Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for January 12-16! It's still a quiet time for big new releases at the moment, but we've got plenty of indie goodness on the way, along with two new Xbox Game Pass titles including Star Wars Outlaws!

Here's what's coming to Xbox next week:

New Xbox Releases (January 12-16)

  • Bus Driving Simulator: EVO (January 12): "Get behind the wheel and become a professional bus driver! This amazing bus simulator will allow you to transport passengers across three different cities (Rio de Janeiro, Munich and Los Angeles) using various bus models with realistic physics and graphics."
  • Loan Shark (January 13): "You’re an indebted angler, trapped in a vicious cycle of borrowing and desperation. One dark, endless night at sea you haul up something unnatural: a talking fish named Cagliuso. It promises you riches — but its bargains come with terrifying strings."
  • SimRail - The Railway Simulator (January 13): "SimRail is a new era of railway simulators. Realistic driving physics, the environment generated on the basis of geodetic data and an extensive multi-player mode are just some of the elements that game includes."
  • Tavern Manager Simulator (January 13): "Tavern Manager Simulator is an exciting process of rebuilding, expanding and improving a tavern. Take different approaches to running an establishment and meet the challenges of the outside world to create your own unique story."
  • Bob the Brick Breaker (January 14): "A game inspired by old arcade games, where waves of bricks make the climb to the top increasingly difficult. Adding to the challenge are minions and bosses, who will put us to the test."
  • Cats Around Us: Giant Cat (January 14): "A giant cat has made an (otherwise) peaceful village its napping spot! Can you find all the hidden cats scattered around the chaos?"
  • Direction Quad (January 14): "Hop your way through the dangerous swamps as you face the trials of your master the Wise Toad! Direction Quad is a 2D action-adventure presented in top-down pixel art style."
  • Ninja Nightfall (January 14): "Ninja Nightfall is a fast-paced platformer where you are the last silent guardian—an elite ninja battling a city overrun by hostile AI."
  • The Last Case of John Morley (January 14): "The Last Case of John Morley is a first-person narrative adventure set in the 1940s. You play as an experienced detective faced with a case long buried by time."
  • CASSETTE BOY (January 15): "At first glance Cassette Boy looks like a charming pixel-style adventure, but beneath the surface lies something far more complex. What seems like a flat 2D pixel world is in fact a three-dimensional space. By rotating the environment, the boundaries of existence shift. What comes into view becomes real, and what slips away from sight fades into nothingness."
  • Disco Simulator (January 15): "Disco Simulator is a tycoon game focused on managing your own nightclub. Start from scratch, build walls, arrange furniture, hire staff, plan events, and invite artists to perform on stage."
  • DreadOut Remastered Collection (January 15): "DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone and an SLR camera, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate."
  • Dreamscapes – Nightmare’s Heir (January 15): "Explore haunting dreamscapes, solve intriguing puzzles, and face the shadows before the Sandman claims his next heir."
  • God bless, or Goddess (January 15): "They say the path to immortality is paved with hardship. But in your case, this hardship happened to take the form of seven dangerously beautiful women."
  • KEJORA (January 15): "When Kejora realizes that her peaceful village has been reliving the same day over and over, she and her friends seek out to try and uncover the origin of the mysterious time loop cursed on her village."
  • Mel the Space Cat (January 15): "In Mel The Space Cat, you’ll guide Mel, a courageous cosmic cat traveling across alien planets in search of safety even if that means escaping from energy traps, laser cannons, hazardous landscapes, and the mysterious alien Theo!"
  • Apartment No 129 (January 16): "Emir, who creates content about mysterious events on social media, takes a solitary step into the abandoned building known as "Apartment No. 129" to trace the trail of a paranormal event that occurred in 2009 and shook the entire country. However, Emir will find himself in an unexpected confrontation within this cursed apartment."
  • Baking Time (January 16): "Stack all kinds of mouth-watering baked goods, from croissants to cookie hearts and everything in between!"
  • Battle Puzzle 2048 - Queens of the Abyss (January 16): "Battle Puzzle 2048 - Queens of the Abyss brings a spellbinding twist to the classic 2048 puzzle game! Slide tiles to combine matching numbers, build powerful combos, and take on a colorful array of supernatural foes."
  • BrokenLore: Unfollow (January 16): "BrokenLore: Unfollow is a first-person psychological horror game that dives into the dark side of social media and its effect on mental health."
  • Grimoire of Dominance (January 16): "In this 2D action-platformer, your magic comes from dominance. You are what you defeat."
  • Milo’s Dream (January 16): "Milo is a very brave, smart, and playful dog! Only he can defeat the cruel King Big Flea and his evil henchmen who are terrorizing the fairy kingdom."
  • Neural Requiem (January 16): "With only steel and firepower at his side, John must march through hostile strongholds, confront merciless AI champions, and take the fight straight to the heart of the machine."
  • Super Farming Boy (January 16): "Super Farming Boy is an exciting mix of action, puzzle, and farming sim, heavily relying on chain reactions and combos."
  • Zumba - Marble Candy Rush (January 16): "Zumba – Marble Candy Rush invites you into a delectable marble-shooter kingdom ruled by the Candy King! Select a level, aim your candy-cannon mouth, and fire to match three or more identical candy marbles before they spill past the sugar gate."

Xbox Game Pass Titles

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