Xbox reveals eight indie titles joining Game Pass

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Xbox revealed on Oct. 20, 2026, during the ID@Xbox x IGN showcase that eight indie games will join Game Pass. Danielle Partis of Xbox said, “We’ve just wrapped up another fantastic ID@XBOX and IGN Showcase.” The lineup spans platformers, deckbuilders, RPGs, and cooperative games, with select titles also supporting Xbox One and Xbox Play Anywhere.

Scramble Knights Online, an MMO-lite action RPG set in the shared online kingdom of Terracott, launches on Oct. 26, 2026 on Xbox Series X|S and PC with day-one Game Pass access, inviting players to team up for cooperative combat. Mouthwashing, a horror adventure following the five crew members of the stranded ship Tulpar in perpetual sunset where God is not watching, is set to arrive on Oct. 29, 2026 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC; publisher Critical Reflex confirmed the release date, and the title was a surprise addition absent from Microsoft’s earlier Game Pass roundup for October. A Game About Digging A Hole Together, a cooperative beach-digging game for up to four friends, will launch on Dec. 4, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, and PC, and will also be available on Game Pass; players dig together, collect and sell resources, upgrade equipment, and search for promised treasure buried beneath the sand, and it is the multiplayer sequel to the 2025 viral hit A Game About Digging a Hole. All three titles will be available on Xbox Series X|S and PC, with Mouthwashing also supporting Xbox One.

Five of the eight titles are scheduled for 2027, opening with Croak, a platformer where players control a frog prince using a tongue grapple and pinball bounce to reach the Witch’s Banquet; each world has its own boss, hidden collectibles, and unique traversal ability, and the game includes an online speedrunning leaderboard. Croak launches in March 2027 on Xbox Series X|S and PC with day-one Game Pass and supports Xbox Play Anywhere. Drill Keeper combines roguelike deckbuilding with siege defense, sending players across the galaxy to build fortresses around mining operations on destructible planets; players design labyrinthine pathways and traps to stall enemies, develop card synergies, manage resources, and experiment with heroes and factions. It is scheduled for Summer 2027 on Xbox Series X|S and PC, though GamesSchedule cautioned that the showcase announcement specifically lists PC, so console availability should not be assumed from the Game Pass branding alone.

Mr Magpie’s Harmless Card Game, a corporate horror deckbuilder featuring a deranged puppet voiced by Matt Mercer, is set for Early 2027 on Xbox Series X|S and PC with day-one Game Pass; players gamble their lives for cash, strategically flip cards, stack decks, maximize synergies, and climb the company ladder while avoiding murderous Jerry cards. Red Kiss, a tactical narrative RPG from the team behind Herald: The Interactive Period Drama, tasks players with dispatching vampire spies through Cold War Berlin, gaining trust and manipulating powers; the house leader Daddy introduces the team alongside the resurrected Fritz. It launches in 2027 on Xbox Series X|S and PC with day-one Game Pass and Xbox Play Anywhere support. No, I’m Not A Human, a game about End of Times paranoia where players stay inside, lock doors, close blinds, and eliminate all Visitors, is also coming in 2027 to Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass, with Xbox One compatibility.

Earlier in October 2026, Microsoft added nine new games to Game Pass, including Battlefield 6 and Neon Abyss 2, and Scramble Knights Online appears in both the ID@Xbox showcase Game Pass announcements and the separate October 21–November 3 Game Pass wave. That wave includes Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted, Sandustry, Dodo Duckie, The Séance of Blake Manor, Terrible Lizards, and Pit of Goblin, and Scramble Knights Online appears in both lists, so combining the two totals would overcount distinct games. Microsoft also announced a World of Tanks Modern Armor XP Stock bundle for Game Pass members on Nov. 3, 2026, containing 20 Enhanced Repair Kits, 20 Enhanced Med Kits, and 20 Automatic Fire Suppressors, and a The Finals Welcome Pack with 500 Multibucks, a 25% bonus XP boost, and the Pretty Hostile cosmetics set. Arctic Eggs, a separate title, became available for purchase on Xbox Series X|S on Oct. 20, 2026, but is not part of the eight-game Game Pass lineup.