The team behind Disco Elysium drops its spy RPG on Xbox, Game Pass picks up a co-op base builder, a goblin dungeon crawler, a speed shooter and a puzzle sequel, and Football Manager 27 opens early access on PC.
Next week is a quiet one for blockbusters, but it is loaded for Game Pass members and for anyone who likes to dig for a hidden gem. Xbox laid out every new game coming November 2 to 6 in its weekly Next Week on XBOX post, and we pulled out everything you need right here. Xbox notes release dates are subject to change.
Xbox WireNext Week on Xbox: New Games for November 2 to 6news.xbox.com, Oct 30, 2026What you need to know
- The big one: ZERO PARADES: Director’s Cut from ZA/UM, the creators of Disco Elysium, lands November 3 with Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Coming to Game Pass: GRAVHOUNDS (Game Preview, Nov 2), PIT OF GOBLIN (Nov 3), Football Manager 27 PC Early Access (Nov 3), VOID/BREAKER 1.0 (Nov 4) and Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School (Nov 5).
- Xbox Play Anywhere titles in the list mean you buy once and play on Xbox console and PC: ZERO PARADES, GRAVHOUNDS, PIT OF GOBLIN, Hidden Cats in Beijing, Outbreak: Dead City, GeoJelly, Hasbro Games Junior Collection, MANIC MINER, The Slormancer, Chicken Invaders Collection, Ice Cream Simulator, SEEK and Shelterra the Skyworld.
- Same week: Modern Warfare 4 and Warzone Season 1 also hit on November 6. Here’s everything coming in Season 1.
The Game Pass games
GRAVHOUNDS (Game Preview): Monday, November 2 (Octopus Panic, Inc)
- A 1 to 4 player co-op action builder. Drop onto hostile planets as a pack, build and defend a base in physics-driven chaos, then extract with everything you can carry. Xbox Wire’s pitch: “The longer you stay, the greater the danger… and the rewards.”
- Game Pass and Xbox Play Anywhere.
PIT OF GOBLIN: Tuesday, November 3 (Friendly Foe, Bright Gambit)
- A co-op dungeon crawl where you play the lowest of the low, diving into crypts, caverns and ghost-infested ruins to feed the King Queen’s “bottomless gut,” and you can drag your goblin buddies along.
- Game Pass and Xbox Play Anywhere.
Football Manager 27 (PC Early Access): Tuesday, November 3 (SEGA)
- Per Xbox Wire, pre-orders on PC, Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass get early access starting November 3. SEGA bills FM27 as “an evolved, easier to navigate experience.”
- Game Pass.
VOID/BREAKER (1.0): Wednesday, November 4 (Playstack)
- Leaves Game Preview for its full 1.0 release. You are a prisoner of a hostile AI, forced to fight, die and repeat, with fast movement-heavy gunfights. Xbox Wire sells it on “pure velocity.”
- Game Pass.
Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School: Thursday, November 5 (iam8bit Presents)
- The escape-room puzzle sequel. A new campus, new puzzle rooms and a conspiracy “as old as the school itself.” Play solo or in online or local co-op.
- Game Pass. Listed at $19.99 to pre-order on the Xbox Store.
Every other new game, day by day
Tuesday, November 3
- ZERO PARADES: Director’s Cut (ZA/UM): an espionage RPG from the creators of Disco Elysium. You play a brilliant but tormented operant on one final assignment who has to rebuild a broken network and untangle a web of lies. Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Bowling Alley Simulator (Vulcron): build and run your own alley, lanes to burgers. $14.99 pre-order.
- Kitties on Planets (Afil Games): a puzzle game with two astronaut cats.
Wednesday, November 4
- Kingdom of Night (DANGEN Entertainment): an ’80s-inspired isometric action RPG mixing coming-of-age drama with cosmic horror, as a cult unleashes Baphomet on a small Arizona town. Pre-order listed at $17.99, down from $19.99.
- The End of the Sun (The End of the Sun Forge): a first-person mystery adventure in a Slavic fantasy world with time travel through bonfires.
- Outbreak: Dead City (Eastasiasoft): a low-poly narrative zombie FPS. Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- We are Eva (Alchemy Games): a 2D platformer where you play across multiple dimensions at once. Smart Delivery.
- Hidden Cats in Beijing (Silesia Games): find 700+ hidden cats. Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Honey Route (Tribus Games Indie): a hexagon path puzzle in a beehive.
Thursday, November 5
- The Slormancer (Plug In Digital / Abiding Bridge): a 2D action RPG dungeon crawler with Knight, Huntress and Mage classes and hundreds of abilities. $24.99 pre-order, Xbox Play Anywhere.
- MANIC MINER (BBG Entertainment): a reimagined reboot of the 1983 platformer, authorized by original developer Matthew Smith, with modern graphics and history extras. Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Dark Alley (JanduSoft): a cinematic detective adventure set in Kyoto, 2012. $12.49 pre-order.
- Next of Kin: Epiphany (Spelkväll Games): hunt “The Epiphany Killer” as private detective Dennis Monroe. $9.99 pre-order.
- Cat-Astrophy (Pdpartid@games): a space action roguelite. Pre-order listed at $13.49, down from $14.99.
- Hasbro Games Junior Collection (Outright Games): Monopoly Jr., Clue Jr. and The Game of Life Jr. in one package. $29.99, Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Dominus Gladiatus (Brain Seal): run a gladiator school in ancient Rome.
- GeoJelly (Source Byte): a charge-and-launch puzzle platformer. $11.99, Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Starlit World (Rockhead Studios): a 3D platformer with a free trial on the store.
- Cat on the Jungle Path (Afil Games) and Math Duck+ (Misc.261): small puzzle games.
Friday, November 6
- SEEK (Happy Player): psychological survival horror set to classical music. $14.99 pre-order, Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Shelterra the Skyworld (KEMCO): a fantasy RPG across a floating continent. Pre-order listed at $17.99, down from $19.99. Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Don’t Be Afraid 2: Escape the Nightmare (Drageus Games): a first-person horror sequel.
- BEACONFALL (Desert Water Games): 20 to 30 minute strategy runs defending a settlement from the dark.
- Chicken Invaders Collection (BETACOM): the whole series since 1999 in one collection. Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Ice Cream Simulator (PlayWay): run your own shop. Pre-order listed at $8.99, down from $9.99. Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Sora: Oasis Treasures (EpiXR Games): fly as a parrot across tropical islands. $9.99 pre-order.
Prices are what the Xbox Store listings on Xbox Wire showed when we checked and can change.
OnPoint’s take: This is a Game Pass week, and that’s the value pitch in action. Escape Academy 2 is the one we’d jump on first, because the original was a perfect co-op night with a friend, and VOID/BREAKER hitting 1.0 gives speed-shooter fans something to chew on while Season 1 of MW4 loads up. ZERO PARADES is the prestige pick: Disco Elysium’s writing is still talked about years later, and getting this team’s next RPG with Play Anywhere on day one is a W for Xbox and PC players. The rest of the list is a lot of small stuff, but Kingdom of Night and The Slormancer are the two hidden gems worth a look.
Sources
- Xbox Wire: Next Week on XBOX: New Games for November 2 to 6 (Oct 30, 2026)
- Xbox Store: ZERO PARADES: Director’s Cut, Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, VOID/BREAKER, GRAVHOUNDS, PIT OF GOBLIN, Football Manager 27
- Pure Xbox: These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (November 2-6)
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