Microsoft's latest ID@Xbox Showcase has been and gone, stuffed with updates and announcements from some of the best indie games around, including Balatro, which shadow-dropped onto Xbox Game Pass yesterday, February 24.Another fan-favorite indie, Buckshot Roulette, is also making the jump to Xbox.
Within a year of its release back in December 2023, the tabletop horror game was a hit, taking over four million of us through a fiendish – and terrifying – game of Russian roulette with a pump-action shotgun.
But those aren't the only games jumping onto Microsoft's subscription service. We've rounded up all the new indie games confirmed at last night's show as coming to Xbox Game Pass later in 2025.This is of course on top of Watch Dogs: Legion (Cloud, Console, and PC), which launches into Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard today, February 25.Check out IGN's Fan Fest 2025 hub for more.
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