Forty-one games are scheduled to reach Xbox platforms from October 12 through October 16, 2026, led by Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, Planet Zoo 2 and campaign early access for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.
The lineup comes from the official Xbox Wire schedule. Release dates can change, and compatibility varies by title, so the platform features noted below reflect Xbox’s current listings. Five games are listed for Game Pass during the week, while many also support Xbox Play Anywhere.
This follows the 37-game Xbox release week we covered for September 28–October 2. Here is the complete October 12–16 lineup, organized by release date.
October 12
Alpha Nomos
Alpha Nomos combines rhythm combat with roguelite progression. Players control Cello, turning musical timing into attacks while cutting through an army of rogue puppets. Xbox Play Anywhere is supported.
Colorbound
This colorful platform-puzzle game follows Anku on a journey to reunite his late grandfather’s band. Its central mechanic lets players use color to reshape the environment, solve puzzles and uncover hidden paths. Xbox Play Anywhere is supported.
October 13
Deep Dish Dungeon
Deep Dish Dungeon is an exploration-focused dungeon crawler built around gathering, crafting and cooking. It can be played solo or with up to two friends, and it launches through Game Pass with Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Planet Zoo 2
Frontier Developments’ zoo-management sequel expands the formula with fully aquatic animals, flying species and large Wildlife Reserves. Players can build and manage zoos before releasing suitable animals into conservation spaces. Xbox Play Anywhere is supported.
Valor Mortis
A fallen soldier from Napoleon’s Grande Armée returns to a plague-ravaged Europe in this combat-heavy roguelite. Parries, dashes, finishers and supernatural abilities shape each run. It arrives through Game Pass and supports Xbox Play Anywhere; our October Game Pass breakdown has the wider service lineup.
Just Dance: Decades of Hits
Ubisoft’s latest dance game moves through music from the 1970s to the 2020s, giving each era its own look and choreography. A new Adventure Mode connects the decades through a story-driven journey.
Survivor Cells
Survivor Cells reframes the survivor-style action genre around active defense. Players face swarms of viruses and bacteria while combining medicines and nanotechnology into stronger biological barriers. Xbox Play Anywhere is supported.
October 14
Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea
Farming and exploration meet in a larger adventure across Teradea, where a strange mist and roaming beasts threaten nearby villages. Between expeditions, players can grow crops, raise animals and build a home.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2
The retro-styled first-person shooter returns with a branching single-player campaign that begins after the original game. New locations carry the series’ fast, violent combat deeper into the grimdark Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Cleaning Simulator
This lighthearted simulation turns messy rooms, dirty floors, dishes and dusty carpets into a checklist of satisfying jobs. Players switch between tools such as mops, vacuums and sponges to restore each space.
Creepy Tale: Snow Child
Creepy Tale: Snow Child mixes action, mystery and dark humor as a boy named Blizzy journeys into Hell. Its sinister adventure revolves around traps, monsters and a costly attempt to defeat evil. Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere are supported.
Love Beyond Differences: Riku & Lily
This narrative spot-the-difference game uses an old photo album to tell the story of Riku and Lily’s life together. Finding changes inside illustrated memories restores faded scenes and reveals more of their relationship. Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere are supported.
My Recycling Center 2
Players design and expand a recycling yard in this first-person management simulation, handling unloading, sorting and compacting while balancing several customers at once. A new level editor allows greater control over the facility. Smart Delivery is supported.
Prison Run and Gun
A prison riot creates an escape route across 30 action-platforming stages packed with gunfire, explosions and lethal obstacles. The challenge is built around quick reactions and using the chaos to stay alive. Xbox Play Anywhere is supported.
Ratatan
Ratatan blends rhythm commands with side-scrolling roguelike action. Battles can fill the screen with more than 100 characters, and online cooperative play supports up to four players.
Shockwave Triggers
This vertical-scrolling shoot ’em up sends two very different pilots into a crystal-powered war. Amira favors speed and flexibility, while mechanic Turbo B trades mobility for heavier firepower. Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere are supported.
The Witch’s Bakery
A cheerful witch opens a bakery in modern Paris in this cozy adventure RPG. Beyond serving customers, she can enter people’s hearts and use magic to heal emotional wounds. Xbox Play Anywhere is supported.
Wolfsschanze – Operation Götterdämmerung
Set in East Prussia in 1944, this fast-paced action game sends an elite soldier through the fortified Wolf’s Lair. Short firefights, bunkers and heavily defended facilities stand between the player and the Nazi leadership.
YAR: Forgotten Throne
This story-driven open-world RPG offers Warrior, Volkhv and Archer paths across the poisoned lands of Borea. More than 100 quests, two factions and active and passive skills give players room to shape their hero.
October 15
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse
Paris burns in 1499 as Trevor Belmont and his daughter Rose hunt creatures pouring from a looming castle. The 2D action-exploration game equips the pair with the Vampire Killer and places Rose at the center of a darker conspiracy. Xbox Play Anywhere is supported, and our complete Belmont’s Curse FAQ covers its platforms, editions and release details.
Bluey’s Happy Snaps
Bluey and Bingo turn Brisbane into a photo adventure filled with familiar locations, wildlife and hidden surprises. A second player can join locally, and favorite pictures are saved in an in-game scrapbook. It launches through Game Pass with Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere.
Chained Beasts
One to four gladiators enter the Colosseum physically chained together in this cooperative roguelike. Combat, teamwork and slapstick mistakes all matter as the group fights for the crowd and its freedom. It launches through Game Pass with Xbox Play Anywhere.
DESOLUS
This first-person puzzle game explores a Gothic city split between its past and future. Players use black holes and time portals to repair fractured architecture and navigate reality-bending spaces. Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere are supported.
The Jackbox Party Pack 12
Jackbox’s twelfth collection includes five new party games built around art, comedy, debate, facts and teamwork. Only the host needs to own the pack, while everyone else joins with a phone. Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere are supported.
1×1 Street Football: mini soccer PvP
Arcade football collides with street-fighting style abilities in fast one-on-one matches. Players can unlock heroes, use special moves, climb leagues and build a career across playgrounds inspired by different football cultures. Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere are supported.
Cubic Cosmos
This roguelike card game traps the player inside a deadly contest ruled by a goddess. Survival depends on building efficient decks, chaining large combos and stopping the enemy advance before one bad move ends the run.
Disney/Pixar Toy Story 3 Complete Edition
The 2010 movie tie-in returns with upgraded visuals and additional surprises. Its Story Mode recreates moments from the film, while Toy Box Mode opens a western sandbox starring Woody, Buzz and Jessie. Smart Delivery is supported.
Disney/Pixar Toy Story: Retro Roundup!
This collection revisits console and handheld versions of four early Toy Story games alongside A Bug’s Life. The package adds quality-of-life features and behind-the-scenes material for the five-game lineup. Smart Delivery is supported.
Floppy-Ear Chaos
A furious rabbit smashes through comic-style arenas in this comedic brawler with roguelike elements. Randomized upgrades and unusual abilities make each run through its enemy waves play differently. Xbox Play Anywhere is supported.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Holiday Play Edition
Rudolph and his friends set out to save Christmas in a family adventure inspired by the animated holiday classic. Snowy exploration, cooperative play and approachable challenges make this one of the week’s younger-audience releases.
Swarm Me
This top-down survival game is built around controlling crowds rather than simply overpowering them. Players lure increasingly durable enemies into traps and environmental hazards while relying on movement, positioning and limited high-impact tools.
Tingus Goose
An intentionally absurd idle game asks players to grow towering goose-trees inside patients and bounce babies for profit. Its escalating systems lead through a sequence of increasingly surreal worlds.
Troll Slayer
A lone knight heads into a troll-infested forest in this compact 2D pixel-art platformer. Precise jumps, hazards and several enemy types create a straightforward but demanding path to the kingdom’s rescue.
Weekend Solitaire: Voyage
A relaxed collection of animated solitaire puzzles gradually introduces new challenges while keeping the pace gentle. It is designed for players who want a calm card-game session rather than a competitive one.
October 16
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (Campaign Early Access)
Digital preorders unlock campaign early access on October 16, one week before the full game launches on October 23. The new campaign pushes its conflict across Korea and several international locations. Our Modern Warfare 4 launch FAQ has the confirmed release, preload, platform and Game Pass details.
Beyond These Stars
A group of Peeps builds a city on the back of Kewa, a sentient Space Whale traveling across the galaxy. The city builder mixes expansion and resource planning with relationships, exploration and the history of the Space Whales. It launches through Game Pass.
Tales of Eternia Remastered
Bandai Namco’s remaster follows Reid, Farah and Meredy across the divided worlds of Inferia and Celestia. Their journey becomes a race to prevent the Great Fall, a collision that threatens both realms.
Tenebris Somnia
This 2D retro survival-horror adventure combines pixel art with live-action cutscenes created by an Argentine film crew. Puzzles, disturbing creatures and an uncertain boundary between nightmares and reality drive the story. Xbox Play Anywhere is supported.
Moto X
A 1994 motorcycle racer returns with 250cc, 550cc and 750cc machines, obstacle-filled tracks and power-ups that can swing a race. Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere are supported.
Sproutrex
A nature-powered mechanical sphere runs, jumps, glides and flies through 28 handcrafted pixel-art stages. Its propeller opens alternate routes across a world where plants and machines have grown together.
Supercar Collection Simulator
Players turn a small diecast-car shop into a collector destination by buying surprise boxes, opening them at an unboxing table and deciding which models to keep or sell. Eight rarity series feed both the store and a personal collection.
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