Next Week on Xbox: Every New Game Arriving August 18–22, 2025

Welcome to another action-packed next week on Xbox! Whether you’re a fan of action RPGs, tactical shooters, charming platformers, or relaxing puzzle games, there’s a new adventure for everyone. Here’s every game coming to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, and, in some cases, Game Pass for the week of August 18–22, 2025. Click on each game’s profile for more info, and check out their cover art to start your hype!

Next Week on Xbox: Every New Game

August 18 Releases

1. Delta Force

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

• Summary: The iconic squad-based shooter returns with Warfare, Operations, and a “Black Hawk Down” campaign, all in one sleek, free-to-play package.

2. BrokenLore: Don’t Watch

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Delivery: Smart Delivery

• Summary: A psychological horror trip in Tokyo where your only escape is video games — and you’re being watched by a malevolent entity with a hundred eyes.

3. To Farm Lands

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

• Summary: Puzzle lovers become farmers in this grid-based brain-teaser. Place farm items to fit perfectly — every piece must fit!

August 19 Releases

4. Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

• Summary: Shantae returns after two decades! Spin the continent, rotate towns, and thwart Risky Boots’ dastardly plot in this long-lost GBA adventure, finally finished for modern hardware.

5. Astro Adventure: Core Hunt

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Summary: A fast-paced 2D platformer where a stranded astronaut hunts alien energy cores, racing against time and the environment.

6. Cubey: Hexfall

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Summary: Each shimmering coin and breakable block counts in this stylish, puzzle-filled platformer.

August 20 Releases

7. Black Myth: Wukong

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

• Summary: Embark on an epic action RPG inspired by classic Chinese literature, “Journey to the West.” Master powerful spells, transform in battle, and discover ancient legends.

8. Acres

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere

• Summary: A satisfying farm management sim. Plant crops, complete orders, grow your business, and tend to your land to thrive.

9. Beautiful Sakura: Football Club

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

• Summary: Sport, romance, and rivalry meet in a visual novel where every matchup is also a new relationship test.

10. City of Springs

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

• Summary: Fight for justice as a rebel mechanic in a city ruled by oppression.

11. CORE.SYS

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

• Summary: Hack through computer grids with retro puzzles and quick thinking.

12. CritterGarden

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere

• Summary: Breed and care for dozens of cute creatures in a sim blending farming and Pokémon-style evolution.

13. Golden Knight

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere

• Summary: Hack, slash, and save Valerond from invading evil in this pixel-art adventure.

14. Heart of Ice

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Summary: Narrative RPG set in an apocalyptic ice age, where a group of powerful heroes fight for survival.

15. Shaman’s Mask of the Rune Magic

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

• Summary: Non-linear platformer with unique melee combat and spell-casting system.

16. SpotCat vs The Cheddar Mafia in the Americas

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere

• Summary: Difference-spotting fun, as you thwart the Cheddar Mafia’s schemes as SpotCat.

August 21 Releases

17. Herdling

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

• Summary: Take charge of a herd of beasts journeying up an Alpine mountain, forging bonds, conquering obstacles, and uncovering the summit’s mystery.

18. Boulder Dash 40th Anniversary

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

• Summary: The classic cave-digging adventure returns, modernized for a whole new generation.

19. Discounty

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

• Summary: Cozy up to supermarket management and mysteries in this town-builder meets RPG sim.

20. Journey of Johann: Snowy Mountain

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

• Summary: Action-adventure platformer blending fast-paced combat and puzzling. Built for speedrunners.

21. Grit and Valor – 1949

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

• Summary: Stealth-action and mechs collide in alternate-history 1949 Europe, as you deliver a vital EMP to disable the enemy’s last hopes.

22. Knightica

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

• Summary: Roguelike autobattler where placement matters as much as raw power.

23. Sengoku Dynasty

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere

• Summary: Historic survival sim and builder set in war-torn feudal Japan. Gather, craft, and grow in solo or co-op.

August 22 Releases

24. Antarctica 88: 4k Remaster

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

• Summary: Classic action-horror returns with chilling new 4K visuals and monstrous terrors on the ice.

25. Blocky Blast

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Summary: Addictive color-matching puzzle game in both infinite and adventure modes.

26. Calyssa

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Summary: Precision platformer where you outrun curses, battle deadly traps, and search for legendary treasure.

27. CybeRage

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: Xbox Play Anywhere

• Summary: Cybernetic action-platformer as agent Phy battles an alien hivemind’s corruption.

28. Fire & Water

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Summary: Team up as Fire Boy and Water Girl to solve puzzle-platformer challenges while keeping their elements apart.

29. Pocket Mini Golf 2

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: Xbox Play Anywhere

• Summary: Mini golf goes wild in this colorful, accessible sequel filled with micro-worlds and collectible wackiness.

30. Recycling Center Simulator

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

• Summary: Build your green empire from garbage—the more you recycle, the more you profit and improve your factory.

31. SF3RA

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

• Summary: Fast-paced action hybrid featuring both 3D and 2D platforming.

32. SEWER QUEST

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Summary: Relax with over 40 levels of pipe-connecting puzzles and gentle music.

33. Pets Hidden In The Office

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere

• Summary: Find mischievous pets hiding in deserted offices in this charming hidden object game.

34. WitchSpring R

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Summary: Embark on a fairytale RPG adventure filled with item-crafting and emotional worldbuilding.

35. US Conflict — Tank Battles

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Summary: Classic RTS tank action—build, battle, and become the legend.

36. Reposition Defense

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

• Summary: Move your towers, manage your defense in real time—a fresh twist for tower defense tacticians.

37. We Don’t Cry: Zombie Survival

• Game Link: Microsoft Store

• Series: ✔ Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere

• Summary: Build, defend, and survive against zombies and raiders in an intense action-horror shooter.

Final Thoughts

With 37 games launching, next week brings something for every kind of Xbox player. Whether you’re looking for mythic adventures, retro classics, thoughtful management sims, or tense survival action, you’ll find it between August 18 and August 22, 2025.