you’re curled up with a podcast or just need something peaceful to help the world feel quieter, this gentle 2D pressure washing game is here for you. No timers, no stress, just pastel pixel art, soft sounds, and the satisfying swish of clean water.
Bloom Busters
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Bloom Busters – October 27
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Bloomland is under attack. A toxic infestation has twisted its gardens and filled them with cheeky mutated creatures – and Jimmy and Jessie are ready to clean up the mess. Bloom Busters is a frantic, old-school action arcade adventure with a distinctive isometric perspective. Play solo or team up in two-player local co-op as you bash and blast through handcrafted levels. Master wild weapons ranging from the trusty Fly Swatter and Grandpa’s Club to the gooey Slime Gun.
Cozy Radiation Cleaner
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Cozy Radiation Cleaner is a relaxing open-world clean-up adventure set in a quiet, abandoned wasteland. Grab your radiation detector, follow the crackle and track down 180 radioactive objects hidden across 18 regions – from misty pine groves and salt flats to the eerie Silent Reactor. Every find is added to your collection, a growing catalogue of the strange things the old world left behind.
Dog Man: Bark in Action
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Dog Man: Bark in Action – October 27
Smart Delivery
Join Dog Man and his Supa Buddies for a supa-new adventure! A comic-book style game packed with action, humor, boss fights, and ability-granting gadgets. Play as 10 different characters from the comics, each with unique powers. A hero is needed! Dr. Scum has set up Hypno Screens around the city, mind-controlling the innocent townsfolk. Now it’s up to Dog Man – part Dog, part Man- to fight back against Dr. Scum and all his minions. Defeat Dr. Scum, save your friends, and rescue the city!
Farming Simulator 25: Beans & Alpacas Edition
☆☆☆☆☆2089
★★★★★
$59.99$47.99
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Farming Simulator 25: Beans & Alpacas Edition – October 27
Farming Simulator 25: Beans & Alpacas Edition bundles both the acclaimed main game and the Beans & Alpacas Expansion. Enjoy 4 maps, 400+ machines, over 150 authentic brands, and new crops, animals, production chains and gameplay additions. Build a farm along winding rivers and historic grain elevators in North America, surrounded by ponds in Central Europe, in a lush East Asian landscape filled with rice paddies, or in Catuaí – a South America-inspired region where coffee plantations, red soil and dense greenery shape the land that’s the star of the Beans & Alpacas Expansion.
Remothered: Red Nun’s Legacy
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Remothered: Red Nun’s Legacy – October 27
XBOX Play Anywhere
Your daughter has been kidnapped. In the trilogy’s final chapter, enter a nightmare to save her, survive what hunts you, and uncover the Red Nun’s truth through retrocognition, mirror abilities and moth manipulation. A modern return to classic survival horror with an Italian neo-giallo twist.
Sneaky Purr (Xbox Series)
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Get ready for a sneaky adventure in Sneaky Purr! Control Bill, a mischievous cat and expert little thief, and help him steal all the food pouches before making his way back to the exit of each level. But be careful: escaping with the loot can be much harder than it looks! Bill moves in four directions, but once he starts moving, he slides continuously until he hits an obstacle. Carefully plan every move, avoid security cameras, and think about your route there and back before you act. After all, grabbing the food is only half the job!
Treasure Tiger
Take IT Studio! sp. z o. o.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Treasure Tiger – October 27
Smart Delivery
You’ve got five nights to strike it rich and save your future. All you have to do is spin, survive, and keep the windows shut. Treasure Tiger is out there — grinning, watching, waiting. He says it’s all about luck… but he’s not here to play fair.
Fall Adventure
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Fall Adventure is a 2D pixel art platformer where you must find all the magical orbs to progress. As you descend deeper, the caves become larger and more challenging. All you have is a dash that keeps you in the air for a brief moment, allowing you to reach otherwise inaccessible areas throughout the levels.
Fallen City Brawl
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Fallen City Brawl – October 28
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Brawl through the city in hard-hitting pixel art style inspired by arcade classics! As a brutal battle for control of Fallen City’s criminal underworld rages, four strangers join forces to survive and reclaim the streets! With a ferocious wolf at their sides, these unlikely allies will face impossible odds. Along the way, motivations and past lives will collide, further testing their loyalty as well as their fighting skills. Only by binding together can they reach the final showdown that will decide who lives and who falls.
Gennady
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$19.99
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Gennady – October 28
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Remember that dream where you find yourself on a crowded bus wearing nothing but your underwear? Well, this isn’t a bus — and it’s not a dream either! The blinding light fades, revealing a grim alien meat factory where you must break through compressed biomass with your own body — not to pay the fare, but to survive this dynamic roguelike platformer!
House Builder 2
FreeMind S.A.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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In House Builder 2, you build your dream structures in a vibrant, open-world low-poly environment! Purchase materials for your work, load them up, and head off to diverse tasks in the ultimate building adventure!
Karate Survivor
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Karate Survivor – October 28
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Step into the shoes of a martial arts master in a thrilling survival-like roguelite inspired by action movies of the ‘80s. Use the environment and improvised weapons, master new techniques, and create devastating combos to fight off relentless goons and bandits! Karate Survivor delivers intense, fast-paced combat where improvisation and creativity are key to surviving the streets.
The Last Case
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$9.99$7.99
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The Last Case – October 28
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Step into the shoes of a police officer investigating the mysterious disappearance of children. Enter the twisted world of a dangerous mind and uncover the truth. See everything through a body camera. Every moment is recorded and later reviewed at the station to teach rookies how a real pro handles a case.
Platypus Steps (Xbox Series)
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Get ready for an adventure full of creativity and strategy in Platypus Steps! Help an adorable baby platypus reach the cookie jar by carefully planning the path it needs to follow. Observe the environment, choose the right elements, and build a safe route to reach the objective! In each level, you begin in planning mode, observing the character’s position, the obstacles, and all the available possibilities. Use the cursor to select and place elements such as springs, wind, and platforms, creating the perfect path for the platypus. When you’re satisfied with your plan, press Play and watch your strategy come to life!
Primal Planet
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Primal Planet – October 28
XBOX Play Anywhere
Primal Planet is a solo developed metroidvania that combines survival and crafting elements with a pixel-perfect aesthetic and an action-packed story, and it’s all taking place on a lush planet filled with dinosaurs. Embark on a thrilling journey as you follow the gripping tale of a cave dweller fighting to protect his family. Survive a brutal T-Rex attack and uncover a narrative blending the wild with intriguing sci-fi twists. Forge unexpected alliances as you unravel the truth behind an alien presence.
SULFUR
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☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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SULFUR – October 28
Smart Delivery
SULFUR is a roguelike FPS with fast-paced gunplay, cooking mechanics, and hard choices. Explore hostile zones, fight unpredictable enemies, and loot everything in your power. Modify your weapons, stash your valuables, and cook strange meals to survive just a bit longer.
Beyond The Evil
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Get ready for an immersive experience of mystery and suspense. In Beyond The Evil, you take on the role of Detective Gary Nephew during one of the most unsettling investigations of his career. Explore an isolated estate full of secrets and solve challenging puzzles to uncover the sinister experiments that threaten the world. With no combat mechanics, the gameplay focuses on thorough exploration of the environment, collecting clues, and solving problems using pure logic. Find keys, unlock safes, and discover the whereabouts of the Juniper siblings before it’s too late. Every decision brings you closer to the terrifying conclusion of this gripping story.
Candy Shop Simulator
Games Incubator S.A.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$9.99$8.99
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Step into the sweet world of confectionery and build the candy shop of your dreams! Create delicious pastries, chocolates, gummies, and other tasty treats, then stock your shelves and welcome eager customers. Manage every aspect of your business, from pricing and inventory to expanding your store with new products and equipment. Experiment with recipes, unlock fresh opportunities, and grow your small neighborhood shop into a thriving candy empire.
The Cat in the Hat: Rainy Day Mayhem
Outright Games Ltd.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$39.99
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The Cat in the Hat: Rainy Day Mayhem – October 29
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
The Cat in the Hat once said, “It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how.” Everyone from the mischievous Dr. Seuss classic is here. Become smart and steady Sally, energetic wild card Johnny, cause double the trouble as Thing 1 & Thing 2 or be cheerful Little Cat A. And of course, the chaos conductor, The Cat in the Hat and anxiously wise Fish will be there to help, on this zany ride.
Choice of Life: Floors
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$5.99
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Choice of Life: Floors – October 29
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
To find yourself in a world of your own nightmares, you only need to step into the wrong elevator. Use the items you find, fight the creatures of your mind, embrace the absurdity of your situation, and decide: will you escape this nightmare, or drown in it forever? A dark story told with irony and humor, heightening both the absurdity of the events and the fragility of the human mind. Sometimes, laughing at horror is the only way to cope.
Choice of Life: Samosbor
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$4.99
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Choice of Life: Samosbor – October 29
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
The legendary Choice of Life franchise returns in a new game! The gray concrete walls of the living cell, closing the hermetic door at the sound of a siren – all this is commonplace in Gigastructure. Everything here goes its way, until the block is isolated in search of a secret object…
Croc 2 Kingdom of the Gobbos
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Croc 2 Kingdom of the Gobbos is the sequel to the multi-million selling classic, Croc Legend of the Gobbos. The night before Croc’s next adventure begins, the inventor Gobbo witnesses the Dantinis resurrecting Baron Dante, and is taken prisoner for seeing too much. Back on the beach at Gobbo Valley, Croc is playing when he spots a bottle washed up in the sand. Inside is a message revealing that his birth parents are searching for him. He sets off for the mainland to find them, but the journey soon becomes a showdown, as Baron Dante vows revenge against the humble little crocodile who once defeated him.
Curse of Resthaven
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Curse of Resthaven – October 29
Smart Delivery
Resthaven is cursed. Your niece has vanished. And in seven days, the island will be destroyed. Curse of Resthaven is a single-player narrative roguelite where investigation, town management, trading, deck building, and branching expeditions combine into a dark mystery of survival and consequence. Take command of the cursed island colony of Resthaven after your niece disappears on the eve of catastrophe. Govern the town, interrogate suspicious locals, trade with visiting merchants, upgrade vital businesses, and decide who — or what — to trust as the island’s secrets begin to surface.
HELLBOUND INC
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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HELLBOUND INC is a rage-inducing precision platformer where you play as an undead courier trapped in a fulfillment center recently purchased by Satan himself. Navigate rooms filled with spikes, flame jets, demonic machinery, and collapsing platforms. Push crates, flip switches, activate conveyor belts, and time your jumps to get each delivery to its destination. Every area is a tightly designed challenge that tests both your reflexes and your problem-solving skills.
Hunting Simulator 3
☆☆☆☆☆7
★★★★★
$49.99
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Set off to deepest Colorado, or untamed outback of Texas, each with dozens of wild species to hunt. In these ever-changing ecosystems, each animal reacts to what you do, each individual ages over time, can reproduce and exhibits true-to-life behaviour thanks to our unique “SimFauna” system. The game’s immersive soundscape and dynamic weather plunge you into a variety of natural habitats, teeming with wildlife.
HYPERVIOLENT
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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HYPERVIOLENT is a brutal, old-school FPS in the style of classic sprite-based 3D games from the 1990s – but think more System Shock, less DOOM. After responding to a distress signal from Commodus Asteroid 27-C, a remote mining colony, you find yourself in the midst of an outbreak of violence among its inhabitants. You must unravel the secrets of the asteroid and the evil hidden deep within its mines as you seek an answer to the madness within its complex corridors.
Joe & Mac Retro Collection
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$19.99$17.99
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Grab your hammer, the Stone Age is back and bigger than ever! For the first time, three legendary adventures from the Joe & Mac universe are united in a single collection. Step back in time and join your favorite cavemen in their wildest escapades through jungle mayhem, fighting dinos, and stone-age fun.
Love: Fall in Death
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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An FMV interactive romantic comedy where your choices, timing, and luck shape every scene. Make decisions, roll the dice, and guide Kutay through a night that can turn into love or total chaos. As the story unfolds, Kutay might discover things about himself, confront unexpected emotions, and realize that sometimes people are far more complicated than they seem. He could end up in a fight with strangers, caught between two powerful feelings, or screaming his head off. Sometimes he can’t take his eyes off someone; other times, he’s risking it all.
My Life: Zoo Vet
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$19.99
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My Life: Zoo Vet – October 29
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Many exciting tasks await you in the zoo, and some of the cute residents need your help. From clumsy young animals to curious penguins and powerful elephants – they all need nursing back to health! Examine the patients carefully, figure out what’s wrong, and give them the treatments they need. Pack up your vet’s bag and off you go – they’re already expecting you! Claim your patch, plant your crops, and stake your territory before your rivals do. Every seed you sow could be a decision play it safe with a steady harvest, or gamble on a high-risk, high-reward crop that could change everything… or just let your friends do all the hard work and steal their stuff too.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Planted! is a horticultural combat party game where gardens are arenas, plants become weapons, and the gap between “tending your crops” and “launching them at your opponents” is smaller than you’d think.
The Transference
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$12.49$9.99
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The Transference is a first-person narrative escape-room thriller set in northern Andalusia, Spain, in the late 1990s. You play as Marcos, who wakes up trapped inside his own home without knowing how or why. The doors and windows have been boarded up from the inside, which means whoever sealed the house may still be there with you.
Train Yard Builder
Ultimate Games S.A.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$19.99$17.99
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Enter the world of Train Yard Builder and customize your railway to your heart’s content. Work with different models of trains and wagons, control them the way you want, and use modeler tools to unleash your creativity.
The Zibbo Show
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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The Zibbo Show – October 29
XBOX Play Anywhere
The lights are on. The audience is going crazy. And tonight, YOU are the star of the show! Progress through 12 rounds of increasingly dangerous opponents, build a new strategy every run, and face Zibbo himself in the in the grand finale! If you make it that far. You and your opponent each have a 3×3 board and nine dice. Take turns placing one die at a time. Matching values in a column multiplies your score, and placing the right dice opposite an enemy column destroys their dice. Every placement is a decision full of luck, strategy, and the occasional regret. The crowd loves it either way!
The Abjuration Stand
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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The Abjuration Stand – October 30
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Fast 2D tower defense and survival game. You play a small wizard who holds the line while green slimes and other monsters flood the path. You fight on the field and build at the same time. Place attacking orbs, swords and staffs. Spend crystals on new defenses. Between waves choose upgrades that stay for the rest of the run.
Cat Pipes: More Meow (Xbox Series)
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Cat Pipes: More Meow is a cozy, hand-drawn puzzle game about guiding warmth to sleepy cats. Rotate the pipes to connect the flow from the mainurr. With 51 handcrafted levels that ease you in and slowly grow into satisfying brain-teasers, portals that bend the path across the board, and a warm lo-fi atmosphere, it’s the perfect little game to unwind with
Corner Shop: NightShift
PlayWay S.A.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$19.99$17.99
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Corner Shop: NightShift – October 30
XBOX Play Anywhere
Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark. Corner Shop: Nightshift is a first-person narrative horror sim set in a failing convenience store. Play as Adam Callahan and try to put your life back together.
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Ex-Master, Zombie
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Ex-Master, Zombie – October 30
Smart Delivery
You are a zombie, risen from the grave to reclaim what was lost. At first, you are only a head, but with each found body fragment, forgotten skills, strength, and the true nature of the Ex-Master return. A 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania where every step opens new possibilities.
Love Love Mystery Club
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Love Love Mystery Club – October 30
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Love Love Mystery Club is an immersive horror-dating simulator set in a Thai high school. You play as a young student who one day starts to see spirits and decides to join the occult club. Who will be the one that you want to protect the most?
The Night of the Exorcism
Ratalaika Games S.L.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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The Night of the Exorcism – October 30
Smart Delivery
Summoned to the remote village of Southshire-Upon-Yail, you must diagnose the afflictions of a young woman that suffers a mysterious illness. Each decision you make will unveil a piece of the mystery and bring you closer to discovering the truth behind her ailments, and whatever harms her. The devils inside Isabella will not be removed easily. Navigate the seven creatures that hold her life in her hands, and find a way to expel them one by one – or succumb to their temptations.
Pinballoid Crush
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$11.99$9.59
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Pinballoid Crush – October 30
Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
In Pinballoid Crush, classic pinball evolves into an arcade experience with adventure and strategy elements. The cursed tower rises before you: a colossus whose walls pulse with neon light and echoes of ancient battles. Deep within await the 5 Generals of the Demon King, surrounded by their infernal hordes. They have kidnapped the Saint to offer her as a sacrifice and open a portal that will allow their master to return to this world. Your mission is to plunge into the unknown and rescue her before the Dark Lord’s plans come to pass.
Space Rock Breaker
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$5.99
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Space Rock Breaker – October 30
Smart Delivery
Space Rock Breaker is a short incremental game about mining asteroids in space. Mine asteroids with guns, unlock new materials, process the ore by dropping it into a Plinko machine, and spend your credits on upgrades in a massive skill tree.
