A busy week of new releases is hitting Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC between July 20 and July 24, 2026. This week's lineup features a mix of long-awaited fighting titles, survival games, and horror experiences, many of which support the Xbox Play Anywhere program.

Quick Facts

  • Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game launches July 23 on Xbox Series X|S.
  • The Planet Crafter joins Game Pass on July 21.
  • CULTIC arrives July 23 with all previously released expansion content.
  • Shift At Midnight hits Game Pass on July 22.

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game

PM-Studios, Inc. is bringing Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game to Xbox on July 23. The title features hand-drawn 2D animation and supports Xbox Play Anywhere and optimization for Xbox Series X|S. Players can select from 12 characters across modes including Story, Arcade, Online and Offline Versus, and an Art Gallery. The game is available as a standard release, with a Digital Deluxe Edition and a Preorder Bundle also listed on the store.

Game Pass Additions: The Planet Crafter and Shift At Midnight

Two notable titles are heading to the Game Pass library this week. The Planet Crafter, from Miju Games, releases July 21. It supports up to 8-player online co-op, tasking players with terraforming a hostile planet into a habitable world. Following that, Kwalee’s Shift At Midnight arrives on July 22. This game challenges players to manage a gas station while interrogating customers to identify human-mimicking doppelgangers.

CULTIC and Other Mid-Week Titles

The retro-style FPS CULTIC, published by Atari, Infogrames, and 3D Realms, hits the Xbox storefront on July 23. The release is comprehensive, bundling the original campaign, the Interlude, the Chapter Two expansion, all Survival maps, and the Cultmas bonus map.

Other notable releases arriving between July 21 and July 24 include:

  • Milo’s Escape (July 21): A 2D platformer set in mysterious ruins.
  • Pit Panic (July 21): A 2D roguelike platformer focused on environmental puzzles.
  • Blast’N Bounty (July 22): A vertical scrolling shoot’em up featuring retro pixel art.
  • Cyber Tank Pink (July 22): A Sokoban-style puzzle game with mechanics like shot reflections.
  • Tiny Witch (July 22): An alchemy-focused shop management game.
  • Aether Keepers (July 23): A defense game where players protect a "Core" from demons.
  • Club Soko (July 23): A game about a graffiti artist navigating a nightclub.
  • Dodo Duckie (July 23): A puzzle platformer where players switch between 2D and 3D perspectives.
  • High Times (July 23): A narrative-driven donut shop simulator.
  • Neon Depth (July 23): A platformer where environmental failure is part of the solution.
  • Pure Pool Pro (July 23): A cue sports simulator with refined AI and online play.
  • Roll Mad (July 23): A physics-driven 3D rolling platformer.
  • Vikings Pinball (July 23): A pinball-based combat game.
  • American Mafia (July 24): A cinematic crime saga spanning 35 years.
  • Anomaly Hunter: Observation Duty (July 24): A psychological horror game based on monitoring security camera feeds.
  • Bear Mage Honey Sage (July 24): A puzzle-action platformer involving magic honey blocks.
  • Brave Escape (July 24): A 2-player co-op platformer.
  • Cave Looters (July 24): A western-themed treasure-hunting platformer.
  • Meow Moments: Celebrating Frost & Flora (July 24): A cozy hidden-object adventure.
  • Space Is Crazy (July 24): A space combat game with randomized upgrades.
  • Terminal Shift (July 24): A psychological horror game set in a looping airport terminal.
  • Forever Skies Deluxe Edition (July 24): A post-apocalyptic survival game focused on airship management.