Next Week on Xbox: 30+ Amazing New Games Land on Series X|S, One, PC, and Game Pass (April 27–May 1)

Day One highlights and Game Pass picks

Leading the week is Aphelion DAY ONE Edition, a cinematic third-person action-adventure that strands you on Persephone, a newly discovered, frozen ninth planet humanity hopes to call home. You’ll explore striking alien landscapes, uncover disturbing secrets beneath the ice, and fight to complete the Hope-01 mission, all while enjoying Xbox Play Anywhere support, Series X|S optimizations, and exclusive cosmetics included in this Day One Edition.

Strategy fans get a big nostalgic pull with Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era (Game Preview), which brings back classic turn-based tactical battles and empire-building on top of an RPG progression system. Available through Game Pass, it lets you tackle narrative campaigns, procedurally generated scenarios, and handcrafted maps while raising armies of mythical creatures to defend your realm.

Another notable day-one Game Pass drop is TerraTech Legion, where you build customizable vehicles and take on hordes of AI-controlled bots corrupting worlds across the galaxy. The game supports Xbox Series X|S optimization and Xbox Play Anywhere, making it easy to jump between PC and console while you smash Legion bases into scrap.

Action, platformers, and stylish adventures

If you’re into stylish, movement-heavy action, Constance lets you surf across walls, dash through enemies, and use paint-based mechanics to explore a non-linear world full of platforming challenges, puzzles, and secrets, all optimized for Xbox Series X|S.

Puzzle-platformer fans can dive into Minos Trials, where you control a grumpy minotaur who solves problems by punching, pushing blocks, filling pits, and crushing would-be treasure hunters in a 2D arena. For retro-flavored stealth, Spy Drops offers procedurally generated missions, modern gadgets, and local multiplayer as you try to stop a digital doomsday scenario.

Tactics fans get another treat with ARC SEED, a turn-based tactical game with deckbuilding elements and destructible environments, where you pilot mechs to fend off towering alien “Archangels.” And if you prefer pure movement challenges, The Confinement bills itself as a “First Person Paced Precision Platformer,” testing your ability to run, jump, dash, and improvise through deadly trap-filled environments.

RPGs, card-driven adventures, and narrative experiences

Top-down action-adventure Elementallis sends you on a guilt-driven journey to restore the elements in a dying world, wielding elemental magic to fight enemies, solve environmental puzzles, and explore sprawling dungeons. For a darker twist on fantasy and morality, Magin: The Rat Project Stories (plus its Essence Edition) blends story-driven exploration with card mechanics in a gritty world where “essence” is tied to human desires and fears.

If you prefer narrative slices of everyday life, inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories takes you to a cozy 1990s-inspired Japanese town, putting you behind the counter of a small convenience store. You’ll interact with regulars, manage light sim elements, and live through a summer defined by small but meaningful connections.

Licensed heavy hitters and sports

Fans of the Invincible animated series are getting a big one with Invincible VS – Standard Edition and Invincible VS – Deluxe Edition, a brutal 3v3 tag fighter that lets you assemble teams of fan-favorite heroes and villains for bone-crunching, blood-soaked battles across iconic locations. Pre-orders include the Zero-Suit Mark Skin, and the game is optimized for Xbox Series X|S with Xbox Play Anywhere support.

On the racing side, MotoGP 26 aims to deliver a more authentic championship experience by dynamically updating rider ratings throughout the season based on real-world results. You’ll also collect in-game cards that track your career progression, and pre-orders throw in Scorpion and HJC Helmet Packs.

Horse racing fans aren’t left out either: Rival Stars Horse Racing lets you restore a rundown ranch, raise foals, manage a full stable, and ride in multiple modes including racing and cross-country, with Series X|S optimization and Smart Delivery.

Cozy, casual, and family-friendly games

If you’re looking for chill vibes, Cozy Valley Life is a life sim where you can farm, fish, craft, decorate, and build a dream home in a colorful, anime-styled world filled with friendly neighbors and beautiful scenery. Adorable Adventures offers a gentle, exploration-focused adventure where you play as Boris, a baby boar using his nose to track scents, solve simple mysteries, and reunite with family after a forest fire.

Food and animal lovers get options like Pixie Plates, where you prepare and decorate dishes for whimsical fantasy customers, and Zoo Orbs: Safari, a merge-based puzzler where you combine cute savanna animals into bigger creatures all the way up to the mighty giraffe.

For more casual puzzle fun, Peter Pan: Hidden Objects brings Neverland to Xbox with hidden-object scenes, jigsaw puzzles, and other light challenges, while Plantera 2: Golden Acorn has you growing a magical oak tree and building out a garden with blue “Mellows” helpers gathering resources around you.

Horror, stealth, and darker themes

Horror fans can look forward to multiple new entries this week. The Coma 3: Bloodlines continues the cult 2D run-and-hide series, pitting you against puppets and shadow creatures while you piece together a mystery steeped in Korean folklore, curses, and urban legends. Dr. Psycho: Hospital Escape strands you in a decrepit psychiatric clinic patrolled by a sadistic doctor and his patients, forcing you to survive using stealth and scavenged tools alone.

Language fans can go spooky with Word Quest: Horror, a word-search title that takes you through haunted mansions, dark forests, and crypts, as well as Word Quest: Cyberpunk if neon dystopias are more your thing.

If you like combining deckbuilding with roguelike runs, Dungeon Clawler is built around a claw-machine mechanic that lets you grab items, tweak them, and chase wild synergies on your way to a dungeon lord showdown. Survivor Mercs adds a squad-building twist to the horde-survival genre, casting you as a disposable clone commander trying to turn a ragtag merc outfit into a world-saving war machine against M.E.G.A. Corp.

Survivor Legion also leans into fast-paced action, letting you unlock classes, assemble a party of melee bruisers and spellcasters, and enjoy a rhythmic combat system filled with flashy skill effects. For more arcade flavor, CyberBlocker Complete Edition mixes brick-breaking with shoot-’em-up gameplay as you juggle an orb, dodge bullets, and juggle twin ships while collecting power-ups.

Competitive, party, and physics-fueled chaos

Multiplayer mischief is alive and well in Bandit Trap, a 1v3 physics-based online brawler where one player defends a home with outlandish traps while the others try to survive and loot the place. Card tables get deadly in Fool’s Pub, which turns bluffing and betting into life-or-death affairs as you try to avoid ending up on the wrong side of a revolver.

For something more skill-based and less lethal, ScooterFlow aims to be the “most realistic freestyle scooter game,” letting you customize your ride and string together trick combos across skateparks, street spots, and mega ramps, all with physics-based controls.

Bus sim fans get their own playground in Bus Bound, from the creators of Bus Simulator 21, where you drive licensed buses through a fully simulated city, help evolve it into a pedestrian-friendly hub, and deal with dynamic traffic, weather, and day/night cycles.

Monsters, memes, and mayhem

Monster collectors can jump into Monster Crown: Sin Eater, which follows Asur, a would-be Monster Tamer trying to rescue his family and reshape the Crown Nation while breeding from over 1,000 crossbreedable monster sprites. Platformer Moon Raider: Anniversary Edition sends Ava to the moon’s catacombs to gather gems to save her mother, facing surprisingly advanced alien tech and traps along the way.

On the lighter side of chaos, Cat From Hell 2 returns to the feud between Granny’s cats, this time letting you play the banished black cat as you wreak havoc in the garden and garage to reclaim your honor. Meanwhile, meme culture collides with metroidvania design in This is Fine: Maximum Cope, where you play Question Hound exploring emotional “worlds” built from anxiety and regret, fighting everything from flying textbooks to toilet monsters in a surreal, coffee-fueled platformer.

Wrapping up Next Week on Xbox