Next Week on Xbox: New Games for August 5 to 9

Pepper Grinder – August 6 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

An action-packed pirate adventure starring the titular Pepper, a seafaring soul with a passion for prospecting, and Grinder, her super-powered drilling device. Cruise through a colorfully animated world with precise movements, fluid drilling, and thrilling leaps. Chew through the world with Grinder and find new drill bits to ramp up the chaos and solve clever puzzles.

Seed of Life – August 6 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

An action-adventure puzzle game that will take you to a beautiful yet toxic world where almost all life has disappeared. There’s only one way to survive: help Cora find The Seed, an alien device capable of generating the essence of life and save your planet from annihilation. Find your way through a labyrinth like world full of mysteries, dangers, and beauty. Search for capsules and learn special abilities. Face off against alien creatures and solve challenging puzzles.

Cygni: All Guns Blazing – August 6 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

An exhilarating space shooter elevating the genre to a truly next-generation experience. An unrelenting onslaught of eye-popping visuals, ear bursting soundscapes and mind-melting action makes Cygni the vanguard for the next generation of shoot ‘em ups. Choose to route power between weapons or shield systems and go up against unrelenting waves of ground and aerial enemies. Upgrade your ship by picking up new tech and take down colossal alien bosses in visceral combat; do whatever it takes to survive.

Volgarr the Viking II – August 6 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

More than a decade after Volgarr the Viking’s chaotic, challenging debut, the barbarian king’s story continues in an uncompromising new form. Volgarr the Viking II is a hardcore, 2D action-platformer where precision is everything and one false move can spell a brutal death. While the sequel delivers the same unforgiving 1980s-arcade level of difficulty as the original, Volgarr the Viking II also (mercifully, begrudgingly) offers modern quality-of-life options such as checkpoints, save states, and an undead mode. You decide how punishing your quest should be – but now anyone can be a viking!

Eden Genesis – August 6– Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A platform game focused on fast-paced trials, quick reflexes, and a rich story by the same dev team responsible for Aeterna Noctis and Summum Aeterna. Take control of Leah, a young cyborg lady, and overcome challenging trials to liberate her corrupted mind!

Bleak Faith: Forsaken – August 6 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of civilization in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Choose a class and progress into your perfect playstyle. But remember, not every choice is reversible, so decide wisely what direction you take your character in.

Creatures of Ava – August 7

A unique creature saver game inviting you to explore a world brimming with wild beings. Instilling joy and wonder, they provide a unique bond that enables you to utilize their skills for traversing the planet and solving environmental challenges. Once peaceful creatures, they now succumb to an unknown infection driving them to behave aggressively, which makes your mission to save them an urgent necessity.

I Want To Go To Mars – August 7 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

A fun and exciting point & click story book adventure to Mars for kids and parents. Suitable for the young and the young at heart! Robyn & Teddy want to go to a place that never rains, that’s always sunny, that never runs out of sand. They want to go… to Mars! Embark on an award-winning imaginative adventure that’s perfect for the whole family. Build your rocket, pass Moon customs, dodge asteroids and collect star fuel in this short and heartwarming tale of adventure and growth.

Cattie – August 7 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Pounce with precision in feisty feline style as you journey through an old-school action platforming adventure! Get ready for platforming action of the retro kind as you take the role of a nimble kitten named Cattie! Run, jump, hop from wall to wall, crouch, pounce and swipe at enemies as you make your way through side-scrolling pixel art pixel art stages with feline precision.

The Lullaby of Life – August 7 – Optimized for Xbox Series X| S / Smart Delivery

A puzzle adventure where you encounter puzzles solved through timing-based music notes. Solve these challenges using sound waves matched in sequences of different colors and symbols. Challenge the way you think with each level featuring unique puzzles, mechanics and ambience. Awaken new companions, bring life to inert beings, and solve your way in this abstract universe!

Cat Quest III – August 8 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Get whiskered away on a hearty catventure in the third installment in the award-winning Cat Quest series! Play as a swashbuckling purrivateer in this 2.5D open-world action RPG set in a fantastical pirate-themed world – the Purribean – an archipelago swarming with Pi-rats searching for the Northern Star – a long-lost mythical treasure. Alongside your trusty spirit companion, set sail through the Purribean in your very own ship! But beware, the seas are dangerous, and a meow-tiny is nigh as the hordes of Pi-rats under the order of the Pirate King hunt you down…

SteamWorld Heist II – August 8 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Join Captain Leeway and his ragtag crew as they uncover the enigmatic menace threatening the Great Sea. Equip and upgrade your crew for turn-based gunfights packed with ricochet action and engage in real-time naval combat. Get ready to aim, plot, and plunder in this uproarious Steambot adventure!

Cultist Simulator: Initiate Edition – August 8 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories. In this roguelike narrative card game, what you find may transform you forever. Every choice you make, from moment to moment, doesn’t just advance the narrative – it also shapes it.

Deathbound – August 8 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

A one-of-a-kind party-based soulslike set in a callous world where Faith and Science clash. The forbidden city of Akratya is an unforgiving land that cannot be conquered alone. Bind with fallen warriors found throughout your crusade and dynamically transform between characters seamlessly in mid-combat with the unique 4-hero party system.

HoneyLand – August 8 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A charming puzzle with a turn-based strategy. Help Mr. Fluff to drink all the honey from HoneyLand! A paradise where the greatest honey worshipers seek to feel satisfied and happy. Who else could show up here? Yes, Mr. Fluff, a naive bear with a monstrous appetite. Help Mr.Fluff to drink all the honey, and of course, reach the fabulous honey volcano!

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime – Isekai Chronicles – August 8 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Spin a new tale of the Jura Tempest Federation together with all your favorite characters from the animated series! Relive the original story from the encounter with the Kijin to the battle against the Kingdom of Falmuth fully voiced! In addition, there are two brand new adventures from the original author for fans to enjoy!

Gravitators – August 9 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Repel a relentless alien force, travel the galaxy and deliver payloads to secure the future of mankind! Old-school challenge and style collide with modern advancements and mission design in Gravitators, a twin-stick shooter that puts you in control of 4 different ships as you defend mankind against invasion!