New Xbox games next week: 50 releases from October 26 to 30, and which are on Game Pass

New Xbox games next week: the full shape of October 26 to 30

If you are asking what the new Xbox games next week are, the short answer is 50, according to Xbox Wire's weekly Next Week on XBOX list published on October 23, 2026. The feature covers games coming to Xbox Series X|S for the five days from Monday October 26 to Friday October 30, and it carries the standing caveat that release dates are subject to change.

The spread is very uneven. By our count of the page, Monday October 26 has 3 releases, Tuesday October 27 has 9, Wednesday October 28 has 9, Thursday October 29 has 20 and Friday October 30 has 9. That Thursday pile-up is the story of the week: 20 of the 50 games land on a single day, and most of them are small, priced-to-clear indie and simulation releases rather than blockbusters. It is a useful reminder that a long list is not the same as a strong week.

One caution on method. The page tags each game with labels such as Game Pass, Xbox Play Anywhere, Smart Delivery and Pre-order, but it does not list platforms game by game and it does not explain what each tag means. We report only what the page states and say so where it is silent.

Which of the new Xbox games next week are on Game Pass

Only three titles carry a Game Pass tag on the page. Scramble Knights Online arrives on Monday October 26 as a Game Preview, which Xbox Wire describes as an MMO-lite adventure with short, Zelda-style quests for play with friends across an archipelago of enemies, towns and dungeons. The Seance of Blake Manor follows on Tuesday October 27, and Terrible Lizards lands on Thursday October 29.

The Seance of Blake Manor is a detective game. Xbox Wire's description opens: "It is October 28th, 1897, and Private Investigator Declan Ward arrives at Blake Manor to find a missing woman." You question suspects, log evidence in a journal and confront them once you have deduced the truth. Terrible Lizards is set in 1992 New Mexico at Dalton's Dinos, which Xbox Wire calls the once must-see Route 66 roadside attraction; the staff have vanished, a voice begs for help finding a missing child and your car has died far from help.

The page does not say whether any of these three are day-one Game Pass additions or limited to a particular tier, and we have not seen a separate Game Pass announcement for them, so check the Game Pass app before assuming a tier. For the wider October picture, see our Game Pass October 2026 rundown.

The horror and mystery cluster: Mouthwashing, Remothered and The Last Case

Spooky season shows up clearly in the lineup. Mouthwashing arrives on October 29 with a $12.99 pre-order price on the page, and Xbox Wire describes it as "a first-person horror game following the dying crew of a shipwrecked space freighter," in which the captain survives, maimed and unable to speak, and is now at the crew's mercy. We cover the wider launch separately in our Mouthwashing release date guide.

Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy is out October 27 and, per Xbox Wire, is the trilogy's final chapter: "Your daughter has been kidnapped," and you enter a nightmare to rescue her while evading what hunts you. The Last Case, on October 28 at a pre-order price of $7.99 down from $9.99, casts you as a police officer investigating the disappearance of children, with the case recorded on a body camera and reviewed at the station to train rookies.

The page also lists The Wolf Among Us Remastered on October 29, which we have already covered in detail. The point for readers is volume: five or more horror or mystery games in one week is rare enough that a Halloween weekend backlog is realistic, especially at these prices.

Action, shooters and simulation: SULFUR, Queen's Domain and Hunting Simulator 3

SULFUR, out October 28, is the pick for players who want something mechanical. Xbox Wire calls it "a roguelike FPS with fast-paced gunplay, cooking mechanics, and hard choices": you explore hostile zones, modify weapons, stash valuables and cook meals to survive. The page tags it Smart Delivery, so one purchase should cover supported Xbox generations, though the page does not spell that out.

Queen's Domain, on October 30, is described as "a retro-fantasy action RPG" in which you wash up on the Isle of Neasied, search for your father and use the Holy Sword Endu to fly between platforms. Its pre-order price is $16.99, down from $19.99. Hunting Simulator 3 lands October 29 at $49.99 for pre-order, with hunts across Colorado and Texas and a system called SimFauna in which animals react to you and age, reproduce and behave realistically in dynamic weather.

Farming Simulator 25: Beans & Alpacas Edition arrives October 27. It pairs the main game with the Beans & Alpacas Expansion, centred on Catuai, a South America inspired region of coffee plantations and red soil. The pre-order price is $47.99, down from $59.99, a $12 saving that is the largest cash discount visible on the page.

Family and kids picks: Dog Man, The Cat in the Hat and Scramble Knights

Families get a surprisingly full slate. Dog Man: Bark in Action arrives October 27 and, per Xbox Wire, has Dog Man and his Supa Buddies facing Dr. Scum, who is mind-controlling townsfolk with Hypno Screens, using 10 characters with unique powers. The Cat in the Hat: Rainy Day Mayhem follows on October 29 at $39.99 for pre-order, with a playable cast of Sally, Johnny, Thing 1, Thing 2 and Little Cat A, with the Cat and Fish helping out.

Scramble Knights Online, as a Game Preview with a Game Pass tag, is the most obviously social option for a family or friend group. Game Preview means an early, unfinished build, so expect change and rough edges. PAO PAO, also a Game Preview on October 26, carries no Game Pass tag on the page.

If you are buying for children, note that the page gives no age ratings. Check the Xbox Store listing for each game before purchase, especially because the horror titles above share the same weekly list.

What the pre-order discounts and tags mean for buyers

Several games show a struck-through price next to a lower one: Queen's Domain ($19.99 to $16.99), Farming Simulator 25: Beans & Alpacas Edition ($59.99 to $47.99), Joe & Mac Retro Collection ($19.99 to $17.99), Train Yard Builder ($19.99 to $17.99), The Transference ($12.49 to $9.99), Candy Shop Simulator ($9.99 to $8.99), Corner Shop: NightShift ($19.99 to $17.99) and Pinballoid Crush ($11.99 to $9.59). The page does not explain these discounts, so read them as store-listed pre-order prices rather than a guaranteed launch sale.

Xbox Play Anywhere, which appears on titles such as The Seance of Blake Manor, Mouthwashing and Remothered, is the label that matters most to PC owners, since it indicates the game is listed for both Xbox and PC. Smart Delivery, on games such as SULFUR and Dog Man: Bark in Action, signals a single purchase covering more than one supported console generation.

Prices shown are in US dollars on the US page. Prices elsewhere will differ, and several games, including Ayasa: Shadows of Silence and PAO PAO, show no price on the page at all.

What to play first, and the caveats

If you only have time for a few, the lineup suggests a simple order. Start with Terrible Lizards or The Seance of Blake Manor if you want something on Game Pass, Mouthwashing for a cheap, short horror hit at $12.99, and SULFUR if you want a roguelike with real mechanical depth. Those are editorial suggestions from the descriptions, not hands-on verdicts: we have not played these builds and this is not a review.

The caveats are worth stating plainly. Release dates are subject to change, Game Preview titles are unfinished, and a Game Pass tag on a weekly list is not a substitute for Microsoft's own Game Pass announcement. Xbox Wire's weekly feature is a vendor source that lists what publishers have submitted, so it tells you what is coming, not what is good.

We will update this piece if Xbox Wire revises the list. Until then, treat the October 29 pile-up as the week's main fact: 20 releases in a day is a lot of noise, and the best use of the list is to pick two or three and ignore the rest.