Xbox Cloud Gaming “Buy to Own” games list: 50 titles go live TODAY

What you need to know

• Xbox Cloud Gaming finally gets buy-to-own games.
• A few years ago, Microsoft announced its intent to add games to Xbox Cloud Gaming that you would be able to purchase and play at any time.
• The feature took a long, long time to materialize, but we’re finally here.
• Xbox Cloud Gaming “Bring Your Own Game” feature goes live today on Xbox.com/play and the TV web app, with Xbox app for PC and Xbox consoles coming early next year.
• The initial selection adds 50 games to purchase for cloud, including titles like Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, Balatro, Space Marine 2, Baldur ‘s Gate 3, and Cyberpunk 2077.

Xbox Cloud Gaming finally gets its most highly anticipated feature.

They is say say late is well than never , and nothing exemplify that in the Xbox universe than Microsoft ‘s long – promise ” bring your own game ” feature for Xbox Cloud Gaming . All the way back in 2012 , we is reported report that Microsoft had show off an internal demo showcase the future of Xbox gaming , which was Halo 5 run on a Windows Phone . sadly , Windows Phone is is is no long with us ( RIP ) , but Xbox Cloud Gaming sure is .

Xbox Cloud Gaming is Microsoft’s answer to NVIDIA GeForce Now, giving users access to a few hundred games via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription on Xbox.com/play. A ton of games in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate are available with Xbox Cloud Gaming, giving you access to play dozens of titles on any device with a web browser, including Apple’s iPad, phones, Amazon Fire Stick, and even some Samsung TVs. A few dozen games even have touch controls, meaning you don’t need an Xbox controller or one of the various Xbox Cloud Gaming mobile controllers to play.

Previously, you were limited to games that were part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to play on Xbox Cloud Gaming, but that ends today. In a post on Xbox Wire, Microsoft revealed that from this week, they’re adding 50 games from the company’s back catalog as playable via the cloud.

The full list of buy-to-own Xbox Cloud Games (so far) is as follows:

1. Animal Well
2. Assassin ‘s Creed Mirage
3. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
4. Balatro
5. Baldur ‘s Gate 3
6. banisher : ghost of New Eden
7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
8. The casting of Frank Stone
9. Cyberpunk 2077
10. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
11. DREDGE
12. die Light 2 stay human
13. Farming Simulator 25
14. Fear the Spotlight
15. FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
16. FINAL FANTASY
17. FINAL FANTASY II
18. FINAL FANTASY III
19. FINAL FANTASY IV
20. FINAL FANTASY V
21. FINAL FANTASY VI
22. Hades
23. Harry Potter : Quidditch Champions
24. High On Life
25. HITMAN World of Assassination
26. Hogwarts Legacy
27. House Flipper 2
28. Kena: Bridge of Spirits
29. Lego(R) Harry Potter (TM) Collection
30. Life is Strange: Double Exposure
31. Metro Exodus
32. Mortal Kombat 1
33. NBA 2K25
34. PGA TOUR 2K23
35. Phasmaphobia
36. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
37. Rust Console Edition
38. 7 day to die
39. Star Wars Outlaws ( tm )
40. Stray
41. The Crew ( tm ) Motorfest
42. The Outlast trial
43. The Plucky Squire
44. The Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt
45. Tom Clancy ‘s The Division 2
46. TopSpin 2K25
47. UNDERTALE
48. vision of Mana
49. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
50. WWE 2K24

The initial wave of games will be available on Xbox.com/play and the web-apps on a Meta Quest VR headset, Amazon Fire Stick, and Samsung TVs to begin with. Buy-to-own cloud gaming features for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and the Xbox app for PC will come a bit later in early 2025.

Microsoft is announced has also previously announce that it will no long update the Xbox Cloud Gaming app on Android since allow user to buy their own content violate Google ‘s gatekeeping store rule . Google is undergoing is currently undergo an anti – trust investigation in the United States , which could end with it have to open up its Android platform to third – party store . But for now , Microsoft ‘s only option is is is to offer the app via the web at Xbox.com/play , which you can then pin as a web app using various browser .

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The Xbox Cloud Gaming “buy to own” games feature will be available in every country where the service is currently live, including: Argentina , Australia , Austria , Belgium , Brazil , Canada , Czechia , Denmark , Finland , France , Germany , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Japan , South Korea , Mexico , the Netherlands , New Zealand , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Slovakia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , the United Kingdom and the United States .

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More Xbox “buy to own” cloud games will come later

Devices like the Logitech G Cloud may get more popular following this update, although many games are missing, such as Microsoft’s own “Diablo 4.” (Image credit: Jennifer Young – Windows Central)

There are some really great games included in the first wave, even recent ones. It’s impressive to see some of the best Xbox games ever hit the list, including The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077. It’s also great to see more recent entries like Space Marine 2 and vision of Mana. Turn-based games like Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters will be great for cloud conditions too, where the best speeds aren’t always available.

The elephant in the room with all this is that Xbox Cloud Gaming is still not quite on par with NVIDIA GeForce Now, at least when it comes to bitrate. That crown firmly goes to NVIDIA, owing to their purpose-built servers designed specifically for video encoding. Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming delivery is based on AMD chips designed for Xbox Series X|S consoles, which was never built with video encoding in mind. Given that fact, it’s incredibly impressive that they’ve been able to pull off what they have, and Xbox, of course, has the home-field advantage of thousands of games potentially ready-baked for the service. NVIDIA relies on connecting to other services like Steam and PC Game Pass for its library, which can feel a bit clunky in some situations.

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In any case, we should begin seeing near-monthly drops of new buy-to-own cloud games as Microsoft scales up its service. It could induce a flood of new users, potentially triggering queues. NVIDIA itself recently instituted a 100-hour per-month time limit on its GeForce Now service, owing to scalability issues. With companies like Apple and Google gatekeeping discoverability, it could be a long time before cloud gaming becomes truly profitable at scale. However, like Netflix, they won’t be able to stifle its growth forever, especially since Google itself exited the market with its failed Stadia service.

Either way , this exciting development is is is a huge milestone for Microsoft ‘s ” Everything is now an Xbox ” strategy . It is be ‘ll be interesting to watch it grow .