Welcome back to New Week, New Games, our little weekend feature that provides you with a little knowledge on next week’s games that will be releasing on Xbox One, Xbox Series S & X, Game Pass, Cloud and Windows 10 PC, between July 27th and July 31st
So, without further adieu, why not grab your favourite beverage and have a look at the games mentioned below. Hopefully you will find something that’s just right for you, in next week’s batch of newly released games just waiting to be grabbed and downloaded.
Beast of Reincarnation – August 3
Game Pass / Optimized for XBOX Series X|S
Set in a post-apocalyptic Japan, humanity’s only hope lies with Emma, an outcast shunned from society for her affliction, and Koo, the blighted dog. Together, they embark on this expansive adventure in this one-person, one-dog action RPG. Experience a journey where you feel moments of loneliness, and also the reliability and comfort of your companion. Savor a world of impermanence, where forests suddenly burst forth amidst the wasteland. As Emma and Koo travel through this beautiful yet harsh world, their bond and abilities blossom.
Pre-order Beast of Reincarnation and receive a Brown Shiba Skin for Koo plus 30,000 Amber (in-game currency)!
Kynseed – August 4
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S
A beautiful life sim sandbox RPG from veterans of the Fable series. Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle monsters! Your actions and decisions matter in our adventurous story filled with purpose and promise. Lend a helping hand to villagers in need and discover the unique blend of creativity and choice that sets Kynseed apart. Come and join us – your legacy awaits!
Detective Holmes: Hidden Objects – August 3
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Get ready to dive into the thrilling new adventures of the legendary Sherlock Holmes! If you’re a fan of detective stories, mystery, unexpected plot twists, and clever puzzles, this game is made for you. Join Holmes and his trusted friend, Doctor Watson, as they take on a brand new investigation filled with secrets, suspense, and surprises lurking in every scene.
Space Tail: Definitive Edition – August 3
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S
Every journey shifts the perspective – it grows with the traveler. Our game tells a story about self-exploration, transformation and understanding of the world around us. The game’s story is inspired by real events from the early days of space exploration, when animals were the first to venture beyond Earth. Many of them never returned. This game is a tribute to those early pioneers, told through the story of Bea – a dog who, in our story, beats the odds and finds her own path among the stars.
Fading Clouds – August 4
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S
Embark on a peaceful journey through the skies in Fading Clouds, a charming puzzle adventure where every step transforms the path ahead. Carefully plan your moves, cross clouds that vanish beneath your feet, and discover the perfect route to reach the star waiting at the end of every challenge.
Five Hearts Under One Roof – August 5
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play Anywhere
Five Hearts Under One Roof is a first-person interactive FMV romance game where every choice shapes your relationships and story outcome. You play as Yuman, a man who has spent most of his life alone. Everything changes when five very different women suddenly begin living under the same roof. Through conversations, choices, and unexpected moments, you will build relationships, uncover hidden stories, and decide who will ultimately win your heart.
Mate’Morphosis – August 5
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Strategize and conquer in a brainteasing twist on a tabletop gaming classic! Mate’Morphosis is a chess-inspired puzzle game built around the concept of becoming the pieces that you capture. Outsmart each board, adapt to evolving mechanics and hunt down the rival king across every stage! Instead of commanding multiple pieces, you’ll need to navigate the board with a single player piece that transforms into the type of piece you’ve just defeated.
Aery – Surreal World – August 6
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S
Aery – Surreal World is a relaxing, story-driven flight exploration game that carries you through a series of impossible, dreamlike worlds where reality has quietly lost its mind. You play as a tiny spirit drifting endlessly forward through landscapes that shouldn’t exist. Glide alongside an enormous dirty whale as it tumbles weightlessly through a sky laced with glittering rainbows — close enough to see the barnacles and grime clinging to its hide as streaks of violet and gold light wash over it. Descend into a sunken apartment block resting silently on the ocean floor, where coral has crept up the wallpaper, fish drift through the living room, and the television still flickers faintly in the deep blue dark. Soar through a vast kingdom where every tree, every cloud, and every cobblestone has been consumed by solid, gleaming gold — beautiful, eerie, and utterly silent.
Herd Dispatch – August 6
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S
Get ready for a cozy and adorable adventure in Herd Dispatch, a charming puzzle game where every little sheep is counting on you to find its way home. Watch carefully, think quickly, and switch the paths at just the right moment to guide each sheep safely to the pen that matches its color.
Montabi – August 6
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
A Creature-Collector Roguelike Deckbuilding Game. Assemble your team of Montabi to outsmart the bad guys and save the city! If you’re going to be the big hero and save the city, you’ve gotta get some Montabi! Each Montabi has a unique set of skills, giving you endless combinations for team synergies. Collect equipment and charms and utilize them to chart the path to victory!
Sokogem – August 6
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S
Sokogem is a minimalist puzzle game that challenges your logic through precise, thoughtful movement. Slide your character across each level, pushing gems until they hit the treasure chests. Fill every chest with the exact number of gems to unlock the exit and progress to the next challenge.
Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint – August 6
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint is a hardcore, side-scrolling beat-’em-up inspired by classic Korean crime dramas. As Mr. Peppermint, a hard-boiled detective driven to the extreme, find out who gives orders at the top of the crime ladder, and enact brutal, bloody vengeance. Countless criminals infest a seedy underbelly, with a sinister cult poisoning the guts of this corpse of a city. Destroy anyone in Peppermint’s way with anything he can get his hands on. Wade through mountains of corpses, wipe blood off the edges of Peppermint’s suit, and beware that this detective might be his own worst enemy.
Yellowcreek Stories – The Cabin Watcher – August 6
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play Anywhere
A stormy night. A remote mountain cabin. Someone is watching you. A masked killer stalks the area and reacts to sound, light, and movement. No combat. No second chances. Survival is about staying unseen, keeping calm, and making the right call under pressure. The killer actively searches based on your behavior, turning every encounter into a tense mind game.
INK ENIGMA 2: Hidden Object Challenges – August 7
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
The classic joy of hidden object puzzles, perfected. INK ENIGMA 2: Hidden Object Challenges brings back the satisfying gameplay of the original, now completely upgraded with silky-smooth controls and beautifully detailed black-and-white illustrations.
John Fox – August 7
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
John Fox is an elite warrior and super soldier who saved the leaders of various States. He was a professional mercenary who retired with honor. One day after getting out of the subway, John’s pet, Milo is killed by a toad. John Fox rushes in pursuit of the harmful toad and encounters an army of clone frogs, which flooded the entire city. If the big toad manages to defeat John Fox, the world will be doomed to misery and chaos.
Limbot – August 7
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / Smart Delivery / XBOX Play Anywhere
Welcome to Limbot, the ultimate physics-based city stomping experience where up to 4 players must attempt to pilot a person dressed as a giant cardboard robot! Embrace the chaos in a paper-craft metropolis designed to be crushed, smashed, and destroyed! Stomp, kick, and punch your way to completing wacky objectives set in a fully destructible cardboard world, where every building, obstacle, and enemy can be bashed to pieces or flattened into pulp! Smash down skyscrapers, face-off against paper foes, and take down the biggest (and silliest) crafted bosses this world has ever seen…
The Relic: First Guardian – August 7
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S
Transformed into an apocalyptic landscape by the destruction of the great relic, the once-prosperous Arsilthus lies in ruins. But through the silence we began to hear breaths that have not yet faded, faint whispers carried on the wind: promises, waiting, fear, and love. These forgotten voices are Relics; fragments imbued with the emotions and wishes of those who lived before. It rests with you to find and use these powerful Relics, to honour their memories and lead the world back to prosperity. You are the last hope for Arsilthus.
Tailbreak – August 7
Optimized for XBOX Series X|S / XBOX Play Anywhere
A new dinosaur-blasting adventure is in town! Serving as a follow-up to Railbreak and as a retelling of the hit DINOBREAK, Tailbreak evolves the arcade on-rails shooter experience from mere resurrection to pleasingly primal for up to two players! Weapons and mechanics have been intensified; starting with just a handgun, you’ll need to make tough choices about your sub-weapons and juggle pick-ups with the new item system. Do you dedicate an item slot to a grenade or a healing item? Do you stick with your trusty machine gun, or do you switch it up with a heavy rifle?
