Xbox players have a packed week ahead, with dozens of new titles, genres, and price points landing between July 13 and 17 across XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One, PC, and Game Pass. Whether you’re into co-op chaos, cozy sims, horror, hidden-object relaxers, or classic arcade vibes, there’s something hitting the store almost every single day.
A Busy Next Week on XBOX
Microsoft’s “Next Week on XBOX: New Games for July 13 to 17” lineup highlights just how broad the platform’s slate has become, spanning roguelikes, life-sims, puzzle adventures, escape rooms, and more dropping in a tight five-day window. The overview appears in the regular Next Week on Xbox feature on Xbox Wire, giving players a quick way to scan what’s coming instead of hunting each title down individually. Below is a breakdown of every game hitting Xbox between July 13 and 17, with links to their store pages and pricing where available so you can jump straight into pre-orders or downloads.
July 14 Releases
July 14 skews toward narrative mystery, side-scrolling shooters, and relaxing hidden-object hunts.
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Amazing Weekend Search and Relax Collector’s Edition
A hidden-object escape from daily hustle where you go hiking, horseback riding, and boating while searching improved, detailed locations for items and completing mini-games.
Link: Amazing Weekend Search and Relax Collector’s Edition – July 14
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The Crimson Maid – $14.99, Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere
A narrative adventure mixing first-person exploration, visual novel storytelling, and light puzzles as you, Marius, reconnect with a fractured family and become captivated by Irina, a maid at the heart of a romance-infused murder mystery.
Link: The Crimson Maid – July 14
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Grandpa and Me vs the Numbers – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A side-scrolling shooter/platformer where you and up to three friends in local co-op blast “bad” numbers, use blocks for traversal and tactical positioning, and take down enemy bosses across multiple levels.
Link: Grandpa and Me vs the Numbers – July 14
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I Love Finding Pups Collector’s Edition
Classic hidden-object gameplay across scenes themed around collecting adorable pups, supported by a wide set of mini-games in locations from across the globe.
Link: I Love Finding Pups Collector’s Edition – July 14
July 14’s lineup offers a nice contrast between story-heavy play, math-flavored action, and pure relaxation for hidden-object fans.
July 15 Releases
July 15 might be the busiest single day of the week, packing cozy sims, Lovecraftian horror, trains-on-rails tricks, incremental RPG depth, and more.
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Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
A relaxing sequel to Cozy Grove where you help ghostly bears find peace after a bus crash leaves you stranded on a mysterious, cute island; you craft, decorate, and build furniture to restore color while seeking your lost scout troop.
Link: Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit – July 15
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The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu – Deluxe Edition – $39.99 $35.99 (Pre-order)
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Main Edition – $29.99 $26.99 (Pre-order), Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A cursed jungle adventure inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, where a deep “madness system” warps your perception, turning exploration for infinite riches into a paranoia-filled trek where reality and illusion blur.
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The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu – Deluxe Edition
The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu – July 15
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- Dark Town Secrets: Lost Lulu Collector’s Edition
A hidden-object title with lavish, haunting locations like candlelit halls, dusty libraries, forgotten gardens, and crypts, combining atmospheric music with puzzles that test logic and attentiveness.
Link: Dark Town Secrets: Lost Lulu Collector’s Edition – July 15
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Denshattack! – Game Pass / Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere
A fast-paced train-trick action game set in a colorful Japanese dystopia, where you flip, trick, and grind your train across cities, meadows, volcanoes, and oceans while racking up high scores.
Link: Denshattack! – July 15
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Incremental Epic Hero 2 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
A sprawling incremental RPG where you command six heroes through a vast fantasy world, with claims of over 1,000 hours of content and progression that can grow with you at your own pace.
Link: Incremental Epic Hero 2 – July 15
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Magnetail (Xbox Series) – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A puzzle adventure following an ingenious inventor mouse using magnet-themed inventions to turn workshops and labs into playgrounds of experimentation and discovery.
Link: Magnetail – July 15
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Mayor May Knott
A “creepy-cozy” 3D adventure about fixing up a haunted ghost town, meeting odd creatures, solving puzzles, and playing mini-games as May slowly overcomes her fear of monsters.
Link: Mayor May Knott – July 15
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Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
A cozy decoration and rhythm game where you run a forest café, escape urban stress, and befriend cute animals while managing your shop and aesthetic.
Link: Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café – July 15
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ShapeHero Factory – $23.99 (Pre-order)
A quirky factory-management game where you manufacture tiny heroes out of shapes and send them against endless waves of brutal enemies.
Link: ShapeHero Factory – July 15
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Sweet Home: Look and Find Collector’s Edition
Hidden-object gameplay across homes, yards, and natural locations with increased detail and quality, focused on puzzle-solving within warm, comforting environments.
Link: Sweet Home: Look and Find Collector’s Edition – July 15
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War Robots
A tactical shooter featuring giant mechs in global PvP battles where smart positioning and ambushes help turn the tide as you capture, destroy, and upgrade your robots.
Link: War Robots – July 15
July 15 clearly leans into cozy and experimental experiences, but there’s solid action and competitive PvP for players craving a more intense session.
July 16 Releases
July 16 delivers VR-style adventures, retro anime, puzzle platformers, escape rooms, and more.
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MAVRIX by Matt Jones (Game Preview) – $39.99, Game Pass / Optimized for Xbox Series X|S (with Free Trial)
Designed by pro Red Bull athlete Matt Jones, this open-world rider’s playground spans 100 square kilometers of downhill racetracks, slopestyle lines, and bike parks, supporting creative line-building and multiplayer racing.
Link: MAVRIX by Matt Jones (Game Preview) – July 16 -
Moss: The Forgotten Relic – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
A companion-driven adventure that unites Moss: Book I and Moss: Book II into a single enhanced experience, guiding a tiny hero through a living fable full of ruins and untamed nature.
Link: Moss: The Forgotten Relic – July 16 -
70s-style Robot Anime Geppy-X – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
A retro mecha experience finally released worldwide, set in “197X” as combat robot GEPPY-X defends Earth against the Cosmic Demon Empire and its space beasts.
Link: 70s-style Robot Anime Geppy X – July 16 -
Biomechanical Toy (QUByte Classics) – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
A classic-style action game where you play Inguz on a mission to reclaim the Magic Pendulum from villain Scrubby, battling armies of evil toys with explosive bullets and bombs, now enhanced with rewind and quick-save.
Link: Biomechanical Toy (QUByte Classics) – July 16 -
Dual Bunnies (Xbox Series) – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A card-driven puzzle game about reuniting two rabbits in love, where each card dictates movement and you must decide whether commands apply to the pink rabbit, blue rabbit, or both.
Link: Dual Bunnies – July 16 -
Farlands – $17.99 $14.39 (Pre-order), Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
A planetary homestead sim where you buy an abandoned agrarian planet on the cheap and slowly reclaim it, clearing paths, reclaiming fields, and rebuilding infrastructure into a thriving farmstead.
Link: Farlands – July 16 -
Feudal Baron: King’s Land – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A medieval city-builder where you start with a few followers in leaky tents and aim to develop your barony into a bustling city, managing construction, resource chains, and defense against raiders.
Link: Feudal Baron: King’s Land – July 16 -
Jack in Space – $4.99 (Pre-order), Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A kid-friendly space adventure packed with mini-games and light learning challenges that mix curiosity, logic, and early math as Jack explores a colorful space lab and the night sky.
Link: Jack in Space – July 16 -
K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
An idol-life sim where you manage a girl group, make decisions to stand out in the K-pop scene, and lead them toward chart success and the Hall of Fame.
Link: K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut – July 16 -
Looking for Fael – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A surreal, room-by-room puzzle adventure where your apartment becomes a multifaceted maze after a strange voicemail from your roommate Fael; you decode clues and search for signs of life.
Link: Looking for Fael – July 16 -
Project 7: Escape Room
An escape-room-inspired adventure set in the abandoned mansion of missing physicist Dr. Hillman, where you unravel the secrets of his experiment Project 7 or risk becoming another forgotten story.
Link: Project 7: Escape Room – July 16 -
Secrets of Velendar Castle – Escape Room – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
A story-driven escape room set in Velendar Castle after the king burns your home and executes your mother, forcing you to explore the castle’s secrets to learn why you were imprisoned and how to escape.
Link: Secrets of Velendar Castle – Escape Room – July 16 -
Sir, You Are Being Hunted
A procedurally generated British horror-survival game where tweed-wearing robots hunt you for sport as you scavenge, hide, and occasionally fight back across rural islands.
Link: Sir, You Are Being Hunted – July 16
July 16 may be the most eclectic day, giving players a choice between meditative homesteading, intense survival, escape-room puzzling, and retro anime nostalgia.
July 17 Releases
July 17 closes the week with platformers, co-op extraction, BMX trick sessions, survival action, and more.
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Fogpiercer – Game Pass
A deck-building, train-based tactical game where you assemble your train as your starting deck, then battle bandits in high-octane turn-based encounters using synergies, positioning, and chain reactions to survive a deadly fog.
Link: Fogpiercer – July 17 -
Cat in the Box (Xbox One)
A charming puzzle-platformer where you play an adorable cat that pushes boxes, avoids hazards, and finds keys to unlock exits across a sequence of creative stages.
Link: Cat in the Box – July 17 -
FixForce – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere
A chaotic co-op extraction platformer for up to six players, where you use a drill-wrench to build paths across a vibrant post-apocalyptic world, find replacement parts, and repair broken machines.
Link: FixForce – July 17 -
Golfish – $4.99 (Pre-order)
A cute minigolf puzzle adventure starring a round fish that spits water to move, using timing and help from sea creatures to navigate a charming world of obstacles.
Link: Golfish – July 17 -
Streetdog BMX – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
An action sports game focused on BMX trick riding across six expansive maps filled with rails, bowls, wallrides, and gaps, along with customizable bikes and riders.
Link: Streetdog BMX – July 17 -
Ultra Pixel Survive 2 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
A pixel-art survival game where you juggle three heroes, gather materials, build defenses, explore underground dungeons, and fight giant bosses while fending off nightly enemy assaults.
Link: Ultra Pixel Survive 2 – July 17 -
Wreck Runners – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere
A co-op salvage extraction game for up to four players set in the Bermuda Triangle, piloting a shared mobile base (the ORCA) across land, sea, and air to explore haunted wrecks and anomalies for loot.
Link: Wreck Runners – July 17 -
Split Crystal (Xbox Series) – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A magical puzzle game where you act as a Portal Artificer, manipulating crystals to stabilize arcane structures by splitting, merging, and sliding them into the right configurations.
Link: Split Crystal – July 17 -
Sunny Summer Splash – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A bright “spot the difference” game themed around summer backyard fun, BBQs, pool parties, and picnics, featuring timed and relaxed modes built around that “I found it!” moment.
Link: Sunny Summer Splash – July 17 -
Super Dev Quest (Xbox Series) – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A platformer where a developer is trapped in his own creation, using wall jumps and slides to navigate trap-filled levels, stomp enemies, and collect coins to unlock portals.
Link: Super Dev Quest – July 17 -
Wrap House Simulator – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
A restaurant-sim where you manage a wrap shop, chopping, grilling, and serving lavash wraps while keeping impatient customers happy solo or in co-op, gradually expanding your shop with new ingredients, decor, and floors.
Link: Wrap House Simulator – July 17
In Case You Missed It: July 13 Releases
July 13 kicks things off with roguelike action, social deduction, crime-scene analysis, and more.
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Ascend to ZERO – Game Pass / Xbox Play Anywhere
A time-bending roguelike where you manipulate time to fight your way to the top, switching between unique avatars and evolving builds on every run; grab it via the Microsoft Store now through its profile for Xbox and PC.
Link: Ascend to ZERO – July 13 -
Beholder: Conductor – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
You’re the senior conductor aboard the legendary Determination Bringer, tasked with maintaining order in your carriage using reporting, intimidation, searches, and even ejecting unruly passengers.
Link: Beholder: Conductor – July 13 -
Forensics: Crime Scene Detective – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A grounded, methodical crime-scene simulation based on insights from Germany’s State Office of Criminal Investigation Rhineland-Palatinate, where you act as the scientific authority providing investigators with the facts after the sirens fade.
Link: Forensics: Crime Scene Detective – July 13 -
Forest of Deceit – $9.99 $8.99 (Pre-order), Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
A Jackbox-esque social deduction game for 4 to 8 players where a lost group must build a solid shelter in a treacherous forest before a massive storm hits, all while dealing with deception and mistrust.
Link: Forest of Deceit – July 13
Ascend to ZERO, Beholder: Conductor, Forensics: Crime Scene Detective, and Forest of Deceit all go live on July 13, giving players a mix of tense strategy, narrative intrigue, and party-friendly chaos.
With so many titles going live on July 17, this final day gives players a buffet of genres, from thoughtful puzzles to intense co-op extraction and culinary chaos.
Don’t forget to check out our other Next Week on XBOX posts below.
- Next Week on XBOX: Ultimate Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, College Football 27, Palworld 1.0, and More for an Exciting Week July 6–10
- Next Week on Xbox: Every Bizarre New Game Hitting June 29–July 3
- Next Week on XBOX: Age of Empires Mobile, EMPULSE, and 20+ New Games Drop June 22–26
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