Xbox will have 46 games arriving between September 21 and 25, with the lineup ranging from major releases such as CONTROL Resonant and EA SPORTS FC 27 to smaller adventures, puzzle games, simulators, and horror experiences. Xbox Wire’s September 18 schedule also includes Game Pass entries for Dune: Awakening and Well Dweller. Release dates remain subject to change. The preceding September 14–18 Xbox lineup included Dune: Awakening and EA SPORTS FC 27 in Xbox’s September 14–18 release window before this new set of arrivals.
The week covers Xbox Series X|S releases, Xbox Play Anywhere games, Smart Delivery titles, and games available through Game Pass. Here is the day-by-day schedule.
September 21
- Samson – A Tyndalston Story will bring close-quarters fights to Tyndalston, where Samson’s debt and his sister’s situation push him into a dangerous struggle. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
September 22
- Dune: Awakening will arrive through Game Pass on Xbox Series X|S. Its survival adventure will let players travel across Arrakis, build, craft, and play alone or with others.
- BLACKSHARD will send players through a dreamlike labyrinth filled with strange architecture, forgotten figures, memory shards, and powers that can alter the environment.
- Bubble Stomp will combine platforming with temporary bubbles, ground pounds, and cannons that help players reach difficult areas and defeat enemies.
- Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked will offer turn-based cooperative board-game action in the Forgotten Realms, with classes including paladin, sorcerer, ranger, fighter, bard, and rogue. It will support Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Fading Echo will follow a young Legend across the floating islands of Corel, using elemental chain reactions in a fast-paced action-adventure. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Graveyard Keeper 2 will put players in charge of a medieval graveyard, an undead army, and a production operation built from harvested resources. It will support Xbox Series X|S.
- Gunstoppable will focus on speed-based combat, with grappling, sliding, wall-running, rail-grinding, parries, and momentum-powered attacks against robots.
- Rivage will tell a science-fiction story about the A.R.E.S. station and its crew after a space phenomenon disrupts a mission to study the planet VESTA. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- VORON: Raven’s Story will cast players as a raven guiding lost souls, solving puzzles, and searching for a separated family member in a world inspired by Norse legends. It will support Xbox Series X|S.
- Well Dweller will be a Game Pass metroidvania about Glimmer, a small bird armed with a matchstick and determined to defeat a wicked queen. It will support Xbox Series X|S, Smart Delivery, and Xbox Play Anywhere.
September 23
- Bibi & Tina – Ready, Set, Ride! will center on the Summer Cup at Falkenstein Castle, with riding events, friendship, and a little witchcraft. It will support Xbox Series X|S, Smart Delivery, and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- BIRDCAGE will deliver vertical-scrolling shoot’em-up action across 6 stages, with multiple shot types and rechargeable special attacks. It will support Xbox Series X|S, Smart Delivery, and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Garfield – Escape From Monday will turn Garfield’s nightmare into a 3D platforming adventure filled with enemies, vegetables, candy, and a great deal of lasagna. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- I Hear Them will send players into a house infested with rats, where a family cat named Lola helps uncover supernatural secrets. It will support Xbox Series X|S.
- Lawn Mowing Simulator 2 will expand its professional lawn-care formula with a USA setting, new grass technology, licensed equipment, string trimmers, and leaf blowers. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Nomori will use portals, gravity, and time control to build environmental puzzles in which every surface can become a floor. It will support Xbox Series X|S, Smart Delivery, and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- THE BATHROOMS will combine first-person horror with a shifting school labyrinth, a missing Shiba, a vacuum upgrade system, and a relentless Custodian.
September 24
- 2048 Battles – Sylvan Sirens will turn tile combinations into attacks against woodland witches, sirens, and fae queens.
- Alien Breed 35th Anniversary will include six original campaigns, local and online cooperative play, archive footage, and a new Horde Mode training option. It will support Xbox Series X|S, Smart Delivery, and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Ancient Farm will ask players to build an ancient Egyptian farm from empty land, then unlock workshops, production buildings, and temples.
- Beer Manufacture Simulator will cover the brewing process from mashing grains and boiling hops to fermentation, bottling, and kegging. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- CONTROL Resonant will arrive for $59.99 on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere. Dylan Faden will confront a paranatural crisis in a warped Manhattan while facing the Hiss, the Mold, and other threats.
- Farming Camp will follow Alessandra before her life as the Evertree Farmer, as she manages a farm, completes camp chores, and competes with fellow teenagers. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Fit and Grow will turn planting and watering pieces into a space-management puzzle, with each growing plant changing the board.
- Five Elements Chess will combine match-three play with spell duels, elemental theory, strategy, and luck.
- Heroes of Magic & Cards will mix poker skills with deckbuilding roguelike progression, allowing players to choose a class, collect relics, and face bosses.
- Kalanoro will draw on Madagascar-inspired folklore as players rally legendary musicians against the witch Raneny. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Laundering Simulator will place a forgery workshop behind a laundromat front, combining clothing work with a money-laundering operation. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Owlen and the Starbound Mountain will let players glide above frozen peaks, restore magical landscapes, and bring life back to forgotten areas.
- PUPU’s Adventure Park will put players in charge of a fantasy theme park built for heroes.
- The Relic: First Guardian will offer action combat across an interconnected realm of ruins, dungeons, hidden encounters, and lost lore. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Sandwalkers will send caravans from the Mka tribe into the dangerous Phithi to establish trade routes, reclaim territory, and create a new tree city.
- Seafarer: The Ship Sim will support solo or cooperative crews of up to 4 players, with maritime jobs such as cargo transport, rescues, firefighting, and patrols. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Such a Guy will blend live-action storytelling with light management as Zane Zheng and two friends renovate a seaside guesthouse. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Tiny Tanks Showdown will raise the pressure through tank battles against enemies that become faster, smarter, and more dangerous with each level.
- The Trolley Solution will turn the famous trolley problem into a collection of philosophical minigames. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Smart Delivery.
September 25
- Angle Of Attack will put players behind the controls of a fighter jet in 2D battles over cities, seas, and wide-open fields. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Smart Delivery.
- EA SPORTS FC 27 will arrive with Smart Delivery, bringing The Grounds social football space alongside updated attacking, defending, corner, and movement systems.
- Gods With Guns will combine 2D gunplay with card combinations as Norse figures such as Odin, Thor, Loki, and Hela fight through Ragnarok.
- Moonlight Chess will use an auto-battler format in which players place units on a grid and rely on positioning to defeat enemy waves.
- Retro Cube Slider will offer single-screen sliding puzzles built around a neon cube and increasingly complicated contraptions.
- Roots will ask players to restore an inherited farm, sell crops, unlock upgrades, and expand across islands.
- Runes Quest will provide 30 Sokoban-style levels across light and dark biomes, with keys, boxes, runes, traps, and other obstacles.
- Used Cars Simulator will combine vehicle repairs and sales with a business built in an old shed, plus driving, exploration, and metal detecting.
- Vampire Blood Dynasty will center on a vampire society divided by ancient bloodlines, political conflict, and choices that affect an entire modern city. It will support Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
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