Even though Microsoft has brought some formerly exclusive games to the PlayStation and Nintendo Switch in recent years, there are still a few real exclusive titles on the Xbox. There will be several of them in the starting blocks in 2025. We'll show you what owners of the Xbox Series X/S can particularly look forward to this year.
Avowed
- Release date:February 18, 2025
- Developer:Obsidian Entertainment
is the next role-playing game from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind titles like Pentiment, The Outer Worlds and Fallout: New Vegas. The game is set in the fantasy world of Eora, which you might already know from the “Pillars of Eternity” series. Thanks to the first-person perspective and the action-packed combat system, Avowed is reminiscent of the RPG masterpiece Skyrim.
FragPunk
- Release date:March 6, 2025
- Developer:Bad Guitar
WithA fast-paced first-person hero shooter awaits PvP fans in March. The 5-on-5 matches only last about two and a half minutes and should always feel fresh thanks to the shard cards. These cards are reshuffled every round and change the game with countless modifications such as higher jumps or special ammunition types.
Winter Burrow
- Release date:2025
- Developer:Pine Creek Games
Winter Burrowis a cute and relaxed survival game in which you take on the role of a little mouse who has had enough of life in the city and returns to his childhood den. Of course, it first needs to be brought back into shape and made really comfortable with various decorative elements.
Dead Static Drive
- Release date:1st quarter 2025
- Developer:Reuben Games
is an exciting mix of the classic GTA games and supernatural survival horror. In a fictional version of the 1980s, you travel through the United States of America, which is populated by monsters. You have to equip your character, find gas for your car and sometimes learn the hard way who you can trust.
Fable
- Release date:2025
- Developer:Playground Games
15 years after the release of Fable 3, the popular role-playing game series is finally set to return in 2025. AtHowever, it is not a sequel, but a reboot that is intended to mark a new start for the series. The material shown so far suggests that Playground Games is developing a real graphic treat here.
Replaced
- Release date:2025
- Developer:Sad Cat
The 2.5D platformeris particularly noticeable because of its cinematic, futuristic pixel look. The game is about an AI that ends up in a human body against its will and has to come to terms with this new, mortal fate in a sci-fi metropolis. In addition to an exciting story, action-packed fights are also promised.
33 Immortals
- Release date:2025
- Developer:Thunder Lotus Games
The concept ofsounds pretty crazy. The title of the-Macher wants to offer the experience of MMORPG raids without being an MMORPG itself. Instead, it is more of a co-op roguelike in which up to 33 players fight together against hordes of monsters and huge bosses.
South of Midnight
- Release date:2025
- Developer:Compulsion Games
Withthe developers work atandcurrently working on a third-person action adventure. The title takes you to the deep south of the USA, where you take on the role of Hazel. The young lady is drawn into a supernatural world during a storm, where she must use her newfound magical abilities to find a new home.
More exclusives coming in 2025 or later
- Sopa
- Project: Maverick
- Harmonium The Musical
The titles presented are all announced for 2025. But there are also many other exciting exclusive games that have already been presented but do not yet have a fixed release date. In theory, these could land on the Xbox Series X/S as early as this year. Even if this is much more likely for some than for others.
Also, which Xbox exclusive are you most excited about in 2025?
