Did you know that there are over 300 free, largely hidden 'Creators Collection' games on Xbox? These are indie games that aren't publicised by Microsoft, and don't boast all of the same features (such as Achievements) as normal Xbox games. But they're still free, and many of them are still very playable on Xbox One - albeit with a few catches.
What is a Creators Collection game on Xbox One?
The Creators Collection was established by Microsoft in 2017 as a way to "open up development to anyone with no barriers - no traditional certification, no 'concept approval,' and no limitations." Basically, it's the wild west of the Microsoft Store, where you'll find games published by anyone, from small studios to students.
And this comes with a few catches. Firstly, some of the games were originally developed for mobile rather than Xbox, so you might run into some issues in getting a few to work. Additionally, Creators Collection games typically use the Universal Windows Platform, which asks for permission to retrieve user data when you play them - regardless of whether the developer is requesting that data or not.
That said, there are definitely some hidden gems amongst them (World of Tennis: Roaring '20s is a favourite of ours), so have a browse and see what you can find! Here's how you can locate these games on the Xbox store:
- Head to the Microsoft Store on Xbox One
- Go to 'Browse Games'
- Below the Featured section, look for a tab that says 'Creators Collection'
The 'Top Free' Creators Collection games on Xbox One
The following games are all classed as some of the 'top free' games in the Creators Collection program:
- Arcade Hysteria
- Billiards Olympics
- Block Puzzle Classic 2
- Bowling Kings Pro
- Boxing Free
- Bubble Shooter Viking Pop!
- Castle Breakout: An Escape Room
- Chess Champ
- Cricket Batter
- Croc's World (Xbox Edition)
- Croc's World 3 (Xbox Edition)
- Darts Grand Slam
- Flying Fish
- Football Olympics
- Grumpy Cars
- Hot Pursuit
- Making it Rain
- My Planet
- Offroad Master
- Omega Rally Championship (Temporarily Free)
- Penalty Kicks
- Poly Party Demo
- Ralph 3
- Selfie Games (TV)
- Solitaire HD
- Super Scooter
- World of Tennis: Roaring '20s
- Word Stacker - Word Game 2019
The rest of the 300+ free Creators Collection games on Xbox
- 2D Platformer - ZJ The Ball (Demo)
- 3 Player Battle
- 8 Ball Master
- 2048 Maniac
- Ace Wing
- A Classical Kickabout
- AG SSC Racer
- Air Climb Racing 2
- akpobatuka: arcade
- Aladdin - Hidden Objects Game
- Alien High
- American Football
- Animals Guess
- Antiquitas
- Apex Particle EX
- Apex Particle Shooter
- Apex Particle Zero
- Aqua fortis aqua valis
- Arabian Night 1001
- Asteroid Impact Game
- Attack of the Flies
- Baccarat Royale
- Backgammon Chef
- Backgamoon Free
- Back in time v2
- Barrel River
- Baseball Free
- Baseball League
- BaseballProPlay
- Basket and Ball
- Basketball Next
- Basketball Olympics
- Battleship.War
- Beatranju
- Biblical marathon
- Billiard Master
- Blackjack Solitaire
- BlastMorph: Outbreak (Demo)
- BL De-Activate Code
- Blind as a Bat
- Block Buster Maniac
- Blockman 1988
- BlockOut!
- Block Puzzle Jewels 2019
- Blockzog Neo Demo
- BlubBlub: Quest of the Blob
- Blue Dasher
- BOAA Tech Demo
- Bouncezone
- Bouncing Boxes
- Bowling Olympics
- Box Em Up!
- Brain Or No Brain
- Brain Simulator
- Bubbles Free
- Bubbles Game Antistress
- Bumper Cars Free
- Bunker Hunter X Demo
- Bushido - Battle of Blades
- Cannon Man 2
- CatStack
- Cazzarion
- Century War
- Checkers GT
- Christmas Coloring Book for Kids
- Colonial Tycoon
- Color by Numbers - Dogs
- Color Me
- Crack The Egg!
- Cricket Cupas
- Croc's World 2 (Xbox Edition)
- Croc's World Run
- Crystal Brawl
- Cuboid
- Cut Fruit With A Samurai Sword
- Cyber Lemur
- Cyi3leritas
- Deimos RPG
- Desert Quest
- Digiball
- Divenia
- Domino Blocks
- Domino Master
- Dorado
- Dragons Be Demo
- Dream Team Royale
- Drilling Chicks
- Drink 'Em Demo
- Duck. Hunt
- DUCKMAGEDDON
- Duck Shootout
- Duck Sim
- Dude Cops
- Dungeon of Doom
- Endless Zombie Tower
- End of the Earth
- Epic World Demo
- Eternal Brawl
- Eternal Hangman
- Eternal Psychomachia LITE
- Eternal Tactics Demo
- EVA: A Space Adventure
- Evicted
- FastBall2
- FeedEm
- Fidget Snipper
- Fight the Wirus
- Fill Up Brick Block
- Flappy Copter
- Flaws in the People We Love
- Flowers - Color by Numbers
- Foolish Mortals
- Fox Ninja
- Fragile Equilibrium
- Fragmented Space
- FreeCell Classic
- Free The Animation
- Frog Spit Duels
- Galactic Cat: Racing Fever
- GalactiMAX
- GameBox by Juan T. Pieterse
- Gear Maniac
- GET HEAD
- Ginko
- Glitchball
- Goalkeeper Challenge
- Gold-Miner
- Gold Chest Hunter
- Gold Rush Miner
- GoplexFPS
- Grow in the Hole
- GunMetal
- Halloween - Color by Numbers
- Halloween Slot Machine
- Hangman - Hang 'Em High
- Hangman Master
- Hearts Classic
- Helicopter Master
- Hell and Back
- Hexagon Chaos
- HextrisX
- Hidden Object Adventure
- Honeybee Hijinks
- Hungry Bob
- Hyposphere 2 Free
- I Hate Heroes
- Immersed
- Infinite War
- In Harmony
- ionAXXIA
- Jewel Fever (Xbox Edition)
- Jewel Fever 2
- Jewel Rotation (Xbox Edition)
- Jumpy Cube
- KaelynsDiary
- Kamikaze Shooter
- Kampf dem Virus
- Kattastick
- Kids Bingo
- King K Roller
- King K Roller 2
- Kitty's Adventure for Xbox One
- Kubic
- Kukaku: Block Battle
- Last 'n Furious
- Level Up
- Life Is A River
- Lighter
- LightsOut2
- Lost in That Room
- Lunar Lander 2
- Mad Ball Racer
- Mafia Man
- Mahjong Free
- Mahjong Master
- Marine War
- Marshmallow Takeover Open
- Masked memory Castle Attacker
- Master Agent
- Master Brick Breaker
- Math & Match
- Math Crusher
- MattAndZacharyBeta
- Maze Ball 3D for Xbox
- Memory Sound Touch
- Miner Block
- Mini Golf
- Minigolf Master
- Mining Farm Beta
- Mongo Madness
- My Business Empire
- My Land
- Ninja Wars
- omegaGO
- Orbital Sumo
- Pacific Wings (Xbox Edition)
- Pang Free
- Paper Hangman GR
- Passage 4 Easter Edition Live
- Passage 4 Free Live
- Pathos
- Penalty Master
- Penguin Dash!
- Piggybank Quest
- Pill Mania HD (Xbox Edition)
- PIXEL Adventure Remastered
- Platformer Catch Me
- Platform X: Fight for your Life
- POKE-3D
- POKE-GEOMETRY
- POKE-PAINT
- POKE-Puzzles
- Police runaway
- Poppy Kart
- Poppy Kart 2
- PopStar.free
- Pretty Princess Coloring Book
- Pro boxing
- Project: Summer Ice (Demo Version)
- Pursuit of Meaning
- Puzzle Break
- PuzzleU
- R3z: Arcade
- Reflect the ball
- Retro Space Game Collection
- Revenge of the Titanic
- Road Knight
- Rob (game)
- Roman Tycoon
- Rubik Me
- Rush!
- Sa11ytaire
- Sarge
- Sasquatch Quest
- Shamrock Slots
- Sheep Game
- Skeet Shoot Master
- Slinko
- Snake Free
- Snake Master
- Snow Tanks
- Soccer Power Hero
- Solitaire 40 Cars
- Solitare.Classic
- Solitare King
- Space Cat! Paint by Numbers - Dinosaurs
- Space Discoverer
- Space Goer
- Spartan Runner
- Spinner Mania
- SteerBallRace
- StellarTitles
- Stickventure
- Submarine Patrol 3D
- Sudowoodoku
- Super Duck
- SuperG Downhill Slalom
- Supernatural Super Squad Fight!
- Super US Football
- Sweet Story
- Swimming Champion
- Switch!
- Tag
- Tangram Puzzle
- Tankalot Special Demo
- Tank Hero
- Tank Wars
- TankX
- Tarmac Race
- Tatris Free
- Tea Party Dress Up
- Tennis Masters
- Tennis Olympics
- Tennis Story
- The Bible Trivia Challenge
- The Forex Game
- The Grid Platformer
- The House
- The Mosquitoes
- The Spuddy System
- The West Beta
- Tic Tac Toe
- Tic Tac Toe Game
- Tip Top Tap(er)
- Top That: Wanna Pizza Me?
- Troll Land
- Turbo Sprint
- Turbo Tank
- Turn The Clocks 4
- Turtle Trial
- Urban Ninja
- uVolley
- Venatrix
- Virus Attack
- Voracious - vector hack and slash
- Water Balloon Mania (Xbox Edition)
- What They Don't Sea
- Whispers In The Dark
- Willy J Peso Presents: Save The Trees
- Wizards Never Say Die
- Word Up Free
- WorldCup Soccer
- World Football Cup
- X Motor
- Yellow Fins HD (Xbox Edition)
- ZDQ Island Engagement
- Zipply The Circle
- Zombie Death Run
- Zombie Dungeon Crawler
- Zombie Wackers Lite
Have you tried any of these free Xbox Creators Collection games? Let us know in the comments.
Please note that some external links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale. Please read our FTC Disclosure for more information.
Comments 10
Free games š
Some of these are paid games on other platforms
If anyone gets any use out of these, please let me know! It'll make typing up that giant list worth it
I know soccer is a lot more popular outside of the US, but is it so popular that at least half of the links take me to the Penalty Kicks game?
@KilloWertz We just really want you to play Penalty Kicks
(I have no idea what happened here! Should be fixed now.)
Can't complain at free...
Downloaded Omega Rally Championship as it normally isn't free and also Jewel Fever 2..
Hopefully they are good š
I don't bother with the Creators collection because there's no online multiplayer. Also makes me miss Xbox Indies. Castleminer war was fun.
I thought the King K Rool game looked silly, but the reviews section on it is pure gold.
So are any of these any good? š
@FraserG
Iām Currently Looking / Shopping For An Xbox One
And I Heard That When Microsoft Redesigned The Xbox One Store That They Got Rid Of The Button That Took You To The Creators Collection Section And I Would Really Appreciate It If You Would Continue To Update This List In The Future You Are The Best !!!!!!
Yes like "Techington" said, they removed this from the store and I cant support devs making these games as I cant find them. Your list may be the biggest on the internet and as a game preservationist I encourage you to please update this list to the best of your ability.
Show Comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...