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Next Week on Xbox: New Games for April 21 to 25
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April 18, 2025Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!
FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves
SNK CORPORATION
☆☆☆☆☆ 1
★★★★★
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Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves – Special Edition – April 21 with Pre-Order, April 24 Release Date
After 26 years, Fatal Fury is back! Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves features a unique art style that stimulates the senses, an innovative REV system that supercharges the excitement, plus a host of other battle systems even more robust than before. The game also breathes new life into the series by introducing two distinct control schemes as well as other fresh features and elements. Pre-order now to play from April 21 – full release date is April 24.
Steel Seed
ESDigital Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Steel Seed – April 22
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Steel Seed is a stealth-action adventure set in a dark sci-fi world on the brink of extinction. Play as Zoe and her drone Koby as they explore a hostile underground facility. Uncover secrets, survive dangers, search for answers, and humanity’s last hope.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Post Trauma – April 22
Post Trauma is a modern interpretation of genre-defining survival horror classics. As you venture deeper into the unknown, you’ll strive to solve the mysteries of your unfamiliar surroundings, hoping to discover hidden truths while trying to stay alive. Players will explore a terrifying, twisted reality that constantly unsettles as its story shifts and unravels.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Sunderfolk – April 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Rediscover Game Night with the magic of Sunderfolk, a shared turn-based tactical RPG adventure where your mobile device becomes the controller. Built with a couch co-op experience in mind, up to four players adventure through the magical and dangerous Sunderlands.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Once Upon a Puppet – April 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Welcome to Once Upon a Puppet, a 2.5D puzzle-platformer that unfolds within a vibrant world of theater. Take part in a magical tale that combines classic platforming with puppet-inspired gameplay, in a captivating story of friendship, self-discovery, and redemption. Unwittingly bound together by spool and thread, Drev and Nieve reluctantly embark on a quest to reclaim their place in the theater, against a heartbroken King.
Oppidum
EP Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$29.99
Pre-order
Oppidum – April 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Oppidum is a survival adventure driven by its story, for 1 to 4 players. The fate of a marvelous world depends on you. Will you live up to the challenge? Explore the land of Insule, discover every resource it has to offer and collect it to craft your equipment in classic survival-crafting fashion.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Viking Heroes V Collector’s Edition – April 23
Embark on a festive journey as the vikings prepare for Yule! Amidst enchanting festivities, the Viking siblings discover Odin has lost control over the threads of fate, prompting a mysterious journey throughout the famous realms of the nine worlds. It is up to you to help the vikings confront mystical challenges, unveil the truth of their surroundings and rediscover the lost Rune of Balance.
Golden Rails: Valuable Package Collector's Edition
Ocean Media
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Golden Rails: Valuable Package Collector’s Edition – April 23
An exciting new adventure in the world of mail delivery! After being chased by bandits and losing some valuable packages, postman Philip turns to his new friends, Jack and Jill, for help in delivering all the remaining packages to their rightful owners.
Hegzis
Eastasiasoft Limited
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Hegzis – April 23
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Master the hex grid as you puzzle through colorfully chill stages, clearing lines and strategically using tools to assist! Put your brain to the test across dozens of unique challenges in Hegzis, a chill hex-grid puzzle game presented in colorful 2D style! Select a stage from Serene Beach, Whispering Forest and more, then progress through multiple levels in each world.
Out of Moves Xbox + Windows Bundle
Afil Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Out of Moves – April 23
In a world of mysterious mazes, every move could mean the difference between glory and defeat. With limited moves, you must carefully plan each step to reach the jewel before time runs out. But beware! The path is filled with deadly dangers—sharp spikes, tricky arrows, and strategic teleporters that can either be your salvation or your downfall.
Cooking
©RedDeer.Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Cooking – April 23
Run your own restaurant and prepare the most iconic Japanese dishes and traditional drinks. Take orders, prepare meals, decorate your restaurant and develop your cooking skills each day.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Kepler Interactive
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$49.99
Pre-order
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – April 24
Game Pass / Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere
Play day one with Game Pass. A ground-breaking turn-based RPG with unique real-time mechanics, making battles more immersive and addictive than ever. Explore a fantasy world inspired by Belle Époque France in which you battle devastating enemies. Purchase the Deluxe Edition or Deluxe Edition Upgrade for bonus cosmetics.
Amerzone – The Explorer's Legacy
Microids
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$39.99
Pre-order
Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy – April 24
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Play Anywhere
First released in 1999, Amerzone is a legend in the adventure game genre. This remake naturally pays tribute to the original game, but also offers a totally new experience of it. As a young journalist, you’ve been entrusted with a crucial mission: to cross the globe and reach the heart of a mysterious, faraway land. Your goal is to bring back the last egg of the mythical “Great White Birds” – will you manage to discover the sinister secret hidden behind the mystery?
ANNIE:Last Hope
NiuGamer
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$24.99
Pre-order
Annie: Last Hope – April 24
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
An HD voxel top-down shooting game set in the 1990s. After a sudden invasion of unknown creatures, Annie is separated from her fiancé and embarks on a perilous journey to find him. Grab your weapon and fight through relentless waves of monsters in a world overrun by the infected. Experience intense and action-packed shooting gameplay!
9th Dawn Remake
Valorware LTD
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$15.99
Pre-order
9th Dawn Remake – April 24
A massive open world RPG bursting with dungeon-crawling adventure. The game has been lovingly re-created based on the original 9th Dawn game released in 2012 … which spawned the 9th Dawn series you know and love! Play in single-player mode, or with a friend with Online or Local co-op modes! Experience a vast world filled with huge new dungeons, hordes of monsters, and ridiculous amounts of loot!
NanoApostle
PQube
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$19.99 $17.99
Pre-order
NanoApostle – April 24
Deep within the bowels of a shadowy research facility, Anita, a girl birthed from experimental procedures, is implanted with the sentient nanomechanical entity known as ‘Apostle’. Working together with her nanite allies Anita must defeat a series of dangerous prototype bio-weapons as she searches for a way to break free from her nightmarish prison.
Deep Deep Deep Nightmare
QUByte Interactive
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Deep Deep Deep Nightmare – April 24
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Deep Deep Deep Nightmare is a 2D Top Down Shooter. A little boy didn’t listen to his mother’s warnings that eating too much at night would cause nightmares. Now, he must face hordes of monsters and defeat the nightmare bosses to escape.
Paper Dash – Las Vegas
EpiXR Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$4.99
Pre-order
Paper Dash: Las Vegas – April 25
Jump into Paper Dash – Las Vegas, where your paper plane takes flight through the dazzling lights and vibrant nights of the city that never sleeps. Fly, glide, dash, scare away ghosts, and enjoy a peaceful journey, facing the ghosts of greed in exciting, relaxing, and jaw-dropping environments.
Pacify
Hitchcock Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$4.99
Pre-order
Pacify – April 25
Pacify, weaken and capture supernatural monsters in this fun co-op horror. You just signed on with Paranormal Activity Helpers Incorporated. Yeah, sounds corny, but the pay is great. They say you won’t ever be in any real danger, and they have tons of work right now. Start helping today!
Survivalist: Invisible Strain
Ginormocorp Incorporated
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Survivalist: Invisible Strain – April 25
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
It’s been ten years since the pandemic began. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one after another, for unknown reasons. As another refugee, you’re here to carve out a new life for yourself by any means necessary. You can recruit other survivors by making them like you, or respect you, or fear you. You’ll need to keep them fed, keep them warm, and build a settlement to keep them safe from zombies, looters, and whatever else is out there. Use negotiation, friendship, violence, stealth or trickery to achieve your objectives.
Sky Revolver
ChiliDog Interactive
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$6.99
Pre-order
Sky Revolver – April 25
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Take control of the last remaining fighter in the war against the Empire. In this classic vertical-scroll shoot ’em up, you must break through enemy squadrons and destroy the fleet’s command to turn the tide of battle.
EcoGnomix
Untold Tales
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Get it now
Xbox One X Enhanced
EcoGnomix – April 25
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
A quirky combination of roguelite and city builder mixed into one! Sitting atop a vast network of mystical caves is your little gnome village. Send out your team of gnomes on rogue-lite runs to bring back resources so you can expand your tiny kingdom. As you grow your village, you’ll unlock new abilities, uncover new biomes, and take on bizarre creatures and extraordinary vegetation lurking underground.
The Fairy's Secret
Ratalaika Games S.L.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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The Fairy’s Secret – April 25
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Two years have passed since the events of The Fairy’s Song, and Marnie has been happily living together with her adorable girlfriend, Lisbeth. Marnie is worried about her grandmother, Iris, who lives in the small, scenic village of Fenchapel. Soon events take a turn for the complicated when they run into a familiar face in Iris’s garden. Edmund, the vengeful knight, has returned seemingly from beyond the grave to deliver a grim and alarming message.
Akinakes
Phoenix Reborn Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
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Akinakes – April 25
A fast-paced shoot ’em up game where you pilot a powerful ship through vibrant levels, collect upgrades to enhance your firepower, and take on epic boss battles. Immerse yourself in beautiful pixel art graphics and an energetic soundtrack.
AMAZE!
QubicGames S.A.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$4.99 $3.99
Pre-order
Amaze! – April 25
Xbox Play Anywhere
Let’s pop & move the ball and paint – you’ve got to color and paint your way across the Amaze maze puzzles. Amaze gets harder as you play. Painting the maze puzzles sounds easy, but you have to be super strategic to color and fill every square. Let’s pop this maze with color!
Gnomes and Knights
Samustai LTD
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Get it now
Gnomes and Knights – April 25
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of a gloomy medieval dark fantasy and try to find all the gnomes. Meet various characters on your way and try to figure out what happened to this damned world that you yourself (in fact, we) created.
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