Original Xbox games on PC: 21 more arrive today, taking the library to 25

Original Xbox games on PC: what Xbox announced on November 12

Original Xbox games on PC now number 25. In a post dated November 12, 2026, Xbox Wire said that "Today, 21 more original XBOX games are coming to PC, bringing the XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC library to 25 games." The 21 new titles are available from November 12 in supported countries, according to the post by Jason Ronald, Xbox's VP of Next Generation.

The other four games arrived earlier this year. Videogames Chronicle reported on July 22, 2026 that the program launched in an early-release state with BLiNX: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge and Fuzion Frenzy. So the library grew from four games to 25 in under four months, which is more than a sixfold jump, though it is still a small slice of everything the original Xbox shipped.

The timing fits Xbox's 25th anniversary week. Xbox Wire's own roundup for November 12 lists the PC library alongside the Wolfenstein 3 confirmation and a Halo: Campaign Evolved update, so the drop is part of a larger anniversary news cycle rather than a standalone release.

The full list: 21 new original Xbox games

The new games, as listed by Xbox Wire, are Armed and Dangerous; Disney's Chicken Little; The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind; Grabbed by the Ghoulies; Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb; Red Faction II; Secret Weapons Over Normandy; Thrillville; TimeSplitters 2; and TimeSplitters: Future Perfect. The other eleven are Star Wars games.

Those eleven are Star Wars Battlefront; Star Wars Battlefront II; Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith; Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy; Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast; Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter; Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic; Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, The Sith Lords; Star Wars: Republic Commando; Star Wars: Starfighter, Special Edition; and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. More than half of the drop is one franchise.

The four earlier games stay in the library: BLiNX: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge and Fuzion Frenzy. Xbox says all four are also included with Game Pass, per the Xbox Wire list.

What you need: Windows 11, a download and possibly a purchase

The practical conditions are in the Xbox Wire post. The games need Windows 11 and a download, and the post points readers to xbox.com/game-compatibility for details. It says availability is for "select markets only" and that a "game purchase or Game Pass subscription may be required." Each game links to its own xbox.com store page, and the post lists no prices.

Only Morrowind and Grabbed by the Ghoulies are marked as also coming with Game Pass among the 21 new titles. The other 19 are not tagged that way in the post, so assume you will be buying them until the store pages say otherwise. That matters most for the Star Wars block, where a full set could add up quickly once prices appear.

Hardware requirements were published in July rather than this week. VGC's launch report lists a minimum of an Nvidia GTX 950, AMD Radeon RX 550, Intel UHD 770 or Intel Arc A310, a four-core CPU such as an Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 8GB of RAM and Windows 11. Those were the launch-day numbers for the first four games, and Xbox has not said in the November post that they changed.

Achievements arrive for four games, including both KOTOR titles

The most unusual part of the update is achievements. Original Xbox games never had them, because the system predates the Xbox 360 achievement system. VGC noted in July that "Original Xbox games have never had achievements" and that Xbox planned to add them in the coming months. Four games now have them: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Knights of the Old Republic II, BLiNX: The Time Sweeper and Conker: Live and Reloaded.

Xbox Wire says the achievements also work on Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles, and advises installing the latest system update. Some achievements may unlock based on progress you have already made. Xbox says: "We worked closely with each game's developers and publishers as we designed the achievements to make sure they fit the spirit of each title."

Only four of 25 games have them, so most of the library is still achievement-free. Xbox says more original titles will get achievements over time, with no schedule attached.

Mouse and keyboard support and what else changed

Xbox Wire says the first four games now support mouse and keyboard, with improved performance and stability. The post notes those first four were brought to PC including on handhelds such as the ROG XBOX Ally family. For a library full of first-person shooters and Star Wars action games, mouse support is a real quality-of-life change, though the post does not say whether every new title gets the same treatment.

VGC's July report listed the PC-side enhancements at launch: up to 4x internal resolution scaling, V-Sync, texture filtering and anti-aliasing. The November post does not repeat that list, so treat it as what the platform offers, not a per-game guarantee.

What this means for Xbox's PC strategy

The pattern is clear from two data points. In July, four games. In November, 21 more, with a stated promise of more to come. That is a program that is being fed on a schedule, which is a different thing from a one-off nostalgia drop.

What the post does not give is a roadmap, a count of how many original Xbox games Xbox thinks are possible, or any pricing. Those are the three things that would turn the library from a curiosity into something you plan around. Until then, 25 games is a solid start and a small part of the original Xbox catalog.

For players, the decision is simple. If you own a Windows 11 PC or an ROG Xbox Ally and love Knights of the Old Republic or TimeSplitters, this is worth checking today. If you were hoping for the whole original Xbox library, wait for the next batch.